THE BEATLES / HEY JUDE / BEATLES AGAIN / UBER RARE 1ST EDITION / BELL SOUND

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ALL RECORDS PLAY TESTED ON A SONY DIRECT DRIVE PS-X5 FOR QUALITY PURPOSES.
     HEY JUDE (THE BEATLES AGAIN)
APPLE SW/SO-385
RELEASED: 2/26/70
JACKSONVILLE PRESSING

"MFD. BY APPLE" ON LABEL (APP 385.SR1L(AS), SPIZER).

THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE FIRST ISSUE OF THE ALBUM RELEASED IN THE STORES WITH THE LP DISC LABEL'S TITLED "THE BEATLES AGAIN".

THIS WAS THE LP'S ORIGINAL TITLE UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE CHANGE TO "HEY JUDE". SEVERAL EARLY DISCS WERE ALREADY PRESSED WHEN THE CHANGE WAS MADE, SO APPLE WENT AHEAD AND SHIPPED THEM OUT !

THIS IS THE JACKSONVILLE PRESSING WITH THE ORIGINAL "THE BEATLES AGAIN" RECORD NUMBER ON THE LABELS "SO-385", INSTEAD OF THE REVISED NUMBER WITH THE "SW" PREFIX (APP 385.SR1L(AS), SPIZER).
Earliest pressings catalog number is SW-385 on spine and back, SO-385 on labels with title HEY JUDE on spine, THE BEATLES AGAIN on labels.

Matrix / Runout (Etched, runout side A (Variant 4)): SO-1-385 Z12 #1 Bell Sound
Matrix / Runout (Etched, runout side B (Variant 4)): SO-2-385 Z15 #2 Bell Sound

VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND ABSOLUTE 1ST VERSIONS OF THIS RECORD.

DESCRIPTION:

YEAR OF RELEASE: 1970

LABEL: APPLE SW 385

- SIDE ONE VINYL LOOKS IN EX CONDITION AND PLAYS EX+ WITH SUPERFICIAL SCRATCH MARKS THAT DO NOT CAUSE ANY LOUD POPS, SKIPS OR JUMPS. PLAYS VERY NICELY!

- SIDE TWO VINYL LOOKS IN EX CONDITION AND PLAYS EX+ WITH SUPERFICIAL SCRATCH MARKS THAT DO NOT CAUSE ANY LOUD POPS, SKIPS OR JUMPS. PLAYS VERY NICELY!

- SIDE ONE LABEL IS IN NM CONDITION.

- SIDE TWO LABEL IS IN NM CONDITION.

- FRONT COVER IS SUPER CLEAN WITH LIGHT EDGE WEAR.

- SPINE IS VERY CLEAN WITH MINUTE RUBBING WEAR DOWN TOWARDS THE BOTTOM CORNER.

- TOP SEAM HAS LIGHT RUBBING WEAR.

- LOWER SEAM HAS LIGHT RUBBING WEAR.

- BACK COVER IS SUPER CLEAN WITH A LITTLE RUBBING RING WEAR.

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