BEATLES "REVOLVER" UK RARE 1st STEREO PRESSING BLACK & YELLOW LABELS
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THE BEATLES
"REVOLVER" RELEASED AUGUST 5th 1966
PARLOPHONE PCS 7009 FIRST PRESS STEREO RELEASE
"GRAMOPHONE CO LTD" RIM TEXT AND "SOLD IN THE UK" LABEL TEXT
STAMPERS 2 RD 2 GR MATRICES 605-1 606-1 KT TAX CODE SIDE 2 CENTRE
MISPRESS 'DR. ROBERT' ON THE LABEL AND THE SLEEVE INSTEAD OF 'DOCTOR ROBERT'
LAMINATED FRONT GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE SLEEVE ALTHOUGH BRIGHT AND CLEAN DOES HAVE A CREASE CLOSE TO THE TOP WITH SOME LAMINATE LIFT ON THE CREASE (HARD TO MAKE OUT IN THE PICS) ,THERE ARE ALSO SOME SMALL CREASES AROUND THE EDGES
THE 'STEREO' DESIGNATION AT THE TOP RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SLEEVE HAS A SMALL STICKER REMOVAL MARK UNDERNEATH PROBABLY AN ORIGINAL PRICE STICKER ,OVERALL ALL THE TEXT AND IMAGES ARE LEGIBLE
REAR INNER PANEL IS ALSO IN CLEAN CONDITION WITH AGAIN A CREASE ACROSS THE TOP THIRD OF THE SLEEVE BUT ALL THE TEXT AND IMAGES ARE LEGIBLE ,ALL THREE FOLDOVER LAMINATED SEAMS ARE PRESENT
RECORD COMES IN ITS ORIGINAL "PATENTS PENDING" WHITE INNER SLEEVE (NEW TO EMI AT THIS TIME BUT SOON TO BECOME THE STANDARD ONCE PATENTED)
HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL RECORD STILL RETAINS A DEEP GLOSSY SHEEN TO THE SURFACES
WITH CLEAN UNMARKED PARLOPHONE LABELS
THERE ARE SOME LIGHT NEEDLE/HANDLING MARKS ON SIDE 1 NOT FEELABLE AND THEY DON'T SEEM TO AFFECT THE AUDIO ,SIDE 2 HAS JUST THE ODD VERY SMALL HANDLING MARK AND THERE IS JUST THE ODD LIGHT POP ON THE SOUNDTRACK WITH QUIET RUN INS AND SPACES
THE LABEL CENTRES DO SHOW SOME SPINDLE MARKS BUT THEY ARE CONFINED TO THE RECORD CENTRES
WE DO PLAY TEST THESE RECORD ON A SIXTIES HI FI SYSTEM WHICH HAS A HEAVIER PICK UP THAN TODAYS MORE MODERN SYSTEMS SO COULD GET A DIFFERENT RESPONSE
STEREO COPIES WERE HARD TO FIND BACK IN THE SIXTIES AS NOT MANY PEOPLE OWNED A STEREO SYSTEM TO PLAY THEM ON ,MAKING THEM EVEN HARDER TO FIND TODAY
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