BEATLES Hard Days Night LP 1966 SMALL MONO

	£		206
	$		273

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Beatles called "A Hard Days Night" and is an ORIGINAL 1966 UK MONO 2nd Pressing on the Yellow & Black Parlophone label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE BEATLES RAREST LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER LPs ON THE PARLOPHONE LABEL - AND IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  IT IS ALSO WELL WORTH NOTING THAT THIS IS THE RAREST PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE!!!!  BY THE TIME THIS ULTRA RARE 2ND PRESSING WAS MADE IN 1966 - BARELY ANY BEATLES FANS WERE BUYING COPIES OF THIS LP!!!!  WHILST 1ST PRESSINGS BACK IN 1964 HAD SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE AMOUNTS, BY 1966 BEATLES FANS HAD VIRTUALLY NO INTEREST IN THIS LP AT ALL - AND WERE INSTEAD BUYING THE CURRENT BEATLES LPs OF THAT YEAR (SUCH AS 'REVOLVER' FOR EXAMPLE!)!!!!  AS A RESULT - THIS ULTRA RARE '2ND PRESSING' ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS, AND IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE RAREST PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE - AND FAR FAR RARER THAN THE VERY COMMON 1ST PRESSINGS FROM 1964!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS AN ULTRA RARE 'FACTORY SAMPLE' PRESSING!!!!   AND THIS IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  'FACTORY SAMPLE' PRESSINGS WERE ONLY EVER PRESSED IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (NO MORE THAN A FEW HUNDRED COPIES ONLY!), AND WERE ONLY EVER USED FOR 'IN-HOUSE' USE BY EMI / PARLOPHONE THEMSELVES (FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES), OR VERY OCCASSIONALLY ONE WAS GIVEN OUT TO 'IMPORTANT VISITORS' TO THE FACTORY - SUCH AS PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS FOR EXAMPLE!!!!  BARELY ANY 'FACTORY SAMPLE' PRESSINGS WERE EVER MADE - MAKING THIS LP VERY VERY RARE INDEED!!!! 

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1966 UK MONO 2ND PRESSING ON THE YELLOW & BLACK PARLOPHONE LABEL, ULTRA RARE 'FACTORY SAMPLE' STICKER ON THE SIDE 1 LABEL, 'SOLD IN THE UK' LABEL TEXT, 'GRAMOPHONE COMPANY' LABEL EDGE TEXT, 1ST PRESS 3N/3N MONO MATRIXES, ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE (100% CORRECT FOR THIS PRESSING!), AND ULTRA RARE 2ND PRESS 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' FLIPBACK LAMINATED 'PATENTS PENDING' MONO COVER (WITH ULTRA RARE 'SMALL' MONO ON THE COVER FRONT!)!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Parlophone UK 2nd Pressing from 1966 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl!!!!  The Cat. No is PMC 1230 on the ORIGINAL Yellow & Black Parlophone label (see picture) and is a UK MONO Pressing!!!! 

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO writing, NO wear, and only a few light spindle marks!!!!  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, only 2 or 3 MEGA light hairlines, only 2 or 3 ULTRA light scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some VERY background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The record also comes in its ORIGINAL Plain White inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The ULTRA RARE 'Garrod & Lofthouse' Flipback Laminated 'Patents Pending' SMALL MONO Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking!), VERY shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, NO ringwear, NO rubbing, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

TAKE A LOOK AT PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE Beatles LP!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1966 UK MONO 2ND PRESSING OF "A HARD DAYS NIGHT" BY THE BEATLES, IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!!  Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World (Postal discounts are available - see below for details).  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: