BEATLES "I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND" UK 1ST PRESS
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BEATLES "I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND"
ORIGINAL 1963 UK 1ST PRESSING
RELEASED NOVEMBER 29TH 1963 "I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND" WAS A HUGE SELLING SINGLE IN THE U.K, TWO DAYS BEFORE ITS RELEASE IT HAD ADVANCED ORDERS OF 500,000 AN UNPRECEDENTED FIGURE AT THAT TIME AND ALTHOUGH IT DID NOT GO ON TO BE THE BIGGEST EVER U.K SELLING SINGLE IT DID ACHEIVE THE BIGGEST SELLING BRITISH SINGLE WORLWIDE HAVING SOLD IN THE REGION OF 15 MILLION COPIES.
THERE ARE THREE LABEL VERSIONS OF THIS SINGLE, ONE CARRIES THE "NCB" LABEL CREDIT TO BOTH LABELS,ONE FEATURES THIS CREDIT TO JUST ONE LABEL AND LASTLY ONE OMITS THE CREDIT FROM BOTH LABELS .
OFFERED FOR SALE IN SUPERB AND BARELY PLAYED CONDITION IS AN ORIGINAL U.K 1ST PRESSING OF "I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND" WHICH FEATURES THE "NCB" LABEL CREDIT TO JUST ONE LABEL
R 5084
7XCE.17559-1N-1N
STAMPERS ARM 5 GGR 17
KT TAX CODE
THE PUSH-OUT CENTRE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION WITH NO MORE THAN ONE OR TWO VERY TINY SPINDLE TRAILS PRESENT TO EITHER SIDE. LABELS ARE SPOTLESSLY CLEAN WITH PERFECT LETTERING. THE LABELS HAVE NOT SUFFERED FROM ANY WRITING, FADING OR RUBBING......LABELS TO DO NOT FEATURE THE "NCB" CREDIT TO SIDE TWO BUT IT DOES FEATIRE ON SIDE ONE.
THE GLOSSY VINYL IS ALSO SUPERB, DISPLAYING JUST LIGHT BUT MINIMAL WISPY SURFACE MARKS BUT NO SIGNS OF THE VINYL BEING PLAYED, THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING AND HAS NOT SUFFERED FROM ANY OTHER BLEMISHES OR IMPERFECTIONS .
HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL PARLOPHONE SLEEVE. THE SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT.
OVERALL A GREAT AND BARELY PLAYED EXAMPLE OF THIS ORIGINAL UK 1ST PRESSING LABEL VARIATION.
On 05-Mar-10 at 11:27:30 GMT, seller added the following information:
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