Beatles For Sale Stereo 1st Pressing 1964
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THE BEATLES FOURTH ALBUM "BEATLES FOR SALE"!!!! 1st PRESS STEREO YELLOW & BLACK PARLOPHONE LABELS PCS 3062
THESE ARE VERY DIFFICULT ALBUMS TO LOCATE IN THIS GREAT CONDITION!!!!
ON OFFER HERE IS A REASONABLY RARE ALBUM BY THE BEATLES CALLED "BEATLES FOR SALE" AND IS THE MUCH RARER STEREO VERSION!! AS ALL RECORD COLLECTORS WILL KNOW BACK IN THE 60's MONO RECORDINGS WERE MASS PRODUCED, AS STEREO WAS STILL IN IT'S INFANCY AND NOT MANY PEOPLE OWNED STEREO EQUIPMENT. THIS IN FACT WAS THE NORM WITH THE RECORD BUYING PUBLIC UP UNTIL THE RELEASE OF "SGT PEPPERS" WHEN STEREO STARTED TO MATCH THE SALES OF MONO.
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL STEREO UK 1st PRESSING ON THE "BLACK & YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS", IT HAS THE "PARLOPHONE COMPANY" EDGE TEXT. THE "FIRST PUBLISHED" TEXT. THE "SOLD IN THE UK" TEXT, A "KT TAX CODE" AND HAS THE "OUTLINED STEREO" ON THE COVER!!!! ALL OF THESE DENOTE THIS TO BE A TRUE 1st PRESSING!!!!
THE MATRIX, MOTHER & STAMPER NUMBERS IN THE RUN OUT GROOVES ARE:
SIDE ONE: MATRIX "YEX 142-1" MOTHER & STAMPER NUMBERS ARE 1 & OH.
SIDE TWO: MATRIX "YEX 143-1" MOTHER & STAMPER NUMBERS ARE 5 & RT.
CONDITION!!!!
SIDE ONE: THE LABELS ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN WITH JUST A FEW SPINDLE TRAILS AND NO WEAR TO THE CENTRE HOLE. THE PLAYING SURFACE STILL RETAINS A BEAUTIFUL SHINE ALTHOUGH YOU CAN SEE SEVERAL SLIGHT MARKS BUT NONE THAT EVEN REMOTELY AFFECT THE PLAY!!!! AS FOR PLAYBACK I TESTED THIS ON A LINN SONDEK LP12 THROUGH A LINN SYSTEM AND BELIEVE ME IF IT LOOKED AS GOOD AS IT SOUNDED I WOULD HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THE DISC AS EXCELLENT ++ IT REALLY DOES SOUND THAT GOOD!!!!
SIDE TWO: THE LABELS ARE AGAIN BRIGHT AND CLEAN WITH JUST A FEW SLIGHT SPINDLE TRAILS AND NO WEAR TO THE CENTRE HOLE. THE PLAYING SURFACE STILL RETAINS A BEAUTIFUL SHINE BUT DOES HAVE SEVERAL MARKS LUCKILY AGAIN THE PLAYBACK IS SUPERB. IT ALSO HAS THE "KT TAX CODE" EMBOSSED TO EITHER SIDE OF THE CENTRE HOLE!!!!
AGAIN I WOULD HONESTLY GRADE THIS RECORD AS EXCELLENT ++ IF ONLY IT LOOKED AS GOOD AS IT SOUNDED. THE PLAYBACK IS AS SHARP AND VIVID AS THE DAY IT WAS FIRST RECORDED. DURING THE ENTIRE TESTING PERIOD THERE WERE NO "POPS", "CLICKS" OR "JUMPS"!!!!
SLEEVE
THE COVER TO "BEATLES FOR SALE" WAS ONE OF THE FIRST "GATEFOLD" SLEEVES EVER USED, AND INCLUDED PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROBERT FREEMAN TAKEN IN HYDE PARK, WITH SLEEVE NOTES BY DERECK TAYLOR. THE SLEEVES DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION WAS OF A VERY FLIMSY NATURE AND THEY ARE NOTORIOUS FOR RIPPING AND TEARING. HOWEVER THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS IN VERY GOOD ORDER!!!!IT HAS NO EDGE WEAR, NO SPINAL WEAR, ONLY CORNER WEAR, BARELY ANY CREASES, NO WRITING AND ONLY SOME LAMINATE LIFTINGNEAR THE SPINAL EDGE!!!! THE OPENING EDGES ARE BEAUTIFULLY STRAIGHT WITH NO FEATHERING!!!! EVEN THE UNLAMINATED INSIDE OF THE COVER IS IN STUNNING CONDITION WITH NO WEAR, NO GRUBBYNESS AND NO YELLOWING!!!! tHERE ARE NO SPLITS, NO RIPS AND NO TEARS. THE COVER MUST GRADE AS EX-, WITH ONLY THE SLIGHT LAMINATE LIFTING STOPPING A FULL EXCELLENT GRADING!!!!
THE ORIGINAL EMITEX INNER SLEEVE IS IN VERY GOOD ORDER!!
SO FEEL CONFIDENT TO BID ON THIS INCREDIBE LITTLE GEM AS I CAN ASSURE YOU, YOU WILL NOT SEE THESE TOO OFTEN. YOU WILL SEE PLENTY OF THE MONO VERSIONS BUT THIS IS A TRUE " 1st PRESS STEREO" OF THIS GREAT SOUNDING ALBUM!!!!
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