A  KIND NOTE FOR UK BIDDERS. I WILL SOON BE LOSING MY TOP SELLER STATUS THANKS TO THREE BUYERS IN 12 MONTHS WHO FOR SOME INEXPLICABLE REASON GAVE ME LESS THAN 3 STARS FOR POSTAGE AND PACKING. I SEND MANY ITEMS OUT FOR FREE AND OTHERS AT COST BUT BECAUSE I HAVE TO SEND SIGNED FOR MAIL TO PROTECT MYSELF AGAINST FRAUDSTERS SOME MAY FEEL THIS COST EXCESSIVE. 

I WOULD THEREFORE ASK ANYBODY WHO MISTAKENLY FEELS THIS WAY TO FIRST CHECK THEIR PARCEL AND SEE THE EXACT COST OF THE PACKAGE PRIOR TO LEAVING ANY FEEDBACK. SHOULD THEY THEN STILL FEEL I HAVE OVERCHARGED THEM PLEASE CONTACT ME AND I WILL REFUND THEM IMMEDIATELY . FOR GENERAL INFO WHEN THE COST OF PACKAGING IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT OVERALL I LOSE MONEY ON THE POST AND PACKING AS I AM SURE MANY OTHER SELLERS DO ALSO. THANK YOU.

NOT ONLY A SUPER UK EXPORT EXAMPLE BUT ALSO AN UNDOCUMENTED CONTRACT PRESSING NOT MADE BY EMI !

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ONLY MADE FOR EXPORT THIS IS BY FAR AND AWAY THE MOST COMMON OF THE BEATLES UK EXPORT PRESSING ALTHOUGH IT IS VERY RARE IN COMPARISION TO A STANDARD RELEASE. INDEED IT WAS SO POPULAR IT OFTEN FOUND ITS WAY INTO UK SHOPS EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NEVER MEANT FOR DOMESTIC UK RETAIL. THIS IS WHERE MANY GOT THIS LP INCLUDING ME WHO BOUGHT MY OWN COPY IN THE MID 70'S. 

EVENTUALLY AS A RESULT OF IT'S UNDERGROUND POPULARITY EMI GAVE IT AN OFFICIAL PARLOPHONE RELEASE IN 1979. 

THIS COP IS UNUSUAL IN THAT IT IS SOME KIND OF CONTRACT PRESSING. THE VINYL IS HEAVY AND THE EDGE HAS AN UNUSUAL FLANGE AND IT IS MISSING THE STANDARD EMI MOTHER STAMPERS. INDEED THESE COPIES CAN BE IDENTIFIED AS THEY HAVE A SINGLE STAMPER NUMBER OF " 2 " ON EACH SIDE 

WHO MADE THESE ?? NO IDEA BUT THEY ARE VERY UNUSUAL AND RARELY SEEN !

For Auction here is the UK LP ''  HEY JUDE " 

ARTIST:  THE BEATLES

MONO/STEREO: STEREO

Cat. No : CPCS 106

LABEL:  APPLE

COUNTRY: UK

DATE: 1970 THIS COPY CIRCA 1973

MATRICIES:  - 1 -1

VINYL WEIGHT: 150g

TRACK LISTING 

THE CONDITION

SLEEVE:  SUPERB, JUST LOOK AT THOSE PICS, RAZOR SHARP OPENINGS EVEN AN IMPRINT OF A NAME ON THE FRONT WHICH CAN ONLY BE SEEN AT CERTAIN ANGLES TO THE LIGHT AND IS MOSTLY TOTALLY INVISABLE CANNOT STOP ME GRADING THIS BEAUTIFUL SLEEVE LOWER THAN EXCELLENT !

VINYL VISUAL:  MINOR EVIDENCE OF PLAY SOME MORE HAIRLINES ON SIDE TWO WHICH IS EX- BUT I WOULD GRADE SIDE ONE FULL EXCELLENT

LABELS: NO WRITINGS OR LABELS AND ONLY MINOR EVIDENCE OF PLAY THE MARK ON THE SIDE ONE LABEL IS FROM THE FACTORY SO STILL EX+

FOR BIDDERS OUTSIDE UK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT...  non uk bidders please read my notes about international postage below.....returns policy only applies to UK outside of UK buyer has to cover the return postage! FOR INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT due to ebays revised " buyer " protection policy even more sellers will start to refuse to sell internationally. I however will still sell internationally but i reserve the right to not to complete any international transaction if the buyer has any bad or witheld feedback or for any other reason that I choose and this is especially so for items that sell for near to GBP 150 or higher. So if you are an international bidder and win one of my auctions and then find I have completed the transaction elsewhere this will be because the new ebay/paypal policy now makes it almost impossible for sellers to sell safely overseas, thank you

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.

DOMESTIC UK DISPATCH WILL BE VIA RECORDED/SIGNED FOR DELIVERY  TO PREVENT FRAUDULANT CLAIMS OF NON RECEIPT ! INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE SEE MY 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 BE READ,

COST VIA INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR MAIL HAS RECENTLY BEEN INCREASED BY THE UK POST OFFICE SO TO EUROPE FOR A SINGLE LP IS NOW USUALLY GBP 9.99 AND TO THE USA/REST OF THE WORLD GBP 13.99 FOR A SINGLE LP AND 16.99 FOR A DOUBLE BASED ON A "DECLARED" VALUE OF UNDER GBP 50... ANY ADDITIONAL LP'S SENT VIA COMBINED POSTAGE WILL USALLY BE AROUND AN ADDITION G 2.00 PER LP

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typo : this is definately a stereo pressing not mono