Rolling Stones GIMME SHELTER UK LP 1ST PLAYS 100% MINT MINUS

	£		46
	$		55

THE ROLLING STONES - GIMME SHELTER

IN MAGNIFICENT 1-2 PLAY MINT MINUS!!!! CONDITION

GENUINE VERY 1ST PRESS WITH THE FRONT LAMINATED SLEEVE

ALL -1W MATRIX

• CATALOGUE:DECCA SKL 5010
• MATRIX: XZAL-10820.P-1W / XZAL-10821.P-1W

IN 1970 THE ROLLING STONES MOVED FROM DECCA TO THEIR OWN LABEL. STICKY FINGERS BEING THE RESULT OF THEIR DEBUT ON THE NEW LABEL.

NOT TO MISS A TRICK DECCA DECIDED TO RELEASE A BATCH OF ALBUMS  OVER THE NEXT 4 YEARS THAT WERE CRAMMED FULL OF PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED OR LIVE RECORDINGS, PLUS A FEW STANDARDS

THE COMPLETE LIST INCLUDES

• GET YER YA YA'S OUT
• ROCK 'N' ROLLING STONES
• NO STONE UNTURNED
• GIMME SHELTER
• MILESTONES
• METAMORPHOSIS
• STONE AGE

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THE LABELS

THE DARK BLUE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. NO STAINS OR HANDLING MARKS. THE COLOUR STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SILVER TYPEFACE AND LOGOS ARE ALL UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE ARE ABOUT TWO MINUSCULE SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE

THE VINYL

THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE HANDLING MARKS OR LINES, AND IN DAYLIGHT THIS HEAVYWEIGHT DISC LOOKS FLAWLESS AND EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION I CAN ONLY MAKE OUT A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I NOW DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AND I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING ANY BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THIS VINYL PLAYS EVERY BIT AS SUPERBLY AS IT LOOKS. FROM THE SECOND THE STYLUS IS LOWERED ONTO THE RUN IN GROOVE THE CLARITY OF REPRODUCTION COMES THROUGH CRISPLY AND CLEARLY. THIS IS A FIRST PRESS SOUND IN EVERY WAY.

THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE, OR LOUD CLICKS

CERTAINLY NO VINYL NOISE AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD AS WAS INTENDED

THERE ARE A FEW SEMI SECONDS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC, AND I HEARD NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TINY AND BARELY AUDIBLE DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS !!!!

TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS ALBUM AND BE THE JUDGE YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

LAMINATED FRONT SURFACE, AND UNLAMINATED REAR SURFACE SHOWING A FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND PERFECTLY CLEAN.THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR.

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR BENDS, JUST A THIN SLIVER OF LAMINATE LIFT DOWN THE SPINE, AND TWO SMALL LAMINATE LINES. NONE ALONG THE TOP AND JUST TWO ON THE BOTTOM EDGE. NO THUMB LINES.

THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER HAS A TINY LITTLE DING

THE LAMINATE STILL GLEAMS LIKE NEW.

THE TOP EDGE HAS ONE SMALL CHIP TO THE LAMINATE, WHILST THE BOTTOM EDGE IS PRISTINE

THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY FLAT AND VIRTUALLY UNSQUASHED, WITH JUST A COUPLE OF HALF SQUASHES. EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS INTACT AND PRISTINE, AND EVEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS OF THE ENDS ARE UNRUBBED

THE OPENING EDGE IS  RAZOR SHARP, WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS AT THE BOTTOM, AND CLEARLY SHOWS WHY THIS ALBUM IS IN THE INCREDIBLE STATE THAT IT IS, BECAUSE IT JUST HASN'T BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES

THE REAR SURFACE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. NO COLOUR LOSS WHATSOEVER WHICH IS QUITE RARE ON THIS TYPE OF SLEEVE, EVEN THE WHITE SURFACE IS STILL PURE WHITE

THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE. THE SLEEVE IS JUST SUPERB!!

THE ORIGINAL BLUE AND WHITE POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN EXCEPTIONAL UNSPLIT CONDITION WITH BARELY A CREASE LINE ON IT. THIS AGAIN SHOWS JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN HANDLED. THE 10-73 (OCTOBER 1973) DATE IS PRINTED BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER

HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE EXCELLENT PLUS!!!!

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY