BEATLES "REVOLVER" RARE UK MONO 1ST PRESS ****606-1****
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BEATLES "REVOLVER"
ORIGINAL AND RARE 1966 MONO 1ST PRESSING.
RELEASED AUGUST 5TH 1966 "REVOLVER" WAS THE BEATLES SEVENTH UK ALBUM RELEASE.
THE ALBUM WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE TITLED "ABRACADABRA" UNTIL IT WAS DESCOVERED THAT THIS TITLE WAS ALREADY IN USE.
THE FIRST TRACK RECORDED FOR THE ALBUM WAS "TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS", WHICH INCIDENTLY WAS TITLED "THE VOID".
THE DAY THE ALBUM WAS PRESSED IT WAS DECIDED THAT ANOTHER VERSION OF "TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS" WAS PREFERED TO THE ONE ALREADY CHOSEN TO APPEAR ON THE ALBUM, THE PRESSING WAS STOPPED AND THE TRACK WAS CHANGED, HOWEVER A LIMITED NUMBER OF ALBUMS HAD BEEN PRESSED AND THESE WHERE SENT OUT TO THE SHOPS ALONG WITH THE CORRECTED VERSION.
THESE "MISPRESSED" VERSIONS CARRY THE 606-1 MATRIX NUMBER..... THIS IS ONLY APPLICABLE TO THE MONO PRESSINGS AND NOT THE STEREO VERSION OF THIS ALBUM.
PMC 7009
XEX 605/6-2-1
KT TAX CODE.
THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. WHEN VIEWED CLOSELY UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE ARE SOME LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS BUT THERE IS NO SPINDLE WEAR. LABELS ARE CLEAN AND FREE FROM WRITING AND STILL VIVID WITH PERFECT LETTERING AND NO RUBBING, FADING OR OTHER BLEMISHES.... LABELS FEATURE "DR ROBERT" TRACK LISTING.
THE GLOSSY VINYL IS ALSO SUPERB.......... THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED AND THEREFORE THE VINYL DOES DISPLAY LIGHT BUT SUPERFICIAL SURFACE MARKS AND SOME NEEDLE MARKS BUT CERTAINLY NOTHING SEVERE OR FEELABLE.. THE VINYL STILL RETAINS ITS GLOSSY SURFACE WITH NO DULLING AND LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.
AUDIO IS SUPERB.... THERE IS SOME CRACKLE EVIDENT TO RUN IN/ OFF GROOVES AND THE ODD TRACK GROOVE BUT THE AUDIO ITSELF PLAYS THROUGH SUPERBLY WITH NO CLICKS, POPS OR JUMPS AND EVEN THE QUIETER TRACKS PLAY THROUGH PERFECTLY. .
THE ORIGINAL WHITE INNER IS SUPERB WITH JUST LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING.
THE OUTER G & L SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT. THE FRONT DISPLAYS SOME CREASES AND SOME EDGE WRINKLES WHICH DISPLAY SOME "BROWNING".THERE ARE THE INEVITABLE CORNER BUMPS PRESENT BUT THERE IS NO EDGE WEAR. THE OPENING EDGE IS STRAIGHT WITH SOME LIGHT WEAR EVIDENT. THE FRONT IS STILL QUITE CLEAN AND REATINS ITS ORIGINAL DEEP GLOSS. THE REAR PANEL IS CLEAN WITH SOME LIGHT HANDLING MARKS VISIBLE AND THERE IS SOME "WHITENING" TO BLACK BACKGROUND, CAUSED BY RUBBING. THE SEAMS LIE FLAT WITH SOME LIGHTCREASES . THE SPINE IS RIGID WITH SOME LIGHT CREASES.
OVERALL A VERY RESPECTABLE EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE AND VERY SOUGH AFTER UK MONO 606-1 VERSION WHICH OFFERS FABULOUS AUDIO.
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