1964 RARE THE BEATLES A HARD DAYS NIGHT 1ST UK PRESS NR MINT VINYL LP RECORD
  £   230
  $   305

 


£ 230 Sold For
Mar 4, 2024 Sold Date
Feb 18, 2024 Start Date
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Description

Hi and thanks for looking at my listing. 

The LP has been owned by me from new and rarely, and very carefully, played. 

I am also selling more of my Beatles collections so please also see other listings.

THE BEATLES 

A HARD DAYS NIGHT

NEAR MINT - RARE FIRST EVER JULY 1OTH 1964 UK MONO PRESS 

RELEASED ON THE 1st BLACK & YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABEL

WITH “The Gramophone Co. Ltd.” printed at the start perimeter print

 and “Sold in U.K. subject…” text. 

The centre text, "Sold In U.K. subject to resale price conditions. See price lists" text was in effect between late February 1964 until mid 1969. During the summer of 1965, EMI's subsidiary labels changed their perimeter copyright text, on albums replacing the name of the subsidiary label to 'THE GRAMOPHONE CO LTD'.  As this is pre "Gramophone" it is therefore 1964 as it is "Parlophone" label.

" Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. "

ALSO INCLUDES 

ORIGINAL EMITEX INNER SLEEVE

FIRST EVER AUGUST 1964 PRESS UK MATRICES

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, stamped): XEX 481-3 
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped): XEX 482-3 


CONDITION 

RECORD IS NEAR MINT LOVELY WITH A DEEP GLOSSY SHEEN TO THE VINYL SURFACES WHICH ARE CLEAN AND BRIGHT. OBVIOUSLY PLAYED VERY INFREQUENTLY AND CAREFULLY IN THE LAST 59 YEARS, SUPERB !!!

I CAN ONLY SEE A FEW FAINT SLEEVE REMOVAL MARKS/ HAIRLINES IN TOTAL ACROSS BOTH SIDES,ONLY WHEN VINYL IS TILTED, UNDER A LIGHT  DEFINITELY NOT FEELABLE. NO EFFECT AT ALL ON MY AUDIO PLAYBACK, LOVELY CONDITION !!! (SEE PICS).  A GREAT AUDIO EXPERIENCE WHEN PLAYED ON MY TURNTABLE, TINY STATIC AT RUN IN ONLY, LOVELY  !!!

THE CENTRE LABELS ARE IN SUPER CONDITION (SEE PICS) WITH SOME TINY SPINDLE MARKS CONFINED TO THE DISC CENTRE EACH SIDE.

THE VERY FIRST PRINT OUTER SLEEVE IS REALLY GOOD OVERALL WITH JUST A FEW SMALL CREASES ON THE EDGES A LITTLE AGING AND A FAINT IMPRINT OF AMOS IN THE TOP CORNER. THE RECORD ITSELF IS NEAR MINT TO EXCELLENT ++   (SEE PICS)

A FULLY LEGIBLE SPINE,

MINIMAL CORNER RUB, CLEAN 

 ALL OPENING EDGES ARE STRONG AND DEFINED

 THE NEAR MINT GRADE CORRECT FIRST PRESS, EMITEX RICE PAPER POLYLINED INNER SLEEVE IS GOOD STILL WITH NO SPLITS JUST SLIGHT AGEING,(SEE ALL PICS)

SO, IN CONCLUSION, NOT ONLY A VERY RARE SUPERB CONDITION LP FROM JULY 1964 UK FIRST EVER MONO PRESS,

BUT IMPORTANTLY THE VINYL LOOKS & SOUNDS SUPERB !!!! SO PLEASE DONT MISS OUT !! 

PLEASE VIEW ALL PICTURES CLOSELY AND USE ZOOM FUNCTION TO SELF ASSESS

The Beatles – A Hard Day's Night


Label: Parlophone – PMC 1230 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono,  Country: UK Released: 10 Jul 1964 Genre: Rock, Stage & Screen Style: Soundtrack, Beat, Pop Rock

Tracklist

Songs From The Film "A Hard Day's Night" A1 A Hard Day's Night A2 I Should Have Known Better A3 If I Fell A4 I'm Happy Just To Dance With You A5 And I Love Her A6 Tell Me Why A7 Can't Buy Me Love - B1 Any Time At All B2 I'll Cry Instead B3 Things We Said Today B4 When I Get Home B5 You Can't Do That B6 I'll Be Back


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