Early Stones recording quality on original Decca doesn't suck. I wish I had bought them all, as the Stones had turned to c**p by 1975 (46 years of c**p from these geriatrics and counting).
My copy of 'Aftermath' still sounds great after 55 years and there is ~30 minutes of music crammed onto each side. I must have played it quite a bit as well.
My original mono 'Blonde on Blonde' did wear out a long time ago but I was playing it on my father's primitive Collaro that set tracking weight with a spring and must have been running at 5 grammes or something. You will know if they wear out; there was extraneous white noise.
My copy of 'Aftermath' still sounds great after 55 years and there is ~30 minutes of music crammed onto each side. I must have played it quite a bit as well.
My original mono 'Blonde on Blonde' did wear out a long time ago but I was playing it on my father's primitive Collaro that set tracking weight with a spring and must have been running at 5 grammes or something. You will know if they wear out; there was extraneous white noise.