The Beatles Revolver Orig'66 Capitol ST-2576 1st Press AudioMatrix Stamp Shrink

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ORIGINAL 1st CAPITOL RECORDS ST-2576 STEREO PRESSING

THE BEATLES ~ REVOLVER (1966)

ABBEY ROAD MANUFACTURING CONTRACT PRESSING

“AUDIOMATRIX” MACHINE STAMP IN THE RUNOUT GROOVE OF BOTH SIDES

VERY EARLY “10-15-66” DATE STAMP IN THE RUNOUT GROOVE ON BOTH SIDES

1st PRINT LABELS WITH THE “LENNON-McCARTNEY” CREDITS MISSING THE AUTHORS’ FIRST NAMES

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Original 1st US Stereo pressing of The Beatles “Revolver” released by Capitol Records on August 5, 1966. The currently listed copy represents an extremely rare issue with the vinyl containing the “AudioMatrix” stamp in the runout groove on both sides. Along with the “Revolver”, the “AudioMatrix” stamp can be found on the other Beatles albums including “Something New” and “The Early Beatles”. A mention of these incredibly rare issues can be found in the Bruce Spizer’s book as well as of their pressing plants that remain unknown. Nevertheless, the plant where this currently listed copy of “Revolver” with the ”AudioMatrix” stamp was pressed at could be identified based on the “AB” abbreviation in the runout groove on both sides. This is the Abbey Road pressing plant which was located in Newark, NJ. This contract pressing is very early and was made on October 15, 1966, only two months after the album’s official release date. 1st print labels with the “Lennon – McCartney” author credits which were changed to “John Lennon – Paul McCartney” on the subsequent pressing. 1st print black multi-color band labels with the Capitol Records logo contain the 2.75” pressing ring and “ST-2576” catalog number. 1st print cardboard cover remains in the original factory shrink wrap. The full matrix numbers featuring the “AudioMatrix” and “10-15-66” date stamp in the runout grooves of the 1st pressing vinyl are as follows: SIDE 1 - ST-1-2576-A 10-15-66 AB 10-66 AudioMatrix; SIDE 2 - ST-2-2576-B 10-15-66 AB 10-66 AudioMatrix. This rare copy includes the original “Capitol ’66” gold inner sleeve. 

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The cover is graded as Near Mint Minus. It's very clean and doesn't have any splits, wear, soiling, writing or residue. The fully intact shrink wrap only has some very light age shelf wear. The vinyl is in Strong Very Good Plus condition. It retains its beautiful gloss only having a few very light non-feelable surface marks and hairlines as well as scuffs from the original inner sleeve which is in Near Mint condition and doesn't have any splits or tears. The scuff-free labels are very clean and in Near Mint (Practically Mint Minus) condition. The vinyl sounds amazing with just some very light occasional static that can be heard only at a loud volume during the quiet passages and which most likely would go away if the record was professionally cleaned using a VPI cleaning machine.

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