BEATLES Rubber Soul LP 1969 MONO 3rd Press RAREST EVER

	£		92
	$		121

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Beatles called "Rubber Soul" and is an ORIGINAL 1969 UK 3rd MONO Pressing on the 3rd Press Yellow & Black Parlophone label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE BEATLES RAREST & MOST SOUGHT AFTER LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS THE ALL TIME RAREST VARIATION OF THIS LP EVER MADE - AND THE LAST MONO OF THIS LP EVER PRESSED!!!!  AND THIS IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  THIS LP WAS ONLY EVER PRESSED LIKE THIS IN MID 1969 (FOR 2 OR 3 MONTHS ONLY!) - AND IS ONE OF THE RAREST BEATLES VARIATIONS YOU WILL EVER SEE!!!!  EVEN STEREO VERSIONS OF THIS PRESSING ARE EXTREMELY RARE INDEED - BUT FINDING A MONO IS ALMOST UNHEARD OF!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN JUST HOW RARE THIS LP REALLY IS!!!! 

IN MAY 1969 PARLOPHONE DECIDED TO 'DROP' THE 'SOLD IN THE UK' TEXT ON THEIR LABELS - AS IT WAS NO LONGER REQUIRED!!!!  AND SO BETWEEN JUNE 1969 & LATE 1969 PARLOPHONE USED THIS VERY SHORT LIVED YELLOW & BLACK PARLOPHONE LABEL - WITH NO 'SOLD IN THE UK' LABEL TEXT!!!!  NOW THIS WOULD BE RARE ENOUGH IN ITS OWN RIGHT (IN STEREO) - AS SALES OF THIS LP BY MID 1969 WERE VERY POOR INDEED, AND THIS PRESSED ONLY LASTED 2 OR 3 MONTHS ONLY!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS TRULY SPECIAL - IS THAT IT IS PRESSED IN MEGA RARE MONO!!!!  AS MOST PEOPLE WILL KNOW, MONOs BY MID 1969 WERE DEAD IN THE WATER, AND VIRTUALLY FINISHED AS A VIABLE PRESSING ALTERNATIVE!!!!  MOST RECORD COMPANIES HAD ALREADY STOPPED MONO PRODUCTION ALTOGETHER, AND IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT EVEN PARLOPHONE HAD STOPPED ALL MONO PRESSINGS ON ITS NEW RELEASES (WHICH IS WHY YOU WILL NEVER FIND A PARLOPHONE MONO 1ST PRESSING OF ANY LP ON THIS LABEL STYLE!!!!  SO IN REALITY - MONO PRESSINGS OF THIS LP SHOULDNT EVEN EXIST ON THIS LABEL AT ALL!!!!  HOWEVER, ALTHOUGH PARLOPHONE WANTED TO END MONO PRODUCTION ON ALL OF ITS LPs, BECAUSE THIS LP WAS SELLING SO POORLY BY 1969 - THEY STILL HAD A SMALL STOCKPILE OF UNUSED MONO 1ST PRESS COVERS LEFT OVER WHICH THEY NEEDED TO GET RID OF!!!!  SO THIS RAREST EVER MONO 3RD PRESSING WAS PUT INTO EXISTENCE, BUT ONLY LASTED UNTIL THE STOCKPILE OF 1ST PRESS MONO COVERS RAN OUT!!!!  ONCE ALL THE MONO COVERS WERE USED UP, MONO PRESSINGS WERE STOPPED FOREVER!!!!  AND UNLIKE SOME OF THE OTHER BEATLES LPs (LIKE 'HELP!', 'PLEASE PLEASE ME' AND ESPECIALLY 'SGT PEPPER') - RUBBER SOUL ONLY HAD A TINY AMOUNT OF COVERS LEFT OVER!!!!  SO ALTHOUGH THIS LABEL STYLE LASTED 2 OR 3 MONTHS - FAR LESS TIME THAN THAT WAS DEVOTED TO THE MONO PRESSINGS, AS ONLY A FEW HUNDRED NEEDED TO BE MADE - BEFORE THE COVERS RAN OUT, AND ALL MONOs OF THIS LP WERE ENDED FOREVER!!!!  AS I SAID BEFORE - EVEN STEREO 3RD PRESSINGS OF THIS LP (ON THIS LABEL STYLE) ARE VERY HARD TO LOCATE - BUT AS MOST PEOPLE STILL WANTED STEREOs IN 1969, AND STEREOs WERE PRESSED THOUGHOUT THE 3 MONTH LABEL PERIOD, THEY WERE MADE IN REASONABLE AMOUNTS.  BUT FINDING AN ULTRA RARE MONO 3RD PRESSING OF THIS LP ON THIS LABEL STYLE (THE LAST EVER!) IS ALMOST UNHEARD OF - AND IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE RAREST PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN GREAT CONDITION (WITH A BRILLIANT COVER!) - AND CLEARLY HASNT BEEN PLAYED THAT MUCH AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1969 UK MONO 3RD PRESSING ON THE 3RD PRESS YELLOW & BLACK PARLOPHONE LABEL, NO 'SOLD IN THE UK' LABEL TEXT, 'GRAMOPHONE COMPANY' EDGE TEXT, CORRECT 'PATENTS APPLIED FOR' ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE, 5/5 MONO MATRIX ENDINGS (EXACTLY CORRECT FOR THIS ULTRA RARE 3RD PRESSING!), AND ITS ORIGINAL 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' FLIPBACK LAMINATED 'PATENTS PENDING' MONO COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Parlophone UK 3rd MONO Pressing from 1969 and is in GREAT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl!!!!  The matrix numbers are XEX 579-5 & XEX 580-5 (EXACTLY correct for this pressing!).  The Cat. No is PMC 1267 on the ORIGINAL 3rd Press Yellow & Black MONO Parlophone label (see picture) and is a much MUCH rarer MONO pressing!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO writing, NO wear, and only a few VERY light spindle marks!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASNT BEEN PLAYED THAT MUCH AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in GREAT 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 3 or 4 VERY light hairlines, only 3 or 4 light scufflines, only 1 VERY light scuff, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, barely ANY clicks AT ALL, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some EXTREMELY low level background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good (PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed!) if not better - and plays VERY well indeed!!!!  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 'Patents Applied For' Advertising inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 'Garrod & Lofthouse' Flipback Laminated 'Patents Pending' MONO Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only 1 VERY minor and ULTRA light lean impression, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), possible 'tipping in' of the extreme corner tips, only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking!), shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, NO rubbing, NO ringwear, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE (ESPECIALLY IN MEGA MONO!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

TAKE A LOOK AT PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE Beatles LP!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1969 UK MONO 3RD PRESSING OF "RUBBER SOUL" BY THE BEATLES, IN GREAT CONDITION!!!!  Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World (Postal discounts are available - see below for details).  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

 

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