The Beatles RUBBER SOUL * STEREO ONE BOX EMI 1969* PLAYS 100% NEAR MINT *

	£		27
	$		36

THE BEATLES - RUBBER SOUL

 1969 ONE BOX EMI LABEL IN 'STEREO'

NEAR MINT MINUS SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE: PARLOPHONE PCS 3075
• MATRIX:YEX 178-3 / 179-3
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:2 RT / 2 RD 
• GRAMOPHONE CO RIM WORDING -
• NO SOLD IN THE UK STATEMENT -
• ONE BOX EMI LABEL

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE ORIGINAL BLACK AND SILVER LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION . THE JET BLACK BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.

THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND UNRUBBED, AND THERE ARE JUST 5-6 SMALL SPIDER LINES NEXT TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING THAT THIS 1969 VINYL HAS BARELY BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE

THE VINYL

ROCK SOLID HEAVYWEIGHT DISC THAT HAS KEPT ALL OF THE ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LUSTRE.IN DAYLIGHT THE VINYL LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE ONLY A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES AND SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL LINES TO BE SEEN

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED ALL OF THE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR IN FULL WHAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING BIDDING ON. A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS.

THIS STEREO  PRESS PLAYS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES. I AM JUST BLOWN AWAY BY THE SUPERB SOUND GENERATED BY THIS DISC. IT IS TO ME AS CLEAR AS THE ORIGINAL 1965 FIRST PRESSES 

I GUARANTEE THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION TO THE MAGNIFICENT STEREO REPRODUCTION AT ANY POINT, NOT EVEN ON THE VULNERABLE 'MICHELLE' NOTHING IT'S JUST REALLY CLEAN AND CRISP ALL THE WAY THROUGH

THERE IS NO HEAVY CRACKLING, NOR ARE THERE ANY LOUD CLICKS ANYWHERE APART FROM ONE IN THE LINKING GROOVE BETWEEN TRACKS ONE AND TWO ON SIDE ONE

THERE IS SOME VERY LIGHT STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND, HEARD DURING THE QUIETEST MOMENTS, ALITTLE MORE IN MICHELLE, AND SOME RANDOM LITTLE TICS AND POPS HERE AND THERE

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SUPERB DISC NEAR MINT!! IT IS THAT GOOD

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

 THE SLEEVE

THERE ARE SIX MINUSCULE LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, AND A SIMILAR AMOUNT ALONG THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGE

REMARKABLY NOT ONE THUMB LINE ANYWHERE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE OR ANYWHERE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER

THE FOUR CORNER TIPS HAVE THE LIGHTEST BIT OF RUBBING TO EACH WITH THE LAMINATE RUBBED FROM THE ABSOLUTE TIP ENDS.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE THE LAMINATE FULLY PROTECTING THEM APART FROM THE TIPS AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED TIPS, AND ONE SMALL SCUFF PATCH ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE

THE SPINE IS  NEAR PRISTINE!!!  ONE TINY HALF FINGER TO THUMB SQUASH, OTHERWISE TOTALLY FLAT.

THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS INTACT INCLUDING THE TIP ENDS

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL SHARP AND JUST HAS A COUPLE OF REALLY TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS TO THE BACK EDGE, AND SOME LIGHT BURRING TO THE FRONT EDGE

TURNING THE SLEEVE OVER REVEALS A STILL REALLY WHITE EXAMPLE OF THIS REAR SURFACE.

IT IS STILL VERY WHITE WITH JUST SOME LIGHT HANDLING TO THE OPENING EDGE,

EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECT, AND THERE IS NO RUBBING TO THE REAR SURFACE AT ALL. THE FLIPBACKS ARE ALL STILL PERFECTLY ADHERED, NO TEARS OR SPLITS, JUST A SLIGHT BIT OF CREASING THE BOTTOM ONE AT THE OPENING EDGE

THIS IS THE GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE PATENTS PENDING SLEEVE AS DENOTED ON THE BOTTOM FLIPBACK

THE ORIGINAL EMI ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. STILL TOTALLY FLAT AND UNCREASED WITH BARELY A WRINKLE AND NO SPLITS TO ANY OF THE SEAMS

I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THIS SLEEVE GRADES  NEAR MINT MINUS!!!!

MY BEST WISHES AND GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT