Beatles For Sale - UK 1969 1-Box Stereo LP NEAR MINT

£ 68

$ 89

£ 68 Sold For

Dec 19, 2010 Sold Date

Dec 9, 2010 Start Date

£ 5 Start price

16 Number Of Bids

Austria Country Of Seller

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Description

THE BEATLES - 'BEATLES FOR SALE'

First issued in October 1969, the '1-EMI box' Parlophone label replaced the yellow & black design which had been employed since April 1963. All Beatles albums released with this label were cut form the same masters as the 1st pressings and in most cases retain the same matrices. Each was pressed on high-quality virgin vinyl and retain all of the warmth and flawless sound quality of the 1st pressings at a fraction of the cost, making them arguably the best value Beatles vinyl available.

This NEAR MINT copy of 'Beatles For Sale' is on that same '1-EMI box' EMI/Parlophone label: PCS 3062

The word 'World' is misspelt as 'Worlld' in the publishing credit to 'Kansas City' on the side 1 label.

Matrix numbers: YEX 142-1 & YEX 143-1 (the same as the 1964 1st pressing)

Stamper codes: 1,6/PG & 1,6,8/PG

Vinyl weight: 139g

Housed in an outer laminated gatefold cover without inner-flipbacks.

Complete with its original red & white EMI advertising inner-sleeve.

CONDITION

Disc

Labels: NEAR MINT

A clean & unblemished pair with just a small handful of faint spindle trails around each unworn centre hole.

Visual: NEAR MINT

Pristine, deep-gloss playing surfaces which are unmarked and 'as new' both in strong daylight and displays just a few barely visible wispy paper hairlines directly beneath my unforgiving halogen desk lamp.

Play: NEAR MINT

Without doubt the finest sounding of their early stereo albums, this warm, clear and clean sounding copy has received just a handful of careful plays on top-quality equipment and as a result, the sound quality is wonderful and flawless throughout.

Cover: EXCELLENT

A clean, strong & unworn example with and uncreased and undamaged front & rear panels. The only significant sign of wear is a 5mm split to the lower edge of the centre hinge. The inside of the gatefold is clean & unworn and both seams and the spine are smooth, unstressed & unsplit.

Inner-sleeve: EXCELLENT -

Clean and flat with a few light storage bends and toning to the paper, but no writing, tears or seam splits.

**PLEASE NOTE: This item is located in and will be shipped from AUSTRIA. 1st class international postage to UK addresses will be 7 GBP**

Our grading is strict & conservative grading under strong daylight & directly beneath a halogen desk lamp to UK 'RECORD COLLECTOR' standards.

We carefully play every record I sell on an EMT 950 transcription turntable fitted with a 'TSD 15' cartridge at volume and list all visual and audible faults.

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Each record is professionally & securely packaged in custom-made record mailing boxes with the disc removed from the cover.

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