BEATLES "REVOLVER" UK 1966 MONO ***FACTORY SAMPLE***
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BEATLES "REVOLVER"
ORIGINAL UK 1966 MONO PRESSING....FACTORY SAMPLE
RELEASED 5TH AUGUST 1966 "REVOLVER" WAS THE BEATLES SIXTH UK ALBUM RELEASE. IT WENT STRAIGHT TO NUMBER 1 IN THE U.K WITH ADVANCED SALES OF 300,000.
THE ALBUM WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE TITLED "ABRACADABRA" UNTIL IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THIS NAME HAD ALREADY BEEN USED.
ORIGINALLY IT WAS DECIDED THAT REMIX 11 OF TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS WAS TO BE USED ON THE ALBUM. PRESSINGS OF THE ALBUM HAD JUST STARTED WITH THE MATRIX 606-1 WHEN GEORGE MARTIN DECIDED HE PREFERED REMIX 8 AND WANTED IT CHANGED, PRESSINGS WHERE STOPPED AND THE TRACK WAS CHANGED.
OFFERED FOR SALE IS AN ORIGINAL FACTORY SAMPLE VERSION OF "REVOLVER" WHICH FEATURES THE PREFERED VERSION OF "TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS" AND THE 2ND ISSUE MATRIX NUMBER..606-2
PMC 7009
XEX 605/6-2-2
KT TAX CODE
THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABLES TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION . VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE SOME LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT . THE LABELS ARE VERY CLEAN AND ALL WORDING IS PERFECT WITH NO FADING OR DULLING....SIDE ONE FEATURES THE UNIQUE FACTORY SAMPLE STICKER
THE GLOSSY VINYL IS EXCELLENT, THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED AND THEREFORE IT DOES DISPLAY SOME LIGHT SURFACE MARKS AND SOME VERY LIGHT NEEDLE MARKS, HOWEVER NON ARE SEVERE AND NONE ARE FEELABLE AND MOST ARE REALLY ONLY VISIBLE WHEN THE VINYL IS EXAMINED UNDER A STRONG LIGHT. THE VINYL LIES FLAT AND SHOWS NO SIGNS OF WARPING AND THERE IS NO DULLING TO THE PLAYNG SURAFCE PRESENT.
AUDIO IS SUPERB...THERE IS SOME VERY MILD CRACKLE EVIDENT TO BOTH RUN IN/OFF GROOVES AND TO SOME OF THE QUIETER PARTS BUT NOTHING THAT SPOILS THE LISTENING ENJOYMENT. THE VINYL OTHERWISE PLAYS THROUGH CLEARLY AND WITH NO POPS, SKIPS OR JUMPS.
THE ORIGINAL WHITE "PATENTS APPLIED FOR" INNER IS STUNNING. IT IS STILL ITS ORIGINAL BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR AND STILL VERY VERY CRISP WITH JUST VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING.
THE "GARROS AND LOFTHOUSE" LAMINATED SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION .DESIGNED BY KLAUS VOORMAN, THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS JUST THE ODD VERY TINY EDGE WRINKLE. THE FRONT PANEL IS STILL ITS TRUE BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR WITH NO YELLOWING AND HAS RETAINED ITS DEEP AND VIBRANT SHEEN. THERE IS NO EDGE OR CORNER WEAR PRESENT.THE REAR IS FREE FROM ANY RUBBING OR FADING AND IT HAS NOT SUFFERED FROM TEH COMMON "WHITENING" CAUSED THROUGH RUBBING. ALL THE REAR SEAMS LIE PREFECTLY FLAT WITH NO LIFTING E.T.C.THE SPINE IS STILL PERFECTLY RIDGID. THE SLEEVE CARRIES THE CORRECT SMALL "MONO" LOGO.....A GENUINE TOP EXAMPLE.
OVERALL A SUPERB AND VERY DESIRABLE EXAMPLE OF THIS HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER UK MONO PRESSING WHICH FEATURES THE ADDED APPEAL OF BEEN AN ORIGIANL AND RARE UK FACTORY SAMPLE VERSION..
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