BEATLES Rubber Soul LP 1965 1st Press RARE STEREO

	£		112
	$		148

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Beatles called "Rubber Soul" and is an ORIGINAL 1965 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Yellow & Black Parlophone label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE BEATLES RAREST & MOST SOUGHT AFTER LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS 1ST PRESSED IN MEGA RARE STEREO!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  BACK IN 1965 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED, VIRTUALLY EVERY 1ST PRESSING WAS MADE IN COMMON MONO - WITH VIRTUALLY NONE IN MEGA RARE STEREO AT ALL!!!!  MANY SHOPS DIDNT EVEN STOCK STEREO'S AT ALL BACK IN 1965 - AND THEY WERE ONLY EVER AVAILABLE BY 'SPECIAL ORDER' ONLY!!!!  AS A RESULT, FINDING A 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP IN MEGA RARE STEREO IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS IS THE 'EARLIEST' STEREO 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - WITH 'LARGE' STEREO TEXT ON THE LABELS (LATER ONES HAD MUCH SMALLER TEXT!), AND THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESS 2/2 STEREO MATRIX ENDINGS (THIS WAS CHANGED IMMEDIATELY AFTER RELEASE TO THE FAR MORE COMMON 3/3 STEREO MATRIXES!)!!!!  SO NOT ONLY IS THIS LP 1ST PRESSED IN MEGA RARE STEREO - BUT IT IS ALSO THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET!!!! 

BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP EVEN RARER STILL IS THAT IT IS AN ULTRA RARE 'FACTORY SAMPLE' 1ST PRESSING!!!!   AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  'FACTORY SAMPLE' 1ST PRESSINGS WERE ONLY EVER PRESSED IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (NO MORE THAN A FEW HUNDRED COPIES ONLY!), AND WERE ONLY EVER USED FOR 'IN-HOUSE' USE BY EMI / PARLOPHONE THEMSELVES (FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES), OR VERY OCCASSIONALLY ONE WAS GIVEN OUT TO 'IMPORTANT VISITORS' TO THE FACTORY - SUCH AS PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS FOR EXAMPLE!!!!  THEY WERE ALSO USUALLY THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE (AS IN THIS CASE!)!!!!  BARELY ANY 'FACTORY SAMPLE' 1ST PRESSINGS WERE EVER MADE - MAKING THIS LP VERY VERY RARE INDEED!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN GREAT CONDITION OVERALL!!!!  AND WHILST IT ISNT 100% MINT VISUALLY - IT PLAYS VERY WELL INDEED, AND HAS A PRESENTABLE COVER!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1965 UK STEREO 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS YELLOW & BLACK PARLOPHONE LABEL, 1ST PRESS 'SOLD IN THE UK' TEXT, 1ST PRESS 'GRAMOPHONE COMPANY' EDGE TEXT, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'LARGE' STEREO LABEL TEXT, 1ST PRESS 'KT' TAX CODE, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 2/2 STEREO MATRIX ENDINGS, 1ST PRESS 'EMITEX' INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' FLIPBACK LAMINATED 'PATENTS PENDING' STEREO COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Parlophone UK 1st Pressing from 1965 and is in GREAT condition overall!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl!!!!  The matrix numbers are YEX 178-2 & YEX 179-2 (the EARLIEST 1st Press Stereo matrixes possible - later ones have higher matrixes!).  The Cat. No is PCS 3075 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Yellow & Black Parlophone label (see picture) and is a much MUCH rarer STEREO 1st Pressing!!!! 

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO writing, NO wear, and only a few light spindle marks!!!!  The vinyl is in GREAT condition overall - and still retains a SUPERB shine!!!!  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 only 1 TINY hairline type mark, only a few VERY light hairlines, only a few scufflines (and though these are slightly visual - they are only careless finger scufflines and do NOT sound in ANY way AT ALL!), and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, barely ANY clicks (virtually everything is completely ignored!), NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some VERY slight background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must MEGA STRICTLY visually grade Good(Minus) (PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed!) if not better - though this playing grade is MUCH better than this - and this record plays BRILLIANTLY!!!!  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 which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The 1st Press 'Garrod & Lofthouse' Flipback Laminated 'Patents Pending' STEREO Cover is in GREAT condition overall - and still VERY presentable!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear (apart from a VERY neat repair about half way down), only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), possible 'tipping in' to the corner tips, only a few light creases (cover is still VERY flat looking!), shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, only 2 or 3 TINY 'age spots', NO rubbing, NO ringwear, only some completely INVISIBLE clear residue traces on the right hand flipback, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must MEGA STRICTLY grade Good++++ (PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed!) if not better - and is still a PRESENTABLE example!!!!  THIS LP MAY NOT BE IN 100% MINT CONDITION - BUT IT IS EXTREMELY RARE INDEED, AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO FIND AS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING (IN MEGA RARE STEREO!), AND ESPECIALLY AS AN ULTRA RARE 'FACTORY SAMPLE'!!!!  SO THINK VERY VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE PASSING ON IT!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

TAKE A LOOK AT 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 MEGA RARE Beatles LP!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1965 UK STEREO 1ST PRESSING OF "RUBBER SOUL" BY THE BEATLES, IN GREAT CONDITION OVERALL!!!!  Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World (Postal discounts are available - see below for details).  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

 

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