BEATLES HEY JUDE LP UK EXPORT PRES (CPCS) UnPlAyEd MiNt

	£		536
	$		710

THE BEATLES ''HEY JUDE'' (ALBUM) ORIGINAL UK EXPORT PRESSING! CAT NO.CPCS 106 (RELEASED IN THE UK 1973) VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED NEAR MINT VINYL (ONLY EVER PLAYED A HANDFUL OF TIMES EVER) ABSOLUTELY STUNNING MINT AUDIO THROUGHOUT! (YEEX) -1 -1 MATRIX (PRESSED FROM THE EARLIEST MASTERS) LOOK ''2'' GT and '1'' ''RL'' MOTHERS! ABSOLUTELY AWESOME EX- PLUS (LAMINATED) GARROD & LOFTHOUSE COVER (You can still even see the plastic in the spindle hole)

AN ARCHIVE COPY NEVER NEED TO UPGRADE!

Here from my personal collection of over 1000 UK Beatles albums that I have accumilated over a period of 35 years or more, is an original 1973 3rd UK pressing of 'Hey Jude' In absolutely amaizing conditionfor 35 years old and barely ever played a handful of times ever! Please note! Beatles albums in this condition are highly collectable and this being the original Export edition makes this highly derirable for any avid Beatles Fan or collector! From my experiance the rarety is not just about the earliest or 1st pressings, increasingly as later Beatles pressings or albums become older, the condition is of the uppermost importance! The vinyl is deemed as very near mint condition and plays through as good as new on my systems!!The rarest and almost impossible thing to find with these albums is an original laminated Garrod & Lofthouse cover in this awesome condition! Plays on my systems as new!, absolutely top on all frequencies!

''Hey Jude'' (original title: ''The Beatles Again'') is a 1970 collection of non-album Beatles singles and B-sides, as well as "I Should Have Known Better" and "Can't Buy Me Love", two singles released by Capitol Records whose only previous American album appearance had been on the A Hard Day's Night soundtrack album which had been released by United Artists Records!!!

The Hey Jude album was not compiled by Capitol, although many American fans wrongly assumed that this was the case. In actuality, the project was conceived by Allen Klein and Apple Records!. Klein had negotiated a more lucrative contract for the group in 1969 and was anxious to sweeten the pot with an additional album. He directed Allan Stickler of Abkco/Apple to work on an album. Steckler chose songs that had not appeared on a Capitol album in the USA and which spanned the group's career. He also focused more on more recent singles than on earlier material. The absence of the songs from a US Capitol album was partially a consequence of the Beatles' willingness to include single releases on their contemporaneous albums, partially a consequence with their arrangement with United Artists in 1964, and partially due to the habit (of EMI affiliates worldwide) of recompiling the Beatles' British releases for local markets. Steckler chose not to include "A Hard Day's Night", which had been released as a single by Capitol and was available on the United Artists soundtrack album, "I'm Down", which was the B-Side of "Help!", and "The Inner Light", which was the B-Side of "Lady Madonna". He also overlooked "From Me to You", "Misery" and "There's a Place", which were first issued in the United States by Vee Jay Records but were not issued on a Capitol album yet. "Sie Liebt Dich", a German-language version of "She Loves You" was also ignored!.

Steckler and Apple had become disappointed with the Capitol Records release schedules and determined to promote the new album themselves. Steckler also took the tapes to Sam Feldman at Bell Sound Studios (in New York), rather than delivering them to Capitol. He would do this for several releases thereafter!!!.

Originally, the album was to be named The Beatles Again. Shortly before the record was released, however, the title was changed to Hey Jude, in order to promote the inclusion of the top-selling song that led off side two. Unfortunately, the name change occurred after the labels were printed, and an untold number of copies of the album were sold with an Apple label sporting the title The Beatles Again. This was also true for cassette copies of the album, which retained the original title. Neither the front nor the back of the album displayed the record's title, but most copies were sold in a jacket whose spine read Hey Jude. Furthermore, in an attempt to clear up any confusion caused by the preprinted label, initial copies of the album also displayed a sticker on the cover bearing the title Hey Jude. The edition of the album with the The Beatles Again label bore catalogue number SO-385 on the label, but not on the jacket. This is because of a similarly-timed decision to reduce the price from $6.98 (SO- prefix) to $5.98 (SW- prefix). The record jacket was prepared late enough so that it lists the catalogue number as SW-385. The SW-385 catalogue number appears on the label of later pressings that bear the title Hey Jude on the label!!!

The front and back cover pictures were taken at the last-ever Beatles photo session!, on 22 August 1969, at John Lennon's new house, Tittenhurst Park (seven years to the day after they were filmed at the Cavern in Liverpool performing "Some Other Guy" (22 August 1962). Allen Klein authorized release of the album as a sales buffer during post-production of the delayed Let It Be. In 2007 Neil Aspinall claimed that the back cover was supposed to be the front cover and vice-verse, but that Klein had reversed them in error.  (This is not entirely true). At least three prototype cover designs are known to exist, with the earliest of those showing the photos "reversed." Apparently, the art department made the determination that the photo that now appears on the front cover was better suited for that purpose. Bruce Spizer's book, The Beatles on Apple Records, contains many previously-unknown details about the release!!

The compilation was originally released in many countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia, Spain, Germany, France, Greece, Japan, and most of South America. It was also available to other countries as this one an "export" pressing from England (/Apple CPCS-106) also on Parlophone but was not at first issued in England, although it was a popular import to the U.K. Because of its popularity worldwide, Parlophone finally released Hey Jude in Britain in 1979!. (If a fan who owned all twelve studio British Beatles albums augmented his or her collection with Hey Jude, Magical Mystery Tour, A Collection of Beatles Oldies, and the British version of Rarities, his or her collection would include every official Beatles song, although a number of officially-released alternate mixes would still be missing.) Until the release of 1967–1970 in 1973, Hey Jude was the only way to own the extremely popular "Hey Jude" single on LP or in a stereo mix. The songs "Lady Madonna", "Don't Let Me Down", "Paperback Writer", "Rain", and "Revolution" also appeared for the first time in stereo on this album. Prior to the release of the "Get Back" single (45 RPM record) in Spring, 1969, all Beatles singles were issued in monophonic in the USA. If nothing else, this compilation showcased stereo versions of previously single-only mono Beatles songs.

Interestingly, on two audio tape versions of this album (Reel-to-Reel and Cassette Tape), sides one and two are inversed. Although it is clear on the vinyl version that "Hey Jude" opens side two, when compiling this issue for audio tape, some compilers (at Capitol and Ampex) thought to make the change, which resulted in "Hey Jude" leading off the album. This was done because side two was the longer side, and it was the practice in some tape formats to lead the album with the longer side. The four-track tape, prepared by Ampex along with the reel-to-reel tape, has the songs in the original, chronological order. (The eight-track tape was treated to the usual re-ordering that eight tracks received.)!!!

The album was released in both stereo and mono in two countries - Brazil and Argentina. While the Argentine mono issue uses a reduction of the common stereo tapes, the Brazilian (Apple BTL 1009)is made of all original UK single mixes and is true mono, with exception of "Ballad of John and Yoko" and "Old Brown Shoe", which are mono reductions of the original UK single mixes!!.

Side one

1. "Can't Buy Me Love" (1964) – 2:19
2. "I Should Have Known Better" (1964) – 2:39
3. "Paperback Writer" (1966) – 2:14
4. "Rain" (1966) – 2:58
5. "Lady Madonna" (1968) – 2:14
6. "Revolution" (1968) – 3:21

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Side two

1. "Hey Jude" (1968) – 7:06
2. "Old Brown Shoe" (1969) (Harrison) – 3:16
3. "Don't Let Me Down" (1969) – 3:30
4. "Ballad of John and Yoko" (1969) – 2:55

The Matrix

Side 1.''YEEX 150-1''

Side 2 ''YEEX 151-1''

The Mother Stampers

Side 1 ''2'' ''GT''

Side 2 ''1'' ''RI''

The Vinyl

On initial inspection this vinyl looks as new! Unbeleivable for a 35 year old vinyl like this! This lays perfectly flat on the turntable and i can barely see a blemish! Only in strong light could possibly any sleeve removal marks (possibly) be seen to be honest i can't see any!! (no) marks or blemishes that would be audio sounding what so ever!!

The Audio

I will make this description breif because this plays absolutely as new on my systems! I have played this vinyl track for track at very loud volume on a top system at very loud volume! I never even heard a tick during the play of this vinyl absolutely stunning stereo audio truly awesome seperation top on all frecuencies!!Even between track absolutely silent!  This audio will be hard to surpass!!!

The Record sleeve

This is the original plain white Emi sleeve with 'Important' (no) splits or tares and is stored seperately from the vinyl just light creasing with age!

The Cover

This is the original fully laminated Garrod & Lofhouse cover! Super Super glossy original absolutely stunning! So hard to ever find like this strong and straight boasts of (no) creases to the front any that may be seen at the rear would be extreemely minimal\minor and you really have to look for any to notice them!  Superbe clear spine! any ringware to be seen can only be noticed angled to the light! There's not much more to  say this is superbe and must be graded as excellent to excellent plus! very rare original! Please note! Only the originals feature text on both the spine and upper edge and are fully laminated both front and rear!

HOW I SEND MY RECORDS!

THIS ALBUM WILL BE SENT IN A LARGE BOX WITH CARDBOARD STIFFENERS THE ALBUM IS ALWAYS PUT IS A POLY SLEEVE AND ENCASED IN THE BOX WITH PLENTY OF BUBBLEWRAP FOR ADDED PROTECTION (SEE PHOTOS)

As always I have tried to give my honest personal opinion when describing items listed! Although it is my honest opinion! I always urge others to do their own personal research on any items that they are interested in purchasing, before, they commit to bidding!) I have Highlighted all aspects as clearly as possible!! I have taken time to play this vinyl track for track to give a clear and accurate description of the audio quality as i hear it. (please look at my completed listings of albums that I have sold of this calaber (more than 1000 items) and you will see that I normally get it right) I have also provided as many photos as I can and supersized so that all aspects can be seen clearly in strong light!!!!!Please note! These photos are the actual item for sale and not copies of other items!!!!!!!

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