The Beatles A HARD DAYS NIGHT UK LP STEREO 1ST EX++

£ 125

$ 166

£ 125 Sold For

May 19, 2008 Sold Date

May 12, 2008 Start Date

£ 19 Start price

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Description

THE BEATLES - A HARD DAYS NIGHT

CATALOGUE:PARLOPHONE PCS 3058
MATRIX:YEX 126-1 / 127-1
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 2 RA / 2 GM

THE RECORD

GENUINE 1964 1ST PRESSING IN GLORIOUS STEREO

THE LABELS

YELLOW AND BLACK PARLOPHONE LABELS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. THE MATT BLACK SURFACE IS RICH AND DEEP IN COLOUR AND UNMARKED, THERE ARE A FEW LITTLE WHITE FLECKS HERE AND THERE. THE COLOUR EXTENDS FULLY INTO THE SPINDLE HOLE. THE YELLOW LOGO AND TYPEFACE IS CLEAN, AND UNFADED, WHILST THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS CLEAR, SHARP AND ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. NATURALLY THE PRESSING HAS THE "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED" STATEMENT AT 9'0CLOCK AS A 1ST PRESS SHOULD HAVE, "THE PARLOPHORNE CO" RIM WORDING AND ALSO HAS THE "SOLD IN THE UK" STATEMENT ACCROSS THE SPINDLE HOLE. THERE ARE ABOUT 5 SMALL SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING THAT THE LP HAS HAD LIMITED PLAY

THE VINYL

THE VINYL HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL SHEEN, AND LOOKS ALMOST AS GOOD AS THLE DAY IT WAS PRESSED. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES, AND ONLY UNDER STRONG LIGHT CAN I MAKE OUT A FEW REALLY LIGHT HANDLING LINES

PLAYING THE RECORD

I HAVE RECORDED MOST OF THE LINKING GROOVES AND THE FIRST 30 SECONDS OR SO OF THE TRACKS, THIS IS TO DEMONSTRATE EXACLY HOW BRILLIANTLY NEAR PERFECT THE QUALITY OF THE ALBUM IS. THERE IS LITTLE OR NO BACKGROUND NOISE IN BECTWEEN ANY OF THE TRACKS INCLUDING THE RUN INS, AND THE RUN OUT. I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE FOR THE STEREO RECORDING, FOR SOME REASON MY DECK WHEN HOOKED UP TO MY PC REFUSES TO CAPTURE THE FULL SOUND. IT ONLY HAPPENS ON "TRUE STEREO" RECORDINGS SUCH AS THE BEATLES ALBUMS WHERE THE VOCALS WERE ALL MIXED TO ONE CHANNEL. WHAT YOU WILL HEAR IS THE INSTRUMENTATION COMPLETELY OVERPOWERED BY THE VOCALS. . PLEASE TRY TO IGNORE THIS AS ON MY HI FI IT PLAYS PERFECTLY. THE RECORDING IS PURELY TO SHOW THE LACK OF BACKGROUND NOISE, AND TO PROVE THAT EVEN WITH A FEW LIGHT HANDLING LINESTHE SOUND IS STILL UNAFFECTED

AS THE OPENING TRACK STARTS TO PLAY IT IS CLEAR THAT THE LP IS PLAYING WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED IF IT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN PLAYED WITH A STYLUS THAT WAS WORN OR FAR TOO HEAVY. THIS IS NOT THE CASE AND THE SOUND IS PERFECTLY CLEAN. . THIS SUPERB PERFORMANCE CONTINUES ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES, WITH THE ONLY NOISE OTHER THAN THE PERFECT STEREO SOUND BEING THE OCCASIONAL SECOND OR TWO OF STATIC, AND THE VERY ODD LIGHT POP HERE AND THERE

THIS IS A GREAT STEREO 1STPRESS AND WOULD GRACE ANY COLLECTION

HAPPY TO GRADE THE SOUND EXCELLENT PLUS

THE SLEEVE

THE 1ST ISSUE GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE (PATENTS PENDING) SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION FOR ITS AGE. THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND VERY CLEAN. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR BENDS, JUST A FEW LIGHT LAMINATE LINES, . THE MID SIZED STEREO ON THE FRONT ALSO DENOTES THIS AS A FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE. THE TOP EDGE IS UNWORN, WHILST THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS A SMALL BIT OF WEAR TO THE VERY RIGHT TIP. THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND THE OPENING EDGE VERY VERY SHARP, SHOWING THE FACT THAT THE LP HAS ONLY BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE A FEW TIMES EVER!!. THE REAR SURFACE IS IN NICE CONDITION,THE WHITE SURFACE HAS ONLY VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF AGING, AND THE FLIPBACKS ARE PERFECTLY STUCK DOWN WITH ONLY SOME LIGHT LAMINATE LINES ON THEM.

THE ORIGINAL EMITEX INNER SLEEVE IS IN EXCEPTIONAL UNSPLIT CONDITION

THE SET WILL COME TO YOU HOUSED IN A NEW PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE, AND THE VINYL IN A NEW POLY LINED INNER

SO HERE WE HAVE A SUPERB HIGH GRADE COELLECTIBLE COPY OF THIS GREAT ALBUM

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY

On 12-May-08 at 20:35:04 BST, seller added the following information: