BEATLES HEY JUDE UK APPLE IST PYE & PHILLIPS PRESS
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BEATLES "HEY JUDE"
RARE PYE & PHILLIPS PRESSINGS
SET OF TWO ORIGINAL 1968 UK APPLE CONTRACT 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 HIGH SALES AND EMI'S OTHER COMITTMENTS AT THE TIME SOME COPIES OF THIS SINGLE WHERE CONTRACTED OUT TO PYE, DECCA AND PHILLIPS... THESE COPIES ARE THE RARE PYE PRESSING WHICH IS RECOGINSABLE BY THE LARGER GAP AT THE PUSH-OUT CENTRE AND THE ROUGH EDGES, AND THE PHILLIPS PRESSING WHICH HAS THE TRADEMARK THREE PRONGED PUSH-OUT CENTRE.
APPLE R 5722
7XCE.21185/6
PYE PRESSING.....-1-1
THE ROUGH CUT, LARGE GAP PUSH-OUT CENTRE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN GOOD CONDITION WITH NO UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING. LABELS ARE CLEAN.
THE VINYL DISPLAYS A MULTITUDE OF SURFACE MARKS... THIS HAS BEEN WELL PLAYED AND THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE AUDIO WHICH PLAYS WITH CRACKLE AND DISTORTION.
PHILLIPS PRESSING.....-1-1
THE THREE PRONGED PUSH-OUT CENTRE APPEL LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN EXCELELNT CONDITION, SIDE ONE HAS A VERY FEINT "71" WRITTEN ON IT (NOT HIGHLY VISIBLE). BOTH SIDES ARE VERY CLEAN AND VIVID.
THE GLOSSY VINYL IS ALSO EXCELLENT WITH SOME SURFACE MARKS AGAIN THIS ONE HAS BEEN PLAYED HOWEVER AUDIO DOES APPEAR UNAFFECTED.
ALTHOUGH NOT SUPERB PRESSINGS (INPARTICULAR THE PYE) THESE ARE BOTH RARE CONTRACT PRESSINGS OF THSI CLASSIC BEATLES HIT.
BOTH COME HOUSED IN THE RARER "BEATLES ON APPLE" SLEEVES...BOTH SLEEVE ARE IN EXCELELNT CONDITION.
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING...
IT IS WITH REGRET THAT BEATLES-64 MUST NOW ASK ANY FIRST TIME BIDDERS WITH US WHO ARE PLANNING TO BID ON MULTIPLE ITEMS IF THEY COULD KINDLY PAY FOR EACH ITEM AS THEY WIN IT, WE WILL OF COURSE HOLD ALL ITEMS UNTIL YOU HAVE FINISHED BIDDING AND THEN COMBINE THE SHIPPING COSTS FOR ALL... WHILST WE APPRECIATE THAT MOST BIDDERS ARE HONEST AND GENUINE WE HAVE FOUND TO OUR COST THAT SOME ARENT AND WE HAVE RECENTLY ENCOUNTERED A NEW BIDDER TO US WHO BID ON MULTIPLE ITEMS OVER THE COURSE OF A MONTH (RUNNING UP A VERY LARGE INVOICE) AND HAS NOW NOT PAID. UNFORTUNATELY AS IS USUALLY THE CASE THE MINORITY HAVE SPOLIT IT FOR THE MAJORITY......WE APPRECIATE YOUR CO-OPERATION IN THIS....thank you
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