BEATLES Help LP 1965 MONO 1st Press FACTORY SAMPLE BRILLIANT EXAMPLE

	£		130
	$		172

PLEASE NOTE - THIS AUCTION WILL END LATE WEDNESDAY 22ND FEBRUARY (INTO EARLY MORNING THURSDAY 23RD UK TIME) - AS THIS WEEK I AM DOING LOADS OF DIFFERENT AUCTIONS WITH SOME AMAZING ITEMS ENDING ON DIFFERENT DAYS!!!!!  OF COURSE, I WILL STILL BE DOING MY USUAL SUNDAY NIGHT AUCTIONS AS NORMAL!!!!  SO PLEASE READ ON ABOUT THIS AMAZING ITEM BELOW - AND GOOD LUCK IF YOU DECIDE TO BID:-

FOR ONCE THERE IS FULL HISTORY WITH THIS ULTRA RARE ‘PROMOTIONAL’ LP:-  It is very VERY rare indeed to have FULL history of any LP today.  And it is even RARER to know a FULL history of a ‘sample’ PROMOTIONAL LP.  Many ‘samples’ have had stickers put on them at the later date, are fake printed ones, and even more laughably they are often the wrong ones!!!!  Every different company used different factory sample stickers – and some just didn’t use them at all (like Pye for example) so they are not inter-changeable!!!!  So it is very VERY important indeed to have the FULL history of a ‘Factory Sample’ LP to 100% GUARANTEE it is 100% GENUINE (which I am VERY happy to do in this case!).  The 1 previous owner of this LP worked for the UK’s BIGGEST record shop chain in the 1960s and 1970s namely Woolworths.  And for those outside of the UK who don’t know?  Woolworths literally had a shop in almost EVERY town in the UK in the 1960s, and at one point took up 65% of the UK market share in record sales.  The 1 previous owner of this LP worked in Woolworths head office, in the music department – compiling the charts for the record stores each week, monitoring sales (stock control), and deciding (along with others) which LP was going to be stocked in Woolworths stores in any given week.  And this was a very VERY big deal indeed for any band!!!!  If your LP was stocked by Woolworths in the 1960s and 1970s – it was almost GUARANTEED to sell VERY well indeed.  Whereas if Woolworths decided not to stock your LP, you had to rely on the independent record shops only, and sales would undoubtedly be very poor indeed!!!!  And so almost every record company sent copies of their LPs into Woolworths to promote their LPs, along with what were in many cases ‘begging letters’!  Especially with ‘new’ bands – as it was VERY hard to get Woolworths to stock them.  And even the biggest artists who were guaranteed to be stocked in Woolworths, sent in LPs and letters to try and gain a better shelf space than their competitors.   Clearly after the LPs came in, and decisions were taken 99% of them were thrown away.  And of course, whilst ‘Demos’ were sent to Radio Stations, Woolworths didn’t play their LPs on the radio – and so they were sent ‘Factory Samples’ instead.  According to the 1 previous owner, they were free for ANYONE to take home at any time after they had been evaluated.  After all, clearly there was no use for them at Woolworths head office!!!!  This 1 previous owner amassed a collection of over 600 LPs in his time at Woolworths.  Many were classical and some were mainstream Jazz (neither of which has any interest to me).  However he did have a small selection of 1960s pop, beat, rock, Jazz, and blues (which will be appearing in the coming weeks) – of which this LP is just one from that collection.  IMPORTANTLY all the stickers are 100% GENUINE in EVERY way, and each record company has the CORRECT sticker.  So you can tell immediately that these ‘Factory Sample’ LPs are 100% CORRECT and 100% GENUINE in EVERY respect!!!!  This is just one 1 LP from this AMAZING collection – so please read on below:-

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Beatles called "Help!" and is an ORIGINAL 1965 UK MONO 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Yellow & Black Parlophone label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY 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 (LIKE THIS!)!!!!  IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER LPs ON THE PARLOPHONE LABEL - AND IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  THIS LP ALSO HAS AN ULTRA RARE AND 100% GENUINE 'FACTORY SAMPLE' STICKER ON 1 LABEL - WHICH IS COMPLETELY CORRECT IN EVERY WAY FOR ALL PARLOPHONE LPs FROM THIS PERIOD, AND CAME FROM THE SAME AMAZING COLLECTION OUTLINED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DESCRIPTION!!!!  

NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND SO VERY HARD TO FIND LIKE THIS NOW!!!!  AND EVEN THOUGH THE RECORD FOR THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION - THE COVER ON THIS LP IS ESPECIALLY NICE!!!!  FOR ALTHOUGH THE 1 PREVIOUS OWNER PLAYED THIS LP A FEW TIMES (IT WAS ONE OF HIS FAVOURITES!) - THE COVER WAS ALWAYS KEPT IN A PLASTIC SLEEVE FROM THE DAY HE GOT IT!!!!  AS A RESULT THE COVER HAS RETAINED A SUPERB 'MIRROR-LIKE' SHINE TO THE LAMINATE, AND HAS ABSOLUTELY NO YELLOWING AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1965 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS YELLOW & BLACK PARLOPHONE LABEL, 1ST PRESS 'KT' LABEL TAX CODING, 1ST PRESS 'GRAMOPHONE COMPANY' LABEL EDGE TEXT, 1ST PRESS 'SOLD IN THE UK' LABEL TEXT, 1ST PRESS 'EMITEX' INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' FLIPBACK LAMINATED 'PATENTS PENDING' MONO COVER (WITH 'OUTLINE' MONO ON THE COVER FRONT!)!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Parlophone UK 1st Pressing from 1965 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl!!!!  The Cat. No is PMC 1255 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Yellow & Black Parlophone label (see picture) and is a UK MONO 1st Pressing!!!! 

The record labels are in BRILLIANT condition (see pictures) with NO writing, NO wear (apart from a TINY 'touched in' trace around 1 centre hole), NO writing, and only some spindle marks to either label!!!!!  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT 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, only 3 or 4 MEGA light hairlines, NO scufflines, 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 SHINES LIKE NEW!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, barely ANY clicks AT ALL, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some VERY slight background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  BRILLIANT 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 1st Press 'Emitex' inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Garrod & Lofthouse' Flipback Laminated 'Patents Pending' MONO Cover is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition - and has ALWAYS been kept in a plastic sleeve from the day the 1 previous owner got it!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, NO splits, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), NO rips, NO tears, only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), NO yellowing, STUNNING shiny laminate, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, SUPERB print (with NO fading AT ALL!), NO ringwear, NO rubbing, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must MEGA STRICTLY grade Very Good++++ if not better - and is very VERY close to a grade above!!!!  And I strongly suspect that most would grade even higher still!!!!  BRILLIANT COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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