BEATLES "A HARD DAYS NIGHT" 1964 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING
  £   83
  $   110

 


£ 83 Sold For
Jul 13, 2008 Sold Date
Jul 6, 2008 Start Date
£   25 Start price
8   Number Of Bids
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                                          BEATLES "A HARD DAYS NIGHT"

Offered in truly stunning condition is this original 1964 uk 1st pressing "A Hard Day's Night".

The album was the soundtrack to the Beatles first film of the same name but only the seven tracks on side one actually featured in the film.

 The album spent a total of twenty one weeks at number one in the U.K charts and was only removed from the top spot by the Beatles own "Beatles For Sale" album.

PMC 1230

XEX.481/2-3N-3N

STAMPERS   GDA 1   TT 3

KT TAX CODE.

THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE AND UNBLEMISHED CONDITION. CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS THERE ARE NO SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO EITHER SIDE. ALL THE LETTERING IS PERFECT AND THERE IS NO DULLING OR RUBBING PRESENT.

THE GLOSSY, HEAVY WEIGHT VINYL IS NEAR MINT. CLEARLY HAVING BEEN PLAYED NO MORE THAN TWO TIMES THE VINYL IS NEAR MINT. IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT THIS VINYL APPEARS MINT AND CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT REVEALS JUST THE ODD, TINY AND VERY WISPY SURFACE MARK. THE VINYL RETAINS ITS PERFECT AND BRIGHT PLAYING SURFACE WITH NO DULLING PRESENT. THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT AND THERE IS NO NEEDLE LIFT WHEN PLAYED.

ONE CAREFUL PLAY BY MYSELF REVEALS A FAULTLESS AND PURE AUDIO WITH ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION PRESENT AT ANY POINT. THE VINYL DELIVERS A CLEAR AND CRISP CLARITY WHICH IS A JOY TO LISTEN TO. ALL TRACK GROOVES AND RUN IN/OFF GROOVES ARE SILENT.... SIMPLY PERFECT.

THE ORIGINAL EMITEX INNER IS SUPERB WITH JUST THE EXPECTED LIGHT CREASES EVIDENT, THE INNER IS CRISP, BRIGHT WHITE AND TOTALLY INTACT.

THE OUTER "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE" PATENTS PENDING SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT. IT DOES DISPLAY SOME LIGHT EDGE WRINKLES TO THE PRONT PANEL AND A DEEPER CREASE TOWARDS RIGHT CORNER (SEE PICTURE), THE FRONT IS HOWEVER VERY CLEAN AND BRIGHT. THE REAR IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND BRIGHT WITH NO HANDLING MARKS EVIDENT, ALL THE SEAMS LIE FLAT WITH JUST THE ODD LIGHT CREASE BUT NOTHING SERIOUS.THE OPENING EDGE HAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF HANDLING VISIBLE AND THERE IS A SMALL CORNER BUMP TO BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER BUT AGAIN THIS IS NOT SERIOUS. THE SPINE IS PERFECT AND RIGID WITH NO CREASES OR CRUSHING.

OVERALL A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS UK MONO 1ST PRESSING WHICH OFFERS NEAR MINT VINYL, MIT LABELS AND WHICH DELIVERS A FLAWLESS AND PRISTINE AUDIO.   




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