THE BEATLES-BEATLES FOR SALE-PARLOPHONE 1ST MONO PMC.1240 3N/3N 1964-VERY NICE
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THE BEATLES-BEATLES FOR SALE TYPE SINGLE LP-MONO LABEL/PRESSING INFO
PARLOPHONE YELLOW & BLACK 1ST PRESS with "THE PARLOPHONE CO. LTD" rim text. "SOLD IN U.K." label text and "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1964" with MATRIX NUMBERS: XEX 503-3N & XEX 504-3N
CATALOGUE NUMBER PMC 1240 YEAR OF RELEASE 1964 COUNTRY OF RELEASE U.K. SLEEVE TYPE GATEFOLD-GARROD & LOFTHOUSE with LAMINATED OUTER BOARDS. INTERNAL OPENING AND FLIPBACKS with OUTLINE mono on front flap INSERTS/EXTRAS LINED EMITEX INNER GRADING/CONDITION DISC(s)EXCELLENT+ (REALLY NICE clean record with hardly a mark on it. MINIMAL PLAYWEAR and MINIMAL storage handling and ageing. PLAYS REALLY WELL with a great MONO reproduction.
LABELSEXCELLENT+ ( NICE CLEAN LABELS with GREAT unworn and clear silver lettering - NO writing rips tears stickers or removal marks with VERY LIGHT spindlemarking , and MINIMAL handling storage and ageing marks).
SLEEVEFront board.Inner gatefold EX
Nice clean sleeve with NO writing rips or tears. The front outer "flap" is very clean and shiny with no dulling and MINIMAL rubbing wear, has a light noticable crease bottom right. INNER GATEFOLD: is really clean, again with MINIMAL handling and wear.There is a shop sticker "BERKELEY RECORDS" in MAYFAIR. Which will come off without too much residue, but I have left it there as it adds a bit of Kudos and provenence evidencing that it came originally from one of Londons prestige record shops.
Rear Board EX+ Rear laminate is VERY clean with hardly anything that would distinguish it from a new sleeve with just a VERY LIGHT bit of pressure marking right at the bottom. Flipbacks EX+ Internal flipbacks are in top condition with complete laminate with NO cracking and MINIMAL wear Spine EX+ The thing about this sleeve has always been, yes its great and innovative and all that, but there was a problem in the production where the spine ends were too weak and the card quickly started to break down, possibly caused by sniping the ends and weakening one the places where there is a lot of pressure, the result being that 50 years on there are some real horror stories about. So when you pick up a copy and see that the spine ends are almost intact, sniping and all, the rest will follow, and it sure does with this copy, really nice spine with intact laminate, clear and complete lettering, and perfectly square with no squashing. Top & bottom edges EX+ Top and bottom edges have MINIMAL wear only Opening EX+ Opening has MINIMAL usage and MINIMAL wear Corners EX+ Corners have VERY LIGHT wear only INNER /EXTRASINNER SLEEVE: EX+ (Clean and unmarked with NO rips tears edge wear and just VERY LIGHT storage wear only.)
DETAILSSome people might call this album a step backwards; the music isn't quite as exciting or exuberant as the previous three albums, and it marks a return to the 8-originals with 6-covers format of the first two albums. However, this is the album that laid the groundwork for what was to come.
First off, this album marks the first divisions of the John Lennon-Paul McCartney songwriting partnership; the primary writer of any given Lennon-McCartney song would generally be its lead singer from this point forward. Also, the group were starting to take in new influences; in this case, they were adding folk music into the mix thanks to their new-found friendship with Bob Dylan. Dylan's reflection in Lennon's work was nearly immediate, thanks to tunes like "No Reply", "I'm a Loser", "Baby's In Black" and "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party". Indeed, his songs were taking on a darker, melancholy tone, and the subtle moodiness and introspection would persist and evolve as his career continued. Paul McCartney's work wasn't bad here, but his own songwriting wasn't yet reaching the maturity level of John's current material or his own later work. Nevertheless, you can hear the roots of his solo career in tracks like "I'll Follow the Sun" and "What You're Doing".
The band shows more energy in the cover tunes, such as Chuck Berry's "Rock and Roll Music", Buddy Holly's "Words of Love", Little Richard's "Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey" and the two Carl Perkins staples "Honey Don't" and "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby". It's a shame they left off "Leave My Kitten Alone" as it would've made a fantastic addition to this album; it was finally released more than 30 years later on "Anthology 1".
As relatively weak as this album is next to most of their other work, the Beatles still proved themselves light years ahead of everyone else here. And without even really putting in a lot of effort either. That's a scary thought.
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