BEATLES "REVOLVER" RARE UK MONO 1ST PRESS ****606-1****
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BEATLES "REVOLVER"
ORIGINAL AND RARE 1966 MONO 1ST PRESSING.
RELEASED AUGUST 5TH 1966 "REVOLVER" WAS THE BEATLES SEVENTH UK ALBUM RELEASE.
THE ALBUM WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE TITLED "ABRACADABRA" UNTIL IT WAS DESCOVERED THAT THIS TITLE WAS ALREADY IN USE.
THE FIRST TRACK RECORDED FOR THE ALBUM WAS "TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS", WHICH INCIDENTLY WAS TITLED "THE VOID".
THE DAY THE ALBUM WAS PRESSED IT WAS DECIDED THAT ANOTHER VERSION OF "TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS" WAS PREFERED TO THE ONE ALREADY CHOSEN TO APPEAR ON THE ALBUM, THE PRESSING WAS STOPPED AND THE TRACK WAS CHANGED, HOWEVER A LIMITED NUMBER OF ALBUMS HAD BEEN PRESSED AND THESE WHERE SENT OUT TO THE SHOPS ALONG WITH THE CORRECTED VERSION.
THESE "MISPRESSED" VERSIONS CARRY THE 606-1 MATRIX NUMBER..... THIS IS ONLY APPLICABLE TO THE MONO PRESSINGS AND NOT THE STEREO VERSION OF THIS ALBUM.
PMC 7009
XEX 605/6-2-1
KT TAX CODE.
THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. WHEN VIEWED CLOSELY UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE ARE SOME LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS BUT THERE IS NO SPINDLE WEAR. LABELS ARE CLEAN AND FREE FROM WRITING AND STILL VIVID WITH PERFECT LETTERING AND NO RUBBING, FADING OR OTHER BLEMISHES.... LABELS FEATURE "DR ROBERT" TRACK LISTING.
THE GLOSSY VINYL IS EXCELLENT.......... THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED AND THEREFORE THE VINYL DOES DISPLAY LIGHT BUT SUPERFICIAL SURFACE MARKS AND SOME NEEDLE MARKS ..THERE IS ALSO A VISIBLE NEEDLE MARK ACROSS THE LAST FOUR ON SIDE TWO WHICH CAUSES SOME CRACKLE AND CLICKS TO THE AUDIO (DO BEAR THIS IN MIND BEFORE BIDDING) THE VINYL STILL RETAINS ITS HIGH GLOSS SURFACE WITH NO DULLING AND LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.
AUDIO IS EXCELLENT.... THERE IS SOME CRACKLE EVIDENT TO RUN IN/ OFF GROOVES AND THE ODD TRACK GROOVE, ALSO THERE IS THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED DISTORTION ,OTHERWISE THE AUDIO ITSELF PLAYS THROUGH SUPERBLY WITH NO , POPS, JUMPS OR STICKS.
THE ORIGINAL WHITE INNER IS SUPERB WITH JUST LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING.
THE OUTER E.J DAY SLEEVE WHICH FEATURES "DR ROBERT" TRACK LISTING IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE. THE FRONT DISPLAYS SOME EDGE WRINKLES AND A FEW LIGHT CREASES AND THE FRONT HAS NOT SUFFERED FROM ANY AGE YELLOWING AND IS THEREFORE STILL ITS BRIGHT WHITE AND VIBRANT COLOUR. THERE ARE THE INEVITABLE CORNER BUMPS PRESENT BUT THESE REALLY ARE EXTREMLEY MINOR AND THERE IS NO EDGE WEAR. THE OPENING EDGE IS STRAIGHT WITH NO WEAR EVIDENT AND ALL SIDES ARE PERFECTLY SQUARE AND STRONG.THE REAR PANEL IS ALSO EXCELLENT, IT DOES DISPLAY SOME LIGHT "WHITENING" CAUSED THROUGH RUBBING AND THERE IS SOME MINOR RINGWEAR VISIBLE, THE REAR IS OTHERWISE STILL ITS TRUE DEEP BLACK COLOUR WITH ALL THREE FLIPBACKS IN UNCREASED AND FLAT CONDITION WITH JUST A SINGLE CREASE VISIBLE. THE SPINE IS RIGID.THE SLEEVE IS VERY CLEAN THROUGHOUT AND IS OF COURSE FREE FROM ANY WRITING.
OVERALL A VERY RESPECTABLE EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE AND VERY SOUGH AFTER UK MONO 606-1 VERSION.
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