THE BEATLES:"BEATLES FOR SALE".1964 PARLOPHONE STEREO+THICKER SPINE+K T TAX CODE

	£		86
	$		114

ATTENTION BEATLES AND 1960s LP COLLECTORS!  HERE IS AN ORIGINAL 1964 STEREO EDITION OF THE BAND'S ALBUM:"BEATLES FOR SALE".

IN 1964 HARDLY ANY BEATLES FANS HAD STEREO EQUIPMENT-MOST SHOPS WOULD ONLY GET THEM TO SPECIAL ORDER AND NATURALLY THE FEW THAT DID BUY IT IN STEREO WOULD PLAY IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN! IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THE STEREO EQUIPMENT OF THE EARLY 1960s WAS A BIT BASIC WITH MUCH HEAVIER TONEARMS THAN THOSE MADE TOWARDS THE END OF THE DECADE WITH NASTY DISTORTION CAUSED BY FREQUENT PLAYS. THIS COPY HAS NOT HAD THAT FATE! THERE ARE SIGNS OF IT HAVING A FEW PLAYS BUT THE SOUND IS MAGNIFICENT AND NATURALLY THE STEREO MIXES ARE BRIGHT,WIDE AND EXCITING WITH A FRESHNESS THAT IS OFTEN LACKING IN THE MONO VERSIONS. ANY SERIOUS BEATLES COLLECTOR WILL WANT BOTH VERSIONS AND THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BID FOR ONE OF THE FIRST STEREO COPIES MADE! PARLOPHONE PCS 3062.

THIS PRESSING MADE IN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF ISSUE HAVING YEX 142-1/YEX 143-1 MATRIXES-MOST THAT TURN UP ARE MUCH LATER ONES!

THERE IS ALSO THE RAISED PRINT K T TAX CODE ON THE SIDE ONE LABEL NOT ON LATER REPRESSES!

THIS COPY HAS HAD SOME USE WITH SOME LIGHT SURFACE MARKS BUT APART FROM A FEW ISOLATED "POPS"AND MINIMAL SURFACE CRACKLE THERE IS VERY LITTLE SURFACE NOISE! THERE IS SOME SLIGHT DISTORTION AT SOME OF THE SOUND PEAKS WHEN LISTENING AS I DO WITH THE TREBLE FULLY ON AND AT HIGH VOLUME.  STRICTLY GRADED AS EXCELLENT CONDITION BUT IT PLAYS THROUGH REALLY WELL! WAY,WAY BETTER THAN MOST DEALERS "EX" BUT TO GET A NEAR MINT EXAMPLE IS TOUGH AND EXPENSIVE! EMI'S MASTERING AND 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 AND AS SUCH THE "BLINDFOLD" TEST WOULD MERIT A HIGHER GRADE 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 GRADINGS.PLEASE BID WITH 100% CONFIDENCE. 

HOUSED IN A LAMINATED FRONT GATEFOLD COVER WITH A FEW TINY EDGE CREASES AND A MINOR TEAR AT THE TOP OF THE CENTRE. THERE IS A MUCH THICKER SPINE THAN LATER REPRINTS AND OF COURSE THERE IS THE SPECIAL STEREO WORDING INSIDE NOT ON THE MONO COVERS  HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL EMITEX TRACING PAPER  INNER SLEEVE WITH JUST A FEW CREASES BUT NO SPLITS,WRITING OR STAINING.     

THICK VINYL. THE PARLOPHONE CO.LTD RIM TEXT.  THERE IS A LITTLE SPINDLE WEAR.

MOST STEREO COPIES SOLD 49 YEARS AGO IN 1964 WERE OFTEN PLAYED A LOT USUALLY USING ANCIENT,HEAVY AND AWFUL EQUIPMENT, SO OFTEN TAKEN TO PARTIES RESULTING IN ALL KINDS OF DAMAGE!-THIS ONE HAS HAD A FEW PLAYS BUT STILL VERY WELL CARED FOR!

 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 STEREO COPIES THAT SURVIVE ARE NOT VERY GOOD AT ALL-THIS BEING A VERY NICE COPY!

A LOW,REALISTIC £20 STARTING PRICE FOR THIS IMPORTANT PART OF ANY BEATLES COLLECTION!

YOU'LL LOVE IT FOR YEARS AND HOPEFULLY WILL RETURN TO ME AGAIN!   

SUPERB STEREO 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.

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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!!

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