The Beatles BEATLES FOR SALE 1964 UK LP 1st Mono -3/-4 PROMO PLAYS MINT MINUS

	£		221
	$		293

THE BEATLES - FOR SALE

 MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS AUDIO FROM START TO FINISH

1ST PRESS MONO - 1964

FACTORY SAMPLE - PROMO COPY

SUPERB MINT MINUS SLEEVE

 This record came initially from an EMI employee who had it direct from the company, hence the Factory Sample labels

• CATALOGUE: PARLOPHONE PMC 1240 
• MATRIX:XEX 503-3N / 504-4N
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 4 AAL / 1 AAG
• THE PARLOPHONE CO RIM WORDING
• SOLD IN THE UK STATEMENT

 IF YOU ARE A SERIOUS BEATLES COLLECTOR THEN YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE ALBUM. ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES I HAVE EVER SEEN

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

ORIGINAL YELLOW AND BLACK MONO LABELS IN INCREDIBLE CONDITION. THE BLACK BASE COLOUR AND YELLOW LOGO'S ARE BOTH UNRUBBED .THE COLOURS RUN UNINTERRUPTED INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE, WHICH HAS JUST ONE SINGLE AND  TINY SPIDER LINE SHOWING JUST WHY THIS SUPERB VINYL HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED IN THE LAST 62 YEARS

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT DISC HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN. IN DAYLIGHT THERE IS NOT A MARK ON IT,AND IT LOOKS FLAWLESS.

UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE A FEW VERY TINY WISPY SURFACE HAIRLINES  

THE TEST PLAY

THIS MONO ALBUM PLAYS TO ABSOLUTE PERFECTION. THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT THING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE COMPLETE CLARITY OF THE  REPRODUCTION. THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION ANYWHERE, AND THE SOUND IS AS CLEAR AND SHARP AS IT POSSIBLE COULD BE.

THE EARLY MONO BEATLES RECORDINGS WERE ALL JUST INCREDIBLE.HOWEVER  MANY MANY COPIES WERE PLAYED ON SYSTEMS THAT HAD A STYLUS THAT WAS TOO HEAVY OR WORN AND CAUSED INVISIBLE GROOVE WEAR. THIS WOULD ONLY BE SPOTTED OR SHOULD I SAY HEARD WHEN PLAYING THE ALBUM AND WOULD TAKE THE FORM OF BEHIND THE MUSIC VINYL NOISE AND BE CONTINUOUS. SOMETIMES JUST COMING FROM ONE SPEAKER. I AM DELIGHTED TO REPORT THAT THIS VINYL IS FLAWLESS!!!

GENTLY LOWERING THE STYLUS ONTO THE RUN IN GROOVE ALL YOU HEAR IS SILENCE. NO CRACKLES ANYWHERE, AND THIS INCREDIBLE STANDARD IS MAINTAINED ALL THROUGH BOTH SIDES.

THE RUN IN IS SILENT, THE LINKING GROOVES ARE SILENT, AND THE RUN OUT IS SILENT

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER AT ANY POINT. 

A DEEP RICH AND POWERFUL MONO SOUND THROUGHOUT UNINTERRUPTED BY ANY UNWANTED NOISES

I DON'T BELIEVE I EVEN HEARD ANY DUST POPS THOUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH, JUSTA COUPLE OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC TICS AND A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE SPECKS OF VERY LOW LEVEL STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN A SILENT PASSAGE OR TWO

IF YOU WANT A REALLY STUNNING COPY OF BEATLES FOR SALE BUY, THEN YOU SHOULD TAKE A GOOD LONG LISTEN TO THIS COPY

I JUST HAVE TO GRADE THIS INCREDIBLE AUDIO  MINT MINUS

 TAKE A LISTEN A JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

OF ALL THE BEATLES ALBUMS, THIS SLEEVE IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE HARDEST TO FIND IN REAL TOP CONDITION. ENTIRELY DUE TO THE FLIMSY DESIGN AND THE WAY IN WHICH THE LP WAS HOUSED INSIDE THE SLEEVE. THE VAST MAJORITY OF COPIES WILL HAVE CREASED FRONT SURFACE/FOLDOVERS, DAMAGED SPINES, TORN INNER POCKET, AND RINGWEAR ON THE REAR SURFACE

THIS MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE HAS ABSOLUTELY NONE OF THE ABOVE

SO STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE. IT HAS BEEN HOUSED FOR ALL OF IT'S LIFE INSIDE A PROTECTIVE OUTER SLEEVE AND THIS HAS STOPPED  CREASING TO THE SURFACE . IT IS USUAL TO FIND THIS THIN FLAP CREASED ACROSS CORNERS WHERE THE FLIMSY PIECE OF CARD HAS BEEN ACCIDENTALLY BENT OR FOLDED, AND THIS ONE HAS ONLY THE TINIEST ONE ON THE TOP RIGHT TIP

THE FRONT SURFACE HAS A GLOSSY LAMINATE THAT GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. AS MENTIONED THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASE LINES, FOLDS OR BENDS, AND EVEN THE CORNERS ARE TOTALLY SQUARE 

THERE IS JUST ONE MINUSCULE LAMINATE PRESSURE LINE BY THE BOTTOM OF THE SPINE.NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES ANYWHERE 
IT'S AN ABSOLUTE JOY TO SEE THIS SLEEVE IN IT'S ORIGINAL 1964 CONDITION

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE  FREE FROM ANY WEAR AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PERFECT ON THE SURFACES, WITH JUST A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP END.

THE SPINE IS ALSO IN  PRISTINE CONDITION. HAS THE TAPERED ENDS AND WHICH OFTEN LOSES THE LAMINATE, BUT THIS SPINE IS COMPLETELY LAMINATED AND 100% FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.THE VERY TIPS TOP AND BOTTOM HAVE THE ABSOLUTE MINIMAL RUB

THE RIGHT HAD EDGE IS ALSO 100% FULLY LAMINATED AND UNBLEMISHED 

THE REAR SURFACE ALSO IN THE SAME MAGNIFICENT CONDITION AS THE FRONT, AND INCREDIBLY NO RING WEAR, JUST THE BAREST SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE WHEN ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT. THIS IS VERY SCARCE AS USUALLY THE REAR HAS HEAVY RING PRESS 

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS JUST HOW SUPERB THIS SLEEVE IS, AND WHY IT IS IN THE CONDITION THAT IT IS. MOST COPIES HAVE DAMAGED INNER SPINES, OR AT LEAST NICKS TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS. THIS IS ENTIRELY DUE TO THE WAY THE RECORD IS HOUSED BY INSERTING IT FROM THE SPINE INTO THE INNER POCKET. AS THIS IS SUCH A TIGHT FIT, IT IS ALL TO EASY TO ACCIDENTALLY NICK THE POCKET EDGE AND TEAR IT, BUT FAR MORE LIKELY IS THE FACT THAT UNLESS THE LP IS FULLY HOUSED INSIDE THE POCKET, CLOSING THE GATEFOLD OFTEN RESULTED IN ANY EXCESS VINYL PROTRUDING FROM THE SLEEVE TO ACT LIKE A BLUNT KNIFE AND OVER TIME DAMAGED THE SPINE.

THIS SPINE IS ABSOLUTELY UNBLEMISHED. NOT ONE SPECK OF DAMAGE TO THE SPINE, NOR ANY DAMAGE TO THE INNER POCKET. ABSOLUTELY MINT

THE FLIPBACKS ARE ALSO PRISTINE, AND THERE HAS BEEN NO LOSS OF THE DELICATE BLACK SURFACE TO EITHER INNER SURFACE

 YOU WILL NOT FIND A CLEANER AND BETTER EXAMPLE

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN MINT MINUS CONDITION.BARELY A WRINKLE AND TOTALLY WHITE AND UNSPLIT, SHOWING JUST WHY THIS ALBUM IS IN THE CONDITION THAT IT IS

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS

IT WILL NEVER NEED UPGRADING AND IS TRULY AN INVESTMENT GRADE CONDITION

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY