The Beatles Help original Mono West Coast CAP 2386.MR1B

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The Beatles  "Help"

This is an original US vinyl pressing on Capitol MAS-2386 from 1965.     This is the Mono pressing on the black label with the rainbow colorband.     This is the West coast pressing which is CAP 2386.MR1B in Bruce Spizer's book.     On the side two label there are no author credits on 'The Bitter End' and 'The Chase'.      The record comes in the original tan Capitol inner sleeve.

The matric numbers are hand etched :  Side one : MAS-1-2386-F13 and side two :  MAS-2-2386-F11.      ( on both sides the 'S' in MAS is double marked with a 'T' over it )

The songs are :  Help, The Night Before, From Me To You Fantasy, You've Got To Hide Your Love Away, I Need You, In The Tyrol, Another Girl, Another Hard Day's Night, Ticket To Ride, The Bitter End, You're Gonna Lose That Girl, and The Chase.   ( five of these are instrumentals by George Martin)

Overall Condition is : Cover is M- /  Record is M-

The gatefold cover is near mint.     It has no seam splits and no bent corners.     It does have very slight cover wear and a small name written inside the gatefold cover at top right.     The vinyl looks near mint and it plays near mint, with no scuffs or handling marks.    The labels are clean with no spindle marks.        The record comes in a Capitol Records inner sleeve.

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I started collecting records in 1966.     I started selling in Goldmine in 1985.      I now sell records at all Northwest record conventions : Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, Eugene, Grants Pass, and Canby.       And at Crossroads Music in Portland, Oregon.     My records are from a no smoking and no pets home.  

Packaging :

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Postage :  Weight : 1 pound 8 ounces

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