The Beatles BEATLES FOR SALE 1964 UK LP 1st Press -3/-4 MINT MINUS AUDIO - HEAR

	£		52
	$		69

THE BEATLES - FOR SALE

MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS AUDIO

1ST PRESS MONO - 1964

EX++++ SLEEVE!!!

• CATALOGUE: PARLOPHONE PMC 1240 
• MATRIX:XEX 503-3N / 504-4N
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 RLP / 1 ARD 
• KT TAX STAMP
• THE PARLOPHONE CO RIM WORDING
• SOLD IN THE UK STATEMENT

 TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

 I WOULD IMPLORE ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN THIS SUPERB ALBUM TO LISTEN TO THE RECORDING I HAVE MADE OF THE ENTIRE LP. THE MONO SOUND IS JUST INCREDIBLE. THIS ALBUM A LONG WITH THE OTHERS I HAVE FROM THIS SMALL BEATLES COLLECTION HAVE ALL BEEN PLAYED ON A TOP END HI-FI SYSTEM, WHICH MEANS THAT DESPITE HAVING A NUMBER OF PLAYS THE AUDIO HAS MAINTAINED ITS INCREDIBLE 1964 STATE. NO DISTORTION AND NO GROOVE WEAR

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

ORIGINAL YELLOW AND BLACK MONO LABELS ARE IN SUPER CONDITION. THE BLACK BASE COLOUR AND YELLOW LOGO'S ARE BOTH UNRUBBED .THE COLOURS RUN UNINTERRUPTED INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE, WHICH HAS JUST 10-12 SPIDER LINES SHOWING . AS I MENTIONED ABOVE THE FACT THAT THIS ALBUM HAS HAD A FEW PLAYS HAS NOT DETRACTED FROM THE SUPERB SOUND QUALITY DUE TO THE SYSTEM IT WAS PLAYED ON

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT DISC HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN, AND IN DAYLIGHT THERE IS NOT A MARK ON IT,AND IT LOOKS FLAWLESS. HOWEVER WHEN PLACED UNDER A SPOTLIGHT THERE ARE NUMEROUS WISPY SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL HAIRLINES AND SOME SURFACE SCUFFS. FOR SOME REASON THIS LP WAS FOUND TO HAVE BEEN STORED OUTSIDE OF THE INNER SLEEVE, SO THE RECORD WAS INSIDE THE GATE-FOLD BUT NOT INSIDE THE INNER SLEEVE. (THE INNER SLEEVE WAS SEPARATE ALTOGETHER) THIS IS THE REASON WHY THERE ARE THESE WISPY HAIRLINES ON THE SURFACE OF THE RECORDS, BUT ONLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT UNDER A SPOTLIGHT. 

FORTUNATELY THESE TINY SURFACE LINES DO NOT HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE AUDIO AS I HOPE YOU WILL HEAR IF YOU PLAY THE RECORDING

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTABLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I NOW DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID.

THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

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. 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 CRACKLE AND BE CONTINUOUS. THIS VINYL HAS NONE OF THAT, AGAIN WHOLLY DUE TO THE HI FI IT WAS PLAYED ON AND THE FACT THAT THE STYLUS WAS CORRECTLY TRACKED AND UNWORN

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE NOR ANY LOUD CLICKS OR POPS

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

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER AT ANY POINT. JUST THE OCCASIONAL SECOND OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC LIKE VINYL NOISE, IN SOME OF THE LINKING GROOVES, BUT EVEN THIS IS EXTREMELY LOW LEVEL

I DON'T BELIEVE I EVEN HEARD ANY DUST POPS THOUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH

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

FOR ME THE AUDIO PERFORMANCE GRADES MINT MINUS

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

THE FRONT SURFACE HAS A LITTLE RUB AND WEAR TO THE FOUR CORNER TIPS.

NO LAMINATE CREASE LINES AND THUS NO FOLDS TO ANY OF THE CORNERS

THERE ARE SIX LAMINATE PRESSURE LINES BY THE SPINE.NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, THREE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND JUST ONE SMALL THUMB LINE BETWEEN PAUL AND RINGO

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 95% FREE FROM ANY WEAR AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PERFECT AND SMOOTH ALL THE WAY ACROSS, WITH JUST A SPECK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT CORNER TIPS

THE SPINE IS FLAT AND SQUARE CONDITION. HAS THE TAPERED ENDS WHICH HAVE A SPECK OF RUB AT THE TIP ENDS, BUT THIS SPINE IS COMPLETELY LAMINATED AND 100% FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.RUNNING MY FINGER UP AND DOWN THE SURFACE I FELT JUST TWO LAMINATE PRESSURE LINES FROM THE FRONT

THE RIGHT HAD EDGE IS ALSO 95% FULLY LAMINATED WITH ONE TINY CHIP IN THE MIDDLE

THE REAR SURFACE ALSO IN THE SAME MAGNIFICENT CONDITION AS THE FRONT, AND INCREDIBLY NO HEAVY RING WEAR, JUST THE BAREST SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE WHEN ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT. THERE ARE SOME LAMINATE PRESSURE LINES ALONG THE EDGES

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS JUST HOW GOODTHIS 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/ NO ONE SPECK OF DAMAGE TO THE SPINE, NOR ANY DAMAGE TO THE INNER POCKET. 

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

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN MINT CONDITION.NO SPLITS, NO CREASES AND TOTALLY WHITE A(PROBABLY BECAUSE THE RECORD WAS NOT HOUSED INSIDE IT)

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE EX++++

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

GARRY