non uk bidders please read my notes about international postage below.....returns policy only applies to UK...returns ouside of UK, buyer will have to cover both sales/returns postal costs...

this is one of three items i have having to re-list as i could not agree terms with the original buyers..

POSSIBLY A MOST SIGNIFICANT FIND, A PYE CONTRACT PRESSING OF THE UK EXPORT VERSION OF THE HEY JUDE, IF SO THIS IS SUPER RARE AND AS FAR AS I AM AWARE SO FAR UNDOCUMENTED!!      LET ME EXPLAIN FURTHER....

THIS IS A 1973 UK PRESSING OF THE EXPORT ONLY CPCS 106 HEY JUDE LP. ALL OF THE BEATLES KNOW UK EXPORT LPS, "SOMETHING NEW" " SECOND ALBUM" "BEATLES VI " AND "HEY JUDE" ARE RARE AND HIGHLY PRIZED IN THEIR OWN RIGHT, HOWEVER ALTHOUGH STILL QUITE RARE THE LIGHT APPLE HEY JUDE'S FROM 1973 ARE THE MOST COMMON OF ALL THE CONTACT PRESS VARIANTS,  HOWEVER THIS COPY MAY CHANGE ALL THAT...

THE UK HEY JUDE LP WAS FIRST PRODUCED IN EXPORT FORM IN 1969/70 AND IS FAMOUS FOR IT'S "REVOLUTIONS" AND "PAPER BACK WRITER" MISPRINTS. THESE WERE CORRECTED FOR THIS LP'S 2ND PRESSING IN 1973 FROM WHICH THIS LP DATES. THIS HAS THE LIGHT GREEN APPLE LABEL BUT IS ALSO ON THE PRE DEC 1973 OIL CRISIS HEAVY VINYL. THIS IS UNUSUAL IN ITSELF AS MOST LIGHT APPLE HEY JUDES ARE ON MUCH THINNER VINYL ( AS IS MY OWN COPY WHICH I BROUGHT FROM NEW ) BUT WHAT MAKE THIS POSSIBLY A VERY SIGNIFICANT DISCOVERY IS THE FACT THAT I BELIEVE IT TO BE A PYE CONTRACT PRESSING...

WHY DO I BELIEVE THIS? WELL FIRST, AND MOST OBVIOUSLY THE VINYL HAS A VERY DISTINCT "LIP" AT IT'S EDGE. I HAVE TAKEN A PICTURE OF THIS AND YOU CAN SEE THIS LIP, BUT MORE THAN THAT YOU CAN FEEL IT AS SOON AS YOU HANDLE IT, IT FEELS VERY DIFFERENT FROM A STANDARD EMI PRESS, BUT NOT TO A PYE LP. I HAVE COMPARED THIS TO PYE LPS AND IT IS IDENTICAL!!

SECONDLY, SIDE TWO HAS NO DETECTABLE MOTHER/STAMPERS IN THE RUN OUT GROOVE.  SIDE ONE ON THE OTHER HAND, IN ADDITION TO THE USUAL MATRIX NUMBER, ONLY HAS THE NUMBER " 2 " STAMPED IN THE RUN OUT. THIS IS NOT CONSISTANT WITH ANY EMI PRESSING THAT I AM AWARE OF.

LASTLY, ALTHOUGH SOMEWHAT MORE CIRCUMSTANTIALLY, PYE CONTRACT PRESSING ARE KNOWN TO EXSIST FOR 1973 COPIES OF BEATLES 62-66 AND 67-70. SINCE THIS PRESSING MUST DATE FROM THE SAME TIME IT IS MORE THAN CONCIEVABLE THAT PYE PRESSINGS COULD EXSIST FOR HEY JUDE TOO.

IT'S HARD TO CONVEY WHAT I MEAN IN WORDS, BUT I CAN PROMISE YOU WHEN YOU HANDLE THE DISC YOU CAN FEEL THAT IT IS QUITE DIFFERENT, IT WAS THAT THAT FIRST ALERTED ME TO IT AND WHEN I CHECKED THE MOTHERS/STAMPERS THAT ONLY ADDED TO MY SUSPICIONS. I ALREADY KNEW ABOUT THE OTHER PYE CONTRACT PRESSES BUT WHEN I FELT AND COMPARED IT TO OTHER NORMAL PYE PRODUCED LP'S IT WAS THEN I WAS FINALLY CONVINCED. 

SO THERE IT IS, IN MY OPINION THIS IS A POTENTIALLY HISTORIC FIND.  MAYBE AS HISTORIC AS THE SO CALLED "DECCA" CONTRACT PRESS OF STEREO SGT PEPPER WHICH CAME INTO MY HANDS AND WAS IDENTIFIED BY ME  A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND YET TO THIS DATE NO FIRM EXPLAINATION AS TO WHAT THAT DISC WAS HAS EVER BEEN MADE (IT'S PROBABLY NOT A DECCA BUT IT'S CERTAINLY NOT AN EMI SO WHAT IS IT? ).  ALSO, AS FAR AS I KNOW, NO OTHER COPY OF THAT LP HAS SO FAR EVER SURFACED SINCE EVEN THOUGH WERE THERE IS ONE THERE MUST BE OTHERS, AND THE SAME VERY MUCH APPLIES HERE.

I AM STARTING BIDDING AT GBP 9.99, MOST NORMAL EXPORT BEATLES LP'S GO FOR AROUND GBP 300 ALTHOUGH HEY JUDES GO FOR LESS, HOWEVER AS FAR AS I KNOW THERE ARE NO KNOWN CONTRACT PRESSINGS OF ANY OF THE FOUR EXPORT LP'S SO WE ARE IN UNCHARTED TERRITORY HERE, HAPPY BIDDING! 

For Auction here is the UK EXPORT LP ''  HEY JUDE " 

ARTIST:  THE BEATLES

Cat. No : CPCS 106 

COUNTRY: UK (FOR EXPORT)

LABEL: APPLE

DATE:  EARLY 2ND PRESSING FROM 1973

MONO/STEREO: STEREO

MATRIX: YEEX-150-1 151-1

MOTHERS/STAMPERS:  2/BLANK,  BLANK/BLANK

WEIGHT:       155g

THE CONDITION

LABELS: NO FAULTS, SOME SPINDLE TRACES, GRADES EX PLUS

VINYL: UNUSUALLLY HEAVY VINYL RETAINS IT'S LOVELY SHEEN AND WOULD VISUALLY GRADE EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT, HOWEVER THERE IS A BARELY VISABLE "FLAW" ON HEY JUDE WHICH CAUSES SOME JUMPS AT THE END OF THE TRACK DURING THE FADE OUT, HOWEVER I STRESS VISUALLY IT IS EXCELLENT AND BECAUSE OF THE RARITY OF THIS PRESS IT'S NOT LIKELY TO BE BOUGHT AS A "PLAYER"

SLEEVE: NO SPLITS, WRITINGS OR ANY MAJOR FLAWS AND NO SPINE OR ANY SIGNIFICANT SHELF WARE. A LOVELY EXAMPLE, THE ODD CREASE SO I WOULD GRADE AS EX- AT WORST.

 (Please note that whilst I try to endeavour to adhere to strict RC gradings I will never describe ANYTHING AS MINT even when I think it to be so. As far as I am concerned any secondhand item by definition cannot be mint. However if I believe an item to be Mint  I will instead either use the terms Near Mint, mint minus, or in archive or vault condition. When I use these terms you know that in my opinion this is in effect a de-facto Mint grade )

GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS!!!

INSURANCE INCLUDED IN P&P PRICE DEPENDING ON FINAL SALE VALUE...

Dont forget to take a look at my other items. Please feel free to contact me with any queries you may have.

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I ONLY DO A COUPLE OF RUNS A WEEK TO THE POST OFFICE BUT MY ITEMS ARE ALWAYS DISPATCHED WELL WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK OF PAYMENT BEING RECEIVED. I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE TO THOSE BUYERS WHO SEEM TO EXPECT THEIR ITEM TO ARRIVE THE NEXT DAY, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK WHEN AN ITEM WAS SENT JUST PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU!! (SOME PEOPLE DO MAKE YOU LAUGH, FOR ITEMS I BUY I ONLY NORMALLY GET CONCERNED AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND EVEN AFTER THAT THEN ONLY POLIETELY ENQUIRE IF AND WHEN THE ITEM WAS SENT).

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PAYMENTS BY PAYPAL ARE PREFERRED BUT I ALSO ACCEPT OTHER METHODS. I ALSO POST WORLDWIDE (PLS APPLY FOR RATES) BUT DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH A DISREPUTABLE BUYER IN JAPAN (EBAY WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO NAME THEM) , FOR ALL PAYMENTS MADE VIA PAYPAL THE ITEM WILL ONLY BE SENT BOTH TO THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY RECORDED OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY. THIS IS TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY ATTEMPT TO CLAIM BACK THE PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL EVEN AFTER ACTUALLY HAVING RECEIVED THE ITEM.

THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS HAD THE RESULT OF INCREASING MY COSTS FOR POSTING AND PACKING AND I AM VERY SORRY FOR THIS BUT PAYPAL OFFER NO PROTECTION FOR SELLERS UNLESS THERE IS PROOF OF DELIVERY!! PROOF OF POSTING WOULD SEEM INSUFFICIENT TO THEM AND I HAVE FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY..

DUE TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THIS SAME BUYER PAYPAL PAYMENTS WILL ALSO NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM BUYERS WHO DO NOT ALLOW THEIR FEEDBACK TO READ, SO IF YOU FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY PLEASE DO NOT BID ON MY ITEMS UNLESS YOU CAN PAY BY ANOTHER METHOD…….

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