*BEATLES "MILLION SELLERS" UK 1ST MISPRESS*
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BEATLES "MILLION SELLERS"
ORIGINAL 1966 UK 1ST PRESSING E.P.
RELEASED DECEMBER 6TH 1965, THIS THE BEATLES TENTH UK E.P RELEASE WAS OBVIOUSLY INTENDED TO APPEAL TO THE CHRISTMAS MARKET. THE E.P CONTAINED FOUR OF THEIR FIVE (UP TO THAT TIME) BRITISH MILLION SELLING SINGLES, "A HARD DAYS NIGHT" BEING THE SINGLE OMITTED.
FOURTEEN DAYS AFTER THE RELEASE OF THIS E.P THE BEATLES ATTAINED THEIR SIXTH MILLION SELLING UK SINGLE FOR "DAY TRIPPER" WHICH WAS RELEASED JUST THREE DAYS BEFORE THIS E.P, ALSO ON THE SAME DAY AS "DAY TRIPPER" WAS RELEASED THE BEATLES SIXTH UK ALBUM "RUBBER SOUL" WAS ALSO ISSUED.
WHEN VERY FIRST ISSUED THIS E.P CARRIED THE INCORRECT "GOLDEN DISCS" TITLE LABEL CREDIT, THIS ERROR WAS RECTIFIED AT A LATER DATE.
OFFERED FOR SALE IN FABULOUS AND PLAYED ONCE CONDITION IS AN ORIGINAL IST PRESSING OF "MILLION SELLERS" WHCH ALSO FEATURES THE INCORRECT "GOLDEN DISCS" LABEL ERROR.
GEP 8946
7TCE.889/888-1-1
STAMPERS GD2 M1
KT TAX CODE TO RUN OFF GROOVE AND EMBOSSED TO SIDE TWO
THE PUSH-OUT CENTRE LABELS WHICH CARRY THE INCORRECT "GOLDEN DISCS" TEXT TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN STUNNING AND NEAR MINT CONDITION. VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE IS JUST ONE VERY LIGHT SPINDLE MARK PRESENT TO EITHER SIDE, LABELS ARE CLEAN AND HAVE RETAINED THEIR DEEP BLACK COLOUR AND ALL THE WORDING IS FREE FROM RUBBING OR FADING. .
THE GLOSSY VINYL WHICH SHINES LIKE A MIRROR IS ALSO STUNNING AND AGAIN IS NEAR MINT, ONLY PLAYED ONE THIS BEAUTIFUL VINYL CARRIES THE ODD LIGHT WISPY SURFACE MARK BUT NO ACTUAL NEEDLE MARKS (IT NEEDS TO BE STRESSED THAT THESE MARKS ARE VERY VERY MINIMAL AND ONLY DETECABLE UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT) IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT THIS APPEARS MINT. . THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING OR DISHING AND THERE IS NO DULLING TO THE PLAYING SURFACE.
THE SLEEVE IS SIMPLY STUNNING. THE GLOSSY FRONT DISPLAYS JUST THE ODD VERY LIGHT EDGE WRINKLE BUT NO ACTUAL CREASES. THERE IS A SLIGHT IMPRESSION VISIBLE WHERE THE VINYL HAS SAT IN THE SLEEVE BUT THIS IS ONLY VISIBLE WHEN THE SLEEVE IS ANGLED. ALL EDGES ARE STRAIGHT AND SQUARE WITH NO WEAR, THE FRONT DISPLAYS NO LAMINATE LIFT AND ALL COLURS ARE BRIGHT AND VIVID. THE REAR FEATURES THREE PERFECT FLIP BACKS AND IS SPOTLESSY CLEAN, BRIGHT AND UNBLEMISHED.
OVERALL A STUNNING AND PLAYED ONCE EXAMPLE OF THIS UK 1ST MISPRESSED PRESSING WHICH IS HOUSED IN A FABULOUS ORIGINAL PICTURE SLEEVE.
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