THE BEATLES DEMO/FACTORY SAMPLE"SOMETHING"1969 APPLE

	£		20
	$		27

ATTENTION SERIOUS BEATLES COLLECTORS!

HERE IS A VERY EXCITING AND RARE ITEM,NOT TO BE FOUND VERY OFTEN!

THE BEATLES "SOMETHING"

BUT LOOK VERY CAREFULLY! 

THE FIRST COPY I HAVE SEEN IN 25 YEARS AS THE NEAREST NEXT PRESSING TO A DEMO WITH IT'S FACTORY SAMPLE NOT FOR SALE STICKER ON THE"A"SIDE!

YES! A FEW DEMO PRESSINGS EXIST AS PARLOPHONE"GREEN AND WHITE"DEMOS BUT THEY ARE ULTRA RARE AND ONCE THEY RAN OUT,SUBSEQUENT DJs AND REVIEWERS WOULD GET ONE LIKE THIS ONE FOR AUCTION HERE! 

ONE OF THE VERY FIRST PRESSINGS EVER WITH 1U/1U MATRIXES,GLEAMING SURFACES AND HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE ON THE"A"SIDE.

THERE ARE A FEW SMALL SURFACE MARKS ON THE"B"SIDE-A SMALL INTERMITTENT CLICK DURING THE FIRST 35 SECONDS OF THE"B"SIDE.

 CLEAN,SHARP LABELS WITH JUST A TINY BIRO PEN TIMING UNDER THE FACTORY SAMPLE STICKER AND A SMALL STICKER REMOVAL STAIN ON THE"B"SIDE LABEL. 

JUST A FEW HUNDRED COPIES MADE IN ADVANCE FOR DJs AND REVIEWERS!

THE SOLID CENTRES HAVE NO SPINDLE WEAR!

THE ORIGINAL AND CORRECT APPLE COMPANY  COVER THAT IS VERY CLEAN AND CRISP WITH NO WRITING,RIPS  OR REPAIRS! 

  PLEASE SEE THE PHOTO! 

THIS IS VERY TOUGH TO FIND AS A UK FACTORY SAMPLE PRESSING AS ONLY A FEW HUNDRED WERE MADE PRE-RELEASE!

THE DEMO COPIES THAT EXIST WERE ON PARLOPHONE AS APPLE DID NOT TEND TO MAKE DEMO LABELS OR ADD DEMO TYPE WORDING TO SINGLE BEFORE 1971-MERELY SENDING OUT THE EARLIEST FINISHED STOCK COPIES WITH THE FACTORY SAMPLE STICKERS ADDED WHICH BEFORE YOU ASK ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO REMOVE AND IMPOSSIBLE TO COPY AS THE PRINTING USED OLD STYLE INKS AND FONTING THAT SERIOUS COLLECTORS CAN TELL ARE GENUINE!

THIS IS THE NEAREST YOU MAY EVER GET TO OWNING A DEMO TYPE VARIATION OF THIS BEATLES CLASSIC SINGLE!

THIS IS BASED ON 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE AS A DEALER AND 35 AS A COLLECTOR+KNOWING THE SOURCE OF THIS ITEM AND HAVING HANDLED MANY SIMILAR COLLECTIONS FROM DJs AND INDUSTRY PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS!

BID WITH CONFIDENCE! 

THIS IS ONE OF AROUND 250 COPIES,

MADE IN ADVANCE FOR SELECTED RADIO DJs/PRODUCERS AND RECORD REVIEWERS!

ONE OF THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE PRESSINGS!

CRISP SOUND AS EXPECTED ON ONE OF THE FIRST OFF THE MASTER STAMPERS!

EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT 100% CONVINCED WITH THE FACTORY SAMPLE FACTS WHICH I REPEAT ARE CORRECT,IT IS STILL ONE OF THE FINEST COPIES I HAVE EVER FOUND OF THIS NORMALLY CRACKLY SINGLE!! BEAUTIFUL CLEAR SOUND! 

NEAR MINT CONDITION"A"SIDE.EXCELLENT CONDITION"B"SIDE.SEE ABOVE FOR"B"SIDE.

 NO SURFACE SWISHES,STICKS OR JUMPS.

STRICT GRADING AND OF COURSE THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN ANY CONDITION AS A DEMO TYPE FACTORY SAMPLE-YOU'LL WAIT YEARS TO FIND ANOTHER! 

