Beatles Hard Day's Night White Label PROMO

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750

A HARD DAY'S NIGHT

WHITE LABEL PROMO LP

A HARD DAY'S NIGHT * UNITED ARTISTS UAL-3366 * ORIGINAL ULTRA RARE 1964 WHITE LABEL PROMO ISSUE OF THE BEATLES SOUNDTRACK LP FOR THEIR FIRST MOVIE. A MONOPHONIC "HIGH FIDELITY" RECORDING. IT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED THAT PERHAPS ONLY 200 OF THESE WHITE LABEL PROMO LPS WERE EVER PRESSED, AND CERTAINLY NO MORE THAN 500. VERY FEW HAVE SURVIVED THE YEARS AND MOST ARE NOT IN VERY GOOD CONDITION AT ALL. THE CONDITION OF THIS RECORD ALBUM IS AS FOLLOWS: THE LABELS ARE VG + ON BOTH SIDES WITH ONLY MINOR YELLOWING EVIDENT. SEE PHOTOS FOR A MORE DETAILED IMPRESSION.  SIDE ONE'S VINYL IS IN VG+ SHAPE WITH ONLY HAIRLINE SCRATCHES. THERE IS ONE ODD SPOT ABOUT 8 O' CLOCK ON TRACK 2, "TELL ME WHY". SEE PHOTO. IT LOOKS LIKE A TINY EMBEDDED PIECE OF WHITE PAPER, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS. THIS SPOT HAS REMAINED AFTER 2 CLEANINGS ON MY VPI RECORD CLEANING MACHINE. WHEN THE RECORD IS PLAYED ON MY LINN SONDEK LP 12 WITH AN ARKIV PHONO CARTRIDGE THERE ARE 4 VERY SOFT TICS, VERY SOFT, AS THE NEEDLE PASSES OVER THIS SPOT. OTHERWISE SIDE ONE PLAYS NEAR MINT! THE LEAD IN GROOVES AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH SIDE OF THE RECORD ARE VERY QUIET.  THE SIDE TWO VINYL IS IN VG+ SHAPE WITH JUST LIGHT HAIRLINE SCRATCHES LIKE SIDE ONE. IT PLAYS NEAR MINT. THIS RECORD PLAYS PHENOMENALLY WELL AND WITH VERY LOW DISTORTION. THE OVERALL FIDELITY IS EXCELLENT AND ALLOWS THE LISTENER TO BECOME DEEPLY INVOLVED WITH THE MUSIC. OVERALL I GRADE IT NEAR MINT AS A ACTUAL PLAY GRADE. THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWS LITTLE WEAR AND FITS TIGHTLY ON MY TURNTABLE'S SPINDLE. I DOUBT YOU WILL FIND A QUIETER COPY. THE COVER IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE. IT IS GLOSSY AND ONLY HAS MINOR DEFECTS. BECAUSE OF ITS RARITY, MOST OF THE VALUE OF THIS LP IS IN THE DISC, BUT THAT SAID, THIS IS ONE OF THE NICEST COVERS I HAVE SEEN OF THIS RECORD. 
ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE ON BEATLESNET ABOUT THIS LP IT WAS PRESSED BY WADDELL IN BURBANK, CALIFORNIA:

United Artists did not own its own pressing facilities. Albums for East Coast distribution were pressed primarily by Columbia Records, either in Bridgeport, Connecticut or Pittman, New Jersey. These pressings can be identified by a thin circular band located 1 1/2? from the center spindle hole. The song titles and running times are not left and right margin justified, but rather are positioned to conform to the circular band. Many of the West Coast albums were pressed in California by H.V. Waddell Co. in Burbank and Monarch Records in Los Angeles. The Waddell LPs have an indented circular groove 1 1/4? from the center hole. The type-setting is similar to the Columbia discs in that the song titles and running times are positioned to conform to the circular band. The albums manufactured by Monarch have an indented circular groove 1 5/8? from the center hole. The song titles are centered and there is no running time information. They also have hand etched job numbers (preceded by a delta symbol) and machine stamped MR circle logos in the trail off areas. As detailed in the author’s The Beatles Records on Vee-Jay, Columbia, Waddell and Monarch also manufactured Beatles albums for Vee-Jay.

