BEATLES MILLION SELLERS RARE 'GOLDEN DISCS' 1st Press EP GEP 8946 VINYL VGC
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Description
ARTIST: The Beatles
TITLE: The Beatles' Million Sellers (includes She Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand, Can't Buy Me Love & I Feel Fine.
THIS RELEASE: 1965 PYE Contract Pressing with solid centre.
COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE: UK
LABEL: Parlophone
CATALOGUE NUMBER: GEP 8946
MATRIX NUMBER/S: 7 TCE 888-1 and 7 TCE 889-1
SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS: Very early and rare first pressing, second variation label that was a PYE contract pressing made in very few numbers. The Sleeve is fully laminated and contains the 'The Beatles' Million Sellers' title, but this was not reproduced on the label itself which continued to be titled 'Beatles' Golden Discs' from the aborted original but unreleased pressing. The tax code 'KT' is stamped in the run out area on both sides and there is etched '6' on side A and '5' on side B in the same run out area. The record is Mono. 'The Gramophone Co Ltd...' Is written around the perimeter of the label and 'Sold in UK subject to...' Printed under the centre hole. The centre is solid, not a push out. The label is black and yellow with silver writing.
DISC CONDITION: Very Good, shiny, at worse with light hairlines that you cannot feel.
SLEEVE CONDITION: Very Good/Excellent with very little shelf wear just faint creases under the surface shiny laminate.
LABEL CONDITION: Very Good with a few creases emanating from the centre hole (see photos).
THIS VERY RARE AND A COPY SOLD (ACCORDING TO THE POPSIKE WEBSITE) FOR £157.00 GBP IN 2009! SO GRAB IT WHILE YOU CAN!
SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS TO COMBINE POSTAGE.
I use Record Collector magazine grading guide to describe condition. My description is fairly detailed so the item is likely to read worse than what it is!!
For track listing see my photos.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE CHECK WHETHER THERE IS A SHIPPING COST SHOWN NEXT TO THE STARTING BID PRICE. IF THIS IS SHOWN THEN THE ITEM HAS PROBABLY BEEN LISTED UNDER THE GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAMME AND IT IS A RATE DETERMINED BY EBAY. THIS IS THE POSTAGE OFFER TO BUYERS OUTSIDE OF THE UK SO PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT ME FOR AN ALTERNATIVE.
AS FAR AS I AM AWARE THE GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAMME DOES NOT OFFER COMBINED POSTAGE.
FOR UK BUYERS AND INTERNATIONAL BUYERS NOT USING THE GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAMME: If you are considering bidding on this and another of my items listed, please let me know so that if you are successful on more than one of these I can combine postage to save you money, therefore invoice you for the correct amount.
Usually I charge an additional £1.00 for each extra vinyl LP, 50 pence for each extra vinyl single and CD.
If the item for sale is sold for more than £20.00 I reserve the right to charge an extra £1.00 to cover the cost of posting tracked and signed for unless this is already accounted for.
If you are outside of the UK please contact me first before you bid to ask me the shipping costs so that we can avoid any unnecessary misunderstanding on cost of postage, and I can invoice for the correct amount before you pay for the item. HOWEVER IF YOU ARE BUYING USING THE GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAMME (SEE MY COMMENTS ABOVE) I DO NOT DETERMINE THE SHIPPING RATE WHICH IS WHOLLY DETERMINED BY A THIRD PARTY.
I do not ship to Russia unless you have bought from me before.
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