The Beatles RUBBER SOUL UK LP 1st Press 1965 Mono INCREDIBLE MINT MINUS - LISTEN

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THE BEATLES - RUBBER SOUL

IN MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS INVESTMENT GRADE CONDITION

1ST PRESS MONO - 1965

PLAYED NO MORE THAN A FEW TIMES

OUTSTANDING MINT MINUS SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE: PARLOPHONE PMC 1267
• MATRIX:XEX 579-4 / 580-5
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 4 GAO/ 6 GPR
• KT TAX STAMP
• THE GRAMOPHONE CO RIM WORDING
• SOLD IN THE UK STATEMENT

 TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY, OR YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE RECORDING BY PRESSING THE ARROW AT THE RIGHT END OF THE PLAY AREA

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

ORIGINAL YELLOW AND BLACK MONO LABELS IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE BLACK BASE COLOUR AND YELLOW LOGO'S ARE BOTH UNRUBBED .THE COLOURS RUN UNINTERRUPTED INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE

THERE ARE JUST A FEW MINUSCULE SPIDER LINES AROUND THE HOLE SHOWING JUST WHY THIS ALBUM HAS REMAINED IN THIS AMAZING CONDITION

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT DISC LOOKS AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT CAME OUT OF THE PRESS. IT HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN. IN DAYLIGHT THERE IS NOT A MARK ON IT,AND IT LOOKS FLAWLESS.

EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE APART A FEW OF THE TINIEST WISPY HAIRLINES.

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I NOW DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

I HAVE ALSO RECORDED THIS ALBUM IN MONO TO DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW IT SHOULD SOUND. 

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. 

THE EARLY MONO BEATLES RECORDINGS WERE ALL JUST INCREDIBLE. MANY MANY COPIES WERE PLAYED ON SYSTEMS THAT HAD A STYLUS THAT WAS TOO HEAVY OR WORN AND CAUSED INVISIBLE GROOVE WEAR. 

GENTLY LOWERING THE STYLUS ONTO THE RUN IN GROOVE ALL YOU HEAR IS SILENCE. NO CRACKLES ANYWHERE, AND THIS INCREDIBLE STANDARD IS MAINTAINED ALL THROUGH BOTH SIDES.  EVEN THE VERY VULNERABLE 'MICHELLE' WHICH HISTORICALLY HAS HEAVY VINYL NOISE IS VIRTUALLY FREE FROM ANY EXCEPT FOR SOME VERY LIGHT STATIC IN A FEW SPOTS AND A COUPLE OF MINISCULE STATIC TICS

THE RUN IN IS SILENT, THE LINKING GROOVES ARE NEAR SILENT, AND THE RUN OUT IS SILENT 

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER AT ANY POINT. JUST THE OCCASIONAL SECOND OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN SOME OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN TO THIS FANTASTIC ALBUM, BEFORE DECIDING IF THIS SHOULD BE IN YOUR COLLECTION

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS STUNNING ALBUM VERY CLOSE TO  MINT MINUS!!

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LONG LISTEN AND YOU JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE HAS BEEN HOUSED FOR MOST OF IT'S LIFE INSIDE A PROTECTIVE OUTER SLEEVE AND THIS HAS STOPPED ANY CREASING TO THE SURFACE .

THE FRONT SURFACE HAS A GLOSSY LAMINATE THAT GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR.

THERE IS NOT ONE CREASE, OR CREASE LINE ANYWHERE ON THE SURFACE, AND JUST FOUR MICROSCOPIC LAMINATE PRESSURE LINES NEAR THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE AND ONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE.

ZERO THUMB LINES CLOSE TO THE OPENING EDGE

THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE WITH JUST A SPECK OF RUB TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT ON THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% FREE FROM ANY WEAR AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PERFECTLY SMOOTH WITHOUT ANY ROUGHNESS. THE LAMINATE RUNS UNBLEMISHED FROM CORNER TO CORNER

THE SPINE IS ALSO IN MINT CONDITION.  THIS SPINE IS COMPLETELY LAMINATED EVEN THE VERY TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS ARE 100% UNRUBBED.

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE

THE OPENING EDGE IS ABSOLUTELY RAZOR SHARP AND ONLY HAS ONE THUMB NAIL NICK SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS LP HAS BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE

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

I DON'T BELIEVE I HAVE EVER SEEN A WHITER EXAMPLE, THERE IS JUST NO AGEING OR HANDLING TO THIS DELICATE AND POROUS SURFACE WHATSOEVER,AND EVEN THE EDGES HAVE REMAINED WHITE

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

THE ORIGINAL RICE PAPER LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN TOP CONDITION.NO SEAM SPLITS AND ONLY ONE LIGHT CORNER CREASE LINE. THERE IS SOME NATURAL AGEING TO THE SURFACE

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE AS CLOSE MINT AS CAN BE !!!!  IT REALLY IS THAT MAGNIFICENT

IT WILL NEVER NEED UPGRADING AND IS TRULY AN INVESTMENT GRADE CONDITION