BEATLES "RUBBER SOUL" 1965 UK PRESSING ***STEREO***
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BEATLES "RUBBER SOUL"
ORIGINAL UK RARER STEREO PRESSING.
RELEASED 3RD DECEMBER 1965 "RUBBER SOUL" WAS THE BEATLES SIXTH U.K ALBUM RELEASE AND BECAME THEIR FIFTH ALBUM RELEASE TO GO DIRECTLY TO NUMBER ONE IN THE U.K ALBUM CHARTS.
1965 FIRST PRESSING OF THIS STEREO VERSION FEATURE LABELS WHICH CARRY "THE GRAMMOPHONE CO" RIM TEXT & "SOLD IN UK" TEXT.
IN 1969 A SECOND STEREO PRESSING WAS ISSUED WHICH FEATURED THE SAME LABELS AS THE FIRST BUT WITHOUT "SOLD IN UK"
OFFERED FOR SALE IN TWO PLAY CONDITION IS A RARE UK STEREO VERSION WHICH FEATURES SECOND ISSUE LABELS TO SID EONE BUT FIRST ISSUE LABELS TO SIDE TWO!!!!
PCS 3075
YEX.178/9-3-3
THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS ARE IN NEAR MINT CONDITION TO BOTH SIDES. LABELS HAVE JUST ONE VERY LIGHT SPINDLE MARK (VISIBLE ONLY UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT) TO SIDE ONE ONLY, THERE IS NO SPINDLE WEAR PRESENT. ALL LAETTERING IS PERFECT, BRIGHT AND UNSPOILT. SIDE ONE LABELS DO NOT CARRY "SOLD IN UK" TEXT BUT SIDE TWO LABELS DO.
THE GLOSSY HEAVY WEIGHT VINYL IS TRULY STUNNING, CLEARLY HAVING RECEIVED NO MORE THAN TWO CAREFUL PLAYS AND THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE VINYL'S STUNNING CONDITION. THE VINYL DISPLAYS JUST LIGHT AND WISPY SURFACE MARKS WHICH WILL HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY HANDLING, THERE ARE NO NEEDLE MARKS PRESENT. IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT THIS APPEARS TO BE MINT. THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.
THE STEREO AUDIO IS FLAWLESS THROUGHOUT...THIS VINYL DELIVERS A PERFECT PERFORMANCE.
THE ORIGINAL INNER IS ALSO IN SUPERB CONDITION GIVEN ITS AGE AND DISPLAYS JUST VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING AND IS SILL STILL WHITE AND CRISP.
THE OUTER GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE "PATENTS PENDING" LAMINATED SLEEVE IS SUPERB IT DOES DISPLAY SOME CREASING TO THE FRONT BUT THIS IS MINIMAL. THE SLEEVE IS INTACT AND ALL SEAMS ARE FLAT AND CREASE FREE WITH NO LIFTING. THE SPINE IS STILL PERFECTLY RIDGID AND ALL WORDING IS READABLE AND CRISP. THE SLEEVE IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND THE REAR STILL RETAINS ITS TRUE WHITE COLOUR..... THIS REALLY IS SUPERB AND ONE OF THE BEST I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME.
OVERALL THIS REALLY IS A STUNNING AND BARELY PLAYED EXAMPLE OF THIS RARER UK STEREO PRESSING WHICH FEATURES AN UNUSUAL LABEL VARIATION.
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