BEATLES UK - Rubber Soul Mono RARE Ridged label.

	£		40
	$		53

BEATLES UK - Rubber Soul Mono RARE Ridged label.

PMC 1267  Mono, Original 1965 Yellow & Black Parlophone Label.

An original UK album in 100% original condition.

Side One of the record label has a curious ‘ridge’ to it, that runs 9mm from the outer edge of the record label.   Little seems to be  known about  these   RARE   ‘ridged’ record labels, some say they were pressed by    ‘ CBS ’   other say ‘Decca’ !.     The record has EMI mother/stampers so these pressings are really ‘ unknown ’   in their origin !.

As well as this ridge, on side Two of the record label there are the letters  ‘ MT ’ embossed onto it, this technically  is incorrect for a record pressed in 1965 !,  (should be ‘ KT ’) as the MT code was no longer used by EMI after July 1963, maybe the irregularities of the ‘ MT ’ and the ‘ridged’   label are related  in some way !

Also  each label has a different font (lettering style),   on side one the text is printed in  the  Sans Serif  style   but on side two the label  has the  Roman  letter style. 

CONDITION:

THE MAIN SLEEVE:  is in excellent condition, the front of the sleeve is laminated.   The sleeve still  has four very good sharp corners.   The spine is in excellent condition and all the text is clear to read.  The rear of the sleeve has the tri flipbacks design. The  unlaminated rear of the sleeve is very clean and white for its age.    There is  NO  pen writing, tears, stickers, sticker residue. There is  some rubbing wear to the  top middle edge of the sleeve.

THE INNER SLEEVE: is in excellent condition,  it is the original ‘Use Emitex’  sleeve,  it is very clean and white for its age.  There is NO edge rubbing wear, splits,  tears,   pen writing,  stains, stickers or sticker residue.  

THE VINYL:   is in very good+  condition   and is made from the period thick, heavy vinyl.   The vinyl is  clean,  dark and glossy. 

The matrix are :     XEX 579 - 4    and    XEX 580 – 4,

The Mother / Stampers are:    1  1   -   R  G  A   and     7   -   R  D  D.

THE AUDIO:   the audio is very good,  the vinyl lays flat on the turntable and plays without the needle sticking or jumping. 

THE LABELS:  are in near excellent  condition, as mentioned there is a mysterious  ‘ridge’  on side one.   There is an incorrect ‘M T’ embossed onto side Two. 

TO GRADE THE CONDITION OF THE RECORD I AM USING THE OFFICIAL GRADING SYSTEM FROM THE RECORD COLLECTOR MAGAZINE.

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Post and packing in the UK and overseas.

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Packing - all records are sent out with multi layered card stiffeners.    All records will be removed from their  original inner and outer sleeves  to avoid any damage,  the record will then be put into a second inner sleeve for maximum protection while in transit.

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Shipping costs overseas.

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