The Beatles FOR SALE UK LP 1964 1ST ** STEREO ** BARELY PLAYED NEAR MINT AUDIO

	£		138
	$		183

THE BEATLES - BEATLES FOR SALE

IN MAGNIFICENT BARELY PLAYED NEAR MINT!!! CONDITION

1ST PRESS 1964 **STEREO**

NEAR MINT SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE: PARLOPHONE PCS 3062
• MATRIX:YEX 142-1 / 143-1
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:3 RG / 5 RT

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

ORIGINAL YELLOW AND BLACK MONO LABELS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. SIDE ONE HAS A SMALL BLEMISH WHERE A STICKER HAS BEEN REMOVED WHICH HAS AFFECTED THE TOP LEFT SEGMENT OF SIDE ONE (SEE PICS) OTHER THAN THIS SMALL ISSUE THE BLACK BASE COLOUR AND YELLOW LOGO'S ARE BOTH UNRUBBED . THE SILVER TEXT IS ALSO IN PERFECTLY LEGIBLE CONDITION, AND THE SPINDLE HOLE IS UNWORN. THERE ARE HALF A DOZEN SMALL SPIDER LINES REALLY CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE, SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS LP HAS BEEN PLAYED

THE VINYL

REALLY REALLY GLOSSY LP THAT LOOKS FANTASTIC. ALL EARLY BEATLES VINYL PERFORMS SUPERBLY AND IT'S REALLY QUITE DIFFICULT TO HARM IT UNINTENTIONALLY, APART FROM PLAYING IT WITH A STYLUS THATS TOO HEAVY RESULTING IN DISTORTION THROUGH GROOVE WEAR.THERE ARE A COUPLE OF VERY VERY FEINT HANDLING MARKS ON THE SURFACE AND SOME VERY WISPY HAIRLINES WHEN THE LP IS PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS AS I BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD THEY ARE THINKING OF BIDDING ON. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE FIRST THING TO MENTION IS THAT THE RECORD PLAYS THROUGH PERFECTLY WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION TO THE SOUND OR GROOVE WEAR. BOTH CHANEL REPRODUCE PERFECTLY

THERE IS NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE WHATSOEVER

THE ODD LITTLE BIT OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC INA  COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES AND SOME OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES

YOU WILL NOT HEAR ANY LOUD CLICKS OR SKIPS, JUST A FEW RANDOM DUST POPS AND STATIC TICS

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH AS NEAR MINT!!

PLEASE DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

LAMINATED GATEFOLD, AND THE HARDEST OF ALL BEATLES SLEEVES TO COLLECT IN ANYTHING LIKE A REASONABLE CONDITION. SIMPLY THIS SLEEVE  WAS ONE WHERE THE LP SLIDES INTO THE COVER FROM THE SPINE EDGE ON THE INSIDE OF THE GATEFOLD, AND NOT A STANDARD OUTER OPENING EDGE. THIS MEANT THE LP HAD TO BE PERFECTLY PLACED INSIDE THE SLEEVE EVERY TIME BECAUSE THE SLIGHTEST MISPLACEMENT RESULTED IN THE FRONT COVER BEING CLOSED ON PROTRUDING VINYL RESULTING IN TEARS TO THE SPINE. YOU ONLY HAVE TO LOOK AT MOST COPIES TO SEE THAT THIS HAS BEEN THE CASE, AND BEAR IN MIND JUST HOW MANY TIMES THE LP WOULD HAVE BEEN PULLED IN AND OUT OF THE SLEEVE TO PLAY, IT IS ONLY NATURAL THAT THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.

THIS SLEEVE HOWEVER HAS WITHSTOOD OF ALL THAT, AND JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE THE RECORD HAS HARDLY BEEN PLAYED AND SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO RUIN THE SLEEVE WAS SEVERELY DIMINISHED.

THE FRONT SURFACE WHICH USUALLY CREASES BADLY DUE TO THE FLIMSINESS OF IT, IN THIS CARE IS IN ALMOST PERFECT CONDITION. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES LINES OR BENDS ANYWHERE ON THIS DELICATE SURFACE. THERE ARE THREE VERY FINE LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE . ONE TINY LINE RUNNING ACROSS THE TOP RIGHT CORNER TIP. NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE AND THE RIGHT EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP.

THERE ARE THREE TINY LITTLE DOT OF LAMINATE LIFT BY THE SPINE AND ONE THIN LINE OF LIFT JUST ABOVE THE BOTTOM EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE PERFECTLY LAMINATED ALL THE WAY FROM CORNER TO CORNER WITH ALL OF THE CORNER TIPS UNBLEMISHED.

THE ALREADY MENTIONED VULNERABLE SPINE IS  IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE LAMINATE IS ALL THERE, THE SPINE EDGE IS FLAT AND ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.THE TAPERED ENDS ARE PERFECT

THE REAR SURFACE LIKE THE FRONT, HAS GLEAMING LAMINATE WITH THREE TINY LINES BY THE SPINE, AND THREE DOTS OF LAMINATE LIFT WHERE THOSE LINES SIT

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS THE UNLAMINATED PANELS WHICH ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION, AND AGAIN THE SPINE IS IN PERFECT STATE , AND I STRESS AGAIN HOW RARE THAT IS TO FIND

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. THERE ARE NO CREASES OR FOLDS, AND NO SPLITS TO THE SEAMS. THERE IS SOME LIGHT AGEING TO THE SURFACE

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT!!!

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY