Stones: Sticky FIngers.....

its still pretty easy to find 'seventies' pressings from the US and Japan in mint condition...with mint covers too, for under 100 bucks. the mofi version is out there(no improvement on the others) for much more. the more recent japanese CD's are good...but once again, no improvement, and half ther charm of owning SF, is owning the 12x12 warhol.

Viridian, I wish they had released S.F. in the SACD format.
The Stones SACD's for the mostpart are fantastic examples of digital done right, too bad Sony gave up on the software side of things.

I generally reguard Begger's Banquet and Let It Bleed as the best Stones releases sonically but lately even Their Satanic Majesty's Request has been sounding pretty good to me(I found an older one with the 3D cover) Sticky Fingers definitely has it's sonic high points as well. I now need to reevaluate the sonics of my Tatoo You copies as I've recently come to realize they were done at Masterdisc by Robert Ludwig(usually a real good sign) It's been too long since I played this one to comment on sonics.

I was given an ' old box of records' from my buddy's garage. There were Japanese 'mint records' pressings of Aftermath, let it bleed and beggars banquet! As well as 1st pressings of exile, ya ya's and let it bleed.
I can say those Japanese pressings are head and shoulders above the rest.