On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Rolling Stones called "Let It Bleed" and is an ORIGINAL 1969 UK MONO 1st Pressing on the 1st Press UNBOXED Red MONO Decca label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST & MOST SOUGHT AFTER ROLLING STONES LPS EVER MADE - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS 1ST PRESSED IN MEGA RARE MONO!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  BACK IN VERY LATE 1969 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED, VIRTUALLY EVERY 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP WAS MADE IN COMMON STEREO - WITH VIRTUALLY NONE IN MEGA RARE MONO AT ALL!!!!  IN FACT, THIS WAS ONE OF THE LAST LPs EVER TO BE MADE AVAILABLE IN MONO ON THE DECCA LABEL - BEFORE DECCA ENDED ALL MONO PRODUCTION IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS!!!!  AS A RESULT, FINDING A 1ST PRESSING OF THIS INCREDIBLE LP IN MEGA RARE MONO IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE - AS FAR LESS MONOs WERE EVER MADE!!!!

BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP EVEN RARER STILL IS THAT IT IS 100% COMPLETE - WITH ITS ORIGINAL 'COLOUR' POSTER, 'STICKERED' COVER, AND UNCENSORED 'LET IT BLEED' INNER SLEEVE!!!!  AND FINDING THIS LP 100% COMPLETE IS VERY VERY HARD INDEED - AS NEARLY ALWAYS THERE IS EITHER 1 (OR MORE!) PART OF THIS LP MISSING!!!!  BUT NOT THIS ONE!!!!  ALL OF THIS LPs 'EXTRAS' ARE IN BRILLIANT CONDITION, WITH A VERY NICE UNSPLIT UNCENSORED 'LET IT BLEED' INNER SLEEVE (WITH NO REPAIRS!), AND EVEN THE ULTRA RARE & VERY FRAGILE POSTER IS IN VERY NICE ORDER INDEED!!!!  THIS LPs INNER SLEEVE EVEN HAS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS UNCENSORED 'LONDON BACH CHOIR' CREDIT ON THE INNER SLEEVE (ON LATER COPIES - THIS WAS 'BLACKED OUT' WITH A BLACK BOX!)!!!!  THE ONLY OTHER WIERD DETAIL TO NOTE - IS THAT THE TEXT SIZE ON THE COVER STICKER IS DIFFERENT????  THE STICKER IS CLEARLY NOT A PHOTOCOPY (AND THE BLACK & WHITE SHINES DIFFERENTLY UNDER LIGHT TO PROVE THIS!) - BUT ALL 3 LINES ARE THE SAME SIZE (NORMALLY THE MIDDLE LINE IS LARGER), WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING I HAVE SEEN BEFORE????  ANY INFORMATION WOULD BE HELPFUL HERE (I WILL POST IT ON THE LISTING!)!!!!  THIS LP IS EXTREMELY RARE INDEED, TO FIND ABSOLUTELY 100% COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL 'STICKERED' COVER, 'LET IT BLEED' MONO INNER SLEEVE & ULTRA RARE 'COLOUR' POSTER - AND IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS!!!! 

