BEATLES FOR SALE EARLY 1ST STEREO PRESSING -1/-1 VINYL LP VG/VG+

	£		30
	$		40

DECEMBER 1964
BEATLES FOR SALE
THE BEATLES
1st UK STEREO Press
Catalogue Number PCS 3062
Yellow and Black Parlophone Labels
Master Matrices YEX 142-1 / YEX 142-1
COMPLETE EARLY 1ST FIRST PRESSING 

The Sleeve: Very Good Plus condition. Gatefold sleeve with internal top fold over flaps.
Fully laminated over front, rear, spine, all edges and inside, with no lifting or bubbling. All text clear and glossy and the pictorials have retained their original bright glossy colours. There is slight one corner creasing (bottom right) and there are no blemishes to note, just a few mm tiny indents at top and bottom of spine where the centre fold meets. The spine externally is in really astoundingly Good condition for an original stereo sleeve. The gatefold is unblemished inside and the iconic photos of the Fab Four are superb with no creasing or marks, and overall externally and internally this sleeve is in very nice condition, almost Excellent. Has the word Stereo in outline style on the front, as per first issues.
The outer spine edge is clean white with no fraying and  clear title text, very often not the case. 


This is a neat and clean sleeve which holds the LP well.


Inner Sleeve: This is the correct original EMI Emitex Inner, it is omitting the 'Patents Applied For' and just has the 'Made In England' text as the patent had been granted. It is completely intact - the side and bottom edges are all intact at the seams, the opening edge is neat, aswell as the internally tracing-paper lined interior.

The Vinyl: In Very Good Condition overall. The vinyl surfaces retains bright black glossy finish and the surfaces still gleam bright black. There are no hairline or stylus marks that can be seen in normal light, under bright light there are a few stylus hairlines on either side there but there are no feel-able stylus scratches, and anything noticeable is light with the vast majority of the surfaces being blemish free. There are cleaning trails around the outer rims angled in towards the centre, particularly on Side 2 and there is also a narrow scuff mark on track 1 on that side. The vinyl surfaces are clean and smooth. Bright pressing sheen which can be clearly seen from the photographs, the blemishes noted do not cause any sound interference.
  The photographs were taken under direct bright light to show condition.
The record lays completely flat on the turntable.
The is a heavy slab of vinyl that weighs more than most and is 168 grams.


Labels are Excellent.  All text clear and bright, the perimeter area around the spindle location point is neat and there is very few and light trace of spindle lines. This record has been handled carefully.
Very Early Mother / Stamps - Side 1: 4 O                                          - Side 2: 2 P

(Being 2nd and 4th Mothers, this vinyl pressing is very close to the Master recording, and with very low Stampers 5th and 6th this indicates an early pressing.  Very unusual to see such low mother/ Stampers, may be a first day PRESSING or close to to it.


MT tax code code from the early-sixties is embossed on Side 1, most will have the later KT tax code. SOLD IN U.K. text across label and The Gramophone Co. Ltd text around rim.
Made in Gt. Britain txt at foot.
The Audio: The audio quality is Excellent overall as is indicated by its appearance. The LP plays from beginning to end on both sides smoothly with no background noise or detractions such as no skips, jumps, sticks, loud ticks or pops, and no background noise. Even static ticks usually audible on intro's and fade outs near the start of each discs with the best copies are only slightly audible on this disc, and there is nothing that can be heard over any audio at all, have to listen carefully to hear any surface noise on the shirt dead-wax run-ins on this LP, but hardly noticeable.
These heavy sixties pressings were made robust, and this is still with  bright and clear audio, and it should also be considered for its authenticity as an original Beatles For Sale in rarer Stereo format. The vocals are crisp and clear, the Stereo channeling is perfect with no feedback or hiss, and the base line is full bodied.

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This LP will be securely delivered in a professional cardboard LP mailer with cardboard stiffereners.
A plain generic inner sleeve will house the record and the original will be placed separately to prevent tears during delivery.
A protective PVC 180 gsm Gatefold sleeve is included to house the LP as shown.
The LP will be delivered recorded in the U.K.
Overseas postage will be tracked and a tracking number given.
To grade this record I am using the official grading system for collectible records from the Record Collector Magazine.
Happy to refund on return if not satisfied.