BEATLES Rubber Soul UK Mono 2ndP LP PMC1267 with Variation B&A LABELS,*RARE * EX

	£		20
	$		26

ARTIST: BEATLES

TITLE:  RUBBER SOUL

LABEL + YEAR: Parlophone PMC 1267 Mono, UK 1966, 2nd Pressing, Variation B with Times New Roman type face on Side 1 only: Side 2 is the same label as Variation A which was used for the earlier ‘Loud Cut’ with Sans Serif font and with the * spaced away from the titles.

 Information taken from

http://thebeatles-collection

‘2nd Pressing, Variation B. At some point early on in the “Rubber Soul” pressing run, a Times New Roman font typeset was added to the label printing machines. It’s with this style that we find later “Loud Cut” presses (as determined by the stampers), almost all the transition presses of XEX 579-1 / XEX 580-4 or XEX 579-4 / XEX 580-1.’

Matrix details are:

Side 1: XEX 579-4

Stampers: 4 10 PHD

Side 2: XEX 580-4

Stampers: 5 RAP

CONDITION VINYL: Excellent

CONDITION SLEEVE:   Excellent with Original Emitex Inner Sleeve; tri flip-back sleeve with small ‘mono’ by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd.  The sleeve is untorn, without writing and just slight discolouration to the unlaminated rear sleeve consistent with age

DESCRIPTION:

All Music Review by Richie Unterberger 

While the Beatles still largely stuck to love songs on Rubber Soul, the lyrics represented a quantum leap in terms of thoughtfulness, maturity, and complex ambiguities. Musically, too, it was a substantial leap forward, with intricate folk-rock arrangements that reflected the increasing influence of Dylan and the Byrds.

The group and George Martin were also beginning to expand the conventional instrumental parameters of the rock group, using a sitar on "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)," Greek-like guitar lines on "Michelle" and "Girl," fuzz bass on "Think for Yourself," and a piano made to sound like a harpsichord on the instrumental break of "In My Life."

While John and Paul were beginning to carve separate songwriting identities at this point, the album is full of great tunes, from "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" and "Michelle" to "Girl," "I'm Looking Through You," "You Won't See Me," "Drive My Car," and "Nowhere Man" (the last of which was the first Beatle song to move beyond romantic themes entirely).

George Harrison was also developing into a fine songwriter with his two contributions, "Think for Yourself" and the Byrds-ish "If I Needed Someone."

Side 1:

DRIVE MY CAR

NORWEGIAN WOOD

YOU WON’T SEE ME

NOWHERE MAN

THINK FOR YOURSELF

THE WORD

MICHELLE

Side 2:

WHAT GOES ON

GIRL

I’M LOOKING THROUGH YOU

IN MY LIFE

WAIT

IF I NEEDED SOMEONE

RUN FOR YOUR LIFE

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