BEATLES Hard Days Night LP 1965 1st STEREO

	£		182
	$		241

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Beatles called "A Hard Days Night" and is an ORIGINAL 1965 UK STEREO 1st/2nd Pressing on the Yellow & Black Parlophone Label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE BEATLES RAREST LPs EVER AND IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER LPs ON THE PARLOPHONE LABEL - AND IS INCREDIBLY TOUGH TO LOCATE!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS 1ST PRESSED IN MEGA RARE STEREO - AND IS THE RAREST PRESSING EVER MADE!!!!  AND THIS IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  BACK IN 1964 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED - MONO ABSOLUTELY DOMINATED THE UK RECORD MARKET - AND BARELY ANY STEREO 1ST PRESSINGS WERE EVER MADE AT ALL!!!!  OFTEN DEMAND FOR STEREO'S WAS SO ABSOLUTELY TINY - THAT MOST SHOPS ONLY EVER STOCKED STEREOS BY 'SPECIAL ORDER' ONLY!!!!  AS A RESULT VIRTUALLY EVERY 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP WAS 1ST PRESSED IN COMMON MONO - WITH VIRTUALLY NO STEREO 1ST PRESSINGS BEING SOLD AT ALL!!!!  BUT THERE IS 1 VITALLY IMPORTANT DETAIL - THAT MAKES THIS THE RAREST PRESSING EVER MADE!!!!  AS MANY COLLECTORS WILL ALREADY KNOW - ALL STEREO 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP HAD 'FIRST PUBLISHED' TEXT & 'PARLOPHONE COMPANY' EDGE TEXT ON THE LABELS,  AND A 'MID-SIZED' STEREO ON THE COVER FRONT.  AND BY THE END OF 1965 (ABOUT A YEAR AFTER RELEASE), 2ND PRESSINGS OF THIS LP WERE BEING SOLD IN STEREO WITH A 'SMALL' STEREO ON THE COVER FRONT, AND 'GRAMOPHONE COMPANY' LABEL EDGE TEXT.  HOWEVER BETWEEN THESE TWO PRESSINGS CAME THIS ONE!!!!  AND IT IS SO RARE THAT IT ISNT EVEN LISTED IN THE UK PRICE GUIDE!!!!  THIS LP DATES FROM MID 1965 ONLY - AND AMAZINGLY HAS 'GRAMOPHONE COMPANY' LABEL EDGE TEXT, 'SOLD IN THE UK' TEXT, AND YET IT STILL HAS A 1ST PRESS 'MID-SIZED' STEREO FLIPBACK LAMINATED COVER!!!!  SO IT IS VERY CLEAR - THAT THIS IS AN ULTRA RARE 'TRANSITIONAL' PRESSING (BETWEEN THE 1ST & 2ND PRESSINGS) AND WAS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR A FEW WEEKS ONLY IN MID 1965 ONLY, MAKING IT THE RAREST STEREO PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE!!!!  AND MAKING THIS LP EVEN RARER STILL - IT EVEN HAS AN ULTRA RARE 'MT' TAX CODING ON THE LABELS - WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED IN 1963 (SO IT SHOULDNT EVEN EXIST ON THIS LP AT ALL!)!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN GREAT CONDITION OVERALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1965 UK STEREO 1ST/2ND 'TRANSITIONAL' PRESSING ON THE 2ND PRESS YELLOW & BLACK PARLOPHONE LABEL, NO 'FIRST PUBLISHED' TEXT, 2ND PRESS 'GRAMOPHONE COMPANY' LABEL EDGE TEXT, 1ST PRESS 'SOLD IN THE UK' TEXT, 1ST PRESS 1/1 STEREO MATRIXES, ULTRA RARE 'MT' TAX CODING ON THE LABELS, 1ST PRESS EMITEX INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' FLIPBACK LAMINATED 'PATENTS PENDING' STEREO COVER (WITH 'MID-SIZED' STEREO ON THE COVER FRONT!)!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Parlophone UK 1st/2nd Pressing from 1965 and is in GREAT condition overall!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is PCS 3058 on the 1st Press Yellow & Black Parlophone label (see picture) and is a much MUCH rarer UK STEREO 1st/2nd Pressing!!!!

The record labels (see pictures) are in SUPERB condition with NO wear, NO writing, and only a few VERY light spindle marks!!!!  The vinyl is in GREAT condition overall (though not perfect)!!!!  Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has only a few hairlines, only 2 or 3 visible (but NON sounding!) scufflines, and only a few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK!!!!   It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO nasty loud pops, barely ANY clicks, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some VERY slight background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must MEGA STRICTLY grade Good+ (PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed!) if not better!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The record comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press Emitex inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The 1st Press 'Garrod & Lofthouse' Flipback Laminated 'Patents Pending' STEREO Cover in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The cover has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), only a few light creases (cover is still VERY flat looking indeed!), VERY shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO yellowing, NO rubbing (apart from a TINY touch in the EXTREME top left corner ONLY), NO ringwear, NO grubbyness, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN ULTRA RARE STEREO - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!!  It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1965 UK STEREO 'TRANSITIONAL' 1ST/2ND PRESSING OF "A HARD DAYS NIGHT" BY THE BEATLES, IN GREAT CONDITION OVERALL!!!!  Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World (Postal discounts are available - see below for details).  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: