THE BEATLES Help/I'm Down SOLID CENTRE WITH central KT code 1966/67 Beaut
  £   64
  $   76

 


£ 64 Sold For
Aug 25, 2013 Sold Date
Aug 15, 2013 Start Date
£   50 Start price
6   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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More Information to follow! But Please check out my other items! This week I have some of the very rarest Beatle's UK 7"s (more Rare Solid Centre Beatles singles than I've ever seen listed together before! Both the EMI AND The ORIOLE Solid Centre I Want To Hold Your Hand etc!), some of the rarest FREAKBEAT singles and PSYCH DEMOS (The Eyes, Mickey Finn, Linda Van Dyck, Stone Graphics etc etc etc.), plus Megarare Overseas Pressings Suck as The YARDBIRDS' Heart Full Of Soul German EP Original and the to my knowledge UNDOCUMENTED BEATLES' South Rhodesian Scroll Label/Tri Centre Ain't She Sweet with Sweet Georgia Brown on the B-side! I have loads of rarities, but this week, I'm pulling out a fair chunk of the Cream of the Crop for you! Bid with confidence! I'll ship to anywhere in the world, though if the item goes above the standard £20 insurance value, I insist on FULLY INSURED postage paid for by the winning bidder, so please bear this in mind!Please click here to check out my other items!
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LISTEN TO BOTH SIDES IN THEIR ENTIRETY RIGHT HERE!!!...PLUS LOADS OF OTHER RARE SOUL/BEAT/PSYCH/ FREAKBEAT/FOLK/PROG/ RARE BEATLES RECORDS LISTED OVER NEXT WEEK OR SO! CHECK THEM OUT here in my other items! (Please check before bidding for international rates, many thanks!)
This recording comes direct from the vinyl copy you are now bidding on, straight out of my NAD amp, into my ZOOM H2 recorder, recording directly into MP3. When including these recordings for this purpose I make no audio tweaks in any way to the audio recording I have done, I do not alter the weight of the stylus, though I do use a fresh stylus, as, I'm sure we're all aware, is healthy to do anyway, very regularly! (Just as an additional note, just this week annoyingly, I've had a little trouble with the right-hand-side signal so please bear this in mind in this weeks recordings- Or Don't! Either way, I hope I have developed enough of a rapport with regular and infrequent buyers alike for you to know that I in no way try to mislead anyone in my listings, and am more than happy to back that up with a return/refund policy! Though so far, that has never even needed to be employed, and I hope to keep it that way!)
In the following condition gradings, I've got a bit sick of people describing singles much better than I expect them to be, it's as though they have one set of gradings for LPs and another for singles, I strictly don't, if a surface looks VG+ then whether it be LP or single I call it VG+ (however hard it is to find UK 60s 7"s in EX or higher!). I only go as high as EX+ and that for me means either unplayed, or played a handful of times, though please read my gradings chart below.
Record Weight: 35.4g   Conditions:Disc Visually: VG+/EX- (A very strong one-just a few of the lightest hairlines/surface marks when angled into strong light)Disc Audibly: EX- (very strong throughout tiny amount of surface noise at begining and end, the slight peak distortion on I'm Down isn't on the record, I think I must have recorded it a bit loud, I apologise about this!)Labels: EX-/EX (just the very lightest spindle rubs around the centre holes!)Sleeve: VG+ (Fran The Fan part 1, very crisp except for a couple of slight nicks in the wavy top edge, and one in the centre die-cut hole (all of these are only mms long!) and a slight age yellowing near the bottom, well above average, one of the better copies of this sleeve I've come across!)
