THE BEATLES For Sale LP early press MONO XEX 503-4N/504-4N VG+/EX
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VERY RARE mono second press of this classic Beatles LP.
Beatles For Sale, Parlophone, PMC 1240, mono. "Made and Printed in Great Britain" gatefold inside flipback sleeve. Laminated front and back sides. With outline “mono” on the front.
Second pressing. Black label with yellow logo and silver print. “The Parlophone Co. Ltd.” printed at the start perimeter print, “Recording first published 1964? and “Sold in U.K. subject…” text. Tracing-paper-lined “Use Emitex” die-cut inner sleeve. Matrix numbers: Side 1: XEX 503-4N; Side 2: XEX 504-4N.
Vinyl: VG+. Some scratches and quite a few paper scuffs under strong light but generally pretty clean. I played it all the way through and sounds really good, there is noise sometimes on the more quiet numbers but it's a very playable copy. Not mint by any manner of means but still a brilliant example for someone who can't afford several hundred quid for a mint early press!
Sleeve: EX. Absolutely lovely condition, stunning condition. Laminate complete throughout, no writing or marks anywhere. Very very clean throughout, the spine is still "pinched" (see photos) and in near-perfect shape. There's a 1cm tear on the bottom gatefold from being opened; maybe the only real flaw. As with my Revolver, this would be graded even higher by many sellers, I like to under-grade to avoid disappointment.
Labels: Weirdly very few spindle marks, if it wasn't for the fact that I can see and hear that this has been played many times you wouldn't know from looking at the labels!
This is a really nice copy of a top album and I'd be keeping it if it weren't for the fact that my record collection is slowly going so that we can save up the deposit for a house! Sad days.
Thanks!!
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