The Beatles WITH THE BEATLES UK LP 1st Press * MONO * Jobete Credit MINT MINUS

	£		185
	$		245

THE BEATLES - WITH THE BEATLES

THE FIRST UK PRESS IN GLORIOUS SMONO

1ST PRESS WITH INCORRECT 'JOBETE' CREDIT FOR MONEY

PLAYS TO A STUNNING MINT MINUS STANDARD

OUTSTANDING SLEEVE TO MATCH

CATALOGUE: PARLOPHONE PMC 1206

• MATRIX:XEX 447-1N / 448-1N
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 T / 2 RO
• PARLOPHONE CO RIM WORDING - 1ST PRESS INDICATOR
• NO SOLD IN THE UK STATEMENT - 1ST PRESS INDICATOR
• LARGE MONO ON THE SLEEVE
• KT TAX CODE
• NO 'SOLD IN THE UK'

THE VERY FIRST PRESSING OF 'WITH THE BEATLES' HAD AN ERROR IN THE CREDITS FOR THE FINAL TRACK ON SIDE TWO. 'MONEY' WAS ORIGINALLY ACCREDITED TO (JOBETE), WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CREDITED TO 'DOMINION BELINDA' THIS ERROR WAS QUICKLY RECTIFIED BUT NOT QUICK ENOUGH TO STOP THE WRONG LABELS TO GO OUT ON THE FIRST RELEASES OF THE VINYL

THIS IS ONE SUCH 1ST ISSUE WITH THE JOBETE CREDIT

  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

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE ORIGINAL YELLOW AND BLACK LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE JET BLACK BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.

THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND UNRUBBED. THE YELLOW LOGO IS IN THE SAME EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. I CAN  MAKE OUT 3-4 TINY SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE RECORD

REALLY REALLY GLOSSY LP THAT LOOKS FANTASTIC. ORIGINAL HEAVYWEIGHT FIRST PRESS IN STUNNING CONDITION. IN DAYLIGHT THE DISC LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS AND AS NEW. EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST A FEW REALLY TINY NEAR INVISIBLE WISPY HAIRLINES. THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE COPY OF THIS ALBUM!

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 DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS BECAUSE I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD THEY ARE THINKING OF BIDDING ON.

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

I WOULD URGE YOU TO TAKE A LONG LISTEN TO JUST HOW SUPERB THIS ALBUM STILL SOUNDS AFTER FIFTY SIX YEARS

 EARLY BEATLES ALBUMS CAN SOUND DREADFUL DUE TO THE HEAVY CARTRIDGES AND STYLUS THAT WERE USED ON THEM BACK IN THE DAY. THIS HEAVY STYLI WOULD EVENTUALLY SCORE THE GROOVE AND UNTIMATELY CAUSE GROOVE WEAR WHICH IN TURN RESULTED IN A HISSING NOISE USUALLY COMING FROM JUST ONE SPEAKER.

  ALSO A WORD ABOUT STEERING CLEAR OF RECORDS THAT HAVE BEEN PLAYED ON A PLAYER USING AN AUTOCHANGER. THEY ARE DEAD EASY TO TELL BECAUSE THE SPINDLE HOLE IS WORN AND A LARGE WHITE CIRCLE OF WEAR APPEARS AROUND IT, WHERE THEY HAVE RUBBED AGAINST THE AUTOCHANGE SPINDLE. THESE RECORDS WOULD CLONKED DOWN ONTO OTHER RECORDS AND BECAUSE THERE IS NO SERRATED RIM RIDGE ON LP'S WOULD CAUSE SURFACE SCRATCHING ULTIMATELY

ANYWAY THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS TO MOST EARLY BEATLES RECORDS - NOT THIS ONE THOUGH

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH SUPERBLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATES THE CRISP CLEAN MONO REPRODUCTION. 

THE VINYL PLAYS ABSOLUTELY PERFECTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES.

FOR THOSE THAT ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS ALBUM, YOU WILL KNOW THAT ONE OF THE TRACKS 'TIL I MET YOU' IS VERY VULNERABLE AND MOST COPIES WILL SOUND DISTORTED ON THIS PARTICULAR SONG. THIS COPY HOWEVER IS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS SONG, AND EVERY OTHER ONE AS WELL FOR THAT MATTER

YOU WILL  NOT HEAR ANY EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE. THERE IS NO CRACKLING, NO LOUD CLICKS OR POPS

WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE THE SOUND QUALITY OF THIS FIRST PRESS IS SIMPLY MAGNIFICENT, AND CONSIDERING IT'S 56 YEARS IT STILL PERFORMS AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PURCHASED

I DIDN'T HEAR ANY STATIC OR EVEN DUST POPS OR TICS, THE ONLY TINY BIT OF NOISE WAS A SPECK OF VERY LOW LEVEL VINYL NOISE IN THE LINKING GROOVE TO THE LAST TRACK ON SIDE ONE

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THE AUDIO AS MINT MINUS

PLEASE DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, HAVE A LISTEN TO THE LP AND JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE SINGLE SLEEVE

THE FRONT LAMINATED SURFACE GLEAMS LIKE NEW. THIS SLEEVE HAS A HISTORY OF GETTING VERY CREASED VERY EASILY, BUT THIS ONE ONLY HAS PRESSURE LINES ON THE EDGES NOT IN THE MAIN BODY OF THE SLEEVE

THERE IS NO LAMINATE PEEL, LIFT OR FLAKE ON ANY PART OF THE COVER, AND NO RINGWEAR EITHER. JUST A SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE WHEN ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT.

THERE ARE  JUST THREE SMALL LAMINATE PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINE. SIX ALONG THE TOP EDGE, AND EIGHT ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE. NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 99% FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR. ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS THERE AND FULLY RUNS  FROM CORNER TO CORNER SMOOTHLY. THE CORNER TIP END S HAVE A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THEM

THE SPINE IS STILL FULLY LAMINATED. TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED, WITH THE BLACK TYPEFACE PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE IS A TINY BIT OF RUB TO THE TOP TIP END

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL VERY SHARP WITH A LITTLE LIGHT BURRING IN THE MIDDLE

THE REAR SURFACE IS STILL INCREDIBLY WHITE. JUST A LIGHT SPECK OF HANDLING NEAR THE OPENING EDGE, AND A LITTLE VERY MILD SPOTS OF LIGHT AGEING. THE ORIGINAL STORE HAS PLACED THEIR SHOP STICKER IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER ' STAR RECORDS OF LONDON'

THE FLIPBACKS ARE ALL PERFECTLY STUCK IN PLACE.

THE ORIGINAL EMI GREASEPROOF PAPER LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB  CONDITION. NONE OF THE SEAMS ARE SPLIT EITHER.NO CREASES AND STILL VERY WHITE

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

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

GARRY