IT MAY SEEM INCREDIBLE TO YOUNGER COLLECTORS , BUT BACK IN 1969 WHEN THIS DEMO 45 WAS MADE,THERE WERE VERY FEW RADIO STATIONS AND MUSIC PAPERS OR REVIEWERS TO SEND UPFRONT PROMOTIONAL RECORDS TO.A FEW IMPORTANT MAJOR RECORD DEALERS AND JUKE BOX OPERATORS MIGHT GET THEM BUT IT HAS BEEN REPORTED BY SEVERAL RESPECTED MUSIC INDUSTRY PROMOTIONAL STAFF THAT THE ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM PRINT RUN FOR A DEMONSTRATION DISC BEFORE THE MID-1960s PIRATE RADIO AND NIGHTCLUB EXPLOSION WAS 250 COPIES-EVEN THE BEATLES"LOVE ME DO"HAD JUST 250 DEMOS MADE-SEE MARK LEWISOHN's EXCELLENT AND ESSENTIAL BOOK"BEATLES RECORDING SESSIONS"PAGE 22 FOR PROOF-HE SHOULD KNOW!!!!

BY 1969,THERE WERE A FEW LOCAL RADIO STATIONS BUT DESPITE MORE INTEREST IN THE MEDIA THE PRINT RUN FOR DEMOS AT THIS TIME WAS STILL ONLY ABOUT 250 COPIES. THE VAST MAJORITY OF DEMOS THAT SURVIVE TEND TO BE OF EASY LISTENING ARTISTS,THE MAJOR HITS,LIKE THIS ONE,JUST DO NOT TURN UP VERY OFTEN,OR IF THEY DO THEY WILL OFTEN HAVE CENTRES MISSING,MAJOR LABEL DEFACEMENT AND DEEP SCRATCHES etc etc. 

SO HOW MANY SURVIVE 42+ YEARS LATER AS GOOD AS THIS ONE????

THIS DEMO WAS SENT TO A FORMER BBC RADIO ONE DJ,WHO CAREFULLY FILED HIS RECORDS  ON STURDY SHELVES AWAY FROM STRONG LIGHT AND HEAT IN A CAREFULLY TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED LIBRARY AREA OF HIS HOME.

NO ONE ELSE,UNTIL ME,HAS HANDLED THEM,THEY WERE NEVER LEANT OUT,TAKEN TO DJ NIGHT TIME EVENTS OR INDEED WERE FOR THE MOST PART NOT USED ON THE BBC,AS THE STATION HAD COPIES ALREADY,THIS COPY WAS PLAYED A FEW TIMES,AND THEN FILED AWAY UNTIL NOW!

MOST COPIES HAVE NOW ENDED UP IN LONG TERM COLLECTORS COLLECTIONS AND ARE GETTING LESS FREQUENT ON EBAY OR ANYWHERE IN 2011!!!

NOT A DODGY REPRO AS MAY EXIST

THIS IS A GENUINE UK FACTORY SAMPLE 45!!

(MORE DETAILS BELOW)!!!

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A VERY NICE COPY  OF THIS GREAT SINGLE 

-THIS COULD BE THE ONE FOR YOU!

A DEMO 45 IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF ANY RARE BEATLES 45s COLLECTION AND WOULD LOOK WONDERFUL FRAMED UP AS AN EXAMPLE OF A VERY SPECIAL SINGLE IN A RARELY SEEN VARIATION THAT MOST BEATLES COLLECTORS WILL NOT BE AWARE OF!

MOST COPIES THAT SURVIVE ARE IN DREADFUL CONDITION.

YOU MAY NEVER FIND ONE AS GOOD AGAIN!

JUST LOOK AT MY PHOTO!

AN ELITE ITEM FOR ANY COLLECTOR OF SERIOUSLY RARE BEATLES RECORDS!

IT IS TIME FOR ANOTHER DELIGHT FROM ONE OF THE UKs LEADING RECORD EXPERTS/DEALERS.  

TIME FOR A LITTLE ABOUT ME! FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH ME ON EBAY SINCE 2002 AND INDEED ELSEWHERE BEFORE SINCE 1986, WILL PROBABLY KNOW I HAVE BEEN A RESPECTED DEALER,  MUSIC EXPERT AND COLLECTOR FOR MANY YEARS CALLED UPON BY RADIO,TV AND PRICE GUIDES FOR MY ADVICE AND KNOWLEDGE!! 

