THE BEATLES-HELP-PARLOPHONE 1ST PRESS MONO PMC.1255 1965 EX+ COPY
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THE BEATLES-HELP! TYPE SINGL LP-MONO LABEL/PRESSING INFO PARLOPHONE YELLOW & BLACK 1ST PRESSING WITH MATRIX NUMBERS XEX 549-2 & XEX 550-2 CATALOGUE NUMBER PMC 1255 YEAR OF RELEASE 1965 COUNTRY OF RELEASE U.K. SLEEVE TYPE SINGLE-GARROD & LOFTHOUSE Patents pending LAMINATED FLIPBACK 1ST ISSUE WITH OUTLINE mono INSERTS/EXTRAS LINED INNER GRADING/CONDITION DISC(s) EXCELLENT+ (NICE CLEAN COPY with VERY LIGHT playwear,and just a few LIGHT surface handling marks,and the whole album plays well throughout with any background noise being light and confined to the track seperators) LABELS
EXCELLENT+ ( CLEAN LABELS with NO writing stickers,rips or tears and just LIGHTspindleusage)
SLEEVEFront board EX+ REALLY CLEAN with NO writing rips or tears ringwear stickers or removal marks,and one of the whitest and brightest I've ever seen with no discolouration at all.The laminate is very shiny with no rubbing wear and just a very light pressure mark at the bottom and less than a handful of "thumbnail" typre creases. Rear board EX+ REALLY NICE white card virtually unmarked with only VERY LIGHT ageing and NO user handling wear or markings. Flipbacks EX+ CLEAN and unworn and stuck fast with NO folded over corners cracks or laminate peeling. Spine EX+ Complete and uncrushed with VERY LIGHT wear and nice clear lettering Edges EX+ BOTH top and bottom edge have minimal wear with NO laminate loss Opening EX+ VERY LIGHT wear and MINIMAL usage Corners EX+ ALL 4 corners have very light wear INNER /EXTRAS
EXCELLENT+ (CLEAN and unmarked with no writing rips tears edge splits/repairs and just light storage wear)
DETAILSConsidering that Help! functions as the Beatles' fifth album and as the soundtrack to their second film -- while filming, they continued to release non-LP singles on a regular basis -- it's not entirely surprising that it still has some of the weariness of Beatles for Sale. Again, they pad the album with covers, but the Bakersfield bounce of "Act Naturally" adds new flavor (along with an ideal showcase for Ringo's amiable vocals) and "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" gives John an opportunity to flex his rock & roll muscle.
George is writing again and if his two contributions don't touch Lennon and McCartney's originals, they hold their own against much of their British pop peers. Since Lennon wrote a third more songs than McCartney, it's easy to forgive a pair of minor numbers ("It's Only Love," "Tell Me What You See"), especially since they're overshadowed by four great songs. His Dylan infatuation holds strong, particularly on the plaintive "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" and the title track, where the brash arrangement disguises Lennon's desperation.
Driven by an indelible 12-string guitar, "Ticket to Ride" is another masterpiece and "You're Going to Lose That Girl" is the kind of song McCartney effortlessly tosses off -- which he does with the jaunty "The Night Before" and "Another Girl," two very fine tunes that simply update his melodic signature. He did much better with "I've Just Seen a Face," an irresistible folk-rock gem, and "Yesterday," a simple, beautiful ballad whose arrangement -- an acoustic guitar supported by a string quartet -- and composition suggested much more sophisticated and adventurous musical territory, which the group immediately began exploring with Rubber Soul.
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