The Beatles FOR SALE UK LP 1ST STEREO YELLO / BLACK NM-

	£		101
	$		134

THE BEATLES - BEATLES FOR SALE

IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

VERY LIMITED PLAY

• CATALOGUE: PARLOPHONE PCS 3062
• MATRIX:YEX 142-1 / 143-1
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:1 G / 3 H
• 1ST PRESS GRAMOPHONE CO RIM WORDING

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

ORIGINAL YELLOW AND BLACK MONO LABELS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. 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 8-10 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 FOUR THREE MINUTE EXCERPTS  FROM THIS  ALBUM,  I HAVE RECORDED THE FIRST TRACK FROM EACH SIDE WHICH INCLUDES THE DEAD WAX RUN IN, I HAVE ALSO RECORDED THE LINKING GROOVES TO THE START OF THE OTHER TRACKS THAT ON OFFER. THE REPORDUCTION IS PURE FIRST PRESS

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH SUPERBLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATES THE CRISP CLEAN STEREO REPRODUCTION. THERE IS THE VERY ODD LITTLE DUST POP IN ONE OR TWO SPOTS. I HAVE CAPTUED TWO OF THEM IN THE LINKING GROOVE BETWEEN TRACKS 1 AND TWO ON SIDE ONE, OTHER THAN THAT THERE ARE AT THE MOST 2 MORE THROUGHOUT THE PLAY OF THE ENTIRE ALBUM. THE ODD LITTLE SECOND OR TWO OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN A COUPLE OF RANDOM SPOTS, BUT TAKE A GOOD LISTEN BECAUSE HWTA I HAVE RECORDED IS AN ACURATE REPRESENTATION OF THE ENTIRE ALBUM.

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS LP NEAR MINT MINUS

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 95% 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 EXCELLENT CONDITION. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES LINES OR BENDS ANYWHERE ON THIS DELICATE SURFACE. THERE IS ONE VERY FINE LAMINATE LINECLOSE TO THE TOP EDGE, AND 3 SMALL LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE. THE VERY TIO OF THE TOP LEFT CORNER HAS RECEIVED A TINY NICK TO IT.

THE TOP EDGE HAS NO SHELF WEAR AND IS FULLY LAMINATED, WHILST THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS JUST TWO PIN PRICKS IN THE LAMINATE WHERE IT HAS RUBBED AWAY.

THE ALREADY MENTIONED VULNERABLE SPINE IS APART FROM THE VERY TOP TIP IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE LAMINATE IS ALL THERE, THE SPINE EDGE IS FLAT AND ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THE REAR SURFACE HAS A FEW SMALL LAIMATE LINES, BUT UNUSUALLY NO RING WEAR.

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS THE UNLAMINED PANELS WHICH ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION, AND AGAIN THE SPINE IS IN PERFECT STATE (TOP TIP APART)

THE ORIGINAL RICE PARE LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. ONE CORNER CREASE WHERE IT HAD BEEN PLACED INSIDE THE SLEEVE WITH THE CORNER FOLDED OVER, BUT OTHER THAN THAT AS GOOD AS NEW

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE EXCELLENT PLUS

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

GARRY