THE BEATLES "A Hard Day's Night" 1964 UK 1st PRESS MINT

	£		145
	$		192

 
THE BEATLES "A Hard Day's Night" 1964 UK 1st PRESS MINT G&L FLIPBACK, STUNNING UNMARKED VINYL, UNPLAYED?

THE BEATLES
A Hard Day's Night

ORIGINAL UK PARLOPHONE (PMC 1230) FIRST *MONO* PRESSING (July 1964) OF THE BEATLES CLASSIC "A Hard Day's Night" IN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING CONDITION AND DELIVERING TOP AUDIO ON MY SYSTEM (AT A VERY LOUD VOLUME!!) - WONDERFUL BRIGHT, CLEAN, SHARP AND FRESH SOUND - FANTASTIC COPY AND INCREDIBLY RARE TO STILL FIND LIKE THIS

THESE ORIGINAL MONO RELEASES ARE REALLY THE ONLY WAY TO HEAR THE BEATLES IN ALL THEIR GLORY - THE MONOS HAVE A MUCH MORE IMMEDIATE, FRESH, VIBRANT AND UNDILUTED SOUND THAN THE STEREOS AND THEY STILL SOUND AS FRESH AND EXCITING TODAY AS THEY DID OVER 45 YEARS AGO

PRESSED ON QUALITY HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL WITH THE FIRST YELLOW/BLACK PARLOPHONE LABELS WHICH HAVE THE EMBOSSED 'KT' TAX CODE ON SIDE ONE, "The Parlophone Co. Ltd." RIM TEXT (LATER CHANGED TO "The Gramophone Co. Ltd.") AND "SOLD IN UK..." AND "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1964"
MATRIX NUMBERS: XEX 481 - 3N / XEX 481 - 3N
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 7/GTA and 7/GPT
THE LP IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FRONT LAMINATED TRI-FLIPBACK SLEEVE "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patents pending" AND COMES COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL GREASE-PROOF PAPER LINED EMITEX INNER SLEEVE

Track Listing:
Side 1: A Hard Day's Night / I Should Have Known Better / If I Fell / I'm Happy Just To Dance With You / And I Love Her / Tell Me Why / Can't Buy Me Love
Side 2: Any Time At All / I'll Cry Instead / Things We Said Today / When I Get Home / You Can't Do That / I'll Be Back

LABELS: The labels are like-new - clean, fresh, unmarked with no evident spindle traces or real signs of use at all. The embossed KT tax code is bold and prominent and completely unworn. This copy is either completely unplayed or it has received a (very) few careful plays only
VINYL Visual: The vinyl surfaces retain their original deep, glossy sheen and are completely unmarked - the record shines like-new
VINYL Audio: Sensational sound reproduction throughout - crystal clear, clean, crisp, sharp and vibrant sound - incredibly fresh and exciting and on playback at a loud volume (which is how I always listen to my LPs prior to listing, and it's always an immense pleasure to return to this wonderful LP) there are no scratches, no sticks or jumps, no surface noise and no clicks or pops. The run-ins and track separations are practically silent and the sound quality is simply sensational. The whole LP plays to the highest possible standard with all frequencies bright and clear, no discernible groove-wear, no distortion, sounds perfect and is critically graded as MINT for audio. This is a really exceptional copy and massively rare to still find like this, as out of all sixties bands The Beatles were the ones most frequently played and normally played to death. One of the finest copies I have seen
SLEEVE: The G&L front laminated flipback cover is also in beautiful condition - crisp, sharp, unworn edges and spine - which displays all text clear and bold. The laminated front has a deep, glass-like gloss with no rubbing or ring wear and the unlaminated back is remarkably clean (just a couple of light brown marks on the top flipback section - please see close-up photo). Superb example - EXCELLENT++ (if not better) and the original EMITEX inner is clean, fresh and unmarked with no splits - NEAR MINT

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THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL UK FIRST PRESSING - IT SOUNDS ABSOLUTELY SENSATIONAL THROUGHOUT - A REAL 'VAULT' COPY, AS THAT'S WHERE IT MUST HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST 45 YEARS - VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED INDEED
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 332 (GS 5.4.1 (332))