THE BEATLES GREATEST HITS VOL 1 AUSTRALIA CONTRACT (NEW ZEALAND EXPORT) PRESSING
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THE BEATLES - GREATEST HITS VOLUME 1
AUSTRALIA - CONTRACT PRESSING
or
NEW ZEALAND - EXPORT PRESSING
( which of the above is applicable depends on from
which side of the Tasman the collector hails )
manufactured by EMI-New Zealand for EMI Australia
Condition - Vinyl: VG+ to EX
Condition - Labels: VG+
Condition - Sleeve: G
ALL PICTURES ARE OF THE ITEM OFFERED FOR AUCTION
shipping cost to the buyer will always be the actual cost to ship (i.e. AusPost postal charge +
the cost of the AusPost bag/box) any overage will be refunded to buyer following posting of item
Offered for auction is a 'contract' pressing of the Australia LP, The Beatles Greatest Hits Volume 1.
In specific regard to Australia Beatles vinyl, a 'contract pressing' is a disc manufactured for E.M.I. (Australia) by another company, when E.M.I. (Australia) pressing plants were working to full capacity and simply could not meet production targets on their own. On several occasions throughout the 1960's, 70's and 80's, E.M.I. (New Zealand) manufactured Beatles LP's exclusively for the Australia market (New Zealand collectors refer to such vinyl as 'export pressings').
Contract pressings were generally housed in Australia sleeves; but sometimes would be issued in New Zealand sleeves.
The labels of 'contract', or 'export', status of such pressings from the 1960's featured textual reference to their origin (e.g. "manufactured by H.M.V. (New Zealand) for E.M.I. (Australia)", or such-like). This prominent 'contract' reference was removed for 70's/80's contract pressings, making their origin merely less obvious.
A 1-Box 'contract pressing', such as is offered in this listing, can be identified by the presence of the Australia catalogue prefix, PCSO (the NZ prefix is PCSM), in conjunction with the New Zealand '1-Box' logo style ; and also the words, "MADE IN N.Z. BY EMI (NEW ZEALAND) LIMITED", in the rim-text at the top of the label. All such identifiers are illustrated in one of the images published in this listing (see above).
Every Australia/New Zealand Beatles collector should have a set of contract/export titles in their collection.
CONDITION - VINYL
Vinyl grades at VG+ to EX. Record looks to have been only occasionally played. Vinyl is flat as a mammogrammed breast (OUCH!!! Who'd be a woman, eh?)
CONDITION - LABELS
labels grade at VG+ to EX. The apparent 'damage' around the spindle is actually a manufacturing deficiency. The visible 'scratch', evident on both labels, is actually a scratched bit of scanner-glass.
CONDITION - SLEEVE
Sleeve grades at G. The supplied 'sleeve' pictures tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me, John. Bear in mind that a replacement sleeve for this record can be easily and cheaply secured on account of it being a bog-standard Aus GHV1 sleeve, found in abundance roaming the wilds of Ebay-Australia.
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