BEATLES Twist & Shout EP 1963 1st RAREST EVER UNIQUE

	£		145
	$		192

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On offer here is a VERY rare EP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Beatles called 'Twist & Shout' and is an ORIGINAL 1963 UK MONO 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Yellow & Black Parlophone label!!!!  THIS EP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE BEATLES RAREST EPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER EPs ON THE PARLOPHONE LABEL - AND IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE (ESPECIALLY LIKE THIS!)!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION OVERALL - AND FOR ONCE, THIS EP HAS AN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITIONED COVER, WITH THE COVER BACK BEING VERY WHITE LOOKING INDEED!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!! 

BUT WHAT MAKES THIS EXAMPLE , THE RAREST 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE (AND COMPLETELY UNIQUE!) IS THAT IT HAS AN AMAZING LABEL MISPRINT!!!!  AND THIS MAKES THIS EP THE RAREST BEATLES EP EVER TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE - EVER!!!!  AMAZINGLY - ON THE SIDE 2 LABEL (SEE PICTURES) HALF THE PRINT IS COMPLETELY MISSING!  WHILST HALF THE TEXT IS PRINTED AS NORMAL - THE 'PARLOPHONE COMPANY' EDGE TEXT, THE LARGE '45' TEXT, THE 'EXTENDED PLAY' TEXT, AND THE 'MADE IN GT BRITAIN' TEXT ARE ALL COMPLETELY MISSING!!!!  IN FACT, YOU CAN CLEARLYT SEE WHAT IS MISSING AND WHAT ISNT - AS THE SIDE 2 LABEL IS COMPLETELY NORMAL - AND SO THE TEXT THAT IS MISSING ON THE SIDE 1 LABEL IS GLARINGLY OBVIOUS!!!!  AND UNLIKE MANY 'SO CALLED' MISPRINTS - THIS ISNT A SLIGHT 'COLOUR DIFFERENCE' TO THE COVER, OR 'MINOR TEXT VARIATION' ON THE LABELS - THIS IS A COMPLETE AND VERY OBVIOUS MISPRINT AND IS COMPLETELY UNIQUE!!!!  THIS EP ONLY HAD 1 PREVIOUS OWNER WHO ACTUALLY WORKED ON THE PRODUCTION LINE (AS A LINE MANAGER) FOR EMI IN THE 1960s - AND WAS ALLOWED TO TAKE HOME ANY 'REJECTS' OR 'ITEMS WITH MINOR IMPREFECTIONS'.  IN THIS CASE THIS 1ST PRESSING WASNT DAMAGED - BUT THE DISC WAS 'REJECTED' DUE TO THE HUGE LABEL ERROR AND THIS EP REMAINED IN HIS COLLECTION EVER SINCE!!!!  HE ALSO SAID CATEGORICALLY THAT THIS WAS THE ONLY LABEL HE EVER SAW THAT WAS EVER 'MISPRINTED' LIKE THIS!!!!  HE SAID THAT USUALLY THE LABEL PRINTERS MAINTAINED THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE STANDARDS AND ONLY MADE LABELS THAT WERE 'EXACT' AND 'CORRECT', SO HE REMEMBERS BEING COMPLETELY AMAZED WHEN HE SAW THIS INCREDIBLE LABEL ERROR - AND THIS WAS THE ONLY 'MISPRINTED' 1ST PRESSING OF 'TWIST & SHOUT' THAT HE EVER SAW!!!!  SO NOT ONLY DOES THIS EP HAVE THE MOST GLARINGLY OBVIOUS LABEL ERROR THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN ON ANY BEATLES EP - BUT IT IS ALSO COMPLETELY UNIQUE!!!!  SOME SO-SAY VERY MINOR 'MISPRINTS' SIMPLY ARENT WORTH THE HUGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY OFTEN CLAIMED.  BUT A MISPRINT OF THIS MAGNITUDE IS SIMPLY UNHEARD OF ON ANY BEATLES EP, AND COMPLETELY CHANGES THE LOOK OF THE LABEL!!!!  IT IS ALSO COMPLETELY UINIQUE - AND FOR THIS REASON HAS TO BE CONSIDERED AS THE RAREST BEATLES EP EVER TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE - EVER!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1963 UK MONO 'MISPRINTED' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS 'MISPRINTED' YELLOW & BLACK PARLOPHONE LABEL,  NO 'SOLD IN THE UK' TEXT,  1ST PRESS 'PARLOPHONE COMPANY' EDGE TEXT (BUT ONLY ON 1 LABEL!),  1ST PRESS 'FIRST PUBLISHED' TEXT, 1ST PRESS 1N/2N MATRIXES, AND 1ST PRESS 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' LAMINATED 'ROUNDED' FLIPBACK COVER!!!!  THIS EP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Parlophone UK 1st Pressing from 1963 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is GEP 8882 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Yellow & Black Parlophone label (see picture) and is a UK MONO 1st Pressing!!!!

The IMPOSSIBLY RARE 'Misprinted' record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and only a VERY few light spindle marks!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in GREAT condition!!!!  Most of these 60s EPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable.  This one is NOT and has NO scratches, only 3 or 4 VERY light hairlines, only 2 or 3 MEGA light scufflines, only 2 or 3 TINY surface traces, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays almost as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO nasty loud pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some slight background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - though this is lost WAY behind the music which plays VERY well indeed!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good+!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!!  Brillant!!!!  The 1st Press 'Garrod & Lofthouse' Laminated 'Rounded' Flipback Cover is in absolutely AWESOME condition and one of the BEST I have EVER seen!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, barely ANY corner wear AT ALL (NOT through the colour!), barely ANY creases AT ALL (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), STUNNING shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in AWESOME condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, NO ringwear, NO rubbing, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Excellent++++ if not better!!!!  AWESOME COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS ULTRA RARE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!!  It really is a GREAT looking EP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE EP!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1963 UK MONO 'MISPRINTED' 1ST PRESSING OF "TWIST & SHOUT" BY THE BEATLES, IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!!  Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £1.50 in the UK, £2 Europe, £3 Rest Of The World (Postal discounts are available - see below for details).  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: