NOT ONLY SIMPLY STUNNING EX+ EXAMPLE  WITH EARLY  MATRICIES BUT ALSO THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE COPY WITHOUT THE GEORGE MARTIN CREDIT ON THE INSIDE OF THE GATEFOLD...L@@K

WHEN FIRST ISSUED IN EARLY 1973 THE EARLIEST COPIES OF BOTH THE 62-66 AND 67-70 DOUBLE LPS HAD THE PRODUCTION CREDITS LEFT OF THE SLEEVES IN ERROR. THIS WAS QUICKLY CORRECTED PRE-RELEASE BUT A SMALL NUMBER OF COPIES OF BOTH LP'S DID SLIP OUT WITHOUT THIS CORRECTION AND THIS IS ONE.

NOT ONLY THAT BUT EARLY COPIES OF THIS LP DIFFER FROM LATER ONES IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS.

FIRSTLY THE INNER SLEEVES ARE " SQUARE CUT " AND ON SOFT CARD WHICH NEARLY ALWAYS SPLIT, BY 1974/5 THESE WERE CHANGED TO HARDER CARD WITH ROUNDED EDGES. IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSBLE TO FIND THE EARLIER INNER TYPES IN EVEN HALF DECENT CONDITION YET THE TWO INCLUDED HERE ARE TWO OF THE BEST I HAVE SEEN AND ARE TOTALLY UNSPLIT.

SECONDLY BY LATE 1973 THE WEIGHT AND QUALITY OF VINYL DETERIORATED RAPIDLY DUE TO THE OIL CRISIS, THESE EARLY COPIES ARE ON THE EARIER HEAVIER HIGH QUALITY PRE-OIL CRISIS VINYL

SO THESE EARLY 73 ISSUES ARE FAR SUPERIOR TO THE LATER ONES. THIS IS NOT A RARE LP BUT TO FIND AN EARLY COPY LIKE THIS, IN THIS KIND OF CONDITON AND WITHOUT THE GEORGE MARTIN CREDIT IS TRUELY AMAZING...GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS

FOR BIDDERS OUTSIDE UK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT...  non uk bidders please read my notes about international postage below.....returns policy only applies to UK outside of UK buyer has to cover the return postage! FOR INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT due to ebays revised " buyer " protection policy even more sellers will start to refuse to sell internationally. I however will still sell internationally but i reserve the right to not to complete any international transaction if the buyer has any bad or witheld feedback or for any other reason that I choose and this is especially so for items that sell for near to GBP 150 or higher. So if you are an international bidder and win one of my auctions and then find I have completed the transaction elsewhere this will be because the new ebay/paypal policy now makes it almost impossible for sellers to sell safely overseas, thank you

FOR BIDDERS WITH ZERO FEEDBACK THIS IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT...   I have recently been the victim of serveral spurious bids from several different members (usually based in the Russian Federation). Please note that if you win any of my items and have zero feedback I will ask you for immediate payment or for you to email and immediately confirm that you were a genuine bidder. Failiure to meet either of those critiera will result in the item being  offered to the next highest bidder without further delay. thank you. 

ITEMS  WILL BE VIA RECORDED/SIGNED FOR DEVLIVERY TO PREVENT FRAUDULENT CLAIMS OF NON RECEIPT.  COST  GBP 4.99 FOR A DOUBLE LP.

INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLS SEE MY NOTES BELOW.

For Auction here is the UK LP ''  THE BEATLES / 1962-1966 " 

ARTIST:  THE BEATLES

MONO/STEREO: STEREO

Cat. No : PCSP 717

LABEL: CUSTOM APPLE  

COUNTRY: UK

DATE: 1973

MATRICIES:  -1 -1 -3 -1 (EARLY )

VINYL WEIGHT:   140g   135g

THE CONDITION

SLEEVE:  STUNNING EXAMPLE  AS CRISP AN EXAMPLE AS YOU WILL FIND.  GRADES EX ++ EASY, THE ONLY FLAW IS A SMALL SECURITY " PATCH " ATTACHED TO THE REAR, THIS SHOULD COME OFF THE LAMINATION WITHOUT DAMAGE BUT I WILL LEAVE THAT TO THE BUYER !

LABELS:  NO SERIOUS FLAWS WRITINGS OR LABELS, ALL SIDES GRADE EX+

VINYL :  AGAIN LOVELY BOTH SIDES RETAIN A LOVELY SHINE, WITH HARDLY EVEN A LIGHT MARK VISABLE EVEN UNDER A BRIGT LIGHT SO GRADES EX TO EX+

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INNERS: STUNNING, SOME OF THE BEST I HAVE SEEN, UNSPLIT GRADE EX - EX+

THESE  DON'T COME UP THAT OFTEN IN ANY CONDITION AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE AS GOOD AS THIS ONE SO DON'T MISS OUT - GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS!

 (Please note that whilst I try to endeavour to adhere to strict RC gradings I will never describe ANYTHING AS MINT even when I think it to be so. As far as I am concerned any secondhand item by definition cannot be mint. However if I believe an item to be Mint  I will instead either use the terms Near Mint, mint minus, or in archive or vault condition. When I use these terms you know that in my opinion this is in effect a de-facto Mint grade )

INSURANCE INCLUDED IN P&P PRICE DEPENDING ON FINAL SALE VALUE...

Dont forget to take a look at my other items. Please feel free to contact me with any queries you may have.

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I ONLY DO A COUPLE OF RUNS A WEEK TO THE POST OFFICE BUT MY ITEMS ARE ALWAYS DISPATCHED WELL WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK OF PAYMENT BEING RECEIVED. I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE TO THOSE BUYERS WHO SEEM TO EXPECT THEIR ITEM TO ARRIVE THE NEXT DAY, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK WHEN AN ITEM WAS SENT JUST PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU!! (SOME PEOPLE DO MAKE YOU LAUGH, FOR ITEMS I BUY I ONLY NORMALLY GET CONCERNED AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND EVEN AFTER THAT THEN ONLY POLIETELY ENQUIRE IF AND WHEN THE ITEM WAS SENT).

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PAYMENTS BY PAYPAL ARE PREFERRED BUT I ALSO ACCEPT OTHER METHODS. I ALSO POST WORLDWIDE (PLS APPLY FOR RATES) BUT DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH A DISREPUTABLE BUYER IN JAPAN (EBAY WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO NAME THEM) , FOR ALL PAYMENTS MADE VIA PAYPAL THE ITEM WILL ONLY BE SENT BOTH TO THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY RECORDED OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY. THIS IS TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY ATTEMPT TO CLAIM BACK THE PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL EVEN AFTER ACTUALLY HAVING RECEIVED THE ITEM.

THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS HAD THE RESULT OF INCREASING MY COSTS FOR POSTING AND PACKING AND I AM VERY SORRY FOR THIS BUT PAYPAL OFFER NO PROTECTION FOR SELLERS UNLESS THERE IS PROOF OF DELIVERY!! PROOF OF POSTING WOULD SEEM INSUFFICIENT TO THEM AND I HAVE FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY..

DUE TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THIS SAME BUYER PAYPAL PAYMENTS WILL ALSO NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM BUYERS WHO DO NOT ALLOW THEIR FEEDBACK TO READ, SO IF YOU FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY PLEASE DO NOT BID ON MY ITEMS UNLESS YOU CAN PAY BY ANOTHER METHOD…….COST VIA INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR MAIL TO EUROPE FOR A SINGLE LP IS USUALLY GBP 8.99 AND TO THE USA/REST OF THE WORLD GBP 12.99 FOR A SINGLE LP AND 15.99 FOR A DOUBLE BASED ON A "DECLARED" VALUE OF UNDER GBP 50... 

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