BEATLES A Hard Days Night 1964 STEREO 1st Press

	£		256
	$		339

On offer here is a very rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Beatles called 'A Hard Days Night' and is a MUCH rarer STEREO UK 1964 1st pressing!!!! IT IS MASSIVELY RARE TO FIND A 1964 STEREO 1ST PRESSING!!!!   IN 1964 BARELY ANY COPIES OF THIS LP WERE SOLD IN STEREO (MOST WERE MONO) AND TODAY IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND THIS LP AS A 1ST PRESSING IN STEREO!!!!  THERE IS ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT REASON FOR OWNING THIS STEREO 1ST PRESSING - AND THAT IS THERE IS SOME VERY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES IN THE MIX (WHEN COMPARED TO THE MONO VERSION)!!!!  SOME TRACKS OF COURSE ARE EXACTLY THE SAME - BUT SOME HAVE SOME VERY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES!!!!  HERE ARE THE DIFFERENCES:

If I Fell - On the STEREO Pressing Johns opening vocal is double tracked, the mono pressing does not have this.

A Hard Days Night - The STEREO pressing is slightly longer than the common Mono pressing.

Tell Me Why - On the STEREO pressing Johns vocal is double tracked, the mono version does not have this.

I Should Have Known Better -  On the STEREO pressing the closing line is sung 4 times where as on the common Mono pressing it is only sung 3 times. Also the STEREO pressing has a small 'blip' in the harmonica at the beginning of this track, where as the common Mono pressing has a complete unbroken harmonica intro. 

THERE MAY ALSO BE OTHER DIFFERENCES IN THE MIX - BUT THESE ARE THE ONLY ONES I KNOW ABOUT.  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS IS THE VERY 1ST STEREO PRESSING OF THIS LP WITH THE 1ST PRESS LABEL TYPEFACE, A 'MID-SIZED' STEREO ON THE FRONT COVER AND THE LABELS, 'THE PARLOPHONE COMPANY' EDGE TEXT, 'SOLD IN THE UK' TEXT, 'FIRST PUBLISHED' TEXT, AND A 'KT' TAX CODE ON THE LABEL (though this is difficult to see)!!!! IT REALLY IS INCREDIBLY RARE TO FIND THIS LP AS A STEREO 1ST PRESSING!!!! SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS MEGA RARE OPPORTUNITY!!!! This is the ORIGINAL UK STEREO 1st pressing from 1964 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!! This is an ORIGINAL 1st STEREO Pressing (details of a 1st Pressing mentioned above), with a Yellow & Black Parlophone Label!!!!  The record is pressed on MEGA THICK quality vinyl. The matrix numbers are YEX 126-1 & YEX 127-1. The mother and stamper codes are 2/RA & 2/GM (VERY EARLY MOTHERS AND STAMPERS)!!!! The Cat. No is PCS 3058 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Yellow & Black Parlophone label (see picture) and is a MUCH rarer 1964 STEREO 1st pressing!!!! All the tracks are Pure quality Beatles at their best!!!! Any fan of The Beatles, or 60s music in general, will want to have this in their collection!!!!

The record labels are in GREAT condition (see pictures) with NO wear (apart from some 'rubbing' to one label), NO writing, and only a few light spindle marks!!!!  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT condition!!!! Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, only 1 light non sounding hairline, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!! The only other thing to mention - is that the record has a strange 'shine' ONLY when viewed under absolute EXTREME light - though I dont know what could have caused this.  In any case it doesnt affect the play or the look of this BRILLIANT looking record - and I doubt whether anyone else would have bothered to mention it!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS SUPERB!!!! It is great to find that the playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual!!!! It plays STUNNINGLY with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, NO hiss and NO crackle!!!! There is NO groovewear and NO nasty 'greying' of the grooves!!!!  The record must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!! Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!! I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!! The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press Emitex inner sleeve!!!! The 1st Press 'Mid-Sized' STEREO Garrod & Lofthouse 'Patents Pending' Laminated FLIPBACK Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!! It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour), only a few light creases (cover is still flat looking), VERY shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!! Even the unlaminated back is in BRILLIANT condition with NO writing, NO grubbyness, and only some VERY slight yellowing!!!! The cover must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!! THIS LP IS MASSIVELY RARE AS A STEREO 1ST PRESSING - SO  DONT MISS OUT ON THIS MEGA RARE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this RARE Beatles LP!!!! THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY A 1964 ORIGINAL STEREO 1ST PRESSING OF "A HARD DAYS NIGHT" BY THE BEATLES, IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!! Dont forget to have a look at all my other auctions including many other VERY rare Beatles & Other LPs, and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, Overseas TBA. Paypal, Cash, Cheques, and Post Orders accepted. Overseas MUST use either Cash or Paypal. Thanks for looking. Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: