VG 161g Beatles Help 1st press (Lark Mus.) 1965 UK Lp mono PMC 1255

	£		21
	$		28

The Beatles
Help!
1st Press (Lark Mus.)
WITH LOVELY CLEAR AUDIO
HEAVYWEIGHT 161g


Firstly a bit of history of the album.....HELP was the BEATLES'  5th album coming out on the 6th August 1965. The premier of the album was played in London on the 29th July. Once again reaching the top spot in all record magazines of that era...as they had done with the previous four albums!

Catalogue number: PMC 1255

Matrix Number Side 1: XEX 549-2
Matrix Number Side 2: XEX 550-2

Mothers/Stampers Side 1: GLP @ 3 O'clock  4 at 9 O'clock
Mothers/Stampers Side 2: GTL @ 3 O'clock  3 at 9 O'clock
LOVELY & EARLY

Vinyl:
 HEAVY 161g QUALITY
VG
Lovely rich sound reproduction, with some light background noise, more evident inbetween tracks....Even that doesn't sound bad at all, as it is very gentle.
Still has the glorious sheen and is lovely and flat.
Just a gentle professional clean and I am sure she would sound even better-There are light needle & paper marks to her-but certainly nothing to make her jump or skip...I have just had the pleasure of listening to her all the way through (as I do with every record I sell)
"Yesterday" still remained lovely and clear :)
FLAT AS THE DAY SHE WAS BORN



Labels: VG. Lovely and clear... There are quite a few light spindle marks-visible when angled towards the light she is a lovely 1st Pressing
Barely any hole wear.
Lovely and bold "KT" tax code to side 1.
Has the 1st type Sans Serf text.
 Outer text "The Gramophone co.LTD"
 DOES have the "Sold in the uk.." text.

Please see the detailed images provided....Click on them for larger images with more detail.

THE LABEL ALSO HAS THE CREDIT OF "LARK MUS." FOR TRACK 1, SIDE 2, RATHER THAN THE LATER PRINTING: "LARK MUSIC"
ALSO
Track 4, side 1 has the '*' AFTER the "I Need You Title" rather than the later printing, which put it BEFORE the song title.
SHOWING THIS TO BE ONE OF THE VERY 1ST


Cover: VG+. A lovely solid example.
With only a couple of very small fingers of spidering eminating from the spine & seems.....VERY NICE.
The back card remains white, with just a little dirt, the front has a creamy colour.
 There are some light knocks and rubbing to the corners,with a very small amount of feathering to the opening.
I am being very critical
Superbly STRONG & CLEAN Garrod & Lofthouse flipbacks.

 ALSO HAS THE "PATENTS PENDING" STATEMENT TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER.
NO WRITING
NO SPLITS


PLEASE SEE THE DETAILED IMAGES PROVIDED AND READ MY HONEST FEEDBACK FOR TRUE GRADINGS AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION


Inner:  EX. It is the ORIGINAL die-cut plain white inner.
In super shape...Has the Patent No. 1,125,555 and MADE IN ENGLAND text to one side.
Only light discolouration-that is all!
She has certainly kept this record in a wonderful condition.


SHE IS A FIRST PRESSING AND AN ALL COMPLETE PIECE OF BEATLES HISTORY-PROVIDING A WONDERFULLY RICH SOUND REPRODUCTION TOO.
.....HELP!
Would sit well  in any collection

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