WOW, I AM NOT SURE WHERE TO START HERE AS THIS IS NOT ONLY A JAW DROPPING TOP TOP LOOKING COPY AND EASILY ONE OF THE BEST TOP OPENING WHITE ALBUMS ( NO 0361220 ) I HAVE EVER HANDLED, BUT IT ALSO HAS THE LABELS THAT OMIT THE " AN EMI RECORDING " TEXT IN ERROR WHIHC IS FAR RARER ON STEREO COPIES THAN FOR MONO'S...

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WHEN FIRST PRINTED THE LABELS FOR THIS LP LEFT OUT THE ALL IMPORTANT " AN EMI RECORDING " FROM THE LABELS. THIS WAS REQUIRED ON ALL BEATLES LPS ON THE APPLE LABEL TO DENOTE THE FACT THAT THE BEATLES WERE STILL UNDER CONTRACT TO EMI AND NOT APPLE AND THAT THE APPLE LABELS WERE PURELY ONLY FOR SHOW.

THIS WAS A SERIOUS ERROR AND WAS HASTILY CORRECTED PRE-RELEASE HOWEVER IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE BULK OF THE LABELS THAT WERE ALREADY PRINTED PRIOR TO THE CORRECTION WERE MONO ONES.  IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE STEREO LABELS ONLY CAME OF THE PRESS AROUND ABOUT THE TIME THIS ERROR WAS RECTIFIED. ACCORDINGLY 90 PERCENT OF ALL FIRST PRESS STEREO'S SEEM TO HAVE THE CORRECTED EMI RECORDING LABELS WHEREAS FOR MONO THE NUMBERS ARE MORE EVEN AND CLOSE TO 50/50.

SO NOT ONLY IS THIS A MEGA RARE STEREO COPY WITHOUT THE " AN EMI RECORDING TEXT " BUT ALSO IT OMITS IT ON ALL FOUR SIDES ( WHEN IT DOES CROP UP IN A STEREO TOP OPENER IT'S MORE USUALLY ONLY ON ONE OF THE DISCS ! )

FURTHERMORE LIKE I SAY THIS IS A STUNNING COPY, WITH TOP TOP VINYLS, A PURE WHITE STEREO SLEEVE TO DIE FOR AND PERFECT POSTERS PICS AND BLACK APPLE INNERS.

THIS IS INDEED A TOP TOP COPY THAT WILL NOT DISSAPOINT AND INDEED MAY EVEN BE A FINAL UPGRADE AS IT WOULD SERIOUSLY BE HARD TO FIND A BETTER ONE.

SO...... GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS

For Auction here is  THE UK LP ''  THE BEATLES "  

ARTIST:  THE BEATLES

MONO/STEREO: STEREO

Cat. No : PCS 7067/8

LABEL:  APPLE 

COUNTRY: UK

DATE: 1968

MATRICIES: -1    -1   -1   -1

MOTHER STAMPERS 4HH 2GRD 3MM 1GM

TRACK LISTING :

VINYL WEIGHT: 140g 140g

THE CONDITION

DISCS ARE VISUALLY IN STUNNING ORDER, EVEN UNDER A BRIGHT HALOGEN LIGHT I CAN BEARLY A BAG REMOVAL MARK. IN NORMAL LIGHT THESE WOULD GRADE AS MINT, I WOULD GRADE ALL FOUR SIDES CERTAINLY AS EX+ TRY AND FIND BETTER

THE SLEEVE IS AGAIN STUNNING,  ALMOST PERFECT WHITE. IT'S PROBABLY EASIER TO SAY WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT THAN WHAT IS RIGHT. THERE IS BUMP AT THE BOTTOM, A COUPLE OF MINOR CREASES HERE, THERE AND SOME MINOR LAMINATE FRAYING AT THE CENTRE OF THE SPINE AND THE INDENTATION OF A NAME IN THE LAMINATE TOP EDGE WHICH IS ONLY VISABLE IF YOU CAN CATCH IT IN THE LIGHT. HOWEVER THIS WIDER SPINE VARIANT IS ALMOST PURE WHITE, IT IS AS CRISP AS THE DAY IT WAS MADE AND THE LETTERING ON THE SPINE IS STILL LOVELY AND BOLD, THIS TRUELY IS A TOP TOP TOP OPENING WHITE ALBUM SLEEVE AND GRADED CONSERVATIVELY AS EX AND AGAIN WILL NOT DISSAPOINT. YOU WILL LOVE IT.

