THE ROLLING STONES The Rolling Stones No. 2 (Rare 1965 UK first issue 12-track deep groove mono LP on the unboxed Decca logo ‘ffrr’ label, front laminated picture sleeve with ‘blind man’ text on the back censored with a completely new backpasted slick to cover the offending words. This is The Rolling Stones’ equivalent of the ‘Butcher’ sleeve! LK4661)
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TRACKLISTING AND EXTRA INFORMATION
The group’s second British album actually appeared after their second US LP, mostly owing to the fact that the British rock & roll audience wasn’t focused on the long-player as a medium (Singles and EPs were the driving force of the business in England then).

It uses the same David Bailey cover shot that had graced the US issued ’12 X 5′ album two months earlier, but only four songs (Under The Boardwalk, Suzie Q, Grown Up Wrong and Time Is On My Side) overlap on the two albums.
Rather, Rolling Stones No. 2 offered seven songs that weren’t to make it out in America until four months later on ‘The Rolling Stones Now!’ It also includes one of the group’s best blues covers, their version of Muddy Waters’ I Can’t Be Satisfied, which wasn’t released in America until 1973 and features some killer slide playing by Brian Jones. The UK LP was originally released in mono only.
Apart from a limited Japanese release, this has still to be released on CD in this format, which is almost impossible to believe for a band as big as The Stones.

Condition :-

The original back design carried sleeve notes that included the text:

“If you dont have bread, see that blind man, knock him on the head, steal his wallet and low and behold you have the loot, if you put in the boot, good, another one sold!”

Not one of Mr Loog Oldham’s wisest lyrical outpourings (or a shrewd marketing move!) and they naturally caused uproar in January 1965, even to the extent of being debated in the UK Parliament.
This was a bit too much for Decca and an alternate version of the back artwork was hastily prepared & the few they had left in the factories were overpasted with the new artwork.
Most first issue sleeves continued to carry the text as they were already in the shops. This was only ever a temporary solution until the text was finally removed from later printings of the album sleeve. The small amount that were overpasted to censor the lyrics are extremely rare. If you look at the back, you can clearly see that the original sleeve notes extended beyond the modified, more politically correct, version.

This sleeve is beautiful, with just a little laminate creasing to the opening edge, but nothing particularly noteable.
The back slick is still very white with few signs of handling and the front is still bright & clean.

The labels are red with unboxed, open Decca logo and ffrr ‘ear’, with the deep grooves that were omitted from later pressings.

This is the fourth label variant used on the first issue of No2 as it has the longer ‘Made In England The Decca Record Co. Ltd’ top text. This puts the timing, as you would expect, just after the first batch had been distributed, so probably mid to late 1965. The K/T tax code is just above the catalogue number on the right side, with the copyright ‘BIEM/NCB’ below it.

The matrix numbers are machine stamped into the ‘dead wax’ areas. They are as follows:

Side One XARL-6619-2A
Side Two XARL-6620-1A

The vinyl has light hairlines & scuffs to Side 2 with Side 1 looking nice & clean leavng it EX/VG.

A fantastic one owner copy of the rarest UK variant of this album. The only possible way to improve on this copy would be to to magic back 1965 again !

Tracklisting:

01. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
02. Down Home Girl
03. You Can’t Catch Me
04. Time Is On My Side
05. What A Shame
06. Grown Up Wrong
07. Down The Road Apiece
08. Under The Boardwalk
09. I Can’t Be Satisfied
10. Pain In My Heart
11. Off The Hook
12. Suzie-Q

Artist – The Rolling Stones (click link for complete listing)
Title – The Rolling Stones No. 2 (click link for more of the same title)
Year of Release – 1965
Original Year of Release – 1965
Format – vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label – Decca
Catalogue No – LK4661 (click link for more)
Country of Origin – United Kingdom (UK)
Language – Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info – Deleted, Picture Sleeve
Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) – 5053201664446
Condition – This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). We buy items as close to Mint condition as possible and many will be unplayed and as close to new as you could hope to find. Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. Click here for more info.
RareVinyl.com Ref No – ROLLPTH879334
Alternative Names – Rolling Stones,The Stones, The Greatest Rock N Roll Band In The World,Rollingstones.
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GENRES
60s Beat, 60s Pop, 60s Rock, 70s Rock, 70s Artists, Rock And Roll, Rock.

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