THE BEATLES SOMETHING NEW YELLOW PARLOPHONE EXPORT LP

£ 333

$ 442

£ 333 Sold For

May 29, 2011 Sold Date

May 19, 2011 Start Date

£ 3 Start price

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THE BEATLES

SOMETHING NEW

U.K. EXPORT PRESSING

Generally accepted as on of the "Holy Grails" for Beatles collectors worldwide.
This is the very first Beatles LP that was treated to Parlophone's export policy and was also the final LP that was designed specifically for the US market.

The history of Beatle LP releases in the U.S. is well known
with either different track listings or particular tracks omitted from the U.S versions. .

Later Beatle LP's were released under the Capitol record label in the U.S.and
this example has been given a "C" for Capitol added prefix to the usual U.K PCS catalogue number reserved for U.K. stereo releases.

This is a 1964 "EXPORT ONLY" issue with the catalogue number CPCS 101

Not only being a rarity in itself this is the rarest of all these releases:-
let me explain

This LP was released in several formats over the years.
Beginning in 1964, Parlophone began to press and distribute to other countries copies of LP's that were not available in that form in UK.
The original album was released in U.S.A. in July 1964. EMI produced the albums in response to a demand from foreign countries and put the new record number prefix "CPCS", adding "C" for Capitol to the domestic stereo number prefix "PCS".

There are 4 pressings for the this album:-

1st. Press (1964): Yellow/black Parlophone label and with "THE PARLOPHONE CO. LTD." rim and text "SOLD IN U.K. SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICE CONDITION. SEE PRICE LISTS " and "KT" tax code embossed on the centre.

2nd. Press (1965): Yellow/black Parlophone label and with "THE PARLOPHONE CO. LTD." rim WITHOUT "SOLD IN THE UK..." text

3rd. Press(1966): Yellow/black Parlophone label and with "THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD." rim.

4th. Press(1969): Silver/black Parlophone label with One EMI mark logo.

This example is the FIRST PRESS with The Parlophone Co. on the label rim
"SOLD IN THE UK TEXT...."
and "KT" tax code embossed on the centre

This was quickly withdrawn as there were problems issuing from the "KT" tax code which only related to items sold in the UK and did not apply to export copies. At the same time the "SOLD IN THE UK" text was removed for obvious reasons.

Not only that, this is the ONLY yellow/black Parlophone issue that features "I want to hold your hand" ("KOMM, GIB MIR DEINE HAND") in German

Condition:

Cover:, the front is in nice condition, some finger creases at the edges. the back has some marks lower left corner (see photo).
The spine/edges have some wear

Record: plays without skips or jumps, occasional background noises

Visually loadsa hairlines/scuffs but no nasty deep scratches
IMPORTANT To get the best out of this record you may need to adjust your stylus weight at the start of side one.

*** I will also include an audio tape of the disc ***
*** as it sounds on my system ***
With a bit of judicious altering of the stylus weight the record plays fine as witnessed by the audio tape
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NEAR MINT audio inspection has revealed no scratches or scuffs on the playing surface. The record may have been played but is undamaged. The jacket will be clean and unmarked with only the slightest wear.
EXCELLENT audio inspection has revealed no sounding scratches on the playing surface, but there may be a few light crackles and/or tics. The jacket might have slight wear and/or creasing or fading.
VERY GOOD audio inspection has revealed some light tics and The jacket might have creasing or other defects which will be pointed out in the listing.

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