LESS WELL KNOWN BUT EQUALLY RARE AS THE " RACOON " ERROR LABELS THIS IS A LOVELY EXAMPLE OF THIS EARLY  MIS-PRESSING WITH SIDE 3 CREDIT FOR " YER BLUES " AS " NORTHERIN " SONGS AS OPPOSED TO NORTHERN SONGS  L@@K.... 

NON UK BUYERS PLEASE NOTE MY COMMENTS REGARDING INTERNATIONAL MAIL BELOW...RETURNS POLICY ONLY APPLICABLE TO UK..RETURNS OUTSIDE UK BUYER WILL HAVE TO COVER ALL POSTAGE COSTSFurthermore international bidders please also note that due to ebays new "buyer protection " policy many sellers now refuse to sell internationally anymore. I am not one of those sellers yer but please note I do now reserve the right to refuse to complete a sale to any international bidder that may have low or bad feedback or for any other reason and this is especially so if the item sells for over GBP 100, like I say this is purely a result of ebay/paypals new policy that make it now even harder for sellers to  trade safely internationally. Please bare this in mind if you win an item but find that it has been offered first instead to a domestic UK Bidder.

FOR BIDDERS WITH ZERO FEEDBACK THIS IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT...   I have recently been the victim of serveral spurious bids from several different members (usually based in the Russian Federation). Please note that if you win any of my items and have zero feedback I will ask you for immediate payment or for you to email and immediately confirm that you were a genuine bidder. Failiure to meet either of those critiera will result in the item being  offered to the next highest bidder without further delay. thank you. 

ALL MY RECORDS ARE USUALLY SOLD ON VISUAL GRADINGS ONLY, THEREFORE, WITH THE SINGULAR EXCEPT ION OF THOSE RARE OCCASSIONS WHERE I DO STATE THEY HAVE BEEN PLAY GRADED, AS ALL DISCS ARE 2ND HAND ANY PLAYING DEFECTS ARE THEREFORE CAVIAT EMPTOR AND SO NON REFUNDABLE. I ONLY REFUND  WHERE AN ACTUAL GRADING OF MINE IS DISPUTED

IN 1969 EMI CEASED PRODUCTION OF THE " TOP OPENING " SLEEVES AND STARTED PRODUCING THE MORE STANDARD SLEEVES THAT OPENED FROM THE SIDE. AT AROUND THE SAME TIME THE " SOLD IN UK ... " TXT WAS REMOVED FROM THE LABELS ( JULY/AUG 1969 ). MOST OF THESE SLEEVES STILL RETAINED THE " TOP OPENING " STYLE NUMBER SYSTEM WITH 7 DIGITS BUT WERE SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED WITH A DIFFERENT STYLE WITH ONLY 6 DIGITS LIKE THE SLEEVE HERE.

THE NEXT MAJOR CHANGE CAME IN AROUND LATE 1971 WHEN THE " DARK " APPLE LABELS WERE REPLACED BY A LIGHTER LABEL WITH A DISTINCT MATT FINISH TO IT ( NO TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE REALLY LIGHT APPLE LABELS THAT CAME IN IN 1973 ).

HOWEVER WHEN FIRST PRODUCED THESE MATT APPLE LABELS CARRIED A MAJOR ERROR ON SIDE 3 WITH THE CREDIT FOR " YER BLUES " BEING MIS-SPELT " NORTHERIN " INSTEAD OF NORTHERN SONGS. ALL LABELS STILL CARRIED THE EARLY " APPLE " PUBLISHING CREDITS THOUGH.

THESE WERE ALMOST IMMEDIATED CORRECTED AND AT THE SAME TIME THESE NEW LABELS REPLACED THE APPLE PUBLISHING CREDIT WITH " HARRISONGS " AND " STARTLING MUSIC "

LIKE I SAY THESE " NORTHERIN " ERROR PRESSINGS ARE VERY RARE AND HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER ESPECIALLY AS THEY ARE ON THE SAME PRE-OIL CRISIS HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL AS THE EARLIER PRESSINGS, THEY ALSO CARRY THE EARLIEST MATRICIES OF -1-1-1-1

GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS

DOMESTIC BIDDERS PLEASE NOT ALL ITEMS HAVE TO BE SENT VIA SIGNED FOR DELIVERY WHICH FOR A DOUBLE LP IS GBP 4.99, THIS IS TO PREVENT FRAUDULANT CLIAMS OF NON RECEIPT, IF YOU ARE UNHAPPY WITH THIS PLEASE FEEL FREE NOT TO BID! INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLS SEE NOTES BELOW

