BEATLES Beatles First LP 1967 POLYDOR 1st SUPERB

	£		63
	$		83

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Beatles called "The Beatles First" and is an ORIGINAL 1967 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Polydor label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE BEATLES RAREST LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  BACK IN 1967 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED IN THE UK - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED!!!!  AS A RESULT IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL - IS THAT IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE!!!!   AND THIS IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  I WILL NOW EXPLAIN WHAT MAKES THIS LP SO MASSIVELY RARE!!!!  ALTHOUGH THIS LP WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN GERMANY BACK IN 1964 - IT WAS NEVER EVER RELEASED IN THE UK UNTIL THE 4TH AUGUST 1967!!!!  IT SOLD TERRIBLY AND VARIOUS DIFFERENT PRESSINGS WERE MADE LATER ONE IN 1968 & 1969 TO TRY AND SELL MORE COPIES WITH DIFFERENT PROMOTIONS!!!!  SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO VERIFY A 100% GENIUNE UK 1ST PRESSING - AS THEY ARE SO INCREDIBLY RARE!!!!  THIS ONE IS INDEED ONE OF THE 'DAY OF RELEASE' 1ST PRESSINGS FROM THE '4TH AUGUST 1967' WITH EVERY SINGLE 1ST PRESS DETAIL!!!!  FIRSTLY IT MISTAKENLY LISTS MONO ON THE LABELS - WHEREAS ALL LATER ONES HAVE STEREO PRINITED INSTEAD!!!!  SECONDLY THE COVER HAS NO 'WARNING THIS IS A STEREO RECORD' TEXT ON THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF THE COVER BACK (LATER ONES DO!)!!!!  THIRDLY THE COVER IS LAMINATED, PRINTED BY 'E.J.DAY' AND CARRIES THE ALL IMPORTANT 'PATENTS PENDING' TEXT ON THE REVERSE OF THE COVER (LATER ONES DONT!)!!!!  FOURTHLY THE INNER SLEEVE HAS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS '067' (JUNE 1967!) DATE CODING ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER ON THE INNER SLEEVE (SEE PICTURE!) CLEARLY SHOWING THAT THIS LP WAS MADE 2 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE RELEASE DATE!!!!  AND LASTLY THE RECORD IS PRESSED ON THICK QUALITY VINYL (LATER ONES ARE THINNER!) AND HAS 'TWO' RIDGES AROUND THE CENTRE HOLE (LATER PRESSINGS ONLY HAVE ONE INSTEAD!)!!!!  SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT CONDITION AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1967 UK 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS POLYDOR LABEL, 1ST PRESS 'MONO' LABEL TEXT, 1ST PRESS 'DATE CODED' INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS 'E.J.DAY' LAMINATED 'PATENTS PENDING' COVER (WITH NO 'STEREO WARNING' TEXT!)!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Polydor UK 1st Pressing from 1967 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl!!!!  The Cat. No is 236 201 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Polydor label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos!)!!!! 

The record labels are in AWESOME condition (see pictures) with NO writing, NO wear, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in SUPERB condition!!!!  Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, NO hairlines, only 1 absolutely ULTRA light scuffline trace, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS SUPERB!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade Excellent+ if not better!!!!  SUPERB RECORD!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 'Earliest' 1st Press 'Date Coded' inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The 1st Press 'E.J.Day' Laminated 'Patents Pending' Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), VERY shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with barely ANY grubbyness AT ALL (virtually NONE!), barely ANY yellowing AT ALL (virtually NONE!), NO rubbing (apart from an absolutely TINY rub trace towards the top right), and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  BRILLIANT COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

TAKE A LOOK AT PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE Beatles LP!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1967 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING OF "THE BEATLES FIRST" BY THE BEATLES, IN SUPERB CONDITION!!!!  Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World (Postal discounts are available - see below for details).  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: