BEATLES OLDIES UK STEREO LP 1st issue EJ Day NM/NM

	£		132
	$		175

A COLLECTION OF BEATLES OLDIES

PCS 7016  *  1st Pressing * 1966 UK

1  GD / 1 P

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A COLLECTION OF BEATLES OLDIES

PCS 7016  *  1966 UK

About This Actual First Pressing:

 

All of the following information is my own observations

I am not here to cast aspersions on other ebay sellers, record price guide publications, and the suchlike.  Furthermore, any person that would be acquainted with me would know that I am not of an age that would equate to me being less than 10 years old over my claim of purchasing records in the mid 1960s!.
 

Data:

Matrix numbers = YEX 619 - 1G  / YEX620 - 1G
 (please do not confuse this with the stamper's codes)

Purchase Tax Code slugs = K  T
(full account of this is set out on my site)

1st Mother for both sides + very early Stampers = 1 GD / 1 P

Label characteristics = Times Roman font + © Dates on left side only

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Inner sleeve and related

First part of the description of the actual record for sale, so as to validate that this is an original initial pressing.

When I purchased this album back in December 1966 (Saturday 10th to be precise, as nearly all my own 1960’s records that were purchased as brand new were acquired on the day of release), it came with a plain white inner sleeve.

The PATENTS APPLIED FOR is in Excellent condition

      
The colour shading may vary here due to lighting
 

A little later on, during the 1967 holidays, a friend showed me his LP of same. This had an inner sleeve showing some of the other EMI albums that were currently on catalogue. Albeit in black and white, I wanted one, so I put pen to paper and wrote to EMI asking why I did not have an inner sleeve similar to my friend’s example.

Two weeks later I received a letter explaining that at the time of the album’s release EMI records were still using a plain inner sleeve on all their LP records, and had been so since the beginning of 1966, as they felt that the lined typed previously employed were too costly. It was pointed out to me that the inner sleeve I was referring to had not been in existence at the time of the release of Oldies, especially as the likes of Adge Cutler & The Wurzels SX 6126, and Vince Hill’s Edelweiss SX 6141 had not been released until 1967. Silly me then, obvious now – isn’t it?

However, kindly Included with the letter was an inner sleeve that I requested. As the envelope it came in was medium in size, it (the inner sleeve) had been folded. Thus included here in this auction sale is the original inner as issued, plus the folded example as depicted:

above information: this 1967 inner sleeve is included also!
Note that this 'OLDIES' was never issued with an ‘Emitex’ inner.

Your Mother should know

The other thing I do remember at the time was the fact that comparing my issue of OLDIES against my friend’s example there appeared to be different characteristics pressed at the end of the playing area. In a separate letter to EMI, again in 1967, I queried this observation. The reply from them included the following information:

“KT is the current Purchase Tax code (a chart was included pertaining to previous codes used).

Your side one 1 GD and side two  1 P indicates the Mother plates and Stampers identification. 1 means you have an example from the first Mothers, and the letters indicate side one stamper as the 10th, side two the sixth. The code employed for this is GRAMOPHLTD, with G being 1, D being 9, and D being 0. As a vast quantity had to be made available on the week of release, running into many thousands, it would be quite normal to receive one on the day of release without the very fist Stampers (a solitary G).“ 

This is an original Stereo pressing.

The Mono equivalent issued at the time is, in my opinion, easier to locate due to the ratio being pressed by EMI and other record companies up to and during this period. I suppose you might think I am stating this as I am selling a Stereo example. Well, as I am not the type for exaggerating, drawing out long and labourious twaddle about a subject or an item for sale unless the fact or facts are vitally important to the matter in hand. Therefore, hand on heart, my judegment on this matter stands firm on this personal opinion!

Stereo albums were still being overshadowed by Monaural examples during this period. Studying the aforementioned illustrated inner sleeve can substantiate this, depicting pop albums such as Herman’s Hermits, Dave Clark Five, and Cliff Richard as available in Mono only.  

 

Note that all are photographs except the close-up of labels.
These I manage to scan by placing sheets of paper on the edge of the scanner.

Cover variant

This has an Ernest J. Day  & Co. Ltd. example. This differs from the Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd, in so much as the E.J. Day having slightly wider fold-over flaps, with the side flap being convex, and the external corners of a slightly different shape. Depicted here is a Garrod Mono example so comparison can be made...

above: E.J. Day Stereo cover with LP on offer (note that Garrod’s Stereo equivalent has the same statement )

above: Garrod Mono (image for comparison purposes)

 

above: the  E.J. Day Stereo cover with LP on offer

above: Garrod Mono (image for comparison purposes)

This is brought to your attention because the end product is of a different appearance
  to the Garrod cover, and, is in my opinion, the EJ Day is visually superior.
More images lower down this page

 
                       Condition of Cover

                       On the left edge there are a group (spanning a width of 1”) of four light creases that fan out from the spine. These are no more than 1” each.

Apart from this the cover is Mint minus, being ‘fresh’ with no yellowing, creasing, defacing, lamination lift or peel, damage of any kind, etc. The edge of the flip-backs have no dirt whatsoever. Angled to the light, one can just about see very slight evidence that a disc has been housed within (this is not evident on reverse). All four corners are sharp. The opening edge has not been trimmed / guillotined, and no other dirty tricks. Holding this cover is joy in itself!

Condition of Disc

Side 1 label has one tiny spindle line; side 2 has three light spindle grazes (the spindle hole has not been ‘touched up’ with black paint, etc! ). Apart from these spindle marks, the record’s visual appearance inspected under the kitchen spotlights during the dark hours is Near Mint.


State of play

The record has been professionally cleaned and played by yours truly. Being In the same room as the speakers...
...from drop down on side 1 to lift off on side 2 it plays as new throughout .(Mint minus).

                  Thus…

This is the best condition A COLLECTION OF OLDIES issued
as Stereo with an E.J. Day cover that I have ever offered for sale.

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Remember: actual photographs of the record for sale.
None of the images have been cropped,’ touched up’, or ‘sharpened’ !  

Angled photographs as shot (i.e.not rotated)

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Payment accepted:

 1: PayPal (Credit / Debit / E-Cheque)
  2: Credit card / Debit card  / Amex --> direct to myself
3: Cheque drawn on a UK Bank or Building Society

Sorry, no Postal Orders or Bank Transfers

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Postage via Royal Mail for this LP:

UK £4 ~ Special Delivery

Europe ~ £8 Signed For

USA, Japan, etc ~ £11 Signed For

All rates quoted include insurance up to the value of £500.
Purchaser is notified at time of dispatch the Tracking id and link.

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