THE BEATLES RUBBER SOUL 1969"One Off Press" One Box Ex

	£		29
	$		38

THE BEATLES.- RUBBER SOUL 1969 UK EMI PARLOPHONE STEREO ONE OFF SINGLE BOX EMI LABEL PRESS. PMS 1206. EXCELLENT ! STUNNING EXCELLENT AUDIO SOUND. MEGA RARE.    

This version was pressed only in 1969, with a single EMI BOX on the label. A unique label for this classic Beatles Album. A really hard to find one off press! A collectors dream. The cover is in stunning condition, made by Garrod & Lofthouse, and is near mint, and you would be hard pushed to find better. The original cover was the first LP without their name on it. The cover photograph by Bob Freeman was taken at John Lennons house, and came about when John saw a reflection of the photograph at his studio and asked if Freeman could reproduce the affect.  

Well as you can see from the photographs this is a superb copy of The BEATLES 1965 beat album in near perfect condition! THE BEATLES - WITH THE BEATLES PMC 1206 on PARLOPHONE. I've played the album on my Pioneer PL- 550X The vinyl lays flat and there are NO warps. This was the sixth Beatles studio album. Released on 5th December of 1965, and now criticaly acclaimed. In the U.S. the album was released with only 12 tracks and two of these differed from the Uk release. They took 2 tracks held back from the Help! to give it a more folk rock feel. 

The Beatles broadened their sound, most notably with influences drawn from the contemporary folk-rock of the Byrds and Bob Dylan. The album also saw The Beatles broadening rock and roll's instrumental resources, most notably on Norwegian Wood. "Norwegian Wood" is generally credited as being the first pop recording to use an actual sitar. The track sparked a musical craze for the sound of the novel instrument in the mid-1960s The song is now acknowledged as one of the cornerstones of what is now usually called world music and it was a major landmark in the trend towards incorporating non-Western musical influences into Western popular music.Goerge had been introduced to Indian classical music and the sitar earlier that year while filming Help!. That interest later was fuelled by fellow Indian music fan Dave Crosby of the Byrds, whom Harrison met and befriended in August 1965. Harrison soon became fanatically interested in the genre and began taking sitar lessons from renowned Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. A broadening use of percussive arrangements, led by Ringo Starr's backbeats and frequently augmented by maracas and tambourine, can also be heard throughout the album, showcased in tracks such as "Wait"and " Think For Yourself". Perhaps Starr's most unusual percussion source on the album, which was revealed by him to Barry Tashian of the Remains in the book Ticket to Ride is created by his tapping a pack of matches with his finger. This "tapping" sound can be heard in the background of "Im Looking Through You".

Recording innovations were also made during the recording of the album—for instance, the keyboard solo in "In My Life" sounds like a harpsichord, but was actually played on a piano. George Martin found he could not match the tempo of the song while playing in this baroque style, so he tried recording with the tape running at half-speed. When played back at normal speed during the mixdown, the sped-up sound gave the illusion of a harpsichord. Other production innovations included the use of electronic sound processing on many instruments, notably the heavily compressed and equalised piano sound on "The Word": this distinctive effect soon became extremely popular in the genre of Psychedelic music

As well as the sitar on "Norwegian Wood" and "The Word", they voiced the drug-influenced peace-and-love sentiments that would colour many psychedelic lyrics.The song "Wait" was initially recorded for, and then left off, the album Help. The reason the song was released on Rubber Soul was that the album was one song short, and with the Christmas deadline looming, The Beatles chose to release "Wait" instead of recording a new composition.

The album is a masterpiece! this record has no distortion and sounds as good as it looks, The sleeve has very little laminate creasing, The Labels have M.T. Tax Stamps and a few light spindle marks. NO WRITING OR MARKS. The Vinyl is Bright and Shiney under strong light a few light marks which do not affect play. HENCE EXCELLENT! An opportunity to own a true beat classic.

THIS IS A VERY RARE BEATLES LP. ( In the 1960's THESE EARLY LP's were very expensive and many damaged. "TO FIND ONE IN THIS CONDITION IS NOW RARE INDEED!!" )

As you can see the record and sleeve are in excellent condition, check our feedback and bid with confidence.

The Labels are clean.

Matrix ;- YEX 178-3 SIDE 1 STAMPER NR 

Matrix ;- YEX 179-3 SIDE 2 STAMPER UL not sure about the U?

SIDE 1

1. DRIVE MY CAR

2. NORWEGIAN WOOD - George on Sitar

3. YOU WON'T SEE ME - Mal Evans on hammond organ

4. NOWHERE MAN

5. THINK FOR YOURSELF

6. THE WORD

7. MICHELLE

SIDE 2

1. WHAT GOES ON

2. GIRL

3. I'M LOOKING THROUGH YOU

4. IN MY LIFE - George Martin on piano

5. WAIT

6. IF I NEEDE SOMEONE

7. RUN FOR YOUR LIFE

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