BEATLES-RUBBER SOUL 1965 UK VINYL LP MT CROSSOVER RIDGED LABEL LOUD CUT MONO EX

	£		369
	$		489

THE BEATLES - RUBBER SOUL 1965 UK LP LOUD CUT MONO VINYL MT TAX
CROSSOVER RIDGED LABEL SIDE 1, ERNEST J. DAY & CO. Ltd. COVER
Parlophone 1st Loud Cut press "matrix-1/-1": PMC 1267 EX

This is one of the ultra rare mistakes with the Beatles LP records, on this album Rubber Soul.
This is really a very, very rare lovely copy of Rubber Soul, that I sell today on eBay!

Rubber Soul, Parlophone, PMC 1267, Mono;

Ridged label side 1 and MT tax code label Side 2;
 

Vinyl Matrix numbers:  Side 1: XEX 178-1;  Side 2: XEX 179-1; ("loud cut")
Mothers/Stampers:      Side 1: 3/TO (EMI);  Side 2: C,3,6/TH ("Decca ridged press");

Crossover labels: 
Side 1: Variant A-1 early Sans-serif type font label;  
Side 2: Variant B early the “Rubber Soul"  pressing run, a Times New Roman font early typeset added to the label printing machines;
          

Vinyl weight: 148 gr.; heavy thicker vinyl;

COVER SLEEVE: Ultra glossy, fully laminated front side, Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd., London Sleeves "Rubber Soul" (mono). Cover did two London’s of printing house: Ernest J. Day & Co Ltd. and Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
This issue has a sleeve cover made by Ernest J. Day & Co Ltd. Spine has been kept intact, full readable! (EXCELLENT) - see pics.;

LABELS: Ridged side 1, crossover Yellow Parlophone Type-6-1 label.
Side 1: Variant A-1 early Sans-serif type font label;  
Side 2: Variant B early Times New Roman font type; 
Black and Yellow Parlophone labels with silver print: the name "THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD. (capital letter)" on the outer rim, the "SOLD IN U.K." remark, and the "(P) 1965" statement. Labels are clean, without any defects. A couple of light spindle traces round the hole. The outer 'ring' on the label side 1 is physically 'ridged'! There is feelable ridge, it's not just a printing effect on the label! There are quite a few spindle marks around the holes, indicating that the record was many times played. (EXCELLENT);

INNER SLEEVE: "USE EMITEX" Sleeve Type-3 (1963 --1966). Tracing-rice-paper-lined "USE EMITEX” die-cut type. The words "PATENTS APPLIED FOR" was removed from the sleeve.The sleeve has been kept intact, no splits or tears, only light toned stains from the past many years. (EXCELLENT);

* IMPORTANT COMMENT:

The usual tax code for RS would be of course KT and -1 mothers ("loud cut") , (as well as -4 mothers have it). So the MT code (from 1963) as well as the outer ridge could be part of an older machine set-up whereas the stamper was new.

It wouldn't make sense to create a new mother for a '65 record and have the outdated MT code neatly embossed in the center, would it?

Which leads to another question: If contract pressings (with their individual pressing marks such as the Decca ridge) were made, did EMI provide the stampers? Or did they provide a mother and did the company that pressed the records produce its own stampers, complete with their machine-specific marks and a center tax code? If they didn't (that is, if they received stampers), the center must be separate from the matrix proper, otherwise there wouldn't be company-specific marks.

This is really a very, very rare, lovely copy of Rubber Soul, that I sell today by eBay!

At the first, this is one of the ultra rare labels mistakes by the Beatles on this album Rubber Soul. There is has what’s called crossover labels which has different styles and size of fonts on each one side label. But not only that mistake!

The Label Side 1 has a slight physically 'ridged' outer ring indent on the label. Seems quite 'Decca' in it's appearance, but not something I have seen on other copies. Side 1 has a Sans-serif font with pretty standard loud cut matrix number XEX 579-1.

Also, Please notice, that it has an MT tax code on side 2, I never seen one on a Rubber Soul LP before. Side 2 has a Times New Roman font with standard loud cut matrix number XEX 580-1 for this font.