THE BEATLES If I Fell/Tell Me Why RARE EXPORT DP 562 No SITUK (1st) KT Tax Codes

	£		21
	$		28

More Information to follow! But Please check out my other items! This week I have some of the very rarest Beatle's UK 7"s (more Rare Solid Centre Beatles singles than I've ever seen listed together before! Both the EMI AND The ORIOLE Solid Centre I Want To Hold Your Hand etc!), some of the rarest FREAKBEAT singles and PSYCH DEMOS (The Eyes, Mickey Finn, Linda Van Dyck, Stone Graphics etc etc etc.), plus Megarare Overseas Pressings Suck as The YARDBIRDS' Heart Full Of Soul German EP Original and the to my knowledge UNDOCUMENTED BEATLES' South Rhodesian Scroll Label/Tri Centre Ain't She Sweet with Sweet Georgia Brown on the B-side! I have loads of rarities, but this week, I'm pulling out a fair chunk of the Cream of the Crop for you! Bid with confidence! I'll ship to anywhere in the world, though if the item goes above the standard £20 insurance value, I insist on FULLY INSURED postage paid for by the winning bidder, so please bear this in mind! Please click here to check out my other items!
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LISTEN TO BOTH SIDES IN THEIR ENTIRETY RIGHT HERE!!!...PLUS LOADS OF OTHER RARE SOUL/BEAT/PSYCH/ FREAKBEAT/FOLK/PROG/ RARE BEATLES RECORDS LISTED OVER NEXT WEEK OR SO! CHECK THEM OUT here in my other items! (Please check before bidding for international rates, many thanks!) This recording comes direct from the vinyl copy you are now bidding on, straight out of my NAD amp, into my ZOOM H2 recorder, recording directly into MP3. When including these recordings for this purpose I make no audio tweaks in any way to the audio recording I have done, I do not alter the weight of the stylus, though I do use a fresh stylus, as, I'm sure we're all aware, is healthy to do anyway, very regularly!  (Just as an additional note, just this week annoyingly, I've had a little trouble with the right-hand-side signal so please bear this in mind in this weeks recordings- Or Don't! Either way, I hope I have developed enough of a rapport with regular and infrequent buyers alike for you to know that I in no way try to mislead anyone in my listings, and am more than happy to back that up with a return/refund policy! Though so far, that has never even needed to be employed, and I hope to keep it that way!)
In the following condition gradings, I've got a bit sick of people describing singles much better than I expect them to be, it's as though they have one set of gradings for LPs and another for singles, I strictly don't, if a surface looks VG+ then whether it be LP or single I call it VG+ (however hard it is to find UK 60s 7"s in EX or higher!). I only go as high as EX+ and that for me means either unplayed, or played a handful of times, though please read my gradings chart below.
Record Weight: 35.1g    Conditions: Disc Visually: VG+/EX- (A very strong one-just a few of the lightest hairlines/surface marks when angled into strong light) Disc Audibly: VG+/EX- (very strong throughout tiny amount of surface noise at begining and end, the slight peak distortion on the recording above, isn't on the record, it is a slight fault in my recording, I'm working on this, and apologise profusely!) Labels: A-side: VG- (2 spots of wear under the "P" of "Parlophone" about 8mm by 5mm each), a real shame, as these are really lovely labels apart from this! The centrally embossed KT tax code (on an export single!), have only very light rubbing. B-side: Strong VG+/EX-, Just some central spindle rubs, visible when angled into the light no real rub-fade near with central hole.  Sleeve: If you would prefer, I can see if I have any decent PAR RS.06 sleeves (correct I believe to this release) to hand in better nick, but without checking I can't guarantee this, if this is a make-or-breaker please ask me in advance and I'll see! G+/VG- (straight topped swirl, usually associated with releases from about 1969 onwards, though this is the one I found this one in! So I thought I'd include it in the interests of transparency! It's very easily replaced, but I thought the prospective bidder would like an accurate view of the sleeve it's spent the best part of it's life in! The title of the A-side is written carefully within the bottom white line, along with "The Beatles", and the initials "D.L." are written very small and neatly in the top left "P" of Parlophone! There is a bit of wear along the top edges, a few nicks, which have rolled the edges back a little, which make it look worse than it is, some very small nicks in the central die-cut circle, a small wear-through along the centre of the bottom edge, and another small wear-through song the right hand edge) about an average sleeve you might find on a car boot, only this one says "If I Fell        The Beatles" on it, instead of "Cilla Black", perhaps I should have upgraded the sleeve as the disc is SIGNIFICANTLY better condition, but then, you can hear it!
Due to overseas demand and popularity, EMI decided to release a few singles abroad that weren't released as single in the UK, interestingly however, they decided to press some of them in the UK, these have become known as the Beatles' 5 "Export Singles", the first 3 of which were songs which hadn't been released in the UK as singles, the last 2 being HeyJude/Revolution and Let It Be/You Know My Name. The very first one of these was released on October 16th 1964, and paired 2 tracks from A Hard Day's Night (also on the EP), If I Fell and Tell Me Why. As it was intended for the overseas market there was no need to include the central SOld In The UK text. HOWEVER when British Beatles Fans became aware that there was another UK pressed disc that was available, some stores started getting requests for it, and so dutifully re-imported them for sale here! EMI, realising this quickly pressed a run of these (VERY SCARCE) 7"s for intended sale in the UK and so INCLUDED the SITUK text. This however is one of the very well travelled Export then Import copies of the first runs! The stamper numbers testify this being 1P/2A. This is a very nice record, sadly with the two small abrasions on the A-side label, apart from them though, no writing/tears etc etc. All 4 prongs hold very sturdily, the KT tax code is both above the 9 o'clock mother number on both sides' deadwax, and embossed around the A-side central hole. There were 3 very subtle variations to the placing of the "recording first published" text, this is what the Spizer/Daniels system would refer to as PAREX 562.01A(i) on both sides.
Both labels have PAREX 562.01A(i) labels, with Upper-Case PARLOPHONE rims, no SITUK info, KT tax code on both sides at 9 o'clock above the mother number in the deadwax, but also around the centre hole of the A-side (this is aligned about 160 degrees rotated anticlockwise from the deadwax info. The If I Fell label is about 15 degrees rotated clockwise from the deadwax info, and the Tell Me Why label is rotated about 30 degrees anti-clockwise in relation to the deadwax info. 

DEADWAX INFO/MATRICES ETC:
A-Side: 7XCE   17756-1 N K T 1 P
B-Side: 7XCE   17757-1 N K T 2 A
PLEASE CHECK OUT MY OTHER INCREDIBLY RARE BEATLES (AND OTHER BEAT/PSYCH RARITIES) THIS WEEK!
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My Grading system:

Based on a slightly stricter version of the Record Collector, Rare Record Price Guide system.

I Don't believe in Mint, I almost only ever hear it from sellers who don't know the grading systems, therefore, you won't hear me using "MINT". If an Item is sealed I will state it as such, but still will only go as high as EX+.

EX+: Sealed, or seemingly NEVER played, if EX+ were to ever spill over to an item that may have been played a handful of times, but incredibly carefully, I will explain this thoroughly!

EX: The top end really, someone has very much cared for this record, else forgotten they've had it! Again only played with reverence, and not played much!

EX-: Very similar to EX, but slightly more realistic, many cared for collections may have a few EX- discs in them, though usually they'll be those James Last records your Auntie bought for you and (hopefully) you've never listened to since!

VG+: Again a very well looked after record, though with noticeable surface marks/hairlines when caught in the light, the worst one may hear is the lightest, very occasional background noise, often not even this on many players!

VG: Same as above, except more surface marks,  and a little more audio background noise, though certainly not detracting from the listening experience. A good playing copy for someone who buys to play the record.

VG-: A little worse, still very listenable, and plays though fine, though might not be the end of the world, if someone drunkenly adds a few more surface marks to it one night! Background noise will be there in some form!

G+: "Good" doesn't really mean good does it?! G+ means it still plays though, though someone in the room, un-used to records (and probably born when minidiscs were already a thing of the past!), will probably make a comment about the crackliness.

G: You won't want to use your best stylus on this one probably! We're definitely in "filler" territory now, unless it's a particularly rare copy, this is a party copy, you shouldn't mind when this one gets a scratch, (you might not even notice!).

G-: If crackling gives vinyl it's "warm" sound, then this one is beginning to become a fire hazard! The likelihood is you won't catch me selling a record at this condition or less, unless there really is special cause (rarity/signed/mispressed etc.). 

I often won't even grade things lower than a "decent playing copy" (VG-), though if they don't play through or are warped etc (even if they do play through), I will mention "JUMPS", "WARPED" etc. etc. either in the title, or near the beginning of the item's description, so there can be no doubt!

I endeavour to be as meticulous as possible when grading, and almost always play test the entirety of every LP and 7" I'm selling (often I make an MP3 back-up of it too... yes I know it's obsessive), but I'm sure one of these days I will overlook something, or someone will have reason to question my gradings (so far I have only had the honour of being told that I'm shooting myself in the foot by undergrading! If an honour, that is!), in which case please do contact me, and we will sort the issue out! 

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Alittle about me!

I've collected records for about 20 years, and now have TONNES! I want to go travelling for as long as I can, and as such don't want to have too many possessions to have to store, I also need dosh to travel as freely as I'd like, and therefore selling the bulk of my collection seems the best of both worlds! I love records and will still keep buying them, I'm sure, but I really need to downsize in a big way! I do have some seriously RARE records to list over the next few months, and will price them to sell, so please do watch this space!

And if you're at all unsure, please check my previous feedback for tales of satisfied customers, many of whom return again and again!!

I will of course, if you aren't ENTIRELY happy with your item offer you a full refund upon a quick return of the item, in exactly the same condition I sent it out in, I wont however cover the postage costs- just in order to put off any time-wasters, I hope you understand. I do have here some REAL MEGA-RARITIES, and I understand perhaps your confidence in me might not be complete, as I haven't listed for a while, which is why I offer this offer of full re-embursment. However I am not a fan of the trend of people trying it on and asking to keep the item but want a partial re-fund, I haven't had it happen to me, and want to keep it that way, so please don't try that, I will happily offer your full winning bid money back upon the safe return of the item, and I think that's fair. 

I am very strict with my grading, having been a collector myself for many years, and I try to include as much relavent information as possible on sales, however if you have any further questions please don't hesitate to ask, I will gladly resond as soon as I can.

One thing I would ask is that the winning bidders do leave feedback, as it's annoying when people overlook it.

I happily offer reductions of postage costs on multiple-items, 

I try grade using direct sunlight which shows up more than anything (hence where poss I take my photos in direct sunlight too), however living in the Pennine Hills, contrary to popular rumour it isn't sunny here EVERY day! So when this isn't always possible, as a backup I also use a 100 Watt lightbulb, though when poss I try to use both.

I feel my grading system is stricter than many I see used, but the sellers I respect on Ebay and elsewhere seem to be of the same mind as me, I'd much prefer to be known as someone who undergrades and you can get a good record from, than someone you have to wonder, "actually is their VG+ quite what I'd expect from that?". Hope I can win you over! 

(SOMETIMES I MAY COME ACROSS A RECORD OF SIGNIFFICANT RARITY/DESIRABILITY THAT MAY HAVE A JUMP/STICK IN IT. IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT THAT I THINK SOMEONE MAY WANT IT (EG. IT'S COVER'S IN GOOD NICK, OR IT'S A PRIVATE PRESSING/PROMO OF LIMITED AVAILABILITY) I'LL CLEARLY MARK THIS IN THE TITLE "JUMPS" OR "WARPED" ETC.)

Good luck and Happy Bidding! Loads more punk/new wave etc. etc. every genre really to come over the next 2 months! so...

River.Dog.