Beatles for Sale 1st Press OZ LP Silver/Black Parlophone PCSO3062 ’65 VG+
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Beatles for Sale 1st Press OZ LP Silver/Black Parlophone PCSO3062 ’65 VG+
Rare 1st Press OZ LP released in 1965 on the Silver & Black parlophone Records label. Cat: PCSO-3062. Matrix numbers: YAPAX 1003/ YAPAX 1004.It was inevitable that the constant grind of touring, writing, promoting, and recording would grate on the Beatles, but the weariness of Beatles for Sale comes as something of a shock. Only five months before, the group released the joyous A Hard Day's Night. Now, they sound beaten, worn, and, in Lennon's case, bitter and self-loathing. His opening trilogy ("No Reply," "I'm a Loser," "Baby's in Black") is the darkest sequence on any Beatles record, setting the tone for the album. Moments of joy pop up now and again, mainly in the forms of covers and the dynamic "Eight Days a Week," but the very presence of six covers after the triumphant all-original A Hard Day's Night feels like an admission of defeat or at least a regression. (It doesn't help that Lennon's cover of his beloved obscurity "Mr. Moonlight" winds up as arguably the worst thing the group ever recorded.) Beneath those surface suspicions, however, there are some important changes on Beatles for Sale, most notably Lennon's discovery of Bob Dylan and folk-rock. The opening three songs, along with "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party," are implicitly confessional and all quite bleak, which is a new development.
Tracks: No reply/ I’m a loser/ Baby’s in black/ Rock and roll music/ I’ll follow the sun/ Mr. Moonlight/ Kansas city/ Eight days a week/ Words of love/ Honey don’t/ Every little thing/ I don’t want to spoil the party/ What you’re doing/ Everybody’s trying to be my baby.
There are a few light spindle marks on labels. Record has some light scuff marks and very light scratches which cause some light crackles throughout and is in VG+ condition. Cover with back flaps is fully intact with no signs of tearing on seams. There are some light age spots mostly on back otherwise cover is in Excellent condition.
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841 (GS 7.0.16 (841))
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