BEATLES Rubber Soul LP 1965 MONO CORRECTED 1st Press FACTORY SAMPLE

	£		91
	$		121

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Beatles called "Rubber Soul" and is an ORIGINAL 1965 UK MONO 'First Corrected' 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Yellow & Black Parlophone label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE BEATLES RAREST LPs EVER, AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER LPs ON THE PARLOPHONE LABEL - AND IS INCREDIBLY TOUGH TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS THE ULTRA RARE 'FIRST CORRECTED' MONO 1ST PRESSING - WITH A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT RE-CUT!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED IN LATE 1965, IT WAS MIXED INCORRECTLY WITH 1/1 MATRIXES AND A COARSE LOUD CUT MIX.  NATURALLY AS IT WAS AT FIRST RELEASE - QUITE A FEW LOUD CUT 1/1 MATRIX COPIES WERE SOLD.  ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AN ATTEMPTED CORRECTION WAS MADE - WITH 4/4 MATRIX (THIS ONE).  AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO SHAME AT ALL CALLING THIS A 'FIRST CORRECTED' 1ST PRESSING!!!!  BECAUSE IN EFFECT - THE 1/1 MATRIX VERSIONS ARE SIMPLY MISPRESSINGS AND THIS ONE WAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT VERSION ALTOGETHER!!!! 

BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL - IS THAT IT IS AN ULTRA RARE 'FACTORY SAMPLE' 1ST PRESSING!!!!  'FACTORY SAMPLE' 1ST PRESSINGS WERE ONLY EVER PRESSED IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (NO MORE THAN A FEW HUNDRED COPIES ONLY!), AND WERE ONLY EVER USED FOR 'IN-HOUSE' USE BY EMI / PARLOPHONE THEMSELVES (FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES), SENT TO RADIO STATIONS OR REVIEWERS AT THE TIME (FOR PROMOTION), TAKEN WITH PERMISSION BY EMPLOYEES (AND STICKERED TO STOP RE-SALE), OR VERY OCCASSIONALLY ONE WAS GIVEN OUT TO 'IMPORTANT VISITORS' TO THE FACTORY - SUCH AS PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS FOR EXAMPLE!!!!  THEY WERE NEARLY ALWAYS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE - AND ARE NOW ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  BARELY ANY 'FACTORY SAMPLE' PRESSINGS OF THIS LP WERE EVER MADE - MAKING THIS LP ONE OF THE RAREST BEATLES LPs EVER!!!!

AND FOR ONCE THERE IS FULL HISTORY WITH THIS 'FACTORY SAMPLE'!!!!  THIS LP WAS TAKEN HOME BY A SECRETARY WHO WORKED FOR EMI AND WAS THE ONE PREVIOUS OWNER FROM NEW!!!!  IT WAS REMOVED FROM THE PRODUCTION LINE - AS IT HAD A COMPLETELY MISPRINTED COVER!!!!  AS A YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE FROM THE PICTURES - THIS LP's COVER HAS A WHITE BORDER ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, THE 'RUBBER SOUL' TITLE IS PRINTED TOO FAR UP (ALMOST TOUCHING THE TOP EDGE!) AND THE SPINE HAS A WHITE BORDER ASWELL - NONE OF WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THIS COVER AT ALL!!!!  ORIGINALLY SHE REMEMBERED THIS LP WAS SIMPLY LYING AROUND IN THE OFFICES, WITH THE THOUGHT OF USING IT FOR PROMOTION (HENCE THE E.M.I. STAMP ON THE INNER SLEEVE).  HOWEVER, THIS NEVER HAPPENED AND AFTER IT WAS SCHEDULED FOR DESTRUCTION SHE TOOK IT HOME.  AND SO WITH THE 'E.M.I' STAMP ON THE INNER SLEEVE, THE COMPLETELY MISPRINTED COVER & THE 1 PREVIOUS OWNER - FOR ONCE THERE IS FULL HISTORY WITH THIS FACTORY SAMPLE, AND IT IS INDEED 100% GENIUNE IN EVERY WAY!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND CLEARLY HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1965 UK 'FIRST CORRECTED' MONO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS YELLOW & BLACK PARLOPHONE LABELS, 1ST PRESS 'SOLD IN THE UK' LABEL TEXT, 1ST PRESS 'GRAMOPHONE COMPANY' LABEL EDGE TEXT,  1ST PRESS 'E.M.I. STAMPED' EMITEX INNER SLEEVE, 'FIRST CORRECTED' 1ST PRESS 4/4 MONO MATRIX ENDINGS, AND ULTRA RARE 'MISPRINTED' 1ST PRESS 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' FLIPBACK LAMINATED MONO COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL UK MONO 'First Corrected' 1st Pressing from 1965 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The matrix numbers are XEX 579-4 & XEX 580-4. The Cat. No is PMC 1267 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Yellow & Black Parlophone label (see picture) and is a MONO 1st pressing!!!!  All the tracks are Pure quality Beatles at their best!!!! Any fan of The Beatles, or 60s music in general, will want to have this in their collection!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO writing, NO wear (apart from a TINY 'touched in' trace around 1 centre hole), and only a VERY few light spindle marks!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, only 2 or 3 MEGA light hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!!  It is also great to find that the playing of the record is almost as STUNNING as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some slight background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  BRILLIANT RECORD!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards  - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press 'E.M.I. Stamped' Emitex inner sleeve which is in GREAT condition!!!!  The ULTRA RARE 1st Press 'Garrod & Lofthouse' MISPRINTED Flipback Laminated MONO Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), NO rips, NO tears, only some very VERY minor evidence of 'tipping in' to the corners, NO splits, only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), VERY shiny laminate, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, NO ringwear, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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