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ROLLING STONES STUDIO ALBUM COLLECTION 1971-2016 REMASTERED 180 gram SEALED 20lp ROLLING STONES STUDIO ALBUM COLLECTION 1971-2016 REMASTERED 180 gram SEALED 20lp Description THE ROLLING STONES STUDIO ALBUM VINYL COLLECTION 1971-2016 15 STUDIO ALBUMS, 20 LP'S
-cut at revelatory half-speed from vinyl-specific original tape transfers designed to get the very best sound from the format
-every studio album (15) released between 1971 and 2016.
-sealed 
-180 gram
INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION
-remastered at the legendary Abbey Road Studios
-replicated artwork
-sealed

THE ROLLING STONES CONFIRMED FOUR BASIC ROCK & ROLL TRUTHS: ATTITUDE IS (NEARLY) EVERYTHING; ROCK'S ORIGINAL SOURCES (BLACK AND COUNTRY MUSIC) REMAIN ITS MOST FERTILE ONES; CHUCK BERRY DERIVED RHYTHM GUITAR IS ROCK'S ESSENTIAL SONIC VEHICLE; AND LYRICS ARE MOST EVOCATIVE WHEN JUST SHORT OF INDECIPHERABLE. INSISTING, AGAINST THE EXAMPLE OF OTHER '60S LEGENDS, THAT ROCK & ROLL IS FOREMOST A LIVE MUSIC. THE STONES CHAMPIONED FIDELITY, SELDOM STRAYING FROM ITS ROOTS, THE PRESERVED ROCK & ROLL. THE ROLLING STONES PROVIDED THE STANDARD FOR ALL TRAD ROCK TO COME. WHENEVER THE ROLLING STONES DO ANYTHING, THEY DO IT WITH QUALITY AND GRAVITAS. HAVING DEFINED ROCK N' ROLL IN THE 60S, THE BAND ENTERED ITS IMPERIAL PHASE IN 1971 WITH STICKY FINGERS. WHAT FOLLOWED IS A RUN OF ALBUMS THAT COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED AT ANY OTHER TIME OR BY ANY OTHER BAND: THE DECADENT EXCESS OF EXILE ON MAIN ST, THE JAMAICAN VOODOO SWAMP OF GOATS HEAD SOUP, THE DISCO AND PUNK-INFUSED PROWL OF SOME GIRLS. WITH EACH NEW DECADE, THE STONES EVOLVED WHILE STAYING TRUE TO THEIR ROOTS, COMING FULL CIRCLE IN 2016 WITH BLUE & LONESOME, A LOVER LETTER TO THEIR INSPIRATION: THE BLUES. THESE VINYL PRESSING'S CONTAINS THE REMASTERS OF THE ALBUM'S, MAKING IT SOUND MORE VIBRANT AND ELECTRIFYING THAN EVER BEFORE. IT ALSO COMES HOUSED IN REPLICATED ARTWORK. THE ALBUMS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

-STICKY FINGERS(1971) lp, sleeve presented as Andy Warhol's original design complete with working zip and hidden image  beneath
-EXILE ON MAIN STREET (1972)  2 lp, original style gatefold sleeve complete with inner-bags and a set of 12 perforated postcards
-GOAT HEADS SOUP (1973) lp, in gatefold sleeve with two inserts
-IT'S ONLY ROCK N' ROLL (1974) lp, original heavyweight inner sleeve
-BLACK AND BLUE (1976) lp, in gatefold with original inner bag and lyric sheet
-SOME GIRLS (1978) lp, housed in replica design including 20 cut-outs on the cover
-EMOTIONAL RESCUE (1980) lp, with original sized poster
-TATTOO YOU (1981) lp, with original heavyweight inner sleeve 
-UNDERCOVER (1983) lp, with original heavyweight inner sleeve and lyric sheet
-DIRTY WORK (1986) lp, with original heavyweight inner sleeve, red shrink wrapping and bespoke sticker
-STEEL WHEELS (1989) lp, complete with original inner sleeve and sales insert
-VOODOO LOUNGE (1994) 2 lp, gatefold sleeve with original lyric insert
-BRIDGES TO BABYLON (1997) 2 lp, with original lyric inners
-A BIGGER BANG (2005) 2 lp gatefold sleeve with original lyric inners
-BLUE & LONESOME (2016) 2 lp, gatefold sleeve with original inners 

THE HALF-SPEED MASTERING PROCESS                             ABBY ROAD STUDIOS' ENGINEERS HAVE BEN CUTTING GROOVES INTO DISCS SINCE THE STUDIOS FIRST OPENED IN 1931. IN 2013, AWARD-WINNING ENGINEER MILES SHOWELL JOINED THEIR EXISTING MASTERING TEAM, BRINGING A WEALTH OF DISC-CUTTING EXPERIENCE WITH HIM. ONE OF THE ARTISAN TECHNIQUES OFFERED BY ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS THAT RESULTS IN THE VERY HIGHEST QUALITY SOUND REPRODUCTION IS HALF-SPEED CUTTING. THIS PROCESS INVOLVES THE MASTER SOURCE BEING PLAYED BACK AT PRECISELY HALF ITS RECORDED SPEED WHILE THE CUTTING LATHE IS SIMILARLY TURNED AT HALF THE DESIRED PLAYBACK SPEED. IT ALLOWS THE CUTTING HEAD TWICE THE TIME TO CUT THE INTRICATE GROOVE, ALLOWING CONSIDERABLY MORE ACCURACY AND IMPORTANT MATTERS SUCH AS FREQUENCY EXTREMES AND MICRO-DYNAMIC CONTRASTS. THE RESULTING CUTS HAVE EXCELLENT HIGH FREQUENCY RESPONSE AND VERY SOLID AND STABLE STEREO IMAGES. IT'S NOT QUITE AS SIMPLE AS RUNNING EVERYTHING AT HALF RATE. AN EQ CURVE IS APPLIED TO ALL VINYL RECORDS, AND BY RUNNING THE LATHE AT HALF-SPEED, ALL THE FREQUENCIES ARE WRONG. HOWEVER, THE TECHNICAL STAFF AT ANNY ROAD STUDIOS HAD NEW CUSTOM-BUILT FILTERS INSTALLED THAT ALLOW MILES TO PRACTICE HALF-SPEED CUTTING TO THE FULL ON THE MODIFIED NEUMANN VMS-80 LATHE.

FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION, STILL SEALED.

NOTE: ANY GLARE IS FROM MY CAMERA, NOT THE ALBUM.