Beatles Help Stereo 1st Pressing 1966 Ex Condion

	£		69
	$		91

THE BEATLES FIFTH ALBUM "HELP"!!!! 1st PRESS STEREO YELLOW & BLACK PARLOPHONE LABELS PCS 3071. 

THESE ARE VERY DIFFICULT ALBUMS TO LOCATE IN THIS INCREDIBLE CONDITION!!!!

ON OFFER HERE IS A VERY RARE ALBUM BY THE BEATLES CALLED "HELP" 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 "GRAMOPHONE COMPANY" EDGE TEXT. IT DOES NOT HAVE THE "FIRST PUBLISHED" TEXT. BUT DOES HAVE THE "SOLD IN THE UK" TEXT. IT ALSO HAS A "KT TAX CODE" EMBOSSED ON SIDE TWO OF THE LABEL!!!! ALL OF THESE DENOTE THIS TO BE A TRUE 1st PRESSING!!!! 

THIS ALBUM CONTAINED YET ANOTHER TWO SINGLES FROM THE "FAB FOUR" WHICH OF COURSE WERE THE TITLE TRACK "HELP" AND THE BRILLIANT "TICKET TO RIDE" WHICH WAS THEIR FIRST EVER RECORDING TO BREAK THE THREE MINUTE BARRIER!!!! IN THE UK "HELP" HAD ADVANCED ORDERS OF 250,000 AND ACTUALLY SOLD 270,000 UNITS IN IT'S FIRST WEEK OF RELEASE. EVENTUALLY IT SOLD ALMOST "ONE MILLION" COPIES WITH WORLD WIDE SALES REACHING AN ESTIMATED 2,500,000!!!! NATURALLY IT WENT STRAIGHT TO No.1 WHERE IT KNOCKED "THE SOUND OF MUSIC" OFF THE TOP SLOT!!!!

THE MATRIX, MOTHER & STAMPER NUMBERS IN THE RUN OUT GROOVES ARE:

SIDE ONE: MATRIX "YEX 168-1"  MOTHER & STAMPER NUMBERS ARE 4 & PM.

SIDE TWO: MATRIX "YEX 169-1" MOTHER & STAMPER NUMBERS ARE 1 & AR. .

CONDITION!!!!

SIDE ONE: THE LABELS ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN WITH SEVERAL SMALL SPINDLE TRAILS . AND VERY LITTLE 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 IT SOUNDED SUPERB. EVEN THE GROOVES BETWEEN TRACKS ARE SILENT!!!! THERE ARE NO "POPS", "CLICKS" OR "JUMPS" ANYWHERE!!!! 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 VERY SLIGHT  SPINDLE TRAILS AND MINIMAL WEAR TO THE CENTRE HOLE. THE "KT TAX CODE" IS EMBOSSED TO EITHER SIDE OF THE HOLE!!!! THE PLAYING SURFACE STILL RETAINS A BEAUTIFUL SHINE BUT DOES HAVE SEVERAL MARKS . AGAIN THE PLAYBACK IS SUPERB!!!! THERE ARE NO "POPS", "CLICKS" OR "JUMPS" ANYWHERE AND AGAIN MUST GRADE AS EXCELLENT!!!!

SLEEVE

THE FRONT COVER TO "HELP" WAS PHOTOGRAPHED BY ROBERT FREEMAN, BUT NO SLEEVE NOTES ARE PRESENT!!!! THE SLEEVES DESIGN AND CONSTRUTION WAS BY GARROD & LOFTHOUSE Ltd !!!! BEING ALL WHITE THESE COVERS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO LOCATE IN AN ACCEPTABLE CONDITION!!!! THIS ONE I AM VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE HAS NO EDGE WEAR, NO SPINAL WEAR, ONLY CORNER WEAR, NO CREASES AND NO WRITING!!!! THE OPENING EDGES ARE BEAUTIFULLY STRAIGHT WITH VERY LIGHT FEATHERING!!!! EVEN THE UNLAMINATED REVERSE 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 EXCELLENT+!!!!

THE ORIGINAL EMITEX INNER SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION!!!! 

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SHOULD THE WINNING BIDDER FOR SOME REASOM NOT BE HAPPY WITH MY DESCRIPTION I WILL OFFER A FULL REFUND MINUS ALL POSTAGE COSTS!!!! THAT IS HOW CONFIDENT I AM THAT THE PURCHASER WILL BE MORE THAN PLEASED WITH THIS ALBUM!!!!