THE BEATLES"RUBBER SOUL".1965 PARLOPHONE MONO+PATENTS PENDING COVER+EMITEX INNER

	£		21
	$		28

ATTENTION BEATLES AND 1960s LP COLLECTORS!  HERE IS AN ORIGINAL 1965 MONO EDITION OF THE BAND'S CLASSIC ALBUM:"RUBBER SOUL". 

PARLOPHONE PMC 1267 WITH -4/-4 MATRIXES IN VERY NICE CONDITION.

THE LAMINATED FRONT+FLIPBACK COVER IS PRINTED BY GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE HAS THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE "PATENTS PENDING" CREDIT AND HAS THE 12 MONTH/DATE CODE(DECEMBER 1965) DENOTING ONE OF THE FIRST COVERS EVER PRINTED FOR THIS LP.

NATURALLY THE DISC HAS THE EARLIEST YELLOW/BLACK LABELS-LATER ONES HAD SILVER/BLACK LABELS AS WELL AS NO "SOLD IN THE UK" TEXT AS ON LATER REPRINTS.WHAT IS UNUSUAL ABOUT THIS EXAMPLE IS THAT THE SIDE 1 LABEL HAS THE LARGER PRINT AND DIFFERENT "FONTS" FOR MOST OF THE TEXT AND THE SMALLER PRINT ON THE SIDE 2 LABEL! PLEASE SEE THE PHOTOS FOR THIS UNUSUAL COMBINATION OF LABELS SO RARELY SEEN! THERE IS ALSO THE RAISED PRINT K T TAX CODE ON THE SIDE 2 LABEL,USUALLY PRINTED ON THE SIDE 1 LABEL! 

THIS COPY HAS NOT HAD MUCH USE WITH GLEAMING SURFACES,ONLY THE VERY FAINTEST OF COVER REMOVAL TYPE SURFACE MARKS VISIBLE UNDER VERY STRONG LIGHT INDEED AND A SHORT LIVED BUT NOT TOO OBTRUSIVE FAINT CLICK FOR THE FIRST 23 SECONDS OF THE FIRST TRACK BUT THAT IS BEING MEGA-STRICT! NO STICKS OR JUMPS AND HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE AT ALL-EVEN IN BETWEEN THE TRACKS!  STRICTLY GRADED AS EXCELLENT CONDITION DUE TO THE AFOREMENTIONED SHORT LIVED MINOR CLICK BUT IT PLAYS THROUGH REALLY NICELY! WAY,WAY BETTER THAN MOST DEALERS "EX" BUT TO GET A NEAR MINT EXAMPLE IS TOUGH AND EXPENSIVE! EMI'S MASTERING AND DEEP CUT LOUD AND BASS FILLED,THICK VINYL WAS VERY HARDY AT THIS TIME RATHER THAN THE LATER WAFER THIN REPRESSES OFTEN CUT AT A LOWER VOLUME AND AS SUCH THE "BLINDFOLD" TEST WOULD MERIT A HIGHER GRADE BUT I WANT THE WINNING BIDDER TO CONSIDER IT "BETTER THAN EXPECTED". PLEASE CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR STRICT GRADING REPORTS ON MANY BEATLES ALBUMS! UNLIKE OTHER SELLERS, I PLAY ALL MY EBAY ITEMS THROUGH TO ENSURE REALISTIC GRADINGS SO PLEASE BID WITH 100% CONFIDENCE. THE COVER HAS SOME TINY CREASES,MOSTLY AT THE EDGES AND A LITTLE STAINING AT THE BACK BUT NO WRITING,RIPS OR REPAIRS.

THE COVER HAS EASY TO READ SPINE DETAILS.  

HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL EMITEX TRACING PAPER  INNER SLEEVE WITH A FEW CREASES BUT NO WRITING,SPLITS OR STAINING.     

THICK VINYL. THE GRAMOPHONE CO.LTD RIM TEXT.MINIMAL SPINDLE WEAR.

MOST COPIES SOLD 49 YEARS AGO IN 1965 WERE OFTEN PLAYED A LOT USUALLY USING ANCIENT,HEAVY AND AWFUL EQUIPMENT, SO OFTEN TAKEN TO PARTIES RESULTING IN ALL KINDS OF DAMAGE!-THIS ONE HAS BEEN VERY WELL CARED FOR! 

 THIS IS A LOVELY VERY THICK,FLAT PRESSING!

GREAT VOCALS AND GUITARWORK WITH  WARM SOUNDING VINYL + AMAZING BASS!

THE MONO MIXES OF THIS ALBUM ARE DIFFERENT TO THE STEREO ONES AND MOST BEATLES COLLECTORS WILL WANT TO OWN BOTH BUT OF COURSE THE MAJORITY OF MONO COPIES THAT SURVIVE ARE NOT VERY GOOD AT ALL-THIS BEING A NICE COPY!

A LOW,REALISTIC £12 PRICE FOR THIS IMPORTANT PART OF ANY BEATLES COLLECTION!

 YOU'LL LOVE IT FOR YEARS AND HOPEFULLY WILL RETURN TO ME AGAIN!   

SUPERB MONO SOUND PLUS THE ADDED ADVANTAGE OF THE BASS THAT CANNOT BE MATCHED ON CD!!

The previous owner was not a smoker and so this item doesn't stink of that dreadful stale smoke!!!!Lovely pressing!! Warm sound!!.

 I test on a lightweight pickup of approx 2 grammes and listen with the treble full on and no filtering or mono switch used.

As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!! .  

I WILL POST ANYWHERE!THICK CARD USED-LOOK AT THE FEEDBACK!

OVERSEAS BUYERS PLEASE NOTE!!! I DO NOT DRAMATICALLY INCREASE POSTAGE ON SEVERAL ITEMS BOUGHT.

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BID WITH 100% CONFIDENCE FROM A DEALER THAT OTHER DEALERS LOOK TOWARDS FOR INSPIRATION AND FREQUENTLY COPY!

THIS COULD BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET THIS  LP AS GOOD AS THIS!!

NO, NOT"IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND"AS STATED OVER AND OVER ELSEWHERE ON EBAY, BUT IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE MIGHT WELL BE THE CASE!!

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