ROLLING STONES Through The Past Darkly 1969 MONO

	£		72
	$		95

On offer here is a very rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Rolling Stones called 'Through The Past Darkly' and is an ORIGINAL 1969 UK MONO Pressing on the MONO Decca label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS THE RAREST PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE!!!!  THIS MAY SOUND LIKE A BOLD STATEMENT - BUT JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN WHAT MAKES THIS LP SO AMAZINGLY RARE!!!!

IN EARLY 1970 DECCA DECIDED TO CHANGE THEIR LABELS FROM THE 1960s STYLE UNBOXED LABELS - TO THE 'BOXED' DECCA LABELS THAT WERE USED THROUGHOUT THE 1970s.  HOWEVER AT VIRTUALLY THE SAME TIME - THEY ALSO DECIDED TO STOP PRESSING ALL MONO PRESSINGS OF ALL THEIR LPS!!!!  AND THIS MEANT THAT ALL THE LPS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE IN STEREO & MONO - WERE CHANGED TO BE AVAILABLE IN STEREO ONLY - WITH ALL MONOS BEING DELETED FOREVER!!!!  AND THIS MEANT THAT THIS LP WAS WAS ONLY EVER AVAILABLE ON THIS ULTRA RARE 'BOXED' MONO LABEL FOR A FEW WEEKS ONLY (CERTAINLY NO MORE THAN A MONTH - AND MOST LIKELY A LOT LESS!) - BEFORE ALL MONO PRESSINGS OF THIS LP WERE STOPPED AND MONOS EVER DELETED FOREVER!!!!  AND DONT CONFUSE THIS LP WITH THE COMMON 'BOXED' STEREO RE-PRESSINGS THAT WERE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE 1970S - BECAUSE AFTER MONOS WERE DELETED THIS WAS HOW ALL COPIES OF THIS LP EVER CAME.  BUT THIS IS THE ULTRA RARE MONO 'BOXED' PRESSING THAT WAS LITERALLY AVAILABLE FOR I MONTH ONLY AND IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AND IS WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THE RAREST POSSIBLE PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN GREAT CONDITION AND THE ALL IMPORTANT RAREST POSSIBLE 'BOXED' MONO LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1969 UK 'RAREST POSSIBLE' BOXED MONO PRESSING ON THE ULTRA RARE 'BOXED' MONO DECCA LABEL, ORIGINAL 'OCTAGONAL' RED MONO INNER SLEEVE, AND ORIGINAL 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' LAMINATED 'OCTAGONAL' FLIPBACK COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL UK 'Boxed' MONO Decca Pressing from 1969 and is in GREAT condition!!!! The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is LK 5019 on the RAREST POSSIBLE 'Boxed' MONO Decca Label (see picture) and is a UK MONO pressing!!!!  All the tracks are pure quality Rolling Stones at their best!!!! Any fan of The Rolling Stones, or 60s music in general, will want to have this in their collection!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and only a few light spindle marks!!!!   The vinyl is in GREAT condition!!!! Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, only a few VERY light hairlines, only 2 or 3 light scufflines, and only a few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK!!!!  It is great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO nasty loud pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good (PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed) if not better!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!! I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!! The record also comes in its ORIGINAL Red MONO inner sleeve!!!!  The ORIGINAL Laminated 'Octagonal' Gatefold Cover is in STUNNING condition!!!! It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour), only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking), VERY shiny laminate, NO rips, NO tears, NO splits and NO writing!!!!  The opening edges are beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!! Even the unlaminated inside is in BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, only some INCREDIBLY minor 'darkening' in the inside spine ONLY, NO yellowing, NO writing, and NO rubbing!!!!  The cover must grade Excellent(Minus) if not better and is EXTREMELY hard to find like this!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP!!!! THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL UK 1969 MONO 'BOXED' MONO PRESSING OF "THROUGH THE PAST DARKLY" BY THE ROLLING STONES, IN GREAT CONDITION!!!!  Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World.  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: