THE BEATLES:"STRAWBERRY FIELDS"/"PENNY LANE".1967 UK SOLID CENTRE+PICTURE COVER.

	£		33
	$		44

ATTENTION BEATLES COLLECTORS!

AFTER MANY YEARS OF COLLECTING THE BEATLES,DUE TO A DAUGHTER AT UNIVERSITY AND THE NEED TO STREAMLINE MY COLLECTION, I AM GRADUALLY SELLING OFF OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND MONTHS SOME OF THE MANY DIFFERENT COPIES I HAVE FOUND OF THE BEATLES AND RELATED ARTISTS ALBUMS,SINGLES AND OTHER FORMAT ITEMS. BEING A WELL KNOWN COLLECTOR AND DEALER YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE SOME AMAZING AND IN SOME CASES VERY HARD TO FIND GEMS-ALL WITH CAREFUL GRADINGS AND IN DEPTH INFORMATION! THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ITEM FOR ANY SERIOUS BEATLES COLLECTION!

  HERE IS AN ORIGINAL AND VERY RARE 1967 EARLIEST EDITION OF THE BAND'S ALL TIME CLASSIC DOUBLE "A" SIDE:"STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER"+"PENNY LANE" BUT UNLIKE MOST COPIES THAT TURN UP THIS ONE HAS THE LIMITED EDITION PICTURE COVER MAKING THIS EXAMPLE ONE OF THE VERY FIRST EVER MADE AND SOLD WHILST STILL HAVING THE "SOLD IN THE UK" TEXT WHICH WAS NOT PRINTED ON THE EARLY 1970s REPRESSES!

NOT ONLY THAT,IT IS THE SOLID CENTRE PRESSING WHICH IS MUCH HARDER TO LOCATE THAN THE PUSH OUT CENTRE ONE.

JUST COMPARE WITH OTHER COPIES AND TRY TO FIND ANOTHER COPY EXACTLY LIKE THIS ONE! THE COVER IS VERY CLEAN AND CRISP WITH  A SMALL TEAR AT THE TOP LEFT CORNER AND SOME CREASE BUT NO WRITING OR REPAIRS. A FEW ULTRA TINY SPOT STAINS BUT THIS IS STILL A VERY PRESENTABLE EXAMPLE-MOST SURVIVE WITH MAJOR DAMAGE-PLEASE SEE THE PHOTOS!  BACK TO THE RECORD ITSELF-THERE IS THE RAISED PRINT K T TAX CODE ON THE "PENNY LANE" LABEL.BOTH SIDES SOUNDING MAGNIFICENT IN THE POWERFUL AND BASS FILLED MONO MIXES! THE GUITARS LEAP OUT OF THE SPEAKERS WITH EQUAL EXCITEMENT THAT IS LACKING ON THE STEREO VERSIONS!  UNLIKE MOST COPIES THERE IS HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE ESPECIALLY AT THE LONG FADE OUT OF "STRAWBERRY FIELDS" WHERE THERE IS SOME VERY SLIGHT CRACKLE AT HIGH VOLUME BUT FAR,FAR LESS THAN MOST COPIES AROUND AND IS EASILY ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES I HAVE FOUND OF THIS 45! THERE ARE A FEW VERY TINY AND ULTRA FAINT AND LIGHT SURFACE MARKS VISIBLE IN VERY STRONG LIGHT HOWEVER THE SURFACES TRULY GLEAM WITH THAT "JUST PRESSED" LOOK.SERIOUS AND STRICT GRADING EXCELLENT++++ CONDITION FOR THE RECORD ITSELF BUT MOST WOULD HAPPILY STATE NEAR MINT. 

PARLOPHONE R 5570 WITH  K T DEAD WAX CODES.

THE "STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER" DEAD WAX DETAILS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

7XCE 18415-1 at 6"0"CLOCK, K T at 1"0"CLOCK,M O at 3"0"CLOCK+1 at 9"0"CLOCK.

THE "PENNY LANE" DEAD WAX DETAILS ARE:

7XCE 18416-2 at 6"0"CLOCK,R at 3"0"CLOCK,KT at 12"0"CLOCK and 1 at 9"0"CLOCK.

DURING THE 1960s,RECORDS WERE OFTEN PLAYED A LOT USUALLY USING ANCIENT,HEAVY AND AWFUL EQUIPMENT,SOMETIMES TAKEN TO PARTIES RESULTING IN ALL KINDS OF DAMAGE!-THIS ONE HAS HAD NOT MANY PLAYS WITH NO NASTY DISTORTION AS PRESENT ON THE MAJORITY OF COPIES THAT SURVIVE! NO CLICKS,NO JUMPS,NO STICKS! CLEAN LABELS- NO SPINDLE WEAR! GREAT INVESTMENT! ARCHIVE AND UPGRADER STANDARD!

A LOW AND REALISTIC £10 STARTING PRICE! TOTALLY FLAT VINYL! 

GET IT WHILE YOU CAN!

READ ON CAREFULLY FOR ALL THE INFORMATION ON THIS GEM!

AT THIS STAGE,I WILL BE STATING STANDARD UK SIGNED FOR AND STANDARD AIR MAIL RATES NOW A LITTLE HIGHER DUE TO NEW EBAY RATES BUT YOU ALWAYS GET SOLID,SAFE PARCELS FROM ME AND NATURALLY IF THE BIDS GO HIGH,THEN I WILL ONLY SEND IT SPECIAL DELIVERY OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR.PLEASE ASK AND OF COURSE I AM HAPPY TO COMBINE POSTAGE!

YOU MIGHT FIND CHEAPER COPIES BUT I DOUBT THEY WILL BE AS GOOD AS THIS EXAMPLE! 

YOU'LL LOVE IT FOR YEARS AND HOPEFULLY WILL RETURN TO ME AGAIN!   

SUPERB MONO SOUND PLUS THE ADDED ADVANTAGE OF THE BASS THAT CANNOT BE MATCHED ON CD!!

The previous owner was not a smoker and so this item doesn't stink of that dreadful stale smoke!!!!Lovely pressing!! Warm sound!!.

 I test on a lightweight pickup of approx 2 grammes and listen with the treble full on and no filtering or mono switch used.

As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!! .  

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BID WITH 100% CONFIDENCE FROM A DEALER THAT OTHER DEALERS LOOK TOWARDS FOR INSPIRATION AND FREQUENTLY COPY!

THIS COULD BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET THIS 45 AS GOOD AS THIS!!

NO, NOT"IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND"AS STATED OVER AND OVER ELSEWHERE ON EBAY, BUT IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE MIGHT WELL BE THE CASE!!

MORE ESSENTIAL ORIGINAL AND RARE BEATLES AS WELL AS OTHER 1960s AND 1970s EPs,LPs AND 45s FROM ME ON EBAY!

SOME OTHER SUPERB QUALITY BEATLES RARE RECORDS ENDING FROM ME ON EBAY AT AUCTION WITHIN MINUTES OF THIS AUCTION ENDING!