Beatles " A HARD DAYS NIGHT "UK RAREST STEREO ERROR
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...WOW, NOT ONLY AN EARLY UK YELLOW/ BLACK PRESSING IN MUCH MUCH RARER STEREO BUT ALSO WITH THE MEGA RARE SIDE TWO ERROR WITH " SONGS FROM THE FILM..." APPEARING ON BOTH SIDES AND THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST EARLY COPIES OF THIS LP I HAVE EVER SEEN, STEREO OR MONO
THIS ALSO MAY JUST BE THE RAREST UK BEATLES LABEL ERROR OF ALL JUST L@@K -
AROUND 1966 WHEN EMI WERE PRINTING A NEW BATCH OF LABELS FOR THIS LP FOR SOME BIZARRE REASON THE " SONGS FOR THE FILM ..A HARD DAYS NIGHT " WAS NOT JUST PRINTED ON THE SIDE ONE LABEL BUT ALSO ON SIDE TWO AS WELL !
THIS IS AN AMAZING ERROR AND WAS SPOTTED AND CORRECTED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY A HANDFUL OF COPIES DID SNEAK OUT AND THIS IS ONE SUCH COPY.
NOTWITHSTANDING STEREO COPIES AT THIS TIME ARE FAR RARER THAN MONO ANYWAY, NOST EARLY BEATLES LPS WERE WELL USED BUT THIS ONE IS IN FABULOUS CONDITION, JUST LOOK AT THE PICS..
THIS VARIANT IS TRUELY UNBELIEVABLY RARE AND BECAUSE IT'S IN STEREO PROBABLY FAR RARER THAN EVEN THE NO " A DAY IN THE LIFE " LABEL MONO SGT PEPPERS , EARLY BEATLES STEREO LP'S ARE MUCH RARER THAN THEIR MONO COUNTERPARTS. RECORDS WERE PRESSED ACCORDING TO THEIR ANTICIPATED SALES AND SALES OF POP STEREO RECORDS WERE TINY, SO MUCH SO MANY TOP GROUPS LIKE THE STONES AND THE WHO DID NOT EVEN RELEASE STEREO RECORDS UNTIL 1966 OR 67 !
LUCKILY FOR US THE BEATLES RELEASED STEREO LP'S FROM DAY ONE EVEN THOUGH THE DEMAND WAS ALMOST NON EXSISTANT. INDEED EVEN UP UNTIL THE LATE 60'S MOST LOCAL RECORD SHOPS ( WHERE MOST RECORDS WERE BOUGHT UP UNTIL THE LATE 70'S ) DID NOT EVEN STOCK STEREO RECORDS BUT HAD TO SPECIALLY ORDER THEM FROM THE PRODUCERS.
THIS LP IS LIKELY ONE SUCH EXAMPLE, EARLY COPIES OF THE BEATLES FIRST FOUR LP'S ARE HARDLY EVER SEEN IN STEREO AND THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST AND MOST SOUGHT AFTER, HOWEVER JUST LOOK AT THE CONDITION OF THIS EXAMPLE....I DOUBT YOU WILL EVER GET THE CHANCE TO OWN A BETTER COPY WITH THIS ERROR !
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT LOT SO....GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS !!
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 ON 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
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DOMESTIC UK RECORDED DELIVERY &GBP 3.99 FOR A SINGLE LP AND GBP 4.99 FOR A DOUBLE LP, INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE SEE MY NOTE BELOW.
For Auction here is the UK LP '' A HARD DAY'S NIGHT "
ARTIST: THE BEATLES
MONO/STEREO: stereo
Cat. No : PCS 3058
LABEL: YELLOW BLACK PARLOPHONE
COUNTRY: UK
DATE: 1964 ( THIS COPY 1966 )
TRACK LISTING :
VINYL WEIGHT: 150g
THE CONDITION :
VINYL VISUAL : STILL GLEAMS LIKE GLASS, JUST SOME WHISPY MARKS TO BE SEEN EVEN UNDER A BRIGHT AND A FEW ALSO VISABLE IN NORMAL LIGHT ONE FEELABLE AT THE END OF SIDE ONE BUT STILL LOOKS JUST GREAT AS IT RETAINS IT'S FIRST PRESSED SHEEN, GRADES VG+ TO EX-
SLEEVE: A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE, JUST THE ODD CREASE BUT LOOK AT THE PICS, LOOK AT THOSE FLIPBACKS, GRADES EXCELLENT+
LABELS : NEAR PERFECT , NO WRITINGS OR LABELS GRADES EXCELLENT BOTH SIDES
JUST A STUNNING STUNNINGLY RARE EXAMPLE , SEE IF YOU CAN FIND ANOTHER COPY LET ALONE A BETTER ONE ....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...
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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 HAS JUST BEEN INCREASED BY THE UK POST OFFICE SO TO EUROPE FOR A SINGLE LP IS USUALLY GBP 9.99 NOW AND TO THE USA/REST OF THE WORLD GBP 13.99 FOR A SINGLE LP AND 16.99 FOR A DOUBLE...FOR COMBINED POSTAGE EACH ADDITIONAL LP AFTER THE FIRST WILL USUALLY BE AND EXTRA G 2.00 PER EACH ADDITIONAL LP
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