BEATLES With The Beatles LP 1963 DECCA CONTRACT PRESS

	£		136
	$		180

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 pressing on the ORIGINAL 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 AN ULTRA RARE 'DECCA CONTRACT' PRESSING!!!!   THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST BEATLES CONTRACT PRESSINGS EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHY THIS LP IS SO SERIOUSLY RARE!!!!  BACK IN 1963 AT THE VERY HEIGHT OF SALES FOR THIS LP - THE HUGE DEMAND FOR THIS LP VASTLY OUTSTRIPPED SUPPLY - AND EMI/PARLOPHONE SIMPLY COULDNT KEEP UP WITH THE PRODUCTION!!!!  AS A RESULT THEY HAD TO ASK OTHER RECORD COMPANIES TO PRESS A FEW RECORDS FOR THEM - SO THEY COULD COMPLETE THEIR MASSIVE ORDERS!!!!  DECCA WAS ONE COMPANY THEY ASKED TO HELP PRESS THE LP - AND THIS LP WAS INDEED PRESSED BY DECCA 'FOR EMI' - AND THIS IS EASILY IDENTIFIED BY THE DEEP 'GROOVE' NEAR THE EDGE OF THE LABELS!!!!   HOWEVER COMPARED TO THE HUGE AMOUNT OF EMI/PARLOPHONE 1ST PRESSINGS THAT WERE MADE - DECCA CONTRACT PRESSINGS WERE ONLY EVER MADE IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURN UP FOR SALE!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN STUNNING CONDITION - AND THAT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON A DECCA CONTRACT PRESSING!!!!  USUALLY DECCA CONTRACT PRESSINGS ARE HEAVILY MARKED, AND HAVE A BATTERED, WORN COVER.  BUT NOT THIS ONE!!!!  THIS LP HAS A SUPERB CONDITIONED COVER, AND AN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT CONDITIONED RECORD!!!!  THE RECORD ALSO PLAYS ABSOLUTELY SUPERBLY - WITH CRYSTAL CLEAR SOUND QUALITY!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL UK 1963 'DECCA CONTRACT' MONO PRESSING ON THE ULTRA RARE 'DECCA CONTRACT' YELLOW & BLACK 'GROOVED' PARLOPHONE LABEL, ORIGINAL EMITEX INNER SLEEVE, THE 'PARLOPHONE COMPANY' EDGE TEXT, 'FIRST PUBLISHED' TEXT, A 'LARGE' MONO ON THE COVER FRONT, AND A 1ST PRESS 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' LAMINATED FLIPBACK COVER (WITH 'GOTTA' MISPRINT ON THE REVERSE)!!!!  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 'Decca Contract' pressing from 1963 and is in STUNNING condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is PMC 1206 on the ORIGINAL 'Decca Contract' Yellow & Black 'Grooved' Parlophone label (see picture) and is a MONO 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 STUNNING condition (see pictures) with NO writing, NO wear, and only a few light spindle marks!!!!  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT condition and plays SUPERBLY!!!!  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 2 or 3 MEGA light VERY small hairlines (NON sounding and only visible under light), and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK!!!!  It is great to find that the playing of the record is as STUNNING (if not BETTER) as the visual!!!! It plays with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply AWESOME with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade visually Very Good++++ if not better - with the playing grade better still!!!!  THIS RECORD PLAYS SUPERBLY!!!!  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 Emitex inner sleeve!!!! The 1st Press Flipback Laminated 'Garrod & Lofthouse' Cover is in SUPERB condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, barely ANY creases AT ALL (cover is VERY flat looking indeed), STUNNING shiny laminate, barely ANY corner wear AT ALL, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the unlaminated back is in SUPERB condition with NO writing, NO grubbyness, only a very VERY few, very VERY light creases to the flipbacks (though mostly NONE), and NO yellowing AT ALL (apart from an absolutely TINY 'age spot' just below the top flipback)!!!!  The cover must grade FULL Excellent if not Excellent+!!!!  SUPERB COVER!!!!  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 'DECCA CONTRACT' MONO PRESSING OF "WITH THE BEATLES" BY THE BEATLES, IN STUNNING 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: