Beatles VI 1965 First Press STEREO LP VERY Hard Consignment Hybrid in Shrink, EX

$

520

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READ THIS! These records are NOT sold for perfect sound quality. They’re sold for their scarcity and VISUAL grading. They’ve been in storage for a decade, and they WILL play with surface noise that can be addressed with D4 or a VPI cleaning.  I can’t test-play at the minute. Please don’t bid if this is a problem for you.

Beatles VI 1965 First Pressing STEREO LP VERY Hard Consignment Hybrid in Shrink, EX!

I’ve seen two of these in my life.  The first one was garbage, and I wasn’t able to use the label in my two-volume books.  But it did alert me that this variation exists.  I found this copy years after the volumes were finished, so this copy will be the one pictured in the second edition.

**This copy was pressed by Columbia Records, in order to help Capitol Records meet the demand of the release of this title.

**The labels are in-house Jacksonville labels.  Since the Columbia plant was on the east coast, Columbia consignment pressings are nearly always found with Scranton labels.

**The dead wax on both sides have the machine-stamped letter “O,” which is double-ringed.  Jacksonville settled on the single-ringed letter “O,” which we’ve all come to recognize.

**The only other title I’ve ever seen with the double-ringed machine-stamped letter “O” is a Columbia-consigned STEREO copy of “Revolver” with Jacksonville labels. It’s very possible that this double-ring is Columbia’s in-house copycat stamp, rather than Capitol’s.

**Collectors are well aware that consignment pressings were almost entirely in MONO, because that was the dominant format which was a dollar cheaper in those days.  STEREO consignments before 1968 were more expensive to manufacture than MONO copies, and so the consignment plants were less inclined to press them.  These STEREO copies are a challenge to find in nice condition.

**There’s another difficult pressing of the 1968 “Subsidiary of…” Columbia consignment pressing of Beatles VI with Jacksonville labels.  That one’s going to take you due diligence for years to find one, but they’re out there.  This one is the first pressing, which is impossible.

**So far, over the 50 years I’ve been studying Beatles labels, ALL Jacksonville consignment labels credit “Words of Love” to BMI, as opposed to Capitol’s first pressing labels crediting ASCAP.  With the small Capitol logo at the 6 O’clock position on these labels, that makes this copy the first consignment pressing.

Vinyl--- EX/EX.  Both sides shine at least 95% brand new gloss with only a small number of very light angel hairs per side.  Gorgeous disc.

Plates--- Columbia intertwined Capitol’s numbering system with their own, so there are a lot of markings. 

B18/B18.  The double-ringed machine-stamped letter “O” has been mentioned above.

A1 53/A1 53.  Definitely first-day issue Columbia plates.

Cover--- EX.  Partial shrinkwrap did a great job protecting the cover.  Some light yellowing down the mouth on the back.  Some visible dirtwear on the back as well, but if you move the shrinkwrap around with your thumb, you can see that the dirt is on the shrink, not the cover.  NO SPLIT SEAMS.

VERY COOL original price sticker on the front.  Top half has worn off completely, but what remains printed is this album’s price, “Capitol” and the catalogue number.  Never seen that before!

Breathe Holes--- There is one breathe hole on the front cover just southwest of the price sticker.

There are two breathe holes on the back cover.  One is in the grey letter “V” in “VI,” the other is due south to the right of the title, “Tell Me What You See.”

**Shrinkwrap has two large areas of missing shrink, one on the front, one on the back.**

Labels--- EX/NM.  Both labels look 1965-brand new.  Thin-cut concentric groove closer to the outer edge of the labels come from Columbia lathes.  Side 1 has some white ring showing around the playhole, where the label was very slightly misseated.  NO SPINDLE MARKS.

Capitol Inner Sleeve--- VG+. Generic white inner sleeve with no die-cut hole for the labels to show is present.  Sleeve has next to no yellowing, some light wrinkles, moderate record outdent and NO SEAM SPLITS.

A generic inner sleeve will be provided, so as not to damage your original Capitol inner sleeve en route.

RIAA: 5. Very rare RIAA.

Think you’ll find one of these easily?  I’ve seen two of these in 50 years.  That’s an average of 25 years each.

As these records have been in storage for many years, they will play back with crackling and tics, however; a good moisturizing and cleaning with either D4 Discwasher or a VPI machine always clears them up.  Thanks!)

Note:  All LP’s ship outside of their album covers in order not to damage the covers during shipment.

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(Please note:  Regarding play-testing, my Technics turntable has somehow seized.  The tone arm is stuck in the up position, and I can’t get it to fully return to its cradle.  Is there anyone out there, who can tell me if this is an easy fix?  Thanks!) 

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