The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

Avoid all Japanese pressings! They are mastered with tipped-up high frequencies. The typical Asian listener calls this "detail"! This goes along with their love of horn speakers!

Get an early British or German pressing! Avoid any of today's pressings sourced from digital files. Ugh!

And anybody would be nuts to buy a copy from "better-records.com" for $300!

And not the Mobile Fidelity LP. Unbelievably low in level. Is that super uncompressed? Whatever. The sound otherwise is great though.

Just get what’s now impossible- a clean domestic period press.

It’s the Stones.....you’re not supposed to be obsessed with audio hifi nonsense.

Finding BOTH the zip cover AND LP in good condition for a reasonable cost is an accomplishment, if it’s a British press....double gold stars!

Late edit:

According to discogs, I have a first batch press

• Matrix / Runout (A Side label): ST RS-712189RI
• Matrix / Runout (B Side label): ST RS-712190RI

I pulled out my  copy to blast "Cant you hear..." One of my favorite intro licks I've been perfecting as a hack guitar wanker for 40 years.

It sure sounds convincing. The crunchy Keef riff(or whoever actually did it), and solid Bill Wyman bass line are close enough to audio geek requirements.The sax solo is sounds like a sax solo. Micks vocals and backup aren't audiophoole perfect, but it's a R&R recording, not a ridiculous test record for your cartidge!

My copy is great with the exception of Brown Sugar, which skips every few seconds practically till the end.
The rest of the album is amazingly in good condition and quiet.