For Auction here is the UK LP ''  THE BEATLES " 

ARTIST:  THE BEATLES

MONO/STEREO: STEREO

Cat. No : PCS 7067/8

LABEL:  APPLE 

COUNTRY: UK

DATE: 1968 ( THIS COPY LATE 71 )

MATRICIES: -1    -1  -1   -1

VINYL WEIGHT: 145g 145g

THE CONDITION

SLEEVE: THESE SIX DIGIT SIDE OPENING SLEEVES WERE OFTEN MADE FROM MUCH SOFTER CARD SO TEND TO SUFFER A LOT OF WEAR FOR A FULLY LAMINATED EXAMPLE. THIS HOWEVER IS A REALLY SMART EXAMPLE WITH MINIMAL WEAR WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF FOXING AND ONLY THE ODD MINOR CREASE. A STICKER REMOVAL IS IN EVIDENCE REAR TOP RIGHT. INTERESTINGLY THE SPINE TXT  HAS A MUCH DARKER TYPE THAN THE USUAL GREY COLOURED TXT, THIS IS ALMOST BLACK. NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE. NUMBERED 135684 - GRADES VG+ WHICH IS MORE LIKE EX FOR ONE OF THESE.

LABELS:  (  NO SERIOUS FLAWS WRITINGS OR LABELS SO ALL 4 SIDES GRADE AS EXCELLENT

VINYL VISUAL : VERY NICE INDEED -ALL FOUR SIDES RETAIN THEIR LOVELY SHEEN, ONLY SOME LIGHT MARKS ARE  VISABLE BUT MOSTLY ONLY UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT AND ALL FOUR SIDES GRADE VISUALLY EXCELLENT

GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS,

(Please note that whilst I try to endeavour to adhere to strict RC gradings I will never describe ANYTHING AS MINT even when I think it to be so. As far as I am concerned any secondhand item by definition cannot be mint. However if I believe an item to be Mint  I will instead either use the terms Near Mint, mint minus, or in archive or vault condition. When I use these terms you know that in my opinion this is in effect a de-facto Mint grade )

INSURANCE INCLUDED IN P&P PRICE DEPENDING ON FINAL SALE VALUE...

Dont forget to take a look at my other items. Please feel free to contact me with any queries you may have.

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I ONLY DO A COUPLE OF RUNS A WEEK TO THE POST OFFICE BUT MY ITEMS ARE ALWAYS DISPATCHED WELL WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK OF PAYMENT BEING RECEIVED. I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE TO THOSE BUYERS WHO SEEM TO EXPECT THEIR ITEM TO ARRIVE THE NEXT DAY, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK WHEN AN ITEM WAS SENT JUST PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU!! (SOME PEOPLE DO MAKE YOU LAUGH, FOR ITEMS I BUY I ONLY NORMALLY GET CONCERNED AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND EVEN AFTER THAT THEN ONLY POLIETELY ENQUIRE IF AND WHEN THE ITEM WAS SENT).

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PAYMENTS BY PAYPAL ARE PREFERRED BUT I ALSO ACCEPT OTHER METHODS. I ALSO POST WORLDWIDE (PLS APPLY FOR RATES) BUT DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH A DISREPUTABLE BUYER IN JAPAN (EBAY WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO NAME THEM) , FOR ALL PAYMENTS MADE VIA PAYPAL THE ITEM WILL ONLY BE SENT BOTH TO THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY RECORDED OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY. THIS IS TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY ATTEMPT TO CLAIM BACK THE PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL EVEN AFTER ACTUALLY HAVING RECEIVED THE ITEM.

THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS HAD THE RESULT OF INCREASING MY COSTS FOR POSTING AND PACKING AND I AM VERY SORRY FOR THIS BUT PAYPAL OFFER NO PROTECTION FOR SELLERS UNLESS THERE IS PROOF OF DELIVERY!! PROOF OF POSTING WOULD SEEM INSUFFICIENT TO THEM AND I HAVE FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY..

DUE TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THIS SAME BUYER PAYPAL PAYMENTS WILL ALSO NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM BUYERS WHO DO NOT ALLOW THEIR FEEDBACK TO READ, SO IF YOU FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY PLEASE DO NOT BID ON MY ITEMS UNLESS YOU CAN PAY BY ANOTHER METHOD…….COST VIA INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR MAIL TO EUROPE FOR A SINGLE LP IS USUALLY GBP 8.99 AND TO THE USA/REST OF THE WORLD GBP 12.99 FOR A SINGLE LP AND 15.99 FOR A DOUBLE... 

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