Rolling Stones THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST Mono 1st UK 1B / 1B 1967 1-2 PLAY

	£		178
	$		236

ROLLING STONES - THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST

IN MAGNIFICENT 1-2 PLAY CONDITION

RARE 1ST PRESS ON THE UNBOXED MONO DECCA LABEL

WITH A MINT MINUS SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:DECCA TXL 103
• MATRIX:ARK-8126-3K / 8127-3K
• FIRST PRESS
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 B / 1 B

 TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE PALE BLUE LABELS ARE IN JUST MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THE PASTEL BLUE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND HAS NO MARKS OR STAINS ON IT ANYWHERE. IT ALSO STRETCHES FULLY INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE SILVER TYPEFACE AND LOGO'S ARE ALSO IN PRISTINE UNRUBBED CONDITION, WITH EACH LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

A CLOSE STUDY OF THE SPINDLE HOLE REVEALS JUST 1-2 MINUSCULE AND BARELY VISIBLE SPIDER LINES, SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS INCREDIBLE VINYL HAS BEEN PLAYED IN THE PAST 52 YEARS

THE VINYL

A GLEAMING DISC THAT HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHEEN. THIS IS NATURALLY ALSO A HEAVY WEIGHT FIRST PRESS DISC.IN DAYLIGHT THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE ON THE SURFACE OF THE VINYL,AND IT LOOKS FLAWLESS, UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES, AND A COUPLE OF ANGEL HAIR HANDLING LINES AND A LITTLE SPORADIC EMBEDDED DULL MOTTLING

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTABLE 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 AM NOW DOING WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE RICH AND POWERFUL MONO SOUND IS JUST MAGNIFICENT AND PURE FIRST PRESS. THE REPRODUCTION IS JUST SECOND TO NONE, AND EVERY NOTE IS CLEAR AND CRISP.

THERE IS NOT ONE SECOND OF DISTORTION TO THIS AMAZING SOUND, MEANING THAT THE FEW PLAYS THAT THE LP HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER. AND NOT ONE JOT OF ANY EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

I HEARD JUST A COUPLE OF TINY LITTLE TICS WHILST LISTENING TO SIDE ONE AND A LITTLE LOW LEVEL BACKGROUND IN THE RUN OUT

SIDE TWO HAS A COUPLE OF ROTATIONS OF LIGHT CRACKLE AND A COUPLE OF TICS NEAR THE START OF TRACK ONE, A COUPLE MORE SPECKS AS THE TRACK PROGRESSES AND A COUPLE MORE TICS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IN. TRACK TWO HAS 5 SMALL ROTATIONAL TICS, AND TWO RIGHT AS THE TRACK ENDS. AFTER THAT THE FINAL THREE TRACKS PLAY AS WELL AS SIDE ONE

MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO PRESS PLAY ON THE BOTTOM RECORDING TO TAKE A LISTEN

THE RECORDING IS A VERY LOUD MONO CUT AND IS REPRODUCED SUPERBLY, SO PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE THIS GREAT ALBUM FOR YOURSELF

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH  MINT MINUS FOR SIDE ONE AND EX-EX+ FOR SIDE TWO

AN OUTSTANDING FIRST ISSUE VINYL

THE SLEEVE

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE - YOU WILL NEVER FIND A BETTER EXAMPLE THAN THIS ONE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS IN FLAT AND CLEAN CONDITION AND HAS NO HEAVY CREASING OR BENDING TO ANY PART OF IT, NOR ARE THERE ANY DEFECTS TO THE LAMINATE ITSELF. 

IN FACT THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY ZERO LAMINATE PRESSURE  LINES NEAR THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGE, AND NONE EITHER NEAR THE OPENING EDGE, NO THUMB LINES AT ALL

THE 3D LENTICULAR PANEL ON THE FRONT IS ALSO IN MINT ORIGINAL CONDITION

THERE IS ONE VERY FINE CREASE LINE NEAR THE RIGHT EDGE RUNNING FROM THE TOP TO HALFWAY DOWN THE LENTICULAR PANEL

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE IN  MINT CONDITION. THE LAMINATED MIDDLE SECTIONS ARE BOTH PRISTINE WITH THE ROUGH CARD EDGES JUST SHOWING MINUSCULE BURRING

THE SPINE ALSO HAS ALL OF THE LAMINATE INTACT AND AGAIN THERE IS NO PEEL, OR FLAKE . EVEN DOWN TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS WHICH ARE UNRUBBED. THE SURFACE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED

ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS IMMACULATE, AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE  

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP AND SHOWS JUST WHY THIS VINYL HAS HARDLY BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE IN 45 YEARS

THE REAR SURFACE IS AGAIN FREE FROM ANY HEAVY CREASING AND BENDS.AND IS IN THE SAME TOP CONDITION AS THE FRONT, WITH ZERO LAMINATE LINES ALONG THE SPINE,OR ANY OF THE OTHER EDGES 

NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO PRISTINE INNER PANELS, ABSOLUTELY MINT AND UNCREASED

THE ORIGINAL RED AND WHITE AND VERY DELICATE INNER SLEEVE  IN USUALLY FOUND WITH LARGE SEAM SPLITS, BUT THIS ONE HAS ABSOLUTELY NONE!!!

TOTALLY FLAT AND NO CREASES OR DAMAGE TO THE TOP EDGE

THE SLEEVE GRADES MINT MINUS!!!

IT IS THAT GOOD

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

GARRY