SEALED EMI UK Parlophone ANALOG Import LP Beatles For Sale - NOT REMASTERED
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$ 55
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Oct 4, 2014
Sold Date
Sep 28, 2014
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Description
The Beatles
Beatles For Sale
Sealed UK Import
5 Stars in AMG!
This is a Factory Sealed EMI Parlophone Import ANALOG LP with No Bar Code, pressed in the ’70s, which looks similar to one pictured here. The cover is GORGEOUS with practically no flaws to be seen -- no tears in the shrink, dented corners or creases, just a small split in the bottom of the jacket of about an inch. We are BIG FANS of this album here at Better Records; we just do not understand why some don’t find it as appealing as we do. To us it’s every bit as good as Hard Day’s Night or Help, the albums that came before and after, respectively.
As you can read from the commentary below, in the past we've found copies of this record that sound absolutely OUT OF THIS WORLD. We were tempted to crack this one open and check the stampers, but we decided it might be more fun to leave that to you. All the commentary is here, all you gotta do is crack this bad boy open, clean it up, cue up the needle and see if you hit the jackpot.
We always love to hear from a satisfied customer. So if this does turn out to be a hot copy, don't hesitate to fire us an email and tell us all about it. (If it doesn't we'd naturally like to know that too.)
Hey, Sir George: We Respectfully Disagree
We've been spending a lot of time reading The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, which details the band's studio history from 1962 - 1970. In the book, George Martin mentions that he felt this album was a rush job and that he has trouble listening to it to this day. As much respect as we have for Sir George, we couldn't disagree more. This album is WONDERFUL! The more we played this album, the more we enjoyed it. Repeated listenings only enhanced our enjoyment. This isn't the kind of record that beats you over the head with mega pop hits sure to enthrall screaming teens. With wonderful songs like I'll Follow The Sun, Eight Days A Week, I Don't Want To Spoil The Party and What You're Doing, this album gives you a glimpse at the more heartfelt side of the band. It's an extremely sweet and delicate album.
A Fun Album
Of all the Beatle records that we play around here, this, along with Abbey Road and perhaps Please Please Me, is one of the most enjoyable shootouts.The music is so good and, unlike so much of their material from this period, hasn't been played to death. You might even call it the undiscovered album. Everyone knows The White Album and Sgt. Pepper's like the back of their hands, but what about Beatles For Sale? Just look at this great lineup of songs. What's not to like?
The Beatles and Half-Speed Mastering
At the risk of being definitive about things that are better left ill-defined, I would say that the Number One quality we look for in a pressing is that element of Life or Energy. We can put up with many shortcomings, including even some tonality problems, but when a record fails to convey the spirit and enthusiasm of the musicians, it's pretty much over.
The most serious fault of the typical Half-Speed Mastered LP is not tonal incorrectness or poor bass definition, although you will have a hard time finding one that doesn't suffer from both. It's Dead As A Doornail sound, plain and simple. And most Heavy Vinyl pressings coming down the pike these days are as guilty of this sin as their audiophile forerunners from the '70s. The average Sundazed record I throw on my turntable sounds like it's playing in another room. What audiophile in his right mind could possibly find that quality appealing? But Sundazed and other companies just like them keep turning out this crap. Somebody must be buying it.
So how does the famous MOFI pressing sound? In a word, clean, and better than any Japanese or domestic pressing we heard. But it's dead, man. It's just so dead. AMG Review
There are some important changes on Beatles for Sale, most notably Lennon's discovery of Bob Dylan and folk-rock. The opening three songs, along with "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party," are implicitly confessional and all quite bleak, which is a new development... Its best moments find them moving from Merseybeat to the sophisticated pop/rock they developed in mid-career.
TRACK LISTING Side One
No Reply
I’m a Loser
Baby’s in Black
Rock & Roll Music
I’ll Follow the Sun
Mr. Moonlight
Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! [medley]
Side Two
Eight Days a Week
Words of Love
Honey Don’t
Every Little Thing
I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party
What You’re Doing
Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby NOTE ON PACKING AND SHIPPING You will never receive a record from us packed in a flimsy cardboard mailer. We use HEAVY DUTY oversized cardboard boxes with cardboard protectors sandwiching the record and plenty of bubble wrap all around. After more than twenty years in the record business one thing we know is how to pack records properly, so rest assured the package will arrive at your door safe and sound. This is a factory sealed record, long out of print. This record cannot be guaranteed against defects of any kind once opened. This item is only sold "as is".
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