Here is the 1970 repress on Decca LK 4661 of the Rolling Stones No. 2 record.  This is a mono version.  This version was made in England and does not have the original wording from another version on the back cover about Andrew Loog Oldham talking about the "blind man" text.  That was removed here.  It also has the label spelling Susie-Q on Side 2 and the back of the cover shows it as Suzie-Q.  It comes in a red and white mono inner sleeve. 

The cover is a thin cardboard sleeve with a Clarifoil lamination on it that makes it shiny.  There is a store sticker still on it on the upper left side showing it came from Higbees (department store in downtown Cleveland).  The cover has several short wrinkles on the left side seam area and one long one running down about 3 inches from the right of Brian Jones' tie.  And a wrinkle at the bottom right corner on the front across the DECCA label.  Back cover has some ringwear showing.    

Side 1 has some surface scratches on it and I posted a photo of that here.  Also Side 2 has them, too, more than Side 1 and a copy of that is here, too.  But they didn't cause any skips, pops, or crackles.  Since Side 2 had more, I took a 90-second audio/video of several of those songs here that had the surface scratches in them so you can hear the sound quality, which was pretty good!  I heard a couple of light tics on the first song, but then they kind of vanished or blended in with the music.  You can listen and decide if you can handle this.    

I rate the cover as Very Good (VG) to Very Good Plus (VG+) due to wrinkles on it.  The album gets an Excellent (EX) for sound quality, but maybe just a Very Good (VG) to Very Good Plus (VG+) due to the batch of light surface scratches on both sides which did not cause any sound defects.

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Guidelines I use to rate the quality of these records (based on the Goldmine Grading Guide):

NM:Near Mint - Vinyl, still shiny, as if opened for the first time. No writing or stickers on the vinyl. No obvious scratches. Label: No writing or stickers and no fading of the label.

NM-: Near Mint Minus - Similar to NM but will have some very light scratches on the vinyl not affecting the sound quality. No writing or stickers on label and no fading (or ringwear) on cover or label.

EX: Excellent - Not quite a Goldmine Standard Listing, but being used by many now. Cover: No ink wear, minor creases to corners, no seam tears. Vinyl can have scratches, but not felt by your fingers. Sound quality must be mint. No more than 15% of the surface should have wear or scuffs on it. To me, EX is like a VG++.

VG+: Very Good Plus - Similar to NM- except that on the label, there may be a sticker or writing, but it shows very little wear. There may be only a couple light surface scratches on the grooves, but do not affect the playback with noise or skips. You may only see these scratches if you put them under a bright light and really look for them. The cover might have light creasing or minor seam or corner wear, but still in great condition to show off.

VG to VG-: Very Good to Very Good Minus - May not be that shiny anymore and you will see scratches without putting it under a bright light, but they still would not affect the quality of the playback. The sound quality is still pretty good, maybe a little noise, but not enough to detract from the listening experience. The label might have some fading around it, besides having stickers or writing. The cover may have obvious ringwear in the middle or around the perimeter of where the record was, maybe some side seam splits, or little tears at the top or side where the record goes back into. If less defects, then it's a VG. If it has all this just mentioned, then a VG-.

G, G+: Good or Good Plus - It doesn't mean the vinyl is trashed. It plays though without skipping, but may have heavy noise or fuzz sound because of age, quality, or worn-down grooves. Heavy writing or stickers on the label, ringwear is very obvious on label and cover probably has seam splits. But, amazingly, if you have special audio LP recording software, you could probably clean up those crackles and fuzzes, if you want to create a CD of it for yourself.

P: Poor - This is when the vinyl is warped to the point it warps the playback also. Or it's cracked, but it may or may not still play without a skip. If a picture sleeve is with it, this is torn or marked up bigtime. But someone may want to have it for nostalgia or even attempt to fix it.

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