BEATLES Nowhere Man EP 1966 MONO GEP 8952 FACTORY SAMPLE SUPERB

	£		76
	$		100

PLEASE NOTE - THIS AUCTION WILL END LATE SATURDAY 13th MAY - AS THIS WEEK I AM DOING SATURDAY NIGHT (13th) AND SUNDAY NIGHT (14th) AUCTIONS - WITH SOME AMAZING ITEMS ENDING ON BOTH DAYS!!!!!  SO PLEASE READ ON ABOUT THIS AMAZING ITEM BELOW - AND GOOD LUCK IF YOU DECIDE TO BID:-

THE RARITY OF EPs:-   EPs were popular in the UK from the early 1950s through the late 1960s.  However, they had a few flaws, which makes them especially rare in top condition!!!!  Firstly although they had 'LP type' covers - they were much thinner than LP covers, and as a result they creased and tore easily.  SO IT VERY RARE INDEED TO FIND THIS EP IN TOP CONDITION LIKE THIS ONE IS!!!!  And secondly EPs generally NEVER came with inner sleeves after around 1960.  There were a couple of exceptions - but EMI certainly never bothered with them.  And this means that any record inside an EP cover was directly rubbing against the cardboard interior of the cover.  This means that almost ALL EPs ever made - will have some paper scuffs under light.  This is normal and completely unavoidable with ALL Beatles EPs.  HOWEVER, THE RECORD IN THIS EP HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL - AND COUPLED WITH ITS STUNNING COVER, MAKES THIS EP VERY VERY RARE INDEED (AND ALMOST NEVER SEEN LIKE THIS NOW!)!!!!

THE RARITY OF 'FACTORY SAMPLES':-  'FACTORY SAMPLE' PRESSINGS WERE ONLY EVER PRESSED IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (NO MORE THAN A HUNDRED COPIES AT THE VERY MOST!), AND WERE ONLY EVER USED FOR 'IN-HOUSE' USE BY EMI / CAPITOL THEMSELVES (FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES), PUT ON RECORDS EMPLOYEES WANTED TO TAKE HOME (TO PREVENT THEM BEING RETURNED A SHOP IN EXCHANGE FOR MONEY), OR VERY OCCASSIONALLY ONE WAS GIVEN OUT TO 'IMPORTANT VISITORS' TO THE FACTORY - SUCH AS PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS FOR EXAMPLE!!!!  'FACTORY SAMPLES' ARE TRULY EXCEPTIONALLY HARD TO FIND TODAY, AS SO FEW WERE EVER MADE!!!!  BARELY ANY 'FACTORY SAMPLE' PRESSINGS OF THIS EP WERE EVER MADE - MAKING THIS EP OF THE UTMOST RARITY!!!!

COUNTRY:-  UK

MONO/STEREO:-  MONO

FORMAT:-  EXTENDED PLAY (4 TRACKS)

PRESSING:-  EASILY THE RAREST PRESSING EVER MADE OF THIS EP!!!!  IT HAS A 'PUSH-OUT' CENTRE, 'GRAMOPHONE COMPANY' LABEL EDGE TEXT, A 'YELLOW & BLACK' PARLOPHONE LABEL, NO 'SOLD IN THE UK' LABEL TEXT, A SINGLE RIDGE AROUND THE CENTRAL BOSS, 'KT' TAX CODE IN THE RUN OFF GROOVES, '6607 TP' DATE CODING ON THE COVER BACK, 'POINTED' FLIPBACKS, AND STILL HAS 1ST PRESS 1/1 MATRIX ENDINGS.  ALL THESE DETAILS CONCLUSIVELY POINT TO THE RAREST PRESSING OF THIS EP EVER MADE - IN JUNE 1969 (LESS THAN 3 YEARS AFTER RELEASE!).

ARTIST:-  THE BEATLES

TITLE:-  NOWHERE MAN

CAT NUMBER:-  GEP 8952

LABEL:-  PARLOPHONE

DATE:-  ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 1966 - THIS IS THE RAREST PRESSING EVER MADE FROM 1969.

SIGNS OF PLAY:-  BARELY ANY - UNDER CLOSE EXAMINATION ONLY 1 OR 2 TINY SPINDLE TRACES CAN BE SEEN - INDICATING  ONE OR 2 PLAYS ONLY!

LABELS:-   NM

RECORD GRADING:-   The record is in BRILLIANT condition - and under normal room conditions it looks NM!  Even under light the record looks BRILLIANT and JET BLACK!   There are as expected, a few VERY light hairlines / paper scuffs towards the VERY edges of the record (from storage inside the cover as described in my 'Rarity Of EPs' section above) under light.  Though these are all VERY light indeed, and are almost ALWAYS present on almost ANY EP from the 1960s - even on VERY well cared for examples like this one clearly is!  There is also 2 or 3 TINY surface marks under light - but these are NON sounding and VERY hard to spot!  The record plays SUPERBLY - with NO skips, NO jumps, NO hiss, barely ANY clicks AT ALL, NO groovewear, NO distortion, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!  The record must grade VG++ if not better.  A very VERY nice record indeed, VERY strictly graded - and has BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!

INNER:-  Beatles EPs never came with an inner sleeve.

DEFECTS OUTSIDE OF THE GRADE GIVEN:-  N/A

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