BEATLES "BACK IN THE U.S.S.R" UK 1ST PRESS ***DEMO***
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BEATLES "BACK IN THE U.S.S.R/TWIST ANS SHOUT"
VERY RARE ORIGINAL 1976 DEMO PRESSING OF THE BEATLES "BACK IN THE U.S.S.R.
RELEASED AS A PROMOTIONAL SINGLE FOR THE "ROCK AND ROLL ALBUM" THIS TRACK WAS TAKEN FROM THE BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM"
THE SINGLE WAS RELEASED ON 25 JUNE 1976 AND ENTERED THE TOP 30 ON JULY 17 AT NO.24, REACHED NO.18 FOR ONE WEEK AND WAS IN THE TOP 30 FOR THREE WEEKS.
THE SINGLE WAS ALSO RELEASED ALONG WITH THE "RE-ISSUE" OF ALL THE BEATLES PREVIOUS 22 SINGLES.("BACK IN THE U.S.S.R however was not a re-issue but an original 1st u.k issue !!!!) ALL 23 SINGLES WERE PACKAGED IN SPECIAL PICTURE SLEEVES.
THERE ARE ONLY THREE KNOWN DEMO PRESSINGS ON BLACK PARLOPHONE, "SGT PEPPERS","YESTERDAY" AND OF COURSE "BACK IN THE U.S.S.R".
THIS SUPERB DEMO PRESSING IS ON THE BLACK PARLOPHONE LABEL.
R6016
MATRIX 7YCE 21788/9-1
THE STUNNING LABELS ON THIS UNIQUE RECORD CARRY "DEMO RECORD NOT FOR SALE" TEXT AND THE RECOGNISABLE DEMO SILVER CAPITAL "A" (on side 1 only). VIEWED UNDER A STRONG LIGHT THERE APPEARS TO BE JUST ONE VERY LIGHT SPINDLE MARK PRESENT TO SIDE ONE ONLY!!!! THERE ARE NO OTHER MARKS WHATSOEVER AND LABELS ARE EXTREMLEY CLEAN AND EXCEPTIONALLY VIVID.
THE GLOSSY VINYL IS NEAR MINT, CLOSE INSPECTION REVEALS JSUT VERY LIGHT AND TINY HANDLING MARKS BUT NO ACTUAL SIGNS OF PLAY, THIS SUPERB VINYL HAS RETAINED ITS AS NEW APPEARANCE AND HAS NOT SUFFERED FROM ANY DULLING TO THE PLAYING SURFACE, THE VINYL DEOS OF COURSE LIE PERFECTLY FLAT.
HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL PICTURE SLEEVE WHICH IS ALSO IN NEAR MINTCONDITION WITH VIRTUALLY NO SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING.
OVERALL A SUPERB AND RARE OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE AN ORIGINAL UK DEMO RELEASE OFFERED IN NEAR MINT CONDITION.
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