DEMOS WERE USUALLY PLAYED A LOT BY DJs AND IN THE"ROUGH"WORLD OF"DJing"SO OFTEN LEFT OUT OF THE COVER,BADLY TREATED OR EVEN THROWN OUT AFTER USE!

MOST DJs and REVIEWERS WOULD BE SENT DOZENS OF RECORDS EVERY WEEK AND HARDLY ANY THOUGHT LONG TERM INVESTMENT!!!!

The mixes are brilliant and full of bass.

Vinyl is still the best way to hear THE BEATLES and always will be!   A FANTASTIC ITEM!

GREAT INVESTMENT FROM ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING RECORD EXPERTS! 

I TEST ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITHOUT FILTERING OR A MONO SWITCH.

I HAVE PLAYED IT TO CHECK FOR ANY FAULTS.

There is NO spindle wear.  

THE PRINT IS STILL VERY CLEAR AND SHARP.

THE COVER IS IN SUPER ORDER!

Look elsewhere on ebay and WON'T see other copies-It's been on many collectors wants lists for YEARS. 

MOST RECORDS ON EBAY ARE IN DIABOLICAL, BAD CONDITIONS ATTEMPTED TO BE  SOLD BY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO GRADE OR BOTHER TO ACTUALLY PLAY THEM FOR AN ACURATE DESCRIPTION!

This is A POSSIBLE UPGRADER COPY-EXAMINE YOURS AND IT MAY NOT BE AS GOOD AS YOU THINK!

AT WORSE AND IN THE STRICTNESS OF POTENTIAL BUYERS,THE "A"SIDE OF THE  DISC IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION AND THE"B"SIDE IS EXCELLENT. FAR BETTER THAN MOST PEOPLES USE OF THE "NEAR MINT"GRADING BUT IT IS DOWN TO MY STRICT GRADING POLICY.

REMEMBER I AM GRADING STRICTLY! PLEASE STUDY THE PHOTOS! 

As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!!

Realistic  £20 STARTING PRICE. OFFERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED! 

THIS IS A GREAT CHANCE TO OWN A FANTASTIC DEMO 45. A GREAT INVESTMENT! 

UK Postage is FREE AND  RECORDED DELIVERY 1ST  CLASS-SPECIAL DELIVERY IF THE WINNING BID IS HIGH! SOLID PACKING-LOOK AT THE FEEDBACK FOR PROOF! YOU WILL GET IT IN FINE SHAPE!!

Outside UK extra depending on destination.£2 EUROPE. £3 REST OF THE WORLD. INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR ADDED FREE IF THE WINNING BID IS HIGH.

Checkout my feedback of OVER 12,000 comments of my standards and service many from some of the world's most respected collectors and dealers. BID with confidence! Always adding quality Records, cd's and related items to ebay several times a week. Customers from all over the world regard my  ebay selections as the #1 for QUALITY,VARIETY AND SERVICE.

I HAVE BEEN A DEALER SINCE 1986 WITH OVER 8 YEARS ON EBAY.

I ACTUALLY LISTEN TO MY ITEMS ON GOOD QUALITY EQUIPMENT, USUALLY TWICE TO ENSURE THE VERY BEST POSSIBLE AND ACURATE GRADE-I WANT LONG TERM REGULAR CUSTOMERS WHO WANT TO RETURN TO BUY FROM ME WITH FAITH AND TRUST.

LOOK AT MY FEEDBACK AND SEE WELL KNOWN RESPECTED COLLECTORS AND DEALERS WHO BUY FROM ME OVER AND OVER-NOTE WHAT THEY SAY-PAGE AFTER PAGE OF GLOWING STATEMENTS! 

UK Customers are very welcome to collect ebay winnings  by prior email arrangement. over 8 YEARS ON EBAY and many more before as a keen collector! Thanks for looking and good luck.

OTHER STYLES OF MUSIC ON EBAY FROM ME-SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE-LOOK NO FURTHER!!!!!

DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS OPPORTUNITY!

A VITAL PART OF ANY BEATLES 45s COLLECTION!

MORE FINE DESIRED 45s FROM ME ON EBAY!!!!

I HAVE MENTIONED EVERYTHING BUT IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK.

MANY MORE TOP ITEMS TO COME IN FUTURE WEEKS!

KEEP WATCHING IN 2011 AND BEYOND!!!!!!

THE COUNTDOWN IS ON TO GET ONE OF THE EARLIEST EDITIONS OF A BEATLES SINGLE POSSIBLE FROM A TOTALLY RELIABLE EBAY SELLER-GOOD LUCK!