THE BEATLES MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR US ORIG'67 CAPITOL MONO FIRST PRESS IMPORT EMI
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THE BEATLES MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR US ORIGINAL 1967 CAPITOL MONO 1ST PRESS BOOKLET “SCRIPT” TYPEFACE VERSION COVER IMPORT EMI GREAT BRITAIN STICKER SHRINK
INCREDIBLY RARE 1ST US MONAURAL PRESSING THE BEATLES MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR SPECIALLY IMPORTED BY E.M.I. RECORDS (THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY LTD.) RELEASE; THIS IS THE IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND SUPER RARE VERY FIRST MONO RELEASE (PLEASE LOOK AT THE MATRIX NUMBERS AND MOTHER STAMPERS!!!), PRESSED IN HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES, CA AND SPECIALLY PREPARED BY E.M.I. RECORDS (THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY LTD.) FOR THE IMPORT TO GREAT BRITAIN (UNDER LICENCE FROM AND ON PAYMENT OF ROYALTY TO THE BRITISH COPYRIGHT OWNERS CONCERNED). THESE WERE THE LAST OF THE BEATLES ORIGINAL US ALBUMS TO BE ISSUED IN MONO AND WERE PRESSED FOR ONLY FEW WEEKS. MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR WAS ISSUED IN 1967 AS AN LP IN THE US AND AS A DOUBLE EP IN MOST COUNTRIES. THERE WAS A DEMAND FOR LPs IN GREAT BRITAIN AS IT WAS ABOUT THIS TIME WHEN PEOPLE STARTED BUYING MORE LPs THAN EPs. THEREFORE, THIS RELEASE HAS AN E.M.I. RECORDS IMPORT STICKER; INCREDIBLY RARE “SPECIALLY IMPORTED E.M.I. RECORDS (THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY LTD.) STICKER; ORIGINAL MAL 2835 MONO BLACK CAPITOL LABEL WITH MULTICOLORED SPECTRUM (”RAINBOW”) BAND ALONG THE LABEL’S EDGE; THIS ISSUE HAS A VERY RARE "SCRIPT" VERSION OF THE GATEFOLD COVER INSIDE. THE "NO, YOU'RE NOT" TEXT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE GATEFOLD INTERIOR, UNDER THE SONG "I'M A WALRUS", IS IMPRINTED IN THE HANDWRITTEN STYLE. (ON THE MAJORITY OF COPIES IT IS PRINTED, LIKE THE SONG TITLES. THE CONSPIRACY THEORIES LOVERS SUGGEST THAT THIS HANDWRITTEN TEXT MEANT THAT PAUL McCartney WAS NOT THE REAL PAUL McCARTNEY (THEREFORE, THE HANDWRITTEN TEXT STATES: “No you’re Not”), BECAUSE HE WAS KILLED IN A CAR CRASH THE YEAR BEFORE THE ALBUM WAS RELEASED; ORIGINAL 24 PAGE FULL COLOR PICTURE BOOKLET; COVER (CONDITION): NEAR MINT GATEFOLD COVER IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK (CELLOPHANE) WRAP. THE SHRINK IS FULLY INTACT WITH THE ORIGINAL BREATHE HOLES ; VINYL (CONDITION): FIRST US MONO ISSUE THICK GLOSSY VINYL PRESSING WITH HAND WRITTEN FIRST MATRIX NUMBERS IN THE TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) SIDE ONE: MAL-1-2835-F-1: 1 SIDE TWO: MAL-2-2838-G-2 1; THE COVER IS IN BRILLIANT NEAR MINT MINUS CONDITION SUPER CLEAN NO DUST, DIRT OR WRITING THE VINYL IS IN VERY GOOD PLUS CONDITION WITH SOME VERY LIGHT SURFACE MARKS AND SCUFFS THE ORIGINAL LUSTER IS FULLY INTACT THE LABELS ARE VERY CLEAN PLEASE SEE THE PHOTOS THE ALBUM COMES WITH THE RED PSYCHEDELIC INNER SLEEVE IN NEAR MINT MINUS CONDITION.
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