BEATLES "REVOLVER" 1966 UK MONO PRESS ..*TWO PLAY COPY*
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BEATLES "REVOLVER"
ORIGINAL UK 1966 MONO PRESSING.
RELEASED 5TH AUGUST 1966 "REVOLVER" WAS THE BEATLES SIXTH UK ALBUM RELEASE. IT WENT STRAIGHT TO NUMBER 1 IN THE U.K WITH ADVANCED SALES OF 300,000.
THE ALBUM WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE TITLED "ABRACADABRA" UNTIL IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THIS NAME HAD ALREADY BEEN USED.
ORIGINALLY IT WAS DECIDED THAT REMIX 11 OF TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS WAS TO BE USED ON THE ALBUM. PRESSINGS OF THE ALBUM HAD JUST STARTED WITH THE MATRIX 606-1 WHEN GEORGE MARTIN DECIDED HE PREFERED REMIX 8 AND WANTED IT CHANGED, PRESSINGS WHERE STOPPED AND THE TRACK WAS CHANGED.
WE ARE DELIGHTED TO OFFER FOR SALE THIS TRULY STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THIS ORIGINAL 1966 CORRECTED MIX VERSION OF "REVOLVER". THIS COPY WHICH HAS BEEN PLAYE DNO MORE THAN TWO TIMES IS COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL "NEMS" PLASTIC SLEEVE AND RARE PARLOPHONE RECORDS INSERT.
PMC 7009
XEX 605/6-2-2
KT TAX CODE
THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABLES TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN NEAR MINT CONDITION . VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE APPEARS TO BE NO MORE THAN TWO VERY LIGHT AND TINY SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO EITHER SIDE . LABELS CARRY "THE GRAMMOPHONE" CO RIM "AND SOLD IN UK" TEXT. SIDE TWO HAS EMBOSSED KT TAX CODE. LABELS ARE SPOTLESSY CLEAN AND VIVD AND ALL WORDING IS PERFECT WITH NO FADING OR DULLING.
THE GLOSSY VINYL IS STUNNING, AGAIN CLOSE INSPECTION REVEALS JUST VERY LIGHT AND WISPY HANDLING MARKS AND ONE ULTRA LIGHT NEEDLE MARK WHICH IS ONLY VISIBLE UNDER A STRONG LIGHT. THIS IMPRESSIVE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING AND THERE ARE NO BLEMISHES WHATSOEVER TO THE REMARKABLE PLAYING SURFACE.
AUDIO IS FLAWLESS..ONE CAREFUL PLAY REVEALED A FAULTLESS AND PERFECT PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT. THE VINYL DISPLAYS NO DISTORTION AT ANY POINT AND PLAYS WITH A CLEAR AND UNRIVALLED CLARITY THROUGHOUT.
THE ORIGINAL WHITE "PATENTS APPLIED FOR" INNER IS STUNNING. IT IS STILL ITS ORIGINAL BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR AND STILL VERY VERY CRISP WITH JUST VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING.
THE "E.J DAY" LAMINATED SLEEVE IS IN AMAZING CONDITION .DESIGNED BY KLAUS VOORMAN, THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS JUST THE ODD VERY TINY EDGE WRINKLE. THE FRONT PANEL IS STILL ITS TRUE BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR WITH NO YELLOWING AND HAS RETAINED ITS DEEP AND VIBRANT SHEEN. THERE IS NO EDGE OR CORNER WEAR PRESENT.THE REAR IS FREE FROM ANY RUBBING OR FADING AND ALL SEAMS LIE PREFECTLY FLAT WITH NO LIFTING E.T.C.THE SPINE IS STILL PERFECTLY RIDGID. THE SLEEVE CARRIES THE CORRECT SMALL "MONO" LOGO.....A GENUINE SUPERIOR EXAMPLE.
COMPLETE WITH ITS RARE PARLOPHONE RECORDS INSERT. THE INSERT WHICH FEATURES TWO PREVIOUSLY RELEASED BEATLES ALBUMS IS SUPERB WITH JUST LIGHT CREASING AND VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE. THE INSERT IS FREE FROM ANY SPLITS OR TEARS AND IS OF COURSE FREE FROM ANY WRITING.
ALL THIS IS COMPLETE WITH ITS RARE AND ORIGIANL "NEMS" RED FLASHED PLASTIC SLEEVE. THESE SLEEVES DIRECT FROM BRIAN EPSTEINS RECORD STORE IN LIVERPOOL ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER AND THIS IS AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE. DISLAYING JUST LIGHT CREASES THE SLEEVE IS TOTALLY INTACT AND HAS NOT SUFFERED FROM ANY SPLITS OR "NICKS". THE RED LETTERING IS PERFECT AND BRIGHT WITH NO RUBBING OR FADING.
OVERALL A STUNNING ANDPLAYED TWICE EXAMPLE OF THIS HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER UK MONO PRESSING WHICH IS COMPLETE WITH ITS "NEMS" OUTER SLEEVE AND PARLOPHONE INSERT..... ALL THE COMPONENTS OF THIS FANTASTIC ALBUM ARE IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION THROUGHOUT AND I DOUBT THIS WILL NEED UPGRADING!
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