BEATLES - I Want To Hold Your Hand - JAPAN - "Red Wax" - 7" 45RPM - First Press
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THE BEATLES - I Want To Hold Your Hand / This Boy - JAPAN - (TYPE 1) - "RED WAX" - 7" - 45 RPM - SINGLE - RARE FIRST PRESSING!!! - MONO - 330 YEN ORIGINAL - Please Please Me HAS A LOWER CATALOG NUMBER AND WAS SCHEDULED TO BE THE FIRST ODEON BEATLE'S SINGLE - HOWEVER, I Want To Hold Your Hand WAS RUSH RELEASED TO MARKET FIRST - THIS SINGLE IS SCARCE IN THE U.S. AND JAPAN.BI-FOLD SLEEVE WITH LYRIC SHEET ON TWO INSIDE PAGES - LYRIC SHEET BACK CLOSE UP: TWO KEY IDENTIFYING CHARACTERISTICS WITH WHICH THE COLLECTOR SHOULD BE FAMILIAR ARE THE CIRCLED LETTER SYMBOL AND THE PRICE - THESE ARE IMPORTANT TO NOTE BECAUSE TOSHIBA WOULD REPRINT RECORDS FROM TIME TO TIME WITHOUT CHANGING CATALOG NUMBERS BUT WITH DIFFERENT SYMBOLS AND PRICE DESIGNATIONS - "MADE IN JAPAN", "SYMBOL=F" AND "Y330" ARE PRINTED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LYRIC SHEET.
LABEL CLOSE UP: THE WORDS "MFG. BY TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IN JAPAN" IS PRINTED ON THE PERIMETER.
I GRADE VERY STRICTLY FOLLOWING ROUGHLY THE GOLDMINE GUIDELINES AS AN OUTLINE. I WANT YOU TO GET THE MOST ACCURATE DESCRIPTION POSSIBLE SO YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED. WE PROFESSIONALLY CLEAN AND PLAY GRADE ALL OF THE RECORDS WE SELL. WHICH IS MORE THAN 99% OF THE OTHER SELLERS ON EBAY.
USE "GOOGLE" OR ANOTHER SEARCH ENGINE TO LOOK AT THE GOLDMINE GUIDELINES.
RECORD GRADING: VG+MINOR CRACKLE AT THE START AND END OF "THIS BOY". BEAUTIFUL CLEAN AND CLEAR SOUND ON TEST LISTENING. THE SONGS THEMSELVES ARE PRISTINE WITH NO CRACKLE, POPS, SKIPS OR ANYTHING ELSE TO DISTURB THE HIGH QUALITY AUDIO OTHER THAN THOSE NOTED HERE EARLIER. THE SUPERIOR "RED WAX" SOUND REALLY HELPS MAKE THIS NORMALLY AVERAGE RECORD A KEEPER DESPITE OTHER AUDIO FLAWS. THROW IN THAT IT IS A RARE FIRST PRESSING AND THE VERY FIRST ODEON RECORD'S 45 RPM AND YOU HAVE A COLLECTIBLE TO CHERISH THAT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW IN VALUE. OVERALL GRADES "VERY GOOD PLUS".
SLEEVE GRADING: VG+
VERY GOOD QUALITY SLEEVE WITH A FEW SIGNS OF AGE WEAR LIKE LIGHT CREASES, VERY LIGHT RINGWEAR AND VERY MILD DISCOLORATION INSIDE THE BI-FOLD (PLEASE SEE PHOTOS). SLEEVE HAS A REAL NICE GLOSS AND IS VERY CLEAN ON BOTH FRONT AND BACK COVERS. COMES WITH THE ORIGINAL LYRIC SHEET AND ORIGINAL "TOSHIBA" INNER SLEEVE IN GOOD CONDITION. OVERALL GRADES "VERY GOOD PLUS". NOT BAD AT ALL FOR A SLEEVE FROM 1964.
MATRIX / RUN-OUT NUMBERS:
SIDE 1: 7XCE-17559 3 B4 SIDE 2: 7XCE-17560 2
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