*BEATLES "STRAWBERRY FIELDS" UK 1ST PRESSING *UNPLAYED*

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                               BEATLES "STRAWBERRY FIELDS / PENNY LANE"

ORIGINAL 1967 UK 1ST PRESSING.

RELEASED FEBRUARY 17 1967 "STRAWBERRY FIELDS / PENNY LANE" WAS THE BEATLES FIRST SINGLE RELEASE IN THE UK NOT TO REACH NUMBER 1 SINCE "LOVE ME DO"

BOTH TRACKS WHERE COMPOSITIONS ABOUT ACTUAL PLACES IN LIVERPOOL, "STRAWBERRY FIELDS" WAS A CHILDRENS HOME WHERE LENNON USED TO PLAY WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER, THE HOME HAS NOW CLOSED.  "PENNY LANE" IS AN ACTUAL ROAD IN LIVERPOOL, THE BARBERS SHOP, BANK AND FIRE STATION ALL STILL EXIST TODAY.

ONLY THE VERY FIRST ISSUES OF THIS SINGLE WHERE HOUSED IN A THIN PAPER PICTURE SLEEVE.  

R 5570

7XCE.18415-1-2

STAMPERS  RD 2     PA 3 

KT TAX CODE.

THE SOLID CENTRE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN ABSOLUTE PRISTINE CONDITION. WHEN CLOSELY VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO EITHER SIDE. LABELS ARE SPOTLESSLY CLEAN AND ALL THE LETTERING IS PERFECT WITH NO RUBBING.

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS TRULY STUNNING..... CLEALRY THIS IS UNPLAYED AND THIS IS REFLECTED BY THE VINYL DISPLAYING JUST VERY LIGHT BUT MINIMAL, WISPY SURFACE MARKS WHICH HAVE BEEN CAUSED THROUGH HANDLING. THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.

THE OUTER FLIMSEY PAPER SLEEVE IS SUPERB GIVEN ITS AGE AND FRAGILITY. THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN CAREFULLY STORED OVER THE YEARS. IT IS TOTALLY INTACT WITH JUST LIGHT CREASES. THE REAR SEAMS LIE PERFECTLY FLAT AND THE WAVY TOP IS PERFECT WITH NO FEATHERING, JUST SIMILAR CREASING . THE SLEEVE IS EXTREMLEY CLEAN AND CRISP AND RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR, THERE IS NO "BROWNING" EVIDENT, NOT EVEN TO THE EDGES.

OVERALL A SIMPLY STUNNING AND GENUINELY UNPLAYED EXAMPLE OF THIS ORIGIANL UK 1ST PRESSING WHICH HAS THE ADDED BