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mitchflorida1
Let me clarify:

ffrr (full frequency range recording) was a spin-off devised by British Decca's development during the Second World War of a high fidelity hydrophone capable of detecting and cataloging individual German submarines by each one's signature engine noise, and enabled a greatly enhanced frequency range (high and low notes) to be captured on recordings.[22] Critics regularly commented on the startling realism of the new Decca recordings. The frequency range of ffrr was 80–15000 Hz, with a signal-to-noise ratio of 60dB. While Decca's early ffrr releases on 78-rpm discs had some noticeable surface noise, which diminished the effects of the high fidelity sound, the introduction of long-playing records in 1949 made better use of the new technology and set an industry standard that was quickly imitated by Decca's competitors.


I AM ONLY INTERESTED INTHE MAROON-COLORED LONDON LABEL WITH FFRR EAR MARKING. PLEASE CHECK THE LABEL COLOR BEFORE RESPONDING.

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boston2006
I just spent the last 45 minutes going through my vinyl .
Here's what I have :

Aftermath ~ Canadian Issue
Aftermath ~ UK Issue
Beggars Banquet ~ UK Issue
Between The Buttons ~ Canadian Issue
The Rolling Stones NO. 2 ~ UK Issue
Out Of Our Heads ~ UK Issue
Their Satanic Majesties Request ~ Canadian Issue

I also found a couple of lost forgotten misprints .

A copy of December's Children that has the Got Live If You Want It back Cover affixed

A copy of Let It Bleed with the same label affixed to both sides of the LP .

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mitchflorida1
Let me clarify:

ffrr (full frequency range recording) was a spin-off devised by British Decca's development during the Second World War of a high fidelity hydrophone capable of detecting and cataloging individual German submarines by each one's signature engine noise, and enabled a greatly enhanced frequency range (high and low notes) to be captured on recordings.[22] Critics regularly commented on the startling realism of the new Decca recordings. The frequency range of ffrr was 80–15000 Hz, with a signal-to-noise ratio of 60dB. While Decca's early ffrr releases on 78-rpm discs had some noticeable surface noise, which diminished the effects of the high fidelity sound, the introduction of long-playing records in 1949 made better use of the new technology and set an industry standard that was quickly imitated by Decca's competitors.




I AM ONLY INTERESTED INTHE MAROON-COLORED LONDON LABEL WITH FFRR EAR MARKING. PLEASE CHECK THE LABEL COLOR BEFORE RESPONDING.

OK, looks like you wanna play...here's what I have:

3 copies of England's Newest Hitmakers - London - FFRR - Made In England
1 copy 12x5 - London - FFRR - Made in England
1 copy NOW - London - FFRR - Made In England
2 copies OOOH - London - FFRR - Made in England

So I figure if you have $1400 that you'd like to give me PLUS shipping, let's dance.

By the way...these aren't even the rarest necessarily. I have 3 copies of NOW, in stereo, that are London unboxed, which would be the earliest stereo pressings. Also weird variations of England's Newest Hitmakers and NOW that have parellel horizontal lines on the label (I think I read they were printed for the armed forces...so very rare).

With all that said, they don't hold a candle to some of the original unboxed DECCA's of the era, which are actually beautiful, if you're a vinyl enthusiast.

EBAY can be great, but you have to shop....I stopped about 3 years ago.

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RobberBride
Boston & Treacle
why dont you drop me a line too, so we could start that vinyl club we talked about forever

[email protected]

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treaclefingers
With due respect Mitch, you started your thread as though you were an authority, and asked us who has the FFRR because you'd like to pay up to $200 per album. I knew that wasn't going to happen!

Now, you're being a little more forthright in that you're asking some questions, which is fine...I'm still asking questions...the stones have a very interesting and varied catalogue.

No one in the world has every variation of the releases...just too many.

It makes it all the more fun.

The original DECCA 'deep groove' pressings are very heavy vinyl, and for purists THE best way to hear the sixties music. The most valuable LPs that I've seen, are the variations of the first album (with either the short version of the song TELL ME (hypervaluable) or the long version of the song (pretty valuable), depending on whether the song is called MONA or I NEED YOU BABY....and unboxed OR boxed versions (red label of course) of Let It Bleed.

I'm only talking about regular releases, and not promos, acetates, or limited releases.

These can be in the several hundred of GBPs depending on condition.

Steffie Stones and Boston2006 appear to be the real experts on a lot of this stuff, so if you're just doing research, which is a great idea, then here would be a good place to start as we obviously enjoy discussing this.

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deardoctortake1
For years I've been wanting to produce a booklet on London Mono Label Variations from the Stones. I collect these records for the label variations as well as other reasons. I have multiple variations of each London Mono LP, some so far 8 different labels such as the Satanic Majesties. Variations include but not limited to color ie red, maroon, kind of maroon,white(first album) boxed, unboxed, FFRR, not FFRR, side 1 , side one, Front side, songs centered, left margin, numbered, not numbered, band 1, 2 etc, Made in USA or not, first recorded by Decca Recording co. or not, production credit placement, things right of the center hole, things to the left of hole, ear no ear, horizontal lines, no lines, words in lines, no words in lines, Long playing, not Long playing etc..

A lot of fun, it may never end or be known why, but I am always finding label variations.