LABELS ARE ALSO LOVELY AND HAVE HARDLY ANY FLAWS, THERE ARE SOME INDENTATIONS ON THE CENTRE OF SIDE THREE BUT THESE LOOK LIKE THEY WERE THERE FROM NEW, EX CERTAINLY, MAYBE EX+

POSTER AND PICS, SUPERB HARDLY ANY EVIDENCE OF HANDLING EX EASY ( PICS MAY BE LATER SWAPS, SEEM A LITTLE LIGHT IN COLOUR, HARD TO BE CERTAIN )

BLACK INNERS : AMOUNGST THE BEST PAIR OF BACK INNERS YOU WILL EVER SEE, NO SPLITS AND GRADE EXCELLENT EASY

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST TOP OPENING WHITE ALBUMS I HAVE EVER HANDLED AND DO NOT UNDERESTIMAT THE RARITY OF THESE LABELS, IN STEREO THEY ARE REALLY VERY RARE - GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS

NON UK BUYERS PLEASE NOTE MY COMMENTS REGARDING INTERNATIONAL MAIL BELOW...RETURNS POLICY ONLY APPLICABLE TO UK..RETURNS OUTSIDE UK BUYER WILL HAVE TO COVER ALL POSTAGE COSTS Furthermore international bidders please also note that due to ebays new "buyer protection " policy many sellers now refuse to sell internationally anymore. I am not one of those sellers yer but please note I do now reserve the right to refuse to complete a sale to any international bidder that may have low or bad feedback or for any other reason and this is especially so if the item sells for over GBP 100, like I say this is purely a result of ebay/paypals new policy that make it now even harder for sellers to  trade safely internationally. Please bare this in mind if you win an item but find that it has been offered first instead to a domestic UK Bidder.

FOR BIDDERS WITH ZERO FEEDBACK THIS IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT...   I have recently been the victim of serveral spurious bids from several different members (usually based in the Russian Federation). Please note that if you win any of my items and have zero feedback I will ask you for immediate payment or for you to email and immediately confirm that you were a genuine bidder. Failiure to meet either of those critiera will result in the item being  offered to the next highest bidder without further delay. thank you. 

ALL MY RECORDS ARE USUALLY SOLD ON VISUAL GRADINGS ONLY, THEREFORE, WITH THE SINGULAR EXCEPT ION OF THOSE RARE OCCASSIONS WHERE I DO STATE THEY HAVE BEEN PLAY GRADED, AS ALL DISCS ARE 2ND HAND ANY PLAYING DEFECTS ARE THEREFORE CAVIAT EMPTOR AND SO NON REFUNDABLE. I ONLY REFUND  WHERE AN ACTUAL GRADING OF MINE IS DISPUTED

GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS

DOMESTIC BIDDERS PLEASE NOT ALL ITEMS HAVE TO BE SENT VIA SIGNED FOR DELIVERY WHICH FOR A DOUBLE LP IS GBP 4.00, THIS IS TO PREVENT FRAUDULANT CLIAMS OF NON RECEIPT, IF YOU ARE UNHAPPY WITH THIS PLEASE FEEL FREE NOT TO BID! INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLS SEE NOTES BELOW

(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 )

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…….COST VIA INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR MAIL TO EUROPE FOR A SINGLE LP IS USUALLY GBP 8.99 AND TO THE USA/REST OF THE WORLD GBP 12.99 FOR A SINGLE LP AND 15.99 FOR A DOUBLE... 

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