WINNING BIDDER ACCEPTS THIS RECORD IN AS IS CONDITION AS I HAVE DESCRIBED IT ACCURATELY. THIS IS A VERY RARE AND BEAUTIFUL LP AND IT HAS OUTSTANDING FIDELITY AND VERY LOW NOISE, SPEAKING FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF A FANATICAL AUDIOPHILE AND RECORD COLLECTOR.  IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR ONE OF THE BEST COPIES THAT ARE STILL AVAILABLE, THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE IT. OVERALL, IT IS A WELL TAKEN CARE OF RECORD. 
ALTHOUGH MY FEEDBACK ON EBAY IS EXCELLENT, IT IS NOT RECENT. YOU MAY CHECK RECENT FEEDBACK ON AUDIOGON (AUDIOGON.COM) FOR ME UNDER THE NAME OF BEATLESLOVER. 

On Dec-22-11 at 00:39:25 PST, seller added the following information:

A HARD DAY'S NIGHT

WHITE LABEL PROMO LP

A HARD DAY'S NIGHT * UNITED ARTISTS UAL-3366 * ORIGINAL ULTRA RARE 1964 WHITE LABEL PROMO ISSUE OF THE BEATLES SOUNDTRACK LP FOR THEIR FIRST MOVIE. A MONOPHONIC "HIGH FIDELITY" RECORDING. IT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED THAT PERHAPS ONLY 200 OF THESE WHITE LABEL PROMO LPS WERE EVER PRESSED, AND CERTAINLY NO MORE THAN 500. VERY FEW HAVE SURVIVED THE YEARS AND MOST ARE NOT IN VERY GOOD CONDITION AT ALL. THE CONDITION OF THIS RECORD ALBUM IS AS FOLLOWS: THE LABELS ARE VG + ON BOTH SIDES WITH ONLY MINOR YELLOWING EVIDENT. SEE PHOTOS FOR A MORE DETAILED IMPRESSION.  SIDE ONE'S VINYL IS IN VG+ SHAPE WITH ONLY HAIRLINE SCRATCHES. THESE HAIRLINE SCRATCHES ARE NUMEROUS BUT THEY DO NOT AFFECT THE NOISE LEVEL OF THE RECORD, IE THEY MAKE NO SOUND, THEY ADD NO DISTORTION AND THERE ARE NO SKIPS. THIS RECORD PLAYS QUIETLY AND IS NOT WARPED. THERE IS ONE ODD SPOT ABOUT 8 O' CLOCK ON TRACK 2, "TELL ME WHY", ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY INTO THE SONG. SEE PHOTO. IT MEASURES ABOUT 1/8 INCH IN DIAMETER. I AM NOT SURE WHAT IT IS BUT UNDER HIGH POWER MAGNEFICATION IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS A WHITE RESIDUE  SITTING ON TOP OF THE GROOVE WALLS AND NOT DOWN IN THE GROOVES. THIS SPOT HAS REMAINED AFTER 2 CLEANINGS ON MY VPI RECORD CLEANING MACHINE. WHEN THE RECORD IS PLAYED ON MY LINN SONDEK LP 12 WITH AN ARKIV PHONO CARTRIDGE AND EKOS TONEARM, THERE ARE 5 TICS, THE FIRST TWO ARE VERY SOFT, THE NEXT TWO A LITTLE LOUDER AND THEN THERE IS ANOTHER SOFT TIC, AS THE NEEDLE PASSES OVER THIS SPOT. OTHERWISE SIDE ONE PLAYS NEAR MINT! THE LEAD IN GROOVES AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH SIDE OF THE RECORD ARE VERY QUIET AS ARE THE DIVIDING AREAS BETWEEN EACH SONG TRACK. THE SIDE TWO VINYL IS IN VG+ SHAPE WITH JUST LIGHT HAIRLINE SCRATCHES LIKE SIDE ONE. IT PLAYS NEAR MINT. THIS RECORD PLAYS PHENOMENALLY WELL AND WITH VERY LOW DISTORTION. THE OVERALL FIDELITY IS EXCELLENT AND ALLOWS THE LISTENER TO BECOME DEEPLY INVOLVED WITH THE MUSIC. OVERALL I GRADE IT NEAR MINT AS A ACTUAL PLAY GRADE. THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWS LITTLE WEAR AND FITS TIGHTLY ON MY TURNTABLE'S SPINDLE. I DOUBT YOU WILL FIND A QUIETER COPY. I COMPARED IT TO AN ORIGINAL BLACK LABEL OR STANDARD ISSUED LP AND FOUND IT SUPERIOR IN ITS MUSICAL PRESENCE, IE IT GAVE MORE AN IMPRESSION OF "YOU ARE THERE". IT ALSO PLAYS QUIETER THAN THE VISUALLY MINT COPY I HAVE WITH THE BLACK LABEL. THE WHITE LABEL PROMO IS SUPERIOR  MUSICALLY AND PLAYS QUIETER. IT HAS VERY LOW SURFACE NOISE. THE COVER IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE. IT IS GLOSSY AND ONLY HAS MINOR DEFECTS. BECAUSE OF ITS RARITY, MOST OF THE VALUE OF THIS LP IS IN THE DISC, BUT THAT SAID, THIS IS ONE OF THE NICEST COVERS I HAVE SEEN OF THIS RECORD. 
ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE ON BEATLESNET ABOUT THIS LP IT WAS PRESSED BY WADDELL IN BURBANK, CALIFORNIA:

