BEATLES UK RUBBER SOUL COLLECTORS DREAM - DOUBLE RARITY
  A$   643
  $   426

 


A$ 643 Sold For
Mar 25, 2012 Sold Date
Mar 18, 2012 Start Date
A$   50 Start price
14   Number Of Bids
  Australia Country Of Seller
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ANY BEATLES VINYL COLLECTOR WORTH THEIR SALT WILL KNOW THE 'RARITY FACTOR' OF EACH OF THE ELEMENTS COMPRISING THIS AUCTION LOT. BUT FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNAWARE OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SLEEVE AND LP BEING OFFERED, HERE IS A BRIEF SKETCH:

SLEEVE:
THE SLEEVE - WHICH IS EXCELLENT CONDITON BY THE WAY (SEE THE ZOOMABLE PICTURES) - FEATURES A 'STEREO' LOGO/NOTATION AT THE TOP-RIGHT CORNER OF THE FRONT FACE. ONLY A TINY NUMBER OF UK SLEEVES WITH THE 'STEREO' LOGO/NOTATION WERE PRINTED IN THE MID 1960's; AND OF THIS EXTREMELY LIMITED NUMBER, A SMALLER PERCENTAGE STILL WERE SILVER IN COLOUR (THE REMAINDER BEING BLACK). THE 'STEREO' LOGO/NOTATION IS PRINTED UNDER THE SLEEVE'S PROTECTIVE LAMINATE LAYER.

THE SLEEVE OFFERED IN THIS AUCTION IS A TRI-FLIPBACK MANUFACTURED BY GARROD & LOFTHOUSE. IT IS IN AN OVERALL EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF CREASING AND SLIGHT BUMPING AT THE CORNERS (SEE DETAILED PICTURES, ABOVE). NO STAINS, NO GRAFFITI, NO TEARING, NO SEAM SPLITS.

THERE ARE A FEW LIGHT AGE-RELATED STAINS ON THE BACK FACE OF THE SLEEVE BUT PLEASE LOOK AT THE PHOTO'S OF THE SLEEVE BOTH ABOVE AND AT THE LINK, BELOW.

UNRETOUCHED 'SUPER-SIZE' SCANS (NOT DIGITAL SNAPS) OF THE FRONT AND BACK FACES OF THE SLEEVE CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING URL (you'll need to manually copy & paste the url into a new browser window):

http://www.beatlesaustralia.com/ebay_auctions_revolver1966/rubber_soul_uk_silver_stereo

LABELS:
THE 'SIDE 1' LABEL ON THIS LP - WHICH, LIKE THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - FEATURES THE MISSPELLING OF NORWEGIAN WOOD AS NORWEIGIAN WOOD (NOTE THE EXTRA "I" BETWEEN "E" AND "G"). ONLY A TINY NUMBER OF THESE LABELS WITH THE MISSPELLING MADE IT OUT OF THE EMI HAYES PLANT AND INTO THE RETAIL MARKET, ASSURING IT'S STATUS AS A COLLECTIBLE.

THE LABELS ON THIS RECORD ARE IN A GENERALLY EXCELLENT CONDITION, MARRED ONLY BY A SINGLE BLACK FELT-TIP DOT ON THE, AS SOD'S LAW WOULD HAVE IT, THE SIDE 1 LABEL (SEE DETAILED PICTURES, ABOVE). THIS IS A GREAT PITY AS THE LABELS WOULD OTHERWISE RATE AS NEAR-MINT.

VINYL:
THE VINYL LP IS IN AN EXCELLENT CONDITION ON BOTH SIDES. UNLIKE OTHER SELLERS, I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO A 12-BILLION WATT PORTABLE SUN UNDER WHICH TO CHECK THE VINYL (AND MELT IT AT THE SAME TIME) FOR MARKS BUT I CAN SAFELY STATE THAT THERE THE ONLY MARKS ON THE VINYL ARE ONLY OF THE 'VERY LIGHT SURFACE' TYPE THAT OCCURS WHEN THE EDGE OF THE PAPER SLEEVE COMES INTO CONTACT WITH THE VINYL WHEN BEING REMOVED OR RETURNED. THERE ARE NO DEEP SCRATCHES OR MARKS; SOME MINOR MARKS AND ONE OR TWO 'HANDLING' MARKS APPEAR IN ONE OR TWO PLACES ON BOTH SIDES . A GRADING OF EX IS A FAIR GRADE.

FOR THOSE FOR WHOM MATRICES MATTER ON AN LP WHOSE PRINCIPAL SELLING-POINT LIES IN THE SIDE 1 LABEL, THE MAGIC LITTLE CODES ARE:

YEX 178-3 2RR  /  YEX 179-3 2GH


PLEASE ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, OR HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED IN ENOUGH DETAIL, IN THE ABOVE BLURB.





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