With The Beatles - 2 x 1-Sided UK 1963 Mono *TEST PRESSING* Parlophone LPs
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Description
THE BEATLES - 'WITH THE BEATLES'
Here is a rare opportunity to acquire a set of genuine UK 1963 MONO factory test-pressings of their 2nd UK album 'With The Beatles'.
The set comprises of two single-sided discs; each disc plays one side of the album, the other a continuous 600Hz test-tone signal.
These discs were two of the first off the EMI presses in November 1963 and both have initial -1N/-1N cutting & earliest stampers.
All sides have pritned white Parlophone test-pressing labels with 'Beatles' handwritten in ball-point pen on each playing side label.
Playing side matrices: XEX 447-1N & XEX 447-1N
Playing side stamper codes: 1/G & 1/G
The non-playing sides play have 'LPFB 2' machine stamped in their run-outs.
The 'KT' purchase tax code is present in the centre of both playing sides.
Disc weights: 165g & 164g
CONDITION
Labels: EXCELLENT
Both are clean & bright with a number of faint spindle trails around the centre hole of the non-playing side labels.
Visual: GOOD & VERY GOOD
These discs have not been wrapped in cotton wool for 50 years and have clearly been played many times. The playing surface of disc 1 especially bears numerous surface scuffs and light scratches but disc 2 is less marked. Both are however very clean and retain a good deal of their original gloss and lie 100% flat on the turntable.
Overall Sound Quality: EXCELLENT
Despite having been played many times, the cutting and pressing quality shine through. The sound from these very first stampers is like no other I have experienced on any other pressing of this album. All tracks are free from any groove/playwear distortion. My playcheck detected some ticks and light vinyl background in the bands between tracks and there is some light background on 'Til There Was You'. There are no jumps or repeats on either disc.
Discs of this type were produced in a tiny single batch and very few are known to have survived and few ever come up for sale.
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