Sold Date: December 29, 2019
Start Date: December 19, 2019
Final Price: $76.00 (USD)
Bid Count: 11
Seller Feedback: 101
Buyer Feedback: 26

                                                                The Rolling Stones
                                                                        Some Girls
                                             Mobile Fidelity Original Master Recording
                                                             Half Speed Mastered LP

                                                                   Item Details
              Pressed in: Japan on "Super Vinyl" originally formulated for CD-4 quadraphonic LPs
            Mastering: Half Speed by Stan Ricker (SR) with Ortifon Cutter from original stereo tape
                                                                Recorded: 1978
                                                             Issued: March 1983
                                             Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL 1-087
                                                   Runout Deadwax Matrix Numbers: 
         Side 1: (etched:) MFSL-1-087 A1 ORTIFON SR/~ (stamped:) H 1 1 1 * + (etched:) P D F
         Side 2: (etched:) MFSL-1-087 B1 SR/~ (stamped:) H 1 1 1 * + 

Half speed mastering allows the cutting head twice as much time to render the groove. 
This means more fine detail on playback (especially in the highs) and less waver on long 
sustained notes.

Was bought new by this seller many years ago and now offered from his private collection (you 
have absolutely known provenance). Has had limited plays only on an expertly setup high-end 
audiophile turntable, arm, and cartridge. Has never been exposed to heat or tobacco smoke 
and always stored vertically in a specially designed record cabinet (Rackit) to prevent warpage.

Was cleaned on a VPI HW 16 with Audio Intelligent solutions and ultra-pure water rinse 
(50X purer than distilled water) before my pre-sale sound check.

Very sensitive play testing was performed straight off my Ayre P-5xe fully balanced phono preamp 
over Sennheiser HD 600 headphones thru a Schiit Audio Valhalla 2 tube headphone amp fitted with 
Voskhod Soviet matched tubes (see last photo).

Track list
1: Miss You, When The Whip Comes Down, Just My Imagination, Some Girls, Lies.
2: Far Away Lies, Respectable, Before They Make Me Run, Beast Of Burden, Shattered.


I never take "distant" photos or the so-prevalent type with the LP sticking halfway out of the jacket.
I take close-ups under photo lamps so you can see nearly everthing I describe in the grading.

Grading 
Note: record grading by text characters is subjective and does not fully describe quality 
levels. Please see photos and my detailed descriptions below.

Outer Jacket: NM (Near Mint) There is only very slight rubbing wear on all four corners and top,
bottom, and opening edges. Spine is clean. There is the slightest hint of a crease on the front
upper left corner. The jacket front and rear jacket surfaces are otherwise smooth and free of blemishes.
Gatefold inner sleeve is Near Mint.

Vinyl: NM (Near Mint) Surface visuals were first inspected under high intensity halogen light.
Both sides looked visually perfect. Spindle holes and labels have no wear as seen in the photos.
Both sides were next cleaned as described above. I played the beginning and end of all tracks and the
silent grooves between. The only low-level ticks I heard through the music were at the beginning of
Track 1 side 2 for less than about a minute. All other track play samples were dead quiet .  
The total listening quality has all the hallmarks of MFSL: quiet japanese vinyl, high dynamic range,
and transparent audiophile-quality detail from the half speed mastering. To me, Beast of Burden and
Shattered were worth it alone when I bought the record originally.

Packaging
Record will be placed outside the jacket to protect against seam splitting.
Original inner sleeve is included separately.
Record has been placed into a new "rice paper" sleeve, as the original, even if plastic lined, 
may be holding onto some dust. This will keep vinyl surface clean during shipping and ultimate 
buyer usage.
Outer jacket is contained in a new clear polyethylene protective sleeve.
Sent in good quality record mailer with cardboard stiffeners.

Shipping
Shipping will be via USPS Media Mail for a flat charge of $3.98 per single album sale.
A combined shipping discount is available on multiple sales completed within 5 business days 
($3.98 plus $0.50 for each additional LP). If you intend to buy more than one LP do not pay
immediately but wait for my all-combined invoice. A discount for the combined items will show
on that invoice. Then, once payment is received, the items will ship.