BEATLES "HEY JUDE" 1968 UK APPLE PYE CONTRACT
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BEATLES "HEY JUDE"
VERY RARE SOLID CENTRE PYE PRESS
ORIGINAL 1968 UK APPLE 1ST PRESSING.
RELEASED AUGUST 1968 "HEY JUDE" WAS THE BEATLES FIRST RELEASE ON THEIR NEWLY FORMED APPLE LABEL. IT WAS ORIGINALLY TO BE APPLE 1 BUT BECAUSE THE BEATLES CONTRACT WAS WITH PARLOPHONE IT HAD TO CARRY A PARLOPHONE NUMBER.
AS WITH OTHER BEATLES RELEASES "HEY JUDE" BROKE SOME RULES, AT THE TIME OF RELEASE IT WAS THE LONGEST SINGLE DISC DURATION IN THE U.K...7 MINUTES. 11 SECONDS.
DUE TO EMI'S OTHER COMMITTMENTS AT THAT TIME SOME PRESSINGS OF THIS SINGLE WERE CONTRACT OUT TO OTHER COMPANIES SUCH AS PHILIPS, DECCA AND PYE.
THE RARER OF THESE CONTRACT PRESSINGS APPEAR TO BE THE PYE PRESSINGS, THESE USUALLY APPEAR WITH A PUSH-OUT CENTRE.
THESE RARE SOLID CENTRE COPIES FEATURE SOME UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS. THERE IS AN INNER RIDGE APPROXIMATELY 29MM FROM THE EDGE OF THE LABEL, A SECOND OUTER RIDGE IS VISIBLE APPROXIMATELY 26MM FROM THE EDGE OF THE LABEL THERE IS NO TAX CODE TO THE CENTRE LABELS AND THE STAMPER NUMBERS ARE HAND ETCHED,ALSO PYE PRESSINGS ARE PRESSED ON THICKER AND HEAVIER VINYL, IN THIS CASE 40 GRAMS.
APPLE 5722 (APPLE 1)
7XCE.21185/6-1-1
KT TAX CODE TO RUN OFF GROOVE ONLY.
HAND ETCHED STAMPERS K 15 L 13
THE DARK GREEN SOLID CENTRE PYE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. CLOSE INSPECTION REVEALS THAT THE LABELS HAVEJUST LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS TO EITHER SIDE. LABELS ARE CLEAN AND FREE FROM WRITING E.T.C.
THE GLOSSY MIRROR LIKE AND VERY HEAVY WEIGHT VINYL IS ALSO EXCELLENT, THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED AND THEREFORE IT DOES DISPLAY SOME LIGHT SURFACE MARKS AND THE ODD VERY LIGHT NEEDLE MARKS BUT CERTAINLY NOTHING SEVERE.LE MARKS. THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY WITH NO WARPING.
AUDIO EXCELLENT..THERE IS SOME LIGHT CRACKLE EVIDENT TO BOTH RUN IN/OFF GROOVES AND THIS DOES CONTINUE FOR ABOUT 7 SECONDS INTO "HEY JUDE" BUT IT DOES DISPERSE AND THEN THE VINYL PLAYS PERFECTLY WITH NO OTHER FAULTS.
HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL APPLE GLOSSY COMPANY SLEEVE... THE SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION.
OVERALL AN EXCELLENT AND RARELY SEEN SOLID CENTRE UK CONTRACT PRESSING.....SELDOM OFFERED FOR SALE AND A CERTAIN ENHANCEMENT TO ANY COLLECTION.
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