BEATLES "WITH THE BEATLES" UK DECCA CONTRACT PRESSING ,RIDGED LABELS EJ DAY SLV
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THE BEATLES
"WITH THE BEATLES" PARLOPHONE PMC1206 MONO PRESSING RELEASED 1963
DUE TO UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND FOR THIS ALBUM PRESSINGS WERE CONTRACTED OUT TO DECCA EASILY RECOGNISIBLE BY THE GROOVED VINYL RING IMPRESSION VISIBLE ON THE LABEL'S
THIS PRESSING ALSO CARRIES THE CORRECTED CREDITS FOR THE TRACK "MONEY" ( Dominion. Belinda (Ldn) Ltd )
A FURTHER CORRECTION IS "YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME" WHICH IS THE SAME BOTH ON THE LABEL AND THE SLEEVE
AND BEING AN EARLY CONTRACT PRESSING AFTER THE TRACK "I WANNA BE YOUR MAN" THE CREDIT ( Northern Songs ) IS ON TWO LINES
RECORD ALSO COMES IN THE RARER E.J.DAY PRODUCED SLEEVE WITH THE CREDIT FOR THIS ON THE BOTTOM TRI FOLD SEAM ON THE REAR
STAMPER NUMBERS 3 & 3 ( NO STAMPERS LETTERS ) MATRICES -7N -7N NO TAX CODE
RECORD SLEEVE FRONT IS IN CLEAN CONDITION BUT DOES HAVE SOME LIGHT CREASING AROUND THE EDGES AND CORNER BUMPS WITH A SMALL SCUFF MARK TO THE OPENING EDGE AND SOME LIGHT LAMINATE LIFT TO THE BOTTOM SEAM BUT IT IS UNBROKEN AND NONE OF THIS AFFECTS THE TEXT OR IMAGES
RECORD SLEEVE REAR INNER PANEL IS IN GOOD CONDITION SOME LIGHT STAINING IN THE TOP CORNERS AND A THE WORD 'SOME' MISSING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TEXT BUT APART FROM THAT ALL TEXT IS CLEAN AND LEGIBLE
EMITEX INNER IS IN CLEAN CONDITION BUT DOES SUFFER FROM SOME LIGHT FOXING TO THE WHITE AREAS BUT AGAIN ALL TEXT IS LEGIBLE
VINYL RECORD STILL RETAINS A GLOSSY SHEEN TO THE SURFACES BUT DOES HAVE SOME HANDLING / LIGHT NEEDLE NEEDLE MARKS NONE IN MY ESTIMATION ARE FEELABLE ,AND WHEN REVIEWING THE AUDIO WITH A NUMBER OF PLAYS SIDE 1 PRODUCED THE ODD CLICK AND A LITTLE STATIC WHILE SIDE 2 PLAY THROUGH UNEVENFULLY
WE DO PLAY TEST ON A SIXTIES HI-FI SYSTEM WITH A HEAVIER PICK UP THAN TODAYS MORE MODERN EQUIPMENT SO YOU MAY GET A DIFFERENT RESPONSE
RECORD LABELS DO HAVE SOME PAPER LOSS TO THE CENTRE HOLES I THINK SOME ONE IN THE PAST HAS INKED THEM IN BUT MOST OF THE SPINDLE MARKS SEEM TO BE CONFINED TO THE RECORD CENTRES WITH THE ODD STRAY ONE
QUITE RARE PRESSINGS THESE DAYS DECCA COPIES ,SO THIS IS A GOOD START IF YOU DON'T OWN ONE
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