Beatles HEY JUDE U.K. Export pressing RAREST matrices G and A1. CBS pressing NM

$

471

This is the rarest HEY JUDE! you will ever see or hear. Has the two mis-spellings on side one 'PAPER-BACK WRITER as three words,as they have PAPER and BACK as two words. It also has the plural of "REVOLUTION" as REVOLUTION"S" with the added 'S" Refer to pictures. EMI must have pressed many of these for export as you seldom to never see CBS as a contractor for a Beatles record. That may also be why it appears to be one of possibly the first 500 ever pressed. That of course depending on how many stampers they pressed off of any given mother.
Inside of cover at opening it is stamped "CBS RECORDS LTD. Made in Gt Britain."
The matrices indicate this to be one of the first ever pressed. Side one YEEX-150-1. "G" at 3 o'clock and nothing at 9 o'clock ( This I am sure is because it would be redundant,as the G is the first stamper,hence the mother had to be number 1. I say that as side two having only A stamper and first mother,it would only be logical that side one would also be the first mother.
As I am sure all collectors know the GRAMOPHONE CO LTD CODE. The G indicating first stamper made from the mother and the A being the 3rd stamper off of original first ( 1 ) mother.
Side two. YEEX-151-1. "A" at 3:o'clock and 1 at 9 o'clock.
So here we have a record with the first mothers,both sides and the first stamper from that mother on side one and the third stamper on first mother side two.
This had to have been one of the very first pressings ever made.
The cover is also an anomaly of sorts. It has "HEY JUDE"  and CPCS 106 on side of spine,but not on top. It is constructed with front flaps going into the back of cover. Not a flip back of course. Usually these ( if indeed they had the name and catalog number anywhere on any spine ,it would be on both top and side ) this just has title and catalog number on spine,very thin pinched spine.
Has a black inner sleeve that is NOT die cut.
Condition means everything and this one appears to have never been played. If there are any flaws,they were inherent to the pressing plant,not from being played. There is absolutely NO SPINDLE WEAR OR SIGNS OF EVER BEING PLAYED!
Hence both labels and vinyl look like new.
The cover has a little ring-wear on back of cover,nothing close to major and a little laminate lifting. All seams and spine are perfect.
The inner black sleeve is typical rough black paper,but has no die cut circle to display labels.
Labels and vinyl NM .
Cover and black sleeve VG++ to EX. This has been stored in my collection for over forty years and I forgot I even had it,as it was not with the rest of my Beatles UK pressings.
There was a Hey Jude that just sold on March 20th 2012 that was not as rare or this good of condition that sold for 1651 pounds,approx.$2600.
I have a reserve on this one. If your a high end collector,this would be an album to own. Not only for rarity sake,but the fact that it has some of the Beatles best of their later songs. It is an incredible record ...
Shipping in USA with insurance $12-$15. depending on what it sells for.
Rest of the world $15. USD plus insurance if you want it. I will package this very carefully and well protected.

 A couple of issues. I don't know what E BAY did ,but I ship ALL OVER THE WORLD,not just the USA.
The other thing is the idea that it is not showing that it has a reserve price. I don't know how this happened.
The reserve is reasonable considering the rarity of this record. I know it sounds absurd to claim ANY Beatles album could be rare,but these matrices and the error on labels do in fact make this rare,especially the matrix numbers.
This album should sound fantastic as it was one of the first ever pressed off of the original mother and  the stampers are so good. You cannot get closer to the original than 1G and 1 A is not far behind. I doubt very much that there has been one on e bay with these matrix numbers. Again,refer to the HEY JUDE ! that recently sold for $2600. that was just LAST MONTH !