THE BEATLES: "Lady Madonna" / "The Inner Light" 45 RPM IN MONO. 1st UK PRESSING
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THE BEATLES: "Lady Madonna" / "The Inner Light" 45 RPM IN MONO. FIRST UK PRESSING, 23rd MARCH, 1968.
PARLOPHONE LABEL: R 5675 .
This is an extremely rare 50 year old
very first of "Lady Madonna,".
MAITRIX: YXCE 18438 - 3 / YXCE 18439 - 2
The correct ending digits for the very first pressings, logic does not enter the equation.
CODES: GH 1 stamped
THE TEXTURED LABELS HAVE:
"Sold In UK" PRINTED ON THE PUSH-OUT CENTRE.
"Gramophone Co. Ltd" ON THE RIMS
THE UK 1960's TAX CODE "KT" EMBOSSED ON SIDE 2
'K' is almost covered by the "Sold In UK" text, if you look at the label picture, it's located under the letter 'U' of 'U.K.'
THIS SLEEVE HAS THE VERY RARE BEATLES FAN CLUB FORM APPLICATION INSERT INSIDE.
They were placed in the sleeves at random.
ORGINAL EARLY 1968 PARLOPHONE SLEEVE, THE DESIGN REVISITED THE LATE 1964 -1965 STYLE AND THE FRONT
LOOKS IDENTICAL. EVEN THE BACK HAS THE SAME ADVERTS , "Emitex" RECORD CLEANING CLOTHS, "Record Mail"
AND EMI RECORD TOKENS. THE DIFFERENCE IS IN THE PRICE FOUR TO FIVE YEARS LATER FOR THE TOKENS ARE
PRICED AT '7/3' FOR SINGLES & '50/-' FOR LP's. MANY FIRST PRESSINGS ALSO CAME IN LATE 1967/EARLY 1968
SLEEVES, THE RECORD TOKEN PRICES WERE IDENTICAL, BUT WERE PRINTED ON THE FRONT'S BOTTOM SECTION,
WITH A 'Miners Hit Make-Up' ADVERT ON THE BACK.
I HAVE DETAILED THE SLEEVE AGAIN BECAUSE "Record Collector Price Guide" HAVE OMITTED TO PICTURE THIS
1968 TYPE, A GLARING OMISSION FOR THE FINAL BEATLES 1960'S SINGLE ISSUED ON THE PARLOPHONE LABEL.
THE SLEEVE IS MAINLY UNAGED, UNFADED & UNWORN, ONLY THE RECORD SHAPE IMPRESSION CREATING THE
USUAL LIGHT CREASES / RIPPLES WITH SOME LIGHT FADING ON THE REVERSE.
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