THE BEATLES "HELP" UK PRESS N.E.M.S / RUMBELOWS CONNECTION WITH STAMPED SLV EX +
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THE BEATLES
"HELP b/w I'M DOWN" RELEASED 23rd JULY 1965 PARLOPHONE R 5305
STAMPERS 9 RDA 7 RDP
MATRICES -2 -2
SOME HISTORY REGARDING THE SLEEVE ITS DATED 19th JUNE 1965 THE RECORD IN IT WAS RELEASED APPROX FOUR WEEKS LATER
STAMPED ON THE SLEEVE IS AN ADDRESS 'SYDNEY RUMBELOW ,WHITE LION SQUARE ,HATFIELD AND AS YOU HAVE PROBABLY GUESSED HE WENT ON TO FORM THE 'RUMBELOWS' CHAIN OF RETAILERS AFTER EXPANSION OF HIS BUISNESS FROM 1949 HE WAS EVENTUALLY BOUGHT OUT IN 1969 BY 'THORN EMI' WHO ALSO BOUGHT N.E.M.S AMONGST OTHE RECORD SHOP CHAINS AND EVENTUALLY REBRANDED THE SHOP IN WHITECHAPEL LIVERPOOL AS RUMBELOWS AFTER FURTHER OWNERSHIP CHANGES MAINLY RADIO RENTALS THE BUISNESSES CLOSED IN 1995
ACCORDING TO THE ORIGINAL OWNER'S SPECULATION THE HATFIELD BRANCH MOST LIKELY RECIEVED RECORDS LIKE THIS PRIOR TO RELEASE AND STAMP DATED AND ADDRESSED FOR RECOGNITION "HELP' NEVER HAD AN OFFICIAL DEMO RELEASE MAINLY JUST FACTORY SAMPLES WITH OCCASIONALY A SMALL RED "A" STICKER
THE TRACK WAS RECORDED IN APRIL OF 1965
SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION BEAUTIFUULY CLEAN BOTH BACK AND FRONT
VINYL RECORD IS ALSO IN FIRST CLASS CONDITION GLOSSY VINYL CLEAN LEGIBLE LABELS WITH JUST ODD SPINDLE MARKS TO EITHER SIDE
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