THE BEATLES:"BEATLES FOR SALE".1964 PARLOPHONE STEREO+RARE INSERT+PATENTS INNER
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ATTENTION BEATLES AND 1960s LP COLLECTORS! HERE IS AN ORIGINAL 1964 STEREO 1ST EDITION OF THE BAND'S 4TH ALBUM:"BEATLES FOR SALE" FROM THE TIME WHEN HARDLY ANY BEATLES FANS HAD STEREO EQUIPMENT WITH MOST DEALERS OBTAINING THE STEREO PRESSINGS TO SPECIAL ORDER!. PARLOPHONE PCS 3062 WITH THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE -1/-1 MATRIXES AND VERY UNUSUAL "ROUGH TEXTURED" EFFECT LABELS. MOST COPIES HAVE SMOOTH LABELS! NOT ONLY THAT,THIS ONE HAS THE RARELY SEEN PARLOPHONE LPs ADVERT INSERT WHICH WAS ONLY INCLUDED ON SELECTIVE LPs. OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE ONLY FOUND A SMALL NUMBER OF THESE WHICH LIST OTHER LPs ISSUED IN THE EARLY 1960s ON THE SAME LABEL AS THE BEATLES,MOSTLY PRODUCED BY GEORGE MARTIN WHO RAN THE PARLOPHONE LABEL AT THE TIME. MOST OF THESE INSERTS WOULD HAVE BEEN THROWN AWAY OR AT LEAST RIPPED BUT THIS ONE HAS REMAINED INSIDE THE COVER FOR MOST OF THE LAST 50 YEARS!
THE EMITEX POLYLINED INNED SLEEVE HAS THE "PATENTS APPLIED FOR" CREDIT DENOTING ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED. THE GATEFOLD COVER HAS THE MUCH THICKER SPINE THAN MOST THAT TURN UP.
THE DISC HAS THE YELLOW/BLACK LABELS-LATER ONES HAD SILVER/BLACK LABELS AND THE"SOLD IN THE UK" TEXT NOT ON LATER 1970s REPRINTS.
THIS COPY HAS SOME LIGHT SURFACE MARKS VISIBLE UNDER STRONG LIGHT BUT APART FROM A FEW ISOLATED FAINT"POPS" AND SOME SLIGHT SURFACE NOISE HERE AND THERE,I COULDN'T HEAR ANY LOUD CLICKS! THERE ARE NO STICKS OR JUMPS! I LISTEN WITH THE TREBLE FULLY ON AND AT HIGH VOLUME. VERY STRICTLY GRADED AS VERY GOOD++++++ CONDITION BUT IT PLAYS THROUGH REALLY WELL! WAY,WAY BETTER THAN MOST DEALERS "VG"! DEEP CUT LOUD AND BASS FILLED,THICK VINYL WAS VERY HARDY AT THIS TIME RATHER THAN THE LATER WAFER THIN REPRESSES OFTEN CUT AT A LOWER VOLUME BUT I WANT THE WINNING BIDDER TO CONSIDER IT "BETTER THAN EXPECTED". PLEASE CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR STRICT GRADING REPORTS ON MANY BEATLES ALBUMS! UNLIKE OTHER SELLERS, I PLAY ALL MY EBAY ITEMS THROUGH TO ENSURE REALISTIC AND SATISFYING GRADINGS.
BID WITH 100% CONFIDENCE. THE GATEFOLD COVER HAS A FEW CREASES,SOME OF THE LAMINATION AT THE FRONT HAS "STRETCHED"+A TINY PIECE MISSING AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER AND SOME SLIGHT STAINING AT THE INSIDE FLAPS BUT NO WRITING,RIPS OR REPAIRS. VERY THICK AND 100% FLAT VINYL. THE PARLOPHONE CO.LTD RIM TEXT.
MOST COPIES SOLD 50 YEARS AGO IN 1964 WERE OFTEN PLAYED A LOT,BEYOND LISTENING PLEASURE ON TODAY'S UNFORGIVING EQUIPMENT,USUALLY USING ANCIENT,HEAVY AND AWFUL EQUIPMENT, SO OFTEN TAKEN TO PARTIES RESULTING IN ALL KINDS OF DAMAGE!-THIS ONE HAS HAD SOME PLAYS BUT STILL BETTER THAN MOST AND PLAYS REALLY,REALLY NICELY AND FAR BETTER THAN YOU'D EXPECT! SHOULD YOU ALREADY HAVE A NICE COPY,THIS WOULD LOOK NICE FRAMED UP ON YOUR WALL OR TO TRADE UP AT ONE OF THOSE RECORD FAIRS WHERE MANY DESPERATE DEALERS PUT OUT RECORDS FAR WORSE THAN THIS AT INSANE AND HIGH PRICES!
THIS IS A LOVELY VERY THICK,FLAT PRESSING!
GREAT VOCALS AND GUITARWORK WITH WARM SOUNDING VINYL + AMAZING BASS!
THE STEREO MIXES OF THIS ALBUM ARE DIFFERENT TO THE MONO ONES AND MOST BEATLES COLLECTORS WILL WANT TO OWN BOTH BUT OF COURSE THE MAJORITY OF MONO COPIES THAT SURVIVE ARE NOT VERY GOOD AT ALL-THIS BEING A NICE AND SERIOUSLY STRICTLY GRADED VERY GOOD++++++ CONDITION COPY!
A LOW,REALISTIC £12 STARTING PRICE FOR THIS IMPORTANT PART OF ANY BEATLES COLLECTION!
YOU'LL LOVE IT FOR YEARS AND HOPEFULLY WILL RETURN TO ME AGAIN!
SUPERB MONO SOUND PLUS THE ADDED ADVANTAGE OF THE BASS THAT CANNOT BE MATCHED ON CD!!
The previous owner was not a smoker and so this item doesn't stink of that dreadful stale smoke!!!!Lovely pressing!! Warm sound!!.
I test on a lightweight pickup of approx 2 grammes and listen with the treble full on and no filtering or mono switch used.
As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!! .
I WILL POST ANYWHERE!THICK CARD USED-LOOK AT THE FEEDBACK!
OVERSEAS BUYERS PLEASE NOTE!!! I DO NOT DRAMATICALLY INCREASE POSTAGE ON SEVERAL ITEMS BOUGHT.
Paypal or cheque within 7 days please. Feedback always left. Checkout my feedback of OVER 18,000 comments of my standards and service many from some of the world's most respected collectors and dealers. BID with confidence! Always adding quality Records, cd's and related items to ebay several times a week! Thanks for looking and good luck.
OTHER STYLES OF MUSIC ON EBAY FROM ME-SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE-LOOK NO FURTHER!!!!!
SOME MEGA RARE STUFF ALONGSIDE CHEAPO BARGAINS!!
WHY NOT BUILD UP YOUR COLLECTION IN 2014 WITH ROCKING ERIC? BE A REGULAR BUYER AND GET THE BEST POSSIBLE SERVICE! I AIM TO SATISTY!
BID WITH 100% CONFIDENCE FROM A DEALER THAT OTHER DEALERS LOOK TOWARDS FOR INSPIRATION AND FREQUENTLY COPY!
THIS COULD BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET THIS LP AS GOOD AS THIS!!
NO, NOT"IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND"AS STATED OVER AND OVER ELSEWHERE ON EBAY, BUT IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE MIGHT WELL BE THE CASE!!
MORE ESSENTIAL BEATLES AND OTHER ORIGINAL 1960s LPs ENDING FROM ME FOR AUCTION ON EBAY WITHIN MINUTES OF THIS AUCTION ENDING!
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