Sold Date: April 25, 2014
Start Date: April 24, 2014
Final Price: £265.00 (GBP)
Bid Count: 18
Seller Feedback: 14312
Buyer Feedback: 102

HELLO AND WELCOME TO MY 'ONE OFF' FRIDAY NIGHT AUCTIONS (ENDING LATE FRIDAY 25TH APRIL!)!!!!

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Rolling Stones called "Aftermath" and is an ORIGINAL 1966 UK MONO 1st Pressing on the 1st Press UNBOXED 'Grooved' Decca label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE ROLLING STONES RAREST LPS EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER LPs ON THE DECCA LABEL - AND IS INCREDIBLY TOUGH TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE, WITH AN ULTRA RARE 'PURPLE SHADOW' COVER!!!!  AND THIS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED - THE ORIGINAL DESIGN INCLUDED A 'PURPLE SHADOW' BEHIND THE TITLE 'AFTERMATH' ON THE COVER FRONT (SEE PICTURES)!!!!  HOWEVER, AT THE LAST MINUTE THIS DESIGN WAS DROPPED - AND THE 'PURPLE SHADOW' ON THE COVER FRONT WAS THEN REMOVED ON ALL LATER COVERS!!!!  BEFORE THIS HAPPENED HOWEVER, AN ABSOLUTELY TINY FEW LEAKED OUT INTO CIRCULATION - BEFORE IT WAS WITHDRAWN!!!!  AS A RESULT, ONLY AN ABSOLUTELY TINY HANDFUL OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY - EVER CAME LIKE THIS (NO MORE THAN A FEW HUNDRED AT THE VERY MOST!), AND THIS MAKES THIS LP ONE OF THE ALL TIME RAREST ROLLING STONES EVER MADE!!!!  SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSING OF THIS INCREDIBLE LP EVER MADE!!!!

BUT THERE ARE OTHER DETAILS - THAT MAKE THIS LP EVEN RARER STILL, AND QUITE LITERALLY THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE!!!!  AND FOR THOSE WHO DONT KNOW - HERE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENCES BELOW - WHICH ONLY EXISTED ON THIS 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'WITHDRAWN' SHADOW COVER ONLY!!!!  HERE ARE THE ALL IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES:-

1)  THE TITLE ON THE COVER FRONT HAS A 'PURPLE SHADOW' BEHIND IT (SEE PICTURE) WHICH WAS REMOVED ON ALL LATER PRESSINGS!!!!

2)  THE 'LK 4786' CAT NUMBER ON THE REVERSE IS SET BELOW THE WORD 'MONO' IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF THE COVER BACK - WHEREAS ON ALL LATER COVERS THE 'LK 4786' TEXT WAS MOVED TO THE RIGHT!!!!

4)  AT THE TOP OF THE COVER BACK ON THIS 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS COVER - THE WORDS 'AFTER-MATH THE ROLLING STONES' ARE MUCH LARGER THAN LATER COVERS!!!!

5)  THE BACK COVER PICTURE IS NOTICEABLY SMALLER ON THIS 'SHADOW COVER' AND MADE LARGER ON LATER ISSUES.

6)  THE WORDS 'AFTERMATH' AND 'THE ROLLING STONES' ARE SET MUCH HIGHER UP ON THE SPINE ON THIS 'SHADOW COVER' - WHEREAS ALL LATER ONES HAD THEM SET LOWER.  STRANGELY THE BOTTOM SPINE TEXT 'DECCA MONO LK 4786' ALWAYS REMAINED IN THE SAME PLACE.

7)  ON THIS 'SHADOW COVER' THE WHOLE COVER IS 'UNDERSIZED' (SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN ALL LATER COVERS!) RESULTING IN THE RIGHT HAND 'BOX' ON THE COVER BACK (CONTAINING ALL THE CREDITS & TRACK LISTINGS!) BEING TOO LARGE AND GOING OFF THE EDGE OF THE TOP & BOTTOM OF THE COVER.  ON ALL LATER COPIES THIS WAS CORRECTED WITH A 'WHITE BORDER' AROUND THE TOP & BOTTOM OF THE BOX ON THE COVER BACK. 

8)  THE PICTURE ON THE COVER BACK IS NOTICEABLY 'CLEARER' ON THIS 'SHADOW COVER' - WHEREAS ON ALL LATER COVERS IT IS SLIGHTLY BLURRED.

THESE ARE ALL THE AMAZING DIFFERENCES THAT THIS 'EARLIEST EVER' COVER CAME WITH - BEFORE IT WAS WITHDRAWN AND COMPLETELY REDESIGNED!!!!  SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1966 UK 'EARLIEST' MONO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'GROOVED' UNBOXED DECCA LABEL, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'HANDLING/PLAYING' INNER SLEEVE, AND ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'ROBERT STACE' LAMINATED 'PURPLE SHADOW' COVER (WITH ALL THE AMAZING 'EARLIEST EVER' COVER DIFFERENCES CLEARLY LISTED ABOVE!)!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Decca UK MONO 1st Pressing from 1966 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is LK 4786 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press UNBOXED 'Grooved' Decca label (see picture) and is a UK MONO 1st Pressing!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO nasty feelable marks, only 2 or 3 MEGA light hairlines, NO scufflines, only 2 or 3 almost INVISIBLE marks on 'Mothers Little Helper', and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL JUST PRESSED LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!!  It is also GREAT to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual!!!!  The record plays with NO skips, only a few light clicks towards the VERY beginning of 1 track ONLY (barely ANY elsewhere AT ALL!), NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The record comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Handling/Playing' inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The ULTRA RARE 'Earliest' 1st Press 'Robert Stace' Laminated 'Purple Shadow' Cover is in BRILLIANT condition - and very VERY hard to find like this now!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), only an absolutely MEGA thin line of laminate lifting along the spinal edge, VERY shiny laminate, NO annotations, NO edge splits, NO yellowing, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO ringwear, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL (virtually NONE!), NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, only a very VERY small repaired 'nick' to the opening edge (this is very VERY small indeed, and simply looks like a TINY creaseline!), and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade grade Very Good++ if not better - and is a BRILLIANT example, and very VERY hard to find like this!!!!  BRILLIANT COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!!  It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1966 UK 'EARLIEST' MONO 1ST PRESSING OF "AFTERMATH" BY THE ROLLING STONES, IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!!!  Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have.  Postal discounts for multiple buys are always available - and I guarantee to ALWAYS undercharge on postage!  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

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