THERE IS ALSO A HUGE MYTH WITH THIS LP - THAT IT ALSO CAME WITH A 'BOOKLET'!!!!  WELL YOU CAN SPEND AN EXTRA £400+ ON ONE WITH THE BOOKLET, BUT THE TRUTH IS (AND THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE FACT!) - IT NEVER DID!!!!  DECCA KNEW THIS LP WAS GOING TO BE THE VERY LAST 'STUDIO' ROLLING STONES LP THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO RELEASE - AND THEY DID INDEED PRODUCE A 'CATALOGUE' BOOKLET WITH A SIMILAR DESIGN ON THE FRONT.  NOW OF COURSE - JUST LIKE OTHER 'PRESS RELEASE' COPIES OF THE TIME (WHICH ALSO HAD 'EXTRAS' THROWN IN - WHICH RELEASED COPIES NEVER HAD!) A TINY HANDFUL OF 'PRE-RELEASE' OR 'PRESS RELEASE' COPIES MADE PRIOR TO THE RELEASE DATE (FOR RADIO STATIONS, AND PROMOTERS) DID HAVE THE BOOKLET INSIDE - AS THIS WOULD OBVIOUSLY BENEFIT DECCA.  BUT ALL THESE COPIES WOULD HAVE 1A/1A MATRIXES OR INDEED BE 'FACTORY TEST PRESSINGS'.  THE TRUTH ABOUT THESE 'BOOKLETS' WAS SIMPLY THAT THEY WERE MADE FOR RECORD SHOPS - AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY FREE TO TAKE FROM RECORD SHOP COUNTERS, AND WERE NEVER PUT INSIDE THE LP ITSELF!!!!  IT IS A BIT LIKE THE INFAMOUS 'APPLE POSTERS' - WHICH HAVE LONG BEEN PUT WITH 'LET IT BE' BOX SETS, BUT IN TRUTH - THEY WERE FOUND IN ANY BEATLES LP IN LATE 1969/EARLY 1970.  AND OF COURSE, THE PROOF OF THIS, IS ACTUALLY ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE COVER!!!!  WHAT RECORD COMPANY IN HISTORY WOULD MISS A CHANCE TO PRINT 'FREE BOOKLET' ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE COVER????  BUT IT DOESNT SAY THAT AT ALL - IT IS SAYS 'FREE COLOUR ROLLING STONES POSTER INCLUDED' ON THE STICKER ON THE COVER FRONT!!!!  OVER THE YEARS - I HAVE FOUND AT LEAST 10 BOOKLETS.  AND AT LEAST 6 OWNERS REMEMBERED PICKING THEM UP OFF THE SHOP COUNTER AT THE TIME.  I HAVE EVEN FOUND 2 INSIDE 'GET YER YA YAS OUT' ASWELL - WHEN THOSE OWNERS DIDNT EVEN HAVE A 'LET IT BLEED' LP!!!!  SO YES THE BOOKLET IS VERY RARE INDEED, AND YES IT IS DESIRABLE ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION, AND YES INDEED (AS YOU WOULD EXPECT!) IT HAS A LET IT BLEED DESIGN ON THE COVER FRONT - AS THAT WAS THE LATEST LP OUT FROM THE ROLLING STONES!!!!  BUT IT WAS NEVER AVAILABLE INSIDE RELEASED COPIES OF THIS LP - AND THAT IS THE ABSOLUTE FACT!!!!  AND THIS ALSO WHY YOU QUITE SEE THESE 'BOOKLETS' BEING SOLD BY THEMSELVES FAIRLY REGULARLY - AS THE OWNERS PICKED UP THE FREE BOOKLET - BUT NEVER HAD THE LP IT WAS 'SUPPOSED' TO HAVE COME WITH!!!!  OF COURSE, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A BIT OF RANT - BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THIS FACT (AS THE PROOF HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE ON THE COVER FRONT!), AND WILL ALSO STOP ANY 'DOES THIS LP HAS A BOOKLET' EMAILS!!!!  BECAUSE APART FROM ANY 'PRE-RELEASE' PROMOTIONAL COPIES SENT OUT TO RADIO STATIONS PRIOR TO THE RELEASE DATE - THIS LP NEVER CAME WITH ANY BOOKLET AT ALL!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN GREAT CONDITION OVERALL (SEE ALL DETAILS BELOW) - AND IS STILL A VERY DECENT EXAMPLE, THAT PLAYS VERY WELL INDEED!!!!  AND THE POSTER IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION, AND THE UNCENSORED 'LET IT BLEED' INNER SLEEVE IS COMPLETELY UNSPLIT, AND IN VERY NICE ORDER INDEED!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1969 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS UNBOXED RED MONO DECCA LABEL, 1ST PRESS 1ST PRESS RED MONO 'LET IT BLEED' INNER SLEEVE, 1ST PRESS UNCENSORED 'LONDON BACH CHOIR' CREDIT ON THE INNER SLEEVE, ULTRA RARE 1ST PRESS 'COLOUR' POSTER, AND 1ST PRESS 'MADE IN ENGLAND' LAMINATED 'STICKERED' COVER!!!!  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 1969 and is in GREAT condition overall!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is LK 5025 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press UNBOXED Red Decca Label (see picture) and is a much MUCH rarer MONO 1st pressing!!!! 

The record labels are in BRILLIANT condition (see pictures) with NO writing, NO wear (apart from a touch around the centre holes!), and only some spindle marking on either label!!!!  The vinyl is in GREAT condition overall - though it is an EXTREMELY odd piece of vinyl (though both sides play VERY well indeed!)!!!!  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 Side 1 looks absolutely BRILLIANT - with NO scratches, only 3 or 4 light hairlines,, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  This side is SUPERBLY glossy and is EASILY grading Very Good++ if not better!!!!  However, even though Side 2 plays VERY well indeed (just like Side 1!) it is duller looking, and has some hairlines, 3 or 4 TINY surface marks, and some paper scuffing under light!!!!  This side would only visually grade around Good at best - though it plays fine!!!!  It is great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY (if not better!) than the visual with NO skips, only a few VERY light clicks, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some VERY slight background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  And even though one side of the record is way WAY better than this - I will select the LOWEST sides grading as the overall grading, and simply grade it Good (PROPERLY graded!) if not better!!!!  Though as stated - Side 1's visual grading is WAY in excess of this, and BOTH sides play WELL in excess of this grading also!!!!  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 also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press Red MONO 'Let It Bleed' inner sleeve which is in VERY nice order indeed - with NO structural damage, only 2 TINY marks in 1 border (almost INVISIBLE!), only a few VERY light creases, NO splits, only 1 TINY 'smudge', and NO repairs either!!!!  A VERY DECENT 'LET IT BLEED' UNCENSORED MONO INNER SLEEVE!!!!  The ULTRA RARE Poster is in BRILLIANT condition - with NO rips, NO tears, only a few light creases, NO wear, NO writing, NO foxing, NO tack marks, and NO pinholes - clearly showing that it has NEVER been mounted on a wall!!!!   A VERY NICE POSTER INDEED!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Made In England' Laminated 'Stickered' Cover is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The cover has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear, VERY shiny laminate, NO splits, only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), NO rips, NO tears, NO annotations, 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, NO rubbing, NO grubbyness, and NO writing!!!!  The ULTRA RARE 'Cover Sticker' is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  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 UK 1969 '100% COMPLETE' MONO 1ST PRESSING OF "LET IT BLEED" BY THE ROLLING STONES!!!!  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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