BEATLES "HARD DAY'S NIGHT" INCREDIBILY RARE MISPRESS WITH TITLE ON BOTH LABELS
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THE BEATLES
"A HARD DAY'S NIGHT" PARLOPHONE PCS 3058 STEREO PRESSING
RELEASED ORIGINALY JULY 1964
THIS PRESSING LATE 1965
THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST AND HARDEST TO FIND ALBUM MISPRESSES OF THE BEATLES CATALOGUE
THIS PRESSING HAS THE TITLES ( Songs from the film "A HARD DAYS NIGHT" ) ON BOTH SIDES WHEN IN EFFECT IT WAS JUST THE 'A' SIDE TRACKS WHICH WERE FROM THE FILM
ACCORDING TO ONLINE FORUMS JUST A HANDFUL ESCAPED INTO CIRCULATION AND ARE ONLY AVAILABLE AS STEREO PRESSINGS
IF YOU GOOGLE 'HANDFUL' THE RESPONSE IS MORE THAN THREE BUT LESS THAN TEN ( PLEASE DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS )
THIS COPY ALSO HAS THE EXTRA . (DOT) IN SOLD IN.U.K. ON SIDE 1 WHILE SIDE 2 HAS SOLD IN U.K.
STAMPERS 2 OR 2 RR MATRICES -1 -1 KT TAX CODE SIDE 2 CENTRE
"GRAMOPHONE CO LTD" RIM TEXT WITH "SOLD IN THE UK" LABEL TEXT
AND FOR CLARIFICATION 'Songs from the film A HARD DAY'S NIGHT' TEXT IS ON BOTH SIDES
GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE LAMINATED FRONT FOLDOVER SEAM SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION WITH CLEAN BRIGHT LAMINATE AND AN UNCRUSHED SPINE AND CLEANLY DEFINED OPENING EDGES
THE REAR WHITE INNER PANEL IS ALSO IN SIMILAR BEAUTIFUL CONDITION WITH UNDAMGED FOLDOVER SEAMS
THE VINYL RECORD IS SIMILARILY OUTSTANDING WITH DEEP GLOSSY VINYL SURFACES WITH JUST ODD VERY LIGHT HANDLING MARKS ABSOLUTELY NONE ARE FEELABLE OR AFFECT THE AUDIO WHICH IS CLEAN AND CLEAR TO BOTH SIDES WITH QUIET RUN INS AND SPACES
LABELS ARE PRISTINE AND CLEAN AND SHOW JUST ODD LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS TO EITHER SIDE , CENTREHOLE IS UNWORN AND THE KT TAX CODE IS STILL BLACK IN COLOUR AND BEING A HIGH POINT ON THE LABEL USUALLY WEARS AWAY FIRST
APPARENTLY 'A HARD DAYS NIGHT ' IN STEREO WITH BLACK AND YELLOW LABELS IS ONE OF THE HARDEST EARLY BEATLES STEREO PRESSINGS TO FIND AS WE WERE STILL TWELVE MONTHS OR MORE AWAY FROM STEREO EQUIPMENT BECOMING EASIER AND CHEAPER TO SOURCE
RECORD COMES IN A CLEAN EMITEX INNER ,SOME COPIES DO COME IN THE ADVERTISING INNER WHICH DID COME OUT 1966 / 67 ONWARDS
ALTHOUGH THIS IS A SUPER CLEAN COPY ,WE DO PLAY TEST ON A SIXTIES HI-FI FOR REVIEW SO WE CAN ONLY COMMENT ON WHAT WE HEAR AND PLEASE REMEMBER THIS COPY IS NOW SIXTY YEARS OLD AND THANKFULLY APPEARS TO HAVE LED A SHELTERED LIFE
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