BEATLES Nowhere Man EP 1966 MONO 1st Press GEP 8952 FACTORY SAMPLE

	£		75
	$		99

PLEASE NOTE - THIS AUCTION WILL END LATE SATURDAY 27th MAY - AS THIS WEEK I AM DOING SATURDAY NIGHT (27th) AND SUNDAY NIGHT (28th) AUCTIONS - WITH SOME AMAZING ITEMS ENDING ON BOTH DAYS!!!!!  SO PLEASE READ ON ABOUT THIS AMAZING ITEM BELOW - AND GOOD LUCK IF YOU DECIDE TO BID:-

THE RARITY OF EPs:-   EPs were popular in the UK from the early 1950s through the late 1960s.  However, they had a few flaws, which makes them especially rare in top condition!!!!  Firstly although they had 'LP type' covers - they were much thinner than LP covers, and as a result they creased and tore easily.  SO IT VERY RARE INDEED TO FIND ANY EP FROM THIS PERIOD UNDAMAGED!!!!  And secondly EPs generally NEVER came with inner sleeves after around 1960.  There were a couple of exceptions - but EMI certainly never bothered with them.  And this means that any record inside an EP cover was directly rubbing against the cardboard interior of the cover.  This means that almost ALL EPs ever made - will have some paper scuffs under light.  This is normal and completely unavoidable with ALL Beatles EPs.  HOWEVER, ALTHOUGH THE COVER FOR THIS EP HAS A FEW CREASES (AS EXPECTED) THE RECORD IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!

THE RARITY OF 'FACTORY SAMPLES':-  'FACTORY SAMPLE' PRESSINGS WERE ONLY EVER PRESSED IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (NO MORE THAN A HUNDRED COPIES AT THE VERY MOST!), AND WERE ONLY EVER USED FOR 'IN-HOUSE' USE BY EMI / CAPITOL THEMSELVES (FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES), PUT ON RECORDS EMPLOYEES WANTED TO TAKE HOME (TO PREVENT THEM BEING RETURNED A SHOP IN EXCHANGE FOR MONEY), OR VERY OCCASSIONALLY ONE WAS GIVEN OUT TO 'IMPORTANT VISITORS' TO THE FACTORY - SUCH AS PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS FOR EXAMPLE!!!!  'FACTORY SAMPLES' ARE TRULY EXCEPTIONALLY HARD TO FIND TODAY, AS SO FEW WERE EVER MADE!!!!  BARELY ANY 'FACTORY SAMPLE' PRESSINGS OF THIS EP WERE EVER MADE - MAKING THIS EP OF THE UTMOST RARITY!!!!

COUNTRY:-  UK

MONO/STEREO:-  MONO

FORMAT:-  EXTENDED PLAY (4 TRACKS)

PRESSING:-  ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE OF THIS EP!!!!  IT HAS A 1ST PRESS 'PUSH-OUT' CENTRE, 1ST PRESS 'SOLD IN THE UK' LABEL TEXT, 1ST PRESS 'GRAMOPHONE COMPANY' LABEL EDGE TEXT, 1ST PRESS 'YELLOW & BLACK' PARLOPHONE LABEL, 1ST PRESS SINGLE RIDGE AROUND THE CENTRAL BOSS, 1ST PRESS 'KT' TAX CODE (EMBOSSED ON 1 LABEL AND ALSO IN THE RUN OFF GROOVES!), 1ST PRESS '6607 TP' DATE CODING ON THE COVER BACK, 1ST PRESS 'ROUNDED' FLIPBACKS, AND 1ST PRESS 1/1 MATRIX ENDINGS.  THIS EP EVEN HAS INCREDIBLY EARLY 1ST PRESS 1/M 1/L MOTHER & STAMPER CODINGS!!!!  SO ALL THESE VITALLY IMPORTANT 1ST PRESS DETAILS CONCLUSIVELY SHOW THIS EP TO BE ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE!!!!

ARTIST:-  THE BEATLES

TITLE:-  NOWHERE MAN

CAT NUMBER:-  GEP 8952

LABEL:-  PARLOPHONE

DATE:-  1966

SIGNS OF PLAY:-  BARELY ANY!

LABELS:-   NM

RECORD GRADING:-   The record is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition!  Even under light the record looks BRILLIANT and JET BLACK!  It has NO scratches, only 2 or 3 MEGA light hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  The record also plays VERY well indeed - with NO skips, NO jumps, barely ANY clicks AT ALL, NO groovewear, NO distortion, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some VERY slight background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!  The record must grade VG++++ if not better.  A very VERY nice record indeed, VERY strictly graded - and has BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!

INNER:-  Beatles EPs never came with an inner sleeve.

DEFECTS OUTSIDE OF THE GRADE GIVEN:-  N/A

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