The Beatles "Help " Parlophone ? PCS 3071 Stereo UK 1st 168-1/169-1 inner 1965
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The Beatles ? "Help!" Parlophone ? PCS 3071 UK 1st press.
Stereo Vinyl, LP, released on August 6th 1965.
The vinyl does have some vivid marks, particularly to Side 1, but, apart from the odd crackle between tracks and in some quieter moments, they had no impact on the music when I played the LP through. The vinyl is housed in its original "Emitex" inner sleeve. The outer sleeve is in great condition with very little signs of wear. The spine is intact and completely legible. Matrix/Run Out Side 1 ; YEX 168-1 Matrix/Run Out Side 2 ; YEX 169-1
"Help!" is the Beatles' fifth studio album, the soundtrack from their film Help!, released in August 1965. Produced by George Martin, it was the fifth UK album release by the band, and contains fourteen songs in its original British form. Seven of these, including the singles "Help!" and "Ticket to Ride", appeared in the film and took up the first side of the vinyl album. The second side contained seven other releases including the most-covered song ever written, "Yesterday".
The album cover shows the Beatles with their arms positioned to spell out a word in flag semaphore. According to cover photographer Robert Freeman, "I had the idea of semaphore spelling out the letters "HELP". But when we came to do the shot, the arrangement of the arms with those letters didn't look good. So we decided to improvise and ended up with the best graphic positioning of the arms." On the UK Parlophone release, the letters formed by the Beatles appear to be "NUJV", whilst the slightly re-arranged US release on Capitol Records appeared to indicate the letters "NVUJ",
In 2012, "Help!" was voted 331st on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
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