Sold Date: January 13, 2021
Start Date: January 13, 2021
Final Price: £25.00 (GBP)
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The Stone Roses ‎Fools Gold 9.53 12" Vinyl Silvertone 0RE T 13 '89 1st Press VG+. Condition is "Used".

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I have cleaned and play-tested both sides of the record and it plays really well and still sounds great!

I've graded the vinyl and sleeve as Very Good Plus - the sleeve is borderline excellent.

General description of Record Collector grading Vinyl

Very Good Plus (VG+)

A Very Good Plus record will show some signs that it was played and otherwise handled by a previous owner who took good care of it. Defects should be more of a cosmetic nature, not affecting the actual playback as a whole. Record surfaces may show some signs of wear and may have slight scuffs or very light scratches that don't affect one's listening experiences. Slight warps that do not affect the sound are "OK". The label may have some ring wear or discoloration, but it should be barely noticeable. Spindle marks may be present. Picture sleeves and inner sleeves will have some slight wear, slightly turned-up corners, or a slight seam split. An LP cover may have slight signs of wear, and may be marred by a cut-out hole, indentation, or cut corner.

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I'm selling a lot of my vinyl and CD collection, because the kids are getting bigger and the house is getting smaller! Basically, it was either the kids or the records, sadly the coin came down tails...Thanks for looking!

Online Review

Released six months after the debut album and not included on it, Fool’s Gold was the Roses’ first UK Top 10 single and was, arguably, the song that made their reputation. The band performed it on Top of the Pops the same week the Happy Mondays played Hallelujah, a mainstream arrival for the Madchester sound when indie still suggested some kind of deviation from the mainstream. It also fits into a most unlikely lineage, with its funk-laden drumbeat lifted from the James Brown song Funky Drummer, which Squire apparently discovered on a breaks compilation he found at Manchester’s Eastern Bloc Records store. The lyrics – inspired by The Treasure of the Sierra Madre – record Brown’s disdain for avarice, but there’s also a sense of pilgrimage; unsurprising, given that it was recorded at Sawmills studios in Cornwall, which is accessible only by boat at high tide or a long walk through a forest.