THE BEATLES - LOVE SONGS 1977 1ST PRESSING WITH ‘HARRY’ ETCHING EX/ EX LP
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Description
THE BEATLES
LOVE SONGS
1ST UK STEREO PRESSING FROM 1977
Catalogue No. PCS 7221
Master Matrices: YEX 971-1/ YEX 972-1/ YEX 973-1/ YEX 974-1
The Sleeve: 1st & original Sleeve in Excellent Condition.
Has maintained a firm shape, no fraying and corners are sharp. Fully laminated with no creasing on the front pictorial. Smooth leatherette design present over all edges, and there are no splits or rips. Spine fully intact and title text clear and bold. Fully intact and clean, inner partition intact. Superb firm sleeve for over 40 years old.
No sticker or sticker residue, and no writing or writing imprints.
Printed & made by EMI Records
Inner Sleeve : Excellent Original Emi inners included. No split sides, no rips etc.
The Vinyl’s: In Excellent+ condition. Each side retains a deep bright black glossy finish. Under direct light, there is just one or two wispy sleeve insertion/ removal trails at the most, and shows that this set has not seen many plays. Under light the vinyl surfaces still look fresh and project a mirror-like shine, with no stylus hairlines, marks or scratches on either side. Each side is clean, each side lays completely flat on the turntable, has no scuffs, no warping or dinks in the vinyl, very bright glossy and clean with no groove wear.
Fairly heavy and robust seventies vinyl weighing at 155 grams.
Labels are Excellent. Text is clear and bright, the perimeter area around the spindle location point has extremely light spindle wear/ line traces that are hard to see, and hardly any spindle lines at all.
Mothers and Stampers:
Side 1: 2 GA, Side 2: 2 AL, Side 3: 4 PG, Side 4: 1 O
Sides 1 and 3 have ‘HARRY’ etched in the run-out. Harry T. Moss was a prolific EMI engineer who was involved with The Beatles work during the Sixties and continued with remaster’s in the Seventies. It was not uncommon for engineers with EMI and other record companies such as DECCA to have their initials stamped in the run-out. With Beatles Love Songs you will most likely find HTM machine stamped in the run-out, whereas this early 1st pressing has the ‘HARRY’ signature etched in.
The Audio: The audio grades as Excellent Plus, there are no detractions such as pops, skips, jumps or sticks, and no interference which is obvious from the condition of the surfaces, and has been play tested to confirm. The surfaces project perfect stereo channeling and deep bass, and the vocals/ instrumentals are crisp and clear. There is no background noise, and the run-in's preceding and succeeding the songs are quiet. These are re-mastered songs and sound slightly different to the original Sixties releases.
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This LP will be securely delivered in a professional cardboard LP mailer with cardboard stifferners.
Plain inner sleeves will house the records in transit and the originals will be placed separately.
A high grade PVC sleeve is included to further protect the LP.
UK delivery is included and signed for.
Overseas delivery will be tracked and a tracking number will be given.
Official grading system for rare records from the Record Collector Magazine.
Happy to refund on return if not satisfied.
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