Les Beatles - 1965 - Original & Genuine Franch 1st Press Odeon LP - OSX 222
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Description
LES BEATLES - 1965
This genuine original 1st pressing of their rarest and most sought-after French LP dates from initial December 1964 release
With the same tracks as the U.K. 'Beatles For Sale' LP, it is on the orange & black Odeon label: OSX 228
Matrix numbers: XAR 809 21 & XAR 810 21
Vinyl weight: 141g
Housed within outer laminated gatefold sleeve with die-cut circular front panel, complete with the rarest type insert for this release
The thin reverse-printed plastic sheet on the insert was designed to be peeled from its backing card and constructed into a lamp-shade, as illustrated on the instructions printed on the back of the card.
Remarkably few survived intact and this idea was quickly dropped and replaced my a more conventional photo insert card.
CONDITION
Disc
Labels: EXCELLENT +
Clean & unblemished with a few faint spindle trails around each unworn centre hole only.
Visual: VERY GOOD +
Clean, glossy & unworn playing surfaces bearing just a handful of very light surface marks and a few light hairlines in strong daylight. Close inspection directly beneath my powerful halogen desk lamp reveals little more than some harmless wispy paper hairlines but little else of significance.
Sound Quality: VERY GOOD
This great sounding pressing has received a moderate amount of careful play and is without any major deterioration to the sound quality. My single careful playcheck at volume detected an occasional light click together with some light background between tracks and during some of the album's quieter moments. My stylus repeated on one groove on 'Baby's In Black', but this may not occur on another system.
Cover: VERY GOOD -
A respectable example of this extremely fragile cover which bears moderate storagewear throughout. There is a 1.5cm tear in the 3 o'clock position to the front central window but no other major faults there. There is shelfwear to the corners and lower edge but no splits to any.
Both panels of the inside of the gatefold are clean & unblemished - free from any writing or missing paper
The rear panel is clean & bright with light storage wear only.
There is some paper & lettering missing from the spine but it is fully intact and attached along its entire length.
Insert: VERY GOOD -
As you can see some of the transfer print has been scratched/worn off from storage, but no attempt has been made to peel it from its delicate backing paper. A name has been written on the rear of the card. Impossible to find in any condition.
- Our grading is strict & conservative grading in strong daylight & directly beneath a halogen desk lamp to UK 'RECORD COLLECTOR' standards.
- Each record is professionally & securely packaged in custom-made record mailing boxes with the disc removed from the cover.
- This item is located in and will be shipped from AUSTRIA. Tracked airmail postage to UK addresses will be 12 GBP**
- We have play-graded this record on an EMT 950 transcription turntable fitted with a 'TSD 15' cartridge.
- All images in this listing were taken by ourselves and are of the actual item for sale.
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