non uk bidders please read my notes about international postage below.....returns policy only applies to UK...

ONE OF THE EARLIEST EXAMPLES AND WITH A  LOVELY FLIMSY GATEFOLD SLEEVE AND VERY GOOD PLUS VINYL....THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST BEATLES UK STEREO FIRST PRESSINGS AND I WILL EXPLAIN WHY...

RELEASED AT THE END OF 1964 1ST PRESSINGS HAVE "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED" ON THE LABELS, IN FEBRUARY 1965 THE LABELS WERE CHANGED TO (P) 1964 WHICH MEANS THAT THESE ISSUES CAN ONLY HAVE BEEN PRODUCED FOR ABOUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS. 

WITH THE OBVIOUS EXCEPTION OF  STEREO PLEASE PLEASE ME'S ON THE BLACK AND GOLD LABEL, ONLY "WITH THE BEATLES" (FEB 1964 ADDED "SOLD IN UK TXT, ABOUT 3 MONTHS AFTER RELEASE ) AND MAYBE "REVOLVER" (DR ROBERT CHANGED TO DOCTOR ROBERT ON THE LABEL SOMETIME BEFORE 1967)  AND MAYBE "A HARD DAYS NIGHT" (CHUBBY FONT LABELS WERE REPLACED SOMETIME BEFORE NOVEMBER 1964) CAN HAVE ANY CLAIM TO  A SIMILAR SHORT RUN. MOST OF THE OTHER BEATLES WENT MANY MORE MONTHS BEFORE ANY FIRST CHANGE WAS MADE TO THEIR  LABELS (AND SOME EVEN WENT MORE THAN A YEAR!).

IN THE CASE OF MONO ISSUES, DESPITE THE SHORT PRESS RUN THESE WERE PRODUCED IN THEIR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, HOWEVER IN THE CASE OF STEREO ISSUES, THE RUN WAS MUCH MUCH SMALLER AS STEREO RECORDS IN MOST CASES HAD TO BE SPECIALLY ORDERED FROM THE RECORD SHOPS AS THEY DID NOT KEEP STEREO'S IN STOCK (THERE WAS SO LITTLE CALL FOR THEM).

I DO NOT KNOW THE EXACT RATIO OF STEREO ISSUES TO MONO ONES BUT OBVIOUSLY THE EARLIER THE RELEASE THE SMALLER THAT RATIO WILL BE AND "BEATLES FOR SALE" BEING THE ONLY THE BEATLES FOURTH UK RELEASE WILL OBVIOUSLY HAVE ONE OF THE SMALLEST STEREO:MONO RATIOS. HOWEVER YOU CAN GET SOME IDEA BY DOING A SEARCH FOR "BEATLES FOR SALE" ON EBAY, AT ANY ONE TIME YOU WILL FIND 10-20 YELLOW ON BLACK PARLOPHONE WITH RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED ON THE LABELS, MOST TIMES YOU WILL NOT SEE ANY STEREO'S WITH THOSE ATTRIBUTES (AND IF YOU LOOK NOW YOU PROBABLY ONLY FIND ONE, THIS ONE!!!)

SO THERE IT IS ONE OF THE RAREST STEREO BEATLES FIRST PRESSINGS IN EXSISTANCE, AND IN GREAT CONDITION (ESPECIALLY THAT FLIMSY GATEFOLD SLEEVE!) 

For Auction here is the UK LP ''  BEATLES FOR SALE " BY THE BEATLES Cat. No is PCS 3062 AND IS A FIRST PRESSING ON THE  PARLOPHONE LABEL AND IN STEREO WITH RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED AND SOLD IN UK ON THE LABELS........