Up to and including 1965 EMI were only pressing with Push-Out Centres, then throughout 1966 they started, first in very small numbers, and then by early 1967 supposedly exclusively (though this is proven not to be true!), pressed solid centre singles. Prior to this time, the only solid centre presses you might be lucky enough to find were very rare contract presses (such as then 1963 solid centre Oriole contract press I also currently have listed of I Want To Hold Your Hand), these are also incredibly rare. However some of the earlier titles were still re-pressed by EMI after their limited runs of Solid Centres were in action, though of earlier 7"s these were extremely limited, due to the fact that A) The records were no longer in the charts and therefore less people wanted to go out and buy them, B) If someone did want a copy one could extremely easily pick up a second hand copy that could easily be close to perfect, and C) if after all these hurdles a prospective buyer did go to a record shop and ask for a brand new copy of an old single, almost invariably, the record shop would still carry old stock (that would be original push out centres), if after all this the shop did have to order in a NEW off the press copy, there is a limited chance it would be one of the very limited solid centre runs…HENCE Solid Centre copies of early Beatles singles are like hen's teeth! Help! Is not the very rarest solid centre (though there are variants even within solid centres which I will go over! I have 2 for sale currently!) It is not thought to be as rare say, as the EMI Solid Centre I Want To Hold Your Hand I have for sale, or the also INCREDIBLY rare EMI Solid We Can Work It Out single, it is however an extremely hard to find single, and comes up if you're lucky once or twice a year! There are a number of variants to the Labels etc. As Help! Was such a big seller, it is supposed EMI tried to use up old label stock on it, sometimes printing it with GRAMOPHONE rimmed labels, and sometimes using the older PARLOPHONE labels, sometimes crossover copies also come up with Gramophone rim on one side and Parlophone on the other, it is an oddity to find EMI still using Parlophone rims well into 1966, 67, (as in this copy) and even (as in the case of the other variant of this solid centre single I have for sale currently), late 1968/69 after the tax code had been dropped!This copy has Parlophone rims both sides. I suppose this copy to be 1966/67, or at a real push early 1968, as the central KT tax code embossment was dropped in June 1968 (though the very occasional later press does still contain the central KT code due to error, I feel this is more likely a 1966/1967 copy, which come up VERY RARELY for sale). The Central KT code occurs on the B-side, and is aligned almost exactly 90 degrees clockwise to the label.Unlike some of the latest presses of earlier singles, this copy has a significantly raised central ring edge.This copy has what are referred to in the Spizer/Daniels Beatles Collecting Bible "Beatles For Sale On Parlophone Records", as PAR 5305.01A Labels on both sides. Both sides' labels are aligned correctly with the deadwax info, and both have the KT tax code, also at the 12 o'clock mark. 
The record has a mild smattering of very light surface marks/hairlines, though still has a lovely gloss to it (I just received an "EX" record that was a clear few grades down from this one!) borders the VG+/EX- area, the audio is very nice indeed (as you can hear!)The Labels have that lovely ebony shine to them, with no rips/stains/writing/fingerprints etc. Just a few very light spindle rubs near the centre holes visible when angled into direct light.
Both sides have, by Solid Centre runs, the out of date Parlophone text rimmed labels. Both run out grooves have the KT code at 12 o'clock, and The B-side has the KT code embossed around the centre hole also (dating it pre-June 1968- unless a very rare mistake, but more likely 66/67/early 68).
DEADWAX INFO/MATRICES ETC: A-Side:7XCE    18280-2 -4 ROD           KT
B-Side:7XCE    18281-2  :                            M   M2 R           KT
PLEASE CHECK OUT MY OTHER INCREDIBLY RARE BEATLES (AND OTHER BEAT/PSYCH RARITIES) THIS WEEK!
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My Grading system:

Based on a slightly stricter version of the Record Collector, Rare Record Price Guide system.

I Don't believe in Mint, I almost only ever hear it from sellers who don't know the grading systems, therefore, you won't hear me using "MINT". If an Item is sealed I will state it as such, but still will only go as high as EX+.

EX+: Sealed, or seemingly NEVER played, if EX+ were to ever spill over to an item that may have been played a handful of times, but incredibly carefully, I will explain this thoroughly!

EX: The top end really, someone has very much cared for this record, else forgotten they've had it! Again only played with reverence, and not played much!

EX-: Very similar to EX, but slightly more realistic, many cared for collections may have a few EX- discs in them, though usually they'll be those James Last records your Auntie bought for you and (hopefully) you've never listened to since!

VG+: Again a very well looked after record, though with noticeable surface marks/hairlines when caught in the light, the worst one may hear is the lightest, very occasional background noise, often not even this on many players!

VG: Same as above, except more surface marks,  and a little more audio background noise, though certainly not detracting from the listening experience. A good playing copy for someone who buys to play the record.

VG-: A little worse, still very listenable, and plays though fine, though might not be the end of the world, if someone drunkenly adds a few more surface marks to it one night! Background noise will be there in some form!

G+: "Good" doesn't really mean good does it?! G+ means it still plays though, though someone in the room, un-used to records (and probably born when minidiscs were already a thing of the past!), will probably make a comment about the crackliness.

G: You won't want to use your best stylus on this one probably! We're definitely in "filler" territory now, unless it's a particularly rare copy, this is a party copy, you shouldn't mind when this one gets a scratch, (you might not even notice!).

G-: If crackling gives vinyl it's "warm" sound, then this one is beginning to become a fire hazard! The likelihood is you won't catch me selling a record at this condition or less, unless there really is special cause (rarity/signed/mispressed etc.). 

I often won't even grade things lower than a "decent playing copy" (VG-), though if they don't play through or are warped etc (even if they do play through), I will mention "JUMPS", "WARPED" etc. etc. either in the title, or near the beginning of the item's description, so there can be no doubt!

I endeavour to be as meticulous as possible when grading, and almost always play test the entirety of every LP and 7" I'm selling (often I make an MP3 back-up of it too... yes I know it's obsessive), but I'm sure one of these days I will overlook something, or someone will have reason to question my gradings (so far I have only had the honour of being told that I'm shooting myself in the foot by undergrading! If an honour, that is!), in which case please do contact me, and we will sort the issue out! 

Please check out my other rare punk/new wave/indie in my other items!

And I'll be listing loads more over the next few weeks so be sure to add me to your favourites list and check in regularly

Alittle about me!

I've collected records for about 20 years, and now have TONNES! I want to go travelling for as long as I can, and as such don't want to have too many possessions to have to store, I also need dosh to travel as freely as I'd like, and therefore selling the bulk of my collection seems the best of both worlds! I love records and will still keep buying them, I'm sure, but I really need to downsize in a big way! I do have some seriously RARE records to list over the next few months, and will price them to sell, so please do watch this space!

And if you're at all unsure, please check my previous feedback for tales of satisfied customers, many of whom return again and again!!

I will of course, if you aren't ENTIRELY happy with your item offer you a full refund upon a quick return of the item, in exactly the same condition I sent it out in, I wont however cover the postage costs- just in order to put off any time-wasters, I hope you understand. I do have here some REAL MEGA-RARITIES, and I understand perhaps your confidence in me might not be complete, as I haven't listed for a while, which is why I offer this offer of full re-embursment. However I am not a fan of the trend of people trying it on and asking to keep the item but want a partial re-fund, I haven't had it happen to me, and want to keep it that way, so please don't try that, I will happily offer your full winning bid money back upon the safe return of the item, and I think that's fair. 

I am very strict with my grading, having been a collector myself for many years, and I try to include as much relavent information as possible on sales, however if you have any further questions please don't hesitate to ask, I will gladly resond as soon as I can.

One thing I would ask is that the winning bidders do leave feedback, as it's annoying when people overlook it.

I happily offer reductions of postage costs on multiple-items, 

I try grade using direct sunlight which shows up more than anything (hence where poss I take my photos in direct sunlight too), however living in the Pennine Hills, contrary to popular rumour it isn't sunny here EVERY day! So when this isn't always possible, as a backup I also use a 100 Watt lightbulb, though when poss I try to use both.

I feel my grading system is stricter than many I see used, but the sellers I respect on Ebay and elsewhere seem to be of the same mind as me, I'd much prefer to be known as someone who undergrades and you can get a good record from, than someone you have to wonder, "actually is their VG+ quite what I'd expect from that?". Hope I can win you over! 

(SOMETIMES I MAY COME ACROSS A RECORD OF SIGNIFFICANT RARITY/DESIRABILITY THAT MAY HAVE A JUMP/STICK IN IT. IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT THAT I THINK SOMEONE MAY WANT IT (EG. IT'S COVER'S IN GOOD NICK, OR IT'S A PRIVATE PRESSING/PROMO OF LIMITED AVAILABILITY) I'LL CLEARLY MARK THIS IN THE TITLE "JUMPS" OR "WARPED" ETC.)

Good luck and Happy Bidding! Loads more punk/new wave etc. etc. every genre really to come over the next 2 months! so...

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