The Beatles FOR SALE UK LP 1ST MONO 1964 - LP

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	$		58

THE BEATLES - FOR SALE

IN MAGNIFICENT  CONDITION

1ST PRESS MONO - 1964

PLAYED NO MORE THAN 5-6 TIMES EVER!!!

THE SLEEVE ON THIS IS THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN AND LOOKS LIKE NEW 

• CATALOGUE: PARLOPHONE PMC 1240 
• MATRIX:XEX 503-4N / 504-4N
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 
• Side 1 - 4 -APO
• Side 2 - 1 AAH 
• KT TAX STAMP
• THE PARLOPHONE CO RIM WORDING
• SOLD IN THE UK STATEMENT

AN ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE OF THIS 1ST ISSUE BEATLES ALBUM FROM 1964

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

ORIGINAL YELLOW AND BLACK MONO LABELS IN INCREDIBLE CONDITION. THE BLACK BASE COLOUR AND YELLOW LOGO'S ARE BOTH UNRUBBED .THE COLOURS RUN UNINTERRUPTED INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE, WHICH HAS JUST 5-6 MINUSCULE  SPIDER LINES SHOWING JUST WHY THIS SUPERB VINYL HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED  

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT DISC LOOKS FANTASTIC . IT HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN. IN DAYLIGHT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF VERY LIGHT MARKS, OTHER THAN THAT IT LOOKS GREAT.

PLAYING THE RECORD

THIS MONO ALBUM PLAYS TO ABSOLUTE PERFECTION. THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT THING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE COMPLETE CLARITY OF THE  REPRODUCTION. THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION ANYWHERE, AND THE SOUND IS AS CLEAR AND SHARP AS IT POSSIBLE COULD BE.

NO CLICKS or POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

 A TRUE INVESTMENT GRADE COPY, THEN YOU SHOULD LOOK NO FURTHER

I JUST HAVE TO GRADE THIS INCREDIBLE ALBUM EXCELLENT+ / NEAR MINT 

THE SLEEVE

OF ALL THE BEATLES ALBUMS, THIS SLEEVE IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE HARDEST TO FIND IN REAL TOP CONDITION. ENTIRELY DUE TO THE FLIMSY DESIGN AND THE WAY IN WHICH THE LP WAS HOUSED INSIDE THE SLEEVE. THE VAST MAJORITY OF COPIES WILL HAVE CREASED FRONT SURFACE/FOLDOVERS, DAMAGED SPINES, TORN INNER POCKET, AND RINGWEAR ON THE REAR SURFACE

THIS MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE HAS ABSOLUTELY NONE OF THE ABOVE!!!

SO STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE. IT HAS BEEN HOUSED FOR 100% OF IT'S LIFE INSIDE A PROTECTIVE OUTER SLEEVE AND THIS HAS STOPPED ANY CREASING TO THE SURFACE . IT IS USUAL TO FIND THIS THIN FRONT FLAP CREASED ACROSS CORNERS WHERE THE THIN PIECE OF CARD HAS BEEN ACCIDENTALLY BENT OR FOLDED

THE FRONT SURFACE HAS A GLOSSY LAMINATE THAT GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. AS MENTIONED THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASE LINES, FOLDS OR BENDS, AND EVEN THE CORNERS ARE TOTALLY SQUARE AND SHARP.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% FREE FROM ANY WEAR AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PERFECT. THIS IS ALSO UNHEARD OF ON THIS SLEEVE AS THE FRONT AGAIN IS USUALLY DOG EARRED, AND THE REAR SECTION USUALLY HAS RUBBING, BUT NOT ONE THIS SET. I REALLY AM STRUGGLING TO PUT INTO WORDS JUST HOW INCREDIBLE THIS SLEEVE IS

THE SPINE IS ALSO IN MINT!!!!!!! CONDITION. HAS THE TAPERED ENDS AND WHICH OFTEN LOSES THE LAMINATE, BUT THIS SPINE IS COMPLETELY LAMINATED EVEN THE VERY TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS ARE 100% UNRUBBED.

THE SPINE IS ALSO ABSOLUTELY AND 100% TOTALLY FLAT, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.NO SQUASHING WHATSOEVER

THE RIGHT HAD EDGE IS ALSO 100% FULLY LAMINATED AND UNBLEMISHED 

THE REAR SURFACE ALSO IN THE SAME MAGNIFICENT CONDITION AS THE FRONT, AND INCREDIBLY NO RING WEAR, AND  NOT EVEN ANY SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE NO MATTER HOW MUCH I ANGLE IT INTO A STRONG LIGHT

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS JUST HOW SUPERB THIS SLEEVE IS, AND WHY IT IS IN THE CONDITION THAT IT IS. MOST COPIES HAVE DAMAGED INNER SPINES, OR AT LEAST NICKS TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS. THIS IS ENTIRELY DUE TO THE WAY THE RECORD IS HOUSED BY INSERTING IT FROM THE SPINE INTO THE INNER POCKET. AS THIS IS SUCH A TIGHT FIT, IT IS ALL TO EASY TO ACCIDENTALLY NICK THE POCKET EDGE AND TEAR IT, BUT FAR MORE LIKELY IS THE FACT THAT UNLESS THE LP IS FULLY HOUSED INSIDE THE POCKET, CLOSING THE GATEFOLD OFTEN RESULTED IN ANY EXCESS VINYL PROTRUDING FROM THE SLEEVE TO ACT LIKE A BLUNT KNIFE AND OVER TIME DAMAGED THE SPINE.

THIS SPINE IS ABSOLUTELY UNBLEMISHED/ NOT ONE SPECK OF DAMAGE TO THE SPINE, NOR ANY DAMAGE TO THE INNER POCKET. ABSOLUTELY NEAR MINT!!!!

IT IS SO OBVIOUS THAT THIS ALBUM HAS BARELY BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE

THE FLIPBACKS ARE ALSO PRISTINE, AND THERE HAS BEEN NO LOSS OF THE DELICATE BLACK SURFACE TO EITHER INNER SURFACE

I DON'T BELIEVE YOU WILL FIND A CLEANER AND BETTER EXAMPLE