THE CONDITION

LABELS: NO FAULTS, SOME SPINDLE TRACES, GRADES EXCELLENT

VINYL: HAS TO BE ONE OF THE BETTER EXAMPLES OF THIS RARE DISC, IN NORMAL LIGHT COULD EASY PASS FOR EXCELLENT BUT UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE ARE SOME BAG REMOVAL AND SURFACE MARKS BUT NO FEELABLE SCRATCHES I CAN DETECT SO GRADED CONSERVATIVELY AS VG+

SLEEVE: AGAIN ONE OF THE BEST FIRST PRESS SLEEVES I HAVE HANDLED, EITHER IN MONO OR MUCH RARER STEREO - THESE GATEFOLDS ARE NOTORIOUSLY FLIMSY AND NORMALLY HAVE A DEGRADED SPINE AND OFTEN HAVE TAPE REPAIRS, I HAVE NEVER SEEN A ONE OF THESE FIRST PRESS SLEEVE'S LIKE THIS, PRINTED AND MADE BY GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE, I HAVE TO SAY THE CONDITION OF THIS SLEEVE REALLY IS JUST IMPOSSIBLE GIVEN IT'S NEAR 44 YEAR AGE, SEE IF MY PICS DO IT JUSTICE, LOOK AT THE SPINE LOOK AT THE SLEEVE, JUST AMAZING!....YES THERE IS SOME MINOR CREASING AND I GRADE THIS AS VG PLUS TO EX MINUS, HOWEVER FOR THIS SLEEVE AN EX MINUS GRADE IS MORE LIKE THE EQUIVILENT OF NEAR MINT BELIEVE ME!!!

COMES COMPLETE WITH IT'S CORRECT EMITEX RICE PAPER INNER!

I'VE JUST SOLD A SIMILAR EXAMPLE FOR GBP 100 AND THIS IS NOT THAT FAR BEHIND THAT COPY! I  DOUBT THERE ARE THAT THERE ARE ANY BETTER EXAMPLES OUT THERE THAT EXIST FOR UNDER GBP 100, AT LEAST 43-44 YEARS OLD , PRICED TO ACCEPT RESONABLE OFFERS - THIS COULD AND PROBABLY WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO GET A COPY SUCH AS THIS - DON'T MISS OUT!! 

 (Please note that whilst I try to endeavour to adhere to strict RC gradings I will never describe ANYTHING AS MINT even when I think it to be so. As far as I am concerned any secondhand item by definition cannot be mint. However if I believe an item to be Mint  I will instead either use the terms Near Mint, mint minus, or in archive or vault condition. When I use these terms you know that in my opinion this is in effect a de-facto Mint grade )

GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS!!!

INSURANCE INCLUDED IN P&P PRICE DEPENDING ON FINAL SALE VALUE...

Dont forget to take a look at my other items. Please feel free to contact me with any queries you may have.

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I ONLY DO A COUPLE OF RUNS A WEEK TO THE POST OFFICE BUT MY ITEMS ARE ALWAYS DISPATCHED WELL WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK OF PAYMENT BEING RECEIVED. I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE TO THOSE BUYERS WHO SEEM TO EXPECT THEIR ITEM TO ARRIVE THE NEXT DAY, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK WHEN AN ITEM WAS SENT JUST PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU!! (SOME PEOPLE DO MAKE YOU LAUGH, FOR ITEMS I BUY I ONLY NORMALLY GET CONCERNED AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND EVEN AFTER THAT THEN ONLY POLIETELY ENQUIRE IF AND WHEN THE ITEM WAS SENT).

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PAYMENTS BY PAYPAL ARE PREFERRED BUT I ALSO ACCEPT OTHER METHODS. I ALSO POST WORLDWIDE (PLS APPLY FOR RATES) BUT DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH A DISREPUTABLE BUYER IN JAPAN (EBAY WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO NAME THEM) , FOR ALL PAYMENTS MADE VIA PAYPAL THE ITEM WILL ONLY BE SENT BOTH TO THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY RECORDED OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY. THIS IS TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY ATTEMPT TO CLAIM BACK THE PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL EVEN AFTER ACTUALLY HAVING RECEIVED THE ITEM.

THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS HAD THE RESULT OF INCREASING MY COSTS FOR POSTING AND PACKING AND I AM VERY SORRY FOR THIS BUT PAYPAL OFFER NO PROTECTION FOR SELLERS UNLESS THERE IS PROOF OF DELIVERY!! PROOF OF POSTING WOULD SEEM INSUFFICIENT TO THEM AND I HAVE FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY..

DUE TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THIS SAME BUYER PAYPAL PAYMENTS WILL ALSO NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM BUYERS WHO DO NOT ALLOW THEIR FEEDBACK TO READ, SO IF YOU FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY PLEASE DO NOT BID ON MY ITEMS UNLESS YOU CAN PAY BY ANOTHER METHOD…….

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