United Artists did not own its own pressing facilities. Albums for East Coast distribution were pressed primarily by Columbia Records, either in Bridgeport, Connecticut or Pittman, New Jersey. These pressings can be identified by a thin circular band located 1 1/2? from the center spindle hole. The song titles and running times are not left and right margin justified, but rather are positioned to conform to the circular band. Many of the West Coast albums were pressed in California by H.V. Waddell Co. in Burbank and Monarch Records in Los Angeles. The Waddell LPs have an indented circular groove 1 1/4? from the center hole. The type-setting is similar to the Columbia discs in that the song titles and running times are positioned to conform to the circular band. The albums manufactured by Monarch have an indented circular groove 1 5/8? from the center hole. The song titles are centered and there is no running time information. They also have hand etched job numbers (preceded by a delta symbol) and machine stamped MR circle logos in the trail off areas. As detailed in the author’s The Beatles Records on Vee-Jay, Columbia, Waddell and Monarch also manufactured Beatles albums for Vee-Jay.

BECAUSE MY COPY HAS AN INDENTED CIRCULAR GROOVE 1 AND 1/4 INCHES FROM THE CENTER HOLE I BELIEVE IT IS A WADDELL PRESSING, IF THIS INFO ON BEATLES NET IS CORRECT. ANOTHER BEATLES COLLECTOR TOLD ME IT IS A COLUMBIA PRESSING AND REFERRED ME TO PERRY COX'S WEBSITE.

WINNING BIDDER ACCEPTS THIS RECORD IN "AS IS" CONDITION AS I HAVE DESCRIBED IT ACCURATELY. I WANT A SATISFIED CUSTOMER SO I HAVE DONE MY BEST TO DESCRIBE THIS VERY RARE AND BEAUTIFUL LP.  IT HAS OUTSTANDING FIDELITY AND VERY LOW SURFACE NOISE, SPEAKING FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF AN AUDIOPHILE. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR ONE
OF THE BEST COPIES THAT ARE STILL AVAILABLE, THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE IT.  ALTHOUGH MY FEEDBACK ON EBAY IS EXCELLENT, IT IS NOT RECENT. YOU MAY CHECK RECENT FEEDBACK ON AUDIOGON (AUDIOGON.COM) FOR ME UNDER THE NAME OF BEATLESLOVER. THANK YOU.

On Dec-22-11 at 00:51:50 PST, seller added the following information:

NOTE: I THOUGHT I WAS REVISING MY ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT THE REVISION IS NOW COMPLETE BUT ONLY 

THE NEW INFO I ADDED IS IN THE SECOND PART OF MY DESCRIPTION. IN OTHER WORDS IF YOU READ MY REVISION, THE SECOND AREA, YOU WILL GET THE MOST ACCURATE INFO. I THOUGHT I WAS REVISING THE ORIGINAL BUT THE ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION REMAINED.  I FELT A NEED TO REVISE WHAT I SAID ORIGINALLY BECAUSE AFTER I RE-LISTENED TO IT AND RE- EXAMINED IT CAREFULLY WITH  A HIGH POWERED MAGNIFIER I DECIDED I COULD NOW BETTER DESCRIBE THE CONDITION OF THIS RARE RECORD.