Sold Date: April 22, 2016
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THE STONE ROSES: 1989 UK SILVERTONE ORIGINAL w/INNER - IN SHRINK - UNPLAYED/MINT THE STONE ROSES
The Stone Roses

1989 UK SILVERSTONE (ORE LP 502) ORIGINAL PRESSING OF THE STONE ROSES' SEMINAL DEBUT
AN OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL COPY - LOOKS UNPLAYED/UNTOUCHED
STILL IN THE ORIGINAL SHOP SHRINK-WRAP (opened)

PRESSED WITH THE BLACK/RED SILVERTONE LABELS
MATRIX: ORE LP 502 A2 / ORE LP 502 B2
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL GLOSSY SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL GLOSSY INNER SLEEVE

Since the Stone Roses were the nominal leaders of Britain's "Madchester" scene -- an indie rock phenomenon that fused guitar pop with drug-fueled rave and dance culture -- it's rather ironic that their eponymous debut only hints at dance music.
What made the Stone Roses important was how they welcomed dance and pop together, treating them as if they were the same beast.
Equally important was the Roses' cool, detached arrogance, which was personified by Ian Brown's nonchalant vocals.
Brown's effortless malevolence is brought to life with songs that equal both his sentiments and his voice -- "I Wanna Be Adored," with it's creeping bassline and waves of cool guitar hooks, doesn't demand adoration, it just expects it.
Similarly, Brown can claim "I Am the Resurrection" and lie back, as if there were no room for debate.
But the key to The Stone Roses is John Squire's layers of simple, exceedingly catchy hooks and how the rhythm section of Reni and Mani always imply dance rhythms without overtly going into them.
On "She Bangs the Drums" and "Elephant Stone," the hooks wind into the rhythm inseparably -- the '60s hooks and the rolling beats manage to convey the colourful, neo-psychedelic world of acid house.
Squire's riffs are bright and catchy, recalling the British Invasion while suggesting the future with their phased, echoey effects.
The Stone Roses was a two-fold revolution -- it brought dance music to an audience that was previously obsessed with droning guitars, while it revived the concept of classic pop songwriting, and the repercussions of its achievement could be heard throughout the '90s, even if the Stone Roses could never achieve this level of brilliance again.

Side 1:
I Wanna Be Adored
She Bangs The Drum
Waterfall
Don't Stop
Bye Bye Badman
Side 2:
Elizabeth My Dear
(Song For My) Sugar Spun Sugar
Made Of Stone
Shoot You Down
This Is The One
I Am The Resurrection

LABELS: MINT
An immaculate set of factory-fresh labels - no spindle traces or signs of use
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new - some hairlines from movement of the record within the inner - all natural and harmless
VINYL Audio: MINT
Plays beautifully from start to finish - even the quiet long fade-in to 'I Wanna Be Adored ' and the gentle, acoustic 'Elizabeth My Dear' are exceptionally clean - lovely copy and they really do not come better
SLEEVE: MINT
As new - crisp and sharp and still protected by the original shop shrink-wrap
INNER SLEEVE: MINT
Clean and unmarked - no seam splits

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EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)

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