BEATLES "HEY JUDE" UK APPLE 1ST PRESS PYE CONTRACT

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May 5, 2011 Sold Date

Apr 28, 2011 Start Date

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BEATLES "HEY JUDE"

ORIGINAL 1968 UK APPLE 1ST PYE CONTRACT 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, PYE AND POSSIBLY DECCA

THESE RARER PYE CONTRACT COPIES FEATURE SOME UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS. THERE IS AN INNER RIDGE APPROXIMATELY 2.5MM FROM THE EDGE OF THE LABEL, A SECOND OUTER RIDGE IS VISIBLE APPROXIMATELY 10MM FROM THE EDGE OF THE LABEL THERE IS NO TAX CODE TO THE CENTRE LABELS AND THE STAMPER NUMBERS ARE USUALLY HAND ETCHED,ALSO PYE PRESSINGS ARE PRESSED ON THICKER AND HEAVIER VINYL, IN THIS CASE 44 GRAMS.

APPLE 5722 (APPLE 1)

7XCE.21185/6-1-1

KT TAX CODE TO RUN OFF GROOVE ONLY.

HAND ETCHED STAMPERS H 14 F 13

THE DARK GREEN AND SLIGHTLY TEXTURED PUSH-OUT CENTRE PYE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. CLOSE INSPECTION REVEALS THAT THE LABELS HAVE JUST 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 SUPERB , THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED YET DESPITE THIS THE VINYL DISPLAYS JUST VERY LIGHT AND WISPY SURFACE MARKS AND JUST THE ODD VERY LIGHT NEEDLE MARK BUT CERTAINLY NOTHING SEVERE.. THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY WITH NO WARPING.

HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL APPLE GLOSSY COMPANY SLEEVE... THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

OVERALL ASUPERB AND RARER UK CONTRACT PRESSING.....

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