BEATLES UK  -  WITH THE BEATLES, early Stereo - mispress.

1963 PCS 3045 -  Yellow and Black Parlophone Label.

An early UK Stereo copy in 100% original condition.  Featuring a very unusual misaligned ‘Stereo’ logo on the front of the sleeve.  It is amazing that  this sleeve ever  got pass EMIs quality  control.  The   Stereo  logo should be tucked  neatly into the front top hand corner but on this sleeve it  is  ‘floating’  some way across and down from where it should be !.  But  the sleeve is  even  more curious, see photo  there is an imprint of the word Stereo,  again misaligned but this time in a different  misaligned  position !  then most curious  of all, the Stereo logo is printed ONTO the laminate  and NOT underneath it !.      Interesting the think that all this  extra work that went into finishing  this sleeve at the printers,  WHY did EMI not just throw  this sleeve away ?  maybe that was the intention but  somehow  this sleeve  ‘got out’  into the public market !.

The sleeve has Two more mistakes on it :

The rear of the sleeve has the spelling,  ‘You really  gotta a hold on me’,   but the  record labels spell this  song title as   ‘You really got a hold on me’ !.

The rear of the sleeve has the spelling  ‘Willson’ (Two ‘ l’ s’)  for the writers credit for the  song   ‘Till there was you’   but the record  label spells  this credit  as  ‘Wilson’   (with One  ‘l’) !

The  record labels  look odd as the  text  ‘ the Beatles’   is  written in a  very small text size, this  text normally  appears  as  a larger text  to the songs listing on the labels !.

CONDITION:

MAIN SLEEVE:  is in excellent condition,   the front  of the sleeve is laminated, and as mentioned it has  a curious   ‘misaligned  Stereo logo.   It features a tri flipback design to the rear, all the flipbacks are well stuck down.     The spine  is  very good and all the text is readable.  The unlaminated rear of the sleeve is  very clean and white, there is  NO  pen writing or tears.  A very solid and original sleeve, the sleeve features the incorrected spelling of  the song title ‘Gotta’, for the track, ‘You really Got a hold on me’ !  this should have been spelt   ‘Got a’  as it does on the record label !,    Also  the song  writers credit for ‘Till there was you’  is spelt   ‘Willson’  but on the record label it appears  as  ‘Wilson’ !   There  is an area of light staining on the rear of the sleeve.

INNER SLEEVE: is in near excellent condition and is the original EMI red and white  period advertising sleeve,    it is very white and clean for its age,  a very well preserved  sleeve, with No pen or stains on.

VINYL:  side One is in excellent+ condition,  side Two is in excellent++ condition,   the vinyl  is made  from the period sixties  ‘thick, heavy’  vinyl,   it is very  dark and  glossy.  The Matrix nos.  are:   YEX  110  –  2   and   YEX  111  – 2,   the Mother/Stampers are:    ‘ 2     R  P ’  and  ‘ 2    M  R ’.

AUDIO:   is excellent,   it plays really well all the way through,  it lays flat on the turntable and plays with NO sticking or jumps.  It plays with a  powerful period Stereo  sound,   there is little to spoil the excellent audio listening pleasure.  

THE LABELS:  are  in excellent+   condition,     the  labels  show  the  song  ‘ You really got a hold on me’.   The publishing credit for the song  ‘Money’ is shown as   ‘Dominion’ etc.   The labels  show the text  ‘The Beatles ‘ in a  very small text,     this text  normally appears on the labels in a larger text size !.

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Unfortunately as you will see from my feedback,   I have received One negative feedback recently.   This is due to the fact that I followed Ebay policy and reported  an Ebay member for non payment and in turn I have received this feedback !, while this Ebay member carries on trading unaffected !,    I am disgusted that Ebay has let this happen !

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To fairly grade the condition of the record, I am using the official grading system from the Record Collector Magazine.

Grading System

The seven standard condition categories and a description of what each one means are listed below:

MINT: The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. The cover and any extra items such as the lyric sheet, booklet or poster are in perfect condition. Records advertised as Sealed or Unplayed should be Mint.

EXCELLENT: The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality. The cover and packaging might have slight wear and/or creasing.

VERY GOOD: The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch. Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items, without any major defects, is acceptable.

GOOD: The record has been played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion and mild scratches. The cover and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discoloration, etc.

FAIR: The record is still just playable but has not been cared for properly and displays considerable surface noise; it may even jump.
The cover and contents will be torn, stained and/or defaced.

POOR: The record will not play properly due to scratches, bad surface noise, etc. The cover and contents will be badly damaged or partly missing.

BAD: The record is unplayable or might even be broken, and is only of use as a collection-filler.

+  or  – :  indicates a grading in between categories.

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PACKING - ALL RECORDS ARE SENT OUT WITH MULTI LAYERED CARD STIFFENERS.

ALL RECORDS WILL BE REMOVED FROM THEIR  ORIGINAL INNER AND OUTER SLEEVES  TO AVOID ANY DAMAGE,  THE RECORD WILL THEN BE PUT INTO A SECOND INNER SLEEVE FOR MAXIMUM PROTECTION WHILE IN TRANSIT.

DISCOUNT WILL BE GIVEN ON POSTAGE FOR MULTIPLE PURCHASES.

 ALL  RECORDS THAT ARE POSTED OVERSEAS WILL BE SENT ‘RECORDED DELIVERY’,  TO COMPLY WITH EBAY POLICY.

ALL RECORDS THAT SELL FOR OVER THE VALUE OF £41, THE BUYER WILL BE EXPECTED TO PAY FOR INSURANCE, AS STATED IN EBAY POLICY, AS THE SELLER HAS NO PROTECTION IF THE ITEM GOES MISSING IN THE POST ETC,  SO POST AND PACKING CHARGES WILL VARY.

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