BEATLES "REVOLVER" 1966 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING **606-1**
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BEATLES "REVOLVER"
VERY RARE VERSION WITH REMIX 11 OF TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS..... 606-1
ORIGINAL UK 1ST MONO PRESSING.
RELEASED 5TH AUGUST 1966 "REVOLVER" WAS THE BEATLES SIXTH UK ALBUM RELEASE. IT WENT STRAIGHT TO NUMBER 1 IN THE U.K WITH ADVANCED SALES OF 300,000.
THE ALBUM WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE TITLED "ABRACADABRA" UNTIL IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THIS NAME HAD ALREADY BEEN USED.
ORIGINALLY IT WAS DECIDED THAT REMIX 11 OF TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS WAS TO BE USED ON THE ALBUM. PRESSINGS OF THE ALBUM HAD JUST STARTED WITH THE MATRIX 606-1 WHEN GEORGE MARTIN DECIDED HE PREFERED REMIX 8 AND WANTED IT CHANGED, PRESSINGS WHERE STOPPED AND THE TRACK WAS CHANGED HOWEVER NOT IN TIME TO STOP THE ORIGINAL 1ST PRESSING HITTING THE SHOPS. ONLY VERY VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF THIS ALBUM WITH MATRIX 606-1 EXIST.
PMC 7009
XEX 605/6-2-1
KT TAX CODE
THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABLES TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN STUNNING CONDITION . VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE APPEARS TO BE JUST VERY LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT. THESE UNSPOILT LABELS CARRY "THE GRAMMOPHONE" CO RIM "AND SOLD IN UK" TEXT AND SIDE TWO HAS THE EMBOSSED KT TAX CODE. LABELS ARE SPOTLESSLY CLEAN AND VIVID AND ALL WORDING IS PERFECT WITH NO FADING OR DULLING.
THE GLOSSY VINYL IS TRULY STUNNING, DESPITE BEING PLAYED THE VINYL DISPLAYS JUST VERY LIGHT, WISPY BUT EXTREMELY MINIMAL SURFACE MARKS AND THESE ARE ONLY VISIBLE WHEN THE VINYL IS EXAMINED UNDER A STRONG LIGHT, IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT IT APPEARS TO BE MINT. THE VINYL LIES FLAT AND SHOWS NO SIGNS OF WARPING.
AUDIO IS NEAR FLAWLESS...THERE IS SOME VERY MILD CRACKLE EVIDENT TO BOTH RUN IN/OFF GROOVES AND TO SOME OF THE TRACK GROOVES BUT NOTHING THAT SPOILS THE LISTENING ENJOYMENT. THE VINYL OTHERWISE PLAYS THROUGH CLEARLY AND WITH NO POPS, SKIPS OR JUMPS.
THE ORIGINAL WHITE "PATENTS APPLIED FOR" INNER IS STUNNING. IT IS STILL ITS ORIGINAL BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR WITH ABOLUTELY NO YELLOWING OR WEAR AND STILL VERY VERY CRISP WITH VIRTUALLY NO SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING.
THE "E.J DAY" LAMINATED SLEEVE IS IN AMAZING CONDITION .DESIGNED BY KLAUS VOORMAN, THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS JUST THE ODD VERY TINY EDGE WRINKLE. THE FRONT PANEL IS STILL ITS TRUE BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR WITH JUST A HINT OF YELLOWING TO THE OPENING EDGE BUT THIS REALLY IS MINMAL, THE FRONT HAS RETAINED ITS DEEP AND VIBRANT SHEEN. THERE IS NO EDGE OR CORNER WEAR PRESENT.THE REAR IS FREE FROM THE USUAL RUBBING ,FADING OR WHITENING WHICH IS VERY COMMON ON THIS SLEEVE AND ALL THE SEAMS LIE PREFECTLY FLAT WITH NO LIFTING E.T.C.THE SPINE IS STILL PERFECTLY RIDGID. THE SLEEVE CARRIES THE CORRECT SMALL "MONO" LOGO.....A GENUINE SUPERIOR EXAMPLE.
OVERALL A STUNNING AND VERY DESIRABLE EXAMPLE OF THIS HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER UK MONO 606-1 1ST PRESSING....A POSSIBLE FINAL UPGRADE COPY FOR MANY!
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