BEATLES "RUBBER SOUL" STEREO 1965 UK VERY EARLY FIRST WEEK PRESS STAMPERS 1 & 2
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THE BEATLES
"RUBBER SOUL" RELEASED 3rd DECEMBER 1965
PARLOPHONE PCS 3075 STEREO PRESSING
STAMPERS 2 L 1 GR MATRICES YEX 178-2 YEX179-2
'THE GRAMOPHONE CO LTD' RIM TEXT WITH 'SOLD IN THE UK' LABEL TEXT
THIS IS A RARE UK FIRST PRESSING STEREO COPY MOST PROBABLY FROM THE FIRST WEEK OF PRODUCTION DUE TO THE LOW STAMPERS 1 & 2
STEREO PRESSINGS FROM THIS TIME (1965 ) ONLY MADE UP 10% OF PRODUCTION AS MOST RECORD BUYERS ONLY HAD MONO PLAYERS AND NOT SOPHISTICATED STEREO EQUIPMENT
THIS COPY ALSO HAS THE 'SERIF' LABEL TEXT FOR THE TRACK LISTINGS AND THE BAND NAME
PLUS THE LABEL 'STEREO' INDICATOR STARTS AND FINISHES ABOVE 'ONE' IN 'PARLOPHONE'
LABEL SIDE INDICATOR 1 OR 2 ALSO SITS IMMEDIATELY BELOW 1 IN THE DATE 1965
GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE PATENTS PENDING LAMINATED FRONT FOLDOVER SEAM SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION ,THERE ARE SOME LIGHT CREASES MAINLY TO THE OPENING EDGE AREA THROUGH HANDLING BUT THE PINCHED END SEAM IS UNCRUSHED AND ALL TEXT IS LEGIBLE ,THERE ARE A COUPLE OF LIGHT CORNER BUMPS TO THE BASE BUT THE OPENING EDGE IS CLEANLY DEFINED AND UNWORN
SLEEVE REAR UNLAMINATED WHITE INNER PANEL IS EXCEPTIONALY CLEAN AND UNFADED WITH JUST ONE TINY CORNER BUMP TO THE BOTTOM SEAM OPENING EDGE THE ALBUM NUMBER PCS 3075 AND THE STEREO INDICATOR ARE VISIBLE TOP RIGHT
VINYL RECORD HAS A SUPERB DEEP GLOSSY SHEEN TO THE SURFACES WHEN VIEWED IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT ,UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT ( REMEMBER THIS IS A 55 YEAR OLD PRESSING ) THERE ARE SOME LIGHT HANDLING MARKS VISIBLE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FEELABLE AND NOTHING THAT AFFECTS THE AUDIO
THE BLACK AND YELLOW LABELS ARE IN STUNNING CONDITION WITH VERY LIMITED SPINDLE MARKS AGAIN ONLY VISIBLE UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT AND CONFINED TO THE RECORD CENTRES THE CENTRE HOLE ITSELF IS UNWORN AND UNMARKED WHICH IS USUALLY THE BEST INDICATOR OF HOW MUCH PLAY A RECORD HAS SEEN ,THIS HAS NOT SEEN TOO MANY PLAYS OVER THE LAST FIVE DECADES
WE HAVE PLAY TESTED THE RECORD ON A LATE SIXTIES STEREO HI-FI SYSTEM AND THE AUDIO WAS FIRST CLASS WITH QUIET RUN INS AND SPACES ,THIS PARTICULAR MIX ( BY HARRY MOSS ) ON THESE EARLY STEREO BEATLE PRESSINGS ENABLES YOU TO CLOSE ONE CHANEL DOWN AND LISTEN TO THE MUSIC OR CLOSE THE OTHER AND LISTEN TO THE VOCALS
RECORD COMES IN AN ADVERTISING INNER AVAILABLE DURING THE SIXTIES AND IS IN CLEAN CONDITION
EARLY BEATLE ALBUMS IN STEREO ARE RARE AND AND HARD TO FIND THESE DAYS
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