BEATLES With The Beatles LP 1963 1st FACTORY SAMPLE
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On offer here is a very rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Beatles called 'With The Beatles' and is an ORIGINAL UK 1963 MONO 1st pressing on the 1st Press Yellow & Black Parlophone label!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!! BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER!!!! THIS LP (ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS ONLINE AT THE MOMENT) CAME FROM AN EX REP (AND LATER MUSIC REVIEWER) FROM THE 1960S. ALL THE RECORDS IN HIS COLLECTION WERE OBTAINED WELL BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE - AND AS A RESULT THIS LP IS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE!!!! NATURALLY AS THIS LP IS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE - IT HAS ALL THE CORRECT (AND ULTRA RARE) 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING CHARACTERISTICS!!!! FIRSTLY THIS LP HAS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'MKT' TAX CODE ON THE SIDE 1 LABEL - WHICH ONLY EVER HAPPENED ON THE VERY 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS!!!! MOST MONO PRESSINGS OF THIS LP SIMPLY HAVE THE LATER 'KT' TAX CODE INSTEAD!!!! NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP HAS AN ULTRA RARE 'E.J.DAY' FLIPBACK LAMINATED COVER - WHICH AGAIN ONLY TENDED TO COME WITH THE VERY 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS!!!! AND THIS IS EXTREMELY RARE INDEED - AS MOST 1ST PRESSINGS HAVE THE FAR MORE COMMON 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' COVERS INSTEAD!!!! NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP ALSO A 'FACTORY SAMPLE' STICKER (WHICH IS SO CLEARLY 100% GENIUNE) ON THE SIDE 1 LABEL!!!! AS THIS LP WAS OBTAINED BY THE REP (WELL BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE) AND NEVER SOLD IN THE SHOPS, THIS 'FACTORY SAMPLE' STICKER WOULD HAVE BEEN APPLIED BACK IN THE FACTORY FROM NEW - AND HAS CLEARLY NEVER EVER BEEN 'PICKED AT' OR TOUCHED IN ANY WAY!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE LIKE THIS - AND IT WILL SURELY BE A VERY VERY LONG TIME (IF EVER) BEFORE YOU SEE ANOTHER!!!!
NOT ONLY THAT BUT (AS MENTIONED ABOVE) THIS LP HAS ALL THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS DETAILS FOR BOTH COVER AND RECORD!!!! FIRSTLY THE COVER IS THE MUCH MUCH RARER 'E.J.DAY' VARIATION AND IMPORTANTLY HAS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS MUCH 'DARKER' PICTURE ON THE COVER FRONT!!!! ONLY THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER HAD THIS ULTRA RARE 'DARKER BLACK' COVER FRONT PICTURE AND IT WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY CHANGED!!!! BASICALLY THE PICTURE WAS CONSIDERED FAR TOO DARK AND 'GRAINY' AND IT HID FAR TOO MUCH OF THE BEATLES FACES, SO THIS WAS IMMEDIATELY CHANGED AND ON ALL LATER COVERS THE FRONT COVER PICTURE WAS LIGHTER AND CLEARER. AND COMPARING THIS ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'DARKER' COVER TO ANY STANDARD 1ST PRESS COVER THE DIFFERENCE IS AMAZING!!!! THE COVER ALSO HAS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'GOTTA' MISPRINT ON THE REVERSE OF THE COVER (SEE PICTURE) FOR THE TRACK 'YOU REALLY GOTTA HOLD ON ME'!!!! AND THIS IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON AN E.J.DAY COVER!!!! ON THE MORE COMMON 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' COVERS THIS ERROR IS VERY COMMON INDEED, BUT 'E.'JDAY' MUST HAVE CORRECTED THEIR MISTAKE VERY EARLY ON - AS IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AN 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'DARKER' E.J.DAY COVER WITH THIS ULTRA RARE 'GOTTA' MISPRINT!!!!
AGAIN THE RECORD & LABELS HAVE ALL THE DETAILS REQUIRED TO SHOW THAT THIS INDEED ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE!!!! THE MATRIXES ARE THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESS MATRIXES - BEING XEX 447-1N & XEX 448-1N!!!! THE MOTHER & STAMPER CODES ARE ALSO ONE OF THE VERY 'EARLIEST' EVER - BEING 1/MM & 1/GA (BOTH FROM THE 1ST MOTHER EVER AND AMAZINGLY LOW STAMPER CODINGS)!!!! AGAIN THIS CLEARLY SHOWS THAT THIS LP WAS PRESSED WAY BEFORE THE INTENDED RELEASE DATE, AND IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND MOTHER & STAMPER CODINGS AS LOW AS THESE!!!! AND LASTLY THIS LP HAS THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESS LABELS - WITH TWO MISPRINTS!!!! THE SIDE 2 LABEL HAS THE ULTRA RARE INCORRECT 'JOBETE' MISCREDIT FOR THE SONG 'MONEY' ON THE SIDE 2 LABEL (THIS WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY CHANGED TO THE CORRECT 'DOMINON BELINDA' CREDIT), AND ALSO HAS THE MEGA RARE 'GOTTA' MISPELLING FOR THE TRACK 'YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME'. NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!! THIS IS THE ORIGINAL UK 1963 'EARLIEST' MONO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS YELLOW & BLACK PARLOPHONE LABEL, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'THICKER PAPER' EMITEX 'POLY LINED' INNER SLEEVE, 1ST PRESS 'JOBETE' MISCREDIT FOR THE SONG 'MONEY' (ON THE SIDE 2 LABEL), ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'E.J.DAY' LAMINATED FLIPBACK COVER, 1ST PRESS 'PARLOPHONE COMPANY' EDGE TEXT, 1ST PRESS 'FIRST PUBLISHED' TEXT, 1ST PRESS 1/N 1/N MATRIX ENDINGS, A 1ST PRESS 'LARGE' MONO ON THE COVER FRONT, AND MEGA RARE 'GOTTA' MISPELLING (ON THE SIDE 2 LABEL & COVER BACK) FOR THE TRACK 'REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME'!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS MEGA RARE OPPORTUNITY!!!! This is the ORIGINAL UK MONO 1st Pressing from 1963 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!! The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The matrix numbers are XEX 447-1N & XEX 448-1N. The Cat. No is PMC 1206 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Yellow & Black Parlophone label (see picture) and is a 1963 MONO 1st pressing!!!! All the tracks are Pure quality Beatles at their best!!!! Any fan of The Beatles, or 60s music in general, will want to have this in their collection!!!!
The record labels are in BRILLIANT condition (see pictures) with NO writing, only VERY minimal wear around 1 centre hole (VERY unnoticeable indeed!), and only a few light spindle marks!!!! The vinyl is in BRILLIANT condition!!!! Most of these 60s LPs 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 3 or 4 VERY light scufflines, 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 great to find that the playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual!!!! It plays with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some low level background sound on the run on grooves and gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!! The record must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!! 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 record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Thicker Paper' Emitex 'poly lined' inner sleeve!!!! The MEGA RARE 'Earliest' 1st Press 'E.J.Day' Flipback Laminated Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!! It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed), shiny laminate, only slight corner wear, and NO writing!!!! The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!! Even the unlaminated back is in BRILLIANT condition with NO writing, NO grubbyness, NO flipback damage AT ALL, and barely ANY yellowing AT ALL (virtually NONE)!!!! The cover must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS MEGA 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 LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE Beatles LP!!!! THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL UK 1963 MONO 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING OF "WITH THE BEATLES" 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 £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World. 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:
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