The Beatles Help 1st Press 1965 Mono UK LP Parlophone PMC 1255
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The Beatles Help! 1st Press 1965 Mono UK LP Parlophone PMC 1255


Original UK first pressing of The Beatles’ iconic 1965 album Help!, the soundtrack to their classic film. This is the true mono edition on Parlophone (catalogue PMC 1255), pressed in August 1965 – not a later repress, export, or stereo version (PCS 3071).


  • Black & yellow Parlophone label with silver print

  • “The Gramophone Co. Ltd.” perimeter text starting at the top

  • “Sold in U.K. Subject to Resale Price Conditions, See Price Lists” (pre-1969 retail note)

  • Matrix/runout stampers: XEX 549-2 / XEX 550-2 (classic first pressing identifiers)

  • Original laminated Garrod & Lofthouse sleeve with “Use NEW EMITEX RECORD CLEANER” promo

  • Produced by George Martin; photography by Robert Freeman

Tracklist (full 14-track UK mono version – punchier and preferred by purists over US Capitol editions):


Side 1 (Songs from the film “HELP!”):


1. Help!

2. The Night Before

3. You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away

4. I Need You (Harrison)

5. Another Girl

6. You’re Going to Lose That Girl

7. Ticket to Ride


Side 2:

1. Act Naturally

2. It’s Only Love

3. You Like Me Too Much (Harrison)

4. Tell Me What You See

5. I’ve Just Seen a Face

6. Yesterday

7. Dizzy Miss Lizzy




Cover has original owners doodles please see pictures


Side 1 is VG


Side 2 Record plays well has some surface wear light surface marks/scuffs from normal play over the years – plays through cleanly with some expected surface noise (pops/clicks on quieter passages) but no deep gouges, warps, or skips. Labels are clean and intact with minimal spindle wear.







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