BEATLES "THE BEATLES HITS" EP RARE UK THIRD PRESSING
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BEATLES "THE BEATLES HIT'S"
ORIGINAL AND VERY RARE 1964 UK 3RD PRESSING.
THE BEATLES SECOND UK E.P RELEASE FEATURED THEIR FIRST THREE HITS AND ONE B-SIDE TRACK (THANK YOU GIRL).
THE E.P REACHED A HIGH OF NUMBER 17 IN THE U.K
WHEN ORIGINALLY ISSUED THE VERY FIRST COPIES OF THIS E.P FEATURED A LABEL ERROR, THE LABELS SHOULD CARRY THE TEXT "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1963" HOWEVER A LIMITED NUMBER OF COPIES WHERE PRESSED WITH LABELS WHICH OMITTED THIS TEXT,THIS COPY IS LISTED AS A FIRST PRESSING.
THIS ERROR WAS RECTIFIED AND ALL FURTHER COPIES FEATURED THIS TEXT, THESE COPIES ARE NOW RECOGNISED AS A SECOND PRESSING.
CURRENTLY UK RECORD COLLECTOR LISTS A 1965 THIRD PRESSING OF THIS E.P AS HAVING THE "GRAMMOPHONE CO" RIM TEXTS AND "SOLD IN UK"
HOWEVER THIS COPY OFFERED FOR SALE IS A DEFINITE 1964/5 PRESSING OF THIS E.P WHICH FEATURES THE "PARLOPHONE CO" RIM TEXTS AND "SOLD IN UK" TEXT AND KMT TAX CODE.
SINCE EMI SWITCHED FROM "PARLOPHONE" TO GRAMMOPHONE" RIMS IN 1965 THIS COPY WAS OBVIOUSLY PRESSED PRIOR TO THE DOCUMENTED THIRD PRESSING.
GEP 8880
7TCE.750/2N-1N
STAMPER Nos 6 GHL 1/4 GMT
KT TAX CODE ON THE PUSH OUT CENTRE, KT ON SIDE 1 RUN OUT GROOVE & KMT ON SIDE 2 RUN OUT GROOVE
THE EP SLEEVE IS IN BRIGHT CLEAN CONDITION BACK AND FRONT WITH JUST CREASING TO THE FRONT RIGHT LOWER EDGE THE SLEEVE REAR HAS A TEAR ACROSS THE TITLE WHICH HAS BEEN REPAIRED ON THE INSIDE OF THE SLEEVE AND ALSO HAS A CARLTON MUSIC LIBRARY STICKER IN PLACE.
THE VINYL DISC DOES HAVE SOME HANDLING AND SURFACE MARKS WITH A FEELABLE MARK ON THE LOVE ME DO TRACK BUT THE RECORD DOES PLAY THROUGH WITH SOME LIMITED POPS AND CRACKLES ON BOTH SIDES WITHOUT STICKING OR JUMPING.THE RARE LABELS WITH THE PARLOPHONE RIM TEXT , SOLD IN THE UK & RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED LABEL TEXT ARE IN BRIGHT CLEAN CONDITION WITH MINIMAL SPINDLE MARKS ,SIDE 1 DOES HAVE A LABEL SCRATCH LOWER LEFT BUT ALL TEXT IS LEGIBLE.
