Let It Bleed boxed unboxed Decca labels

Let It Bleed is one of my all time favourite albums. For me that run of Stone's LPs from Satanic Majesties Request through Beggars Banquet to Let It Bleed were stunning as a teenager growing up in Bath during the sixties. I still think they stand the test of time, though I know many people have little time for Satanic Majesties these days, I still find it magical and other worldly, sad but true!!

Anyway the point of this confession is I cannot pass up on an opportunity to buy these albums if I come across them at a decent price (not a regular occurrence these days!) Truth be known I have five copies of Let It Bleed, an assortment of mono and stereo Decca pressings on both boxed and unboxed labels (apologies to any normal person reading this, I wont bore you with the significance of the difference).

The last copy I bought earlier this year was, so I thought, a very clean near mint boxed Decca stereo bought form Raves From the Grave in Frome in Somerset. ( 3 floors of collectable vinyl well worth a visit) It was only whilst sorting through some recent purchases that I took another look at it and discovered, to my great surprise, that one side of the album has a boxed Decca label the other side is unboxed.

I know this a rare press but cannot find any real info about it. Side one matrix is XZAL 9363 P 5W side two XZAL 9364 P 4W. It came with censored blue inner sleeve. I would love to find out more about this pressing so if you can help please contact me.
Such an interesting find makes all those of digging worth the effort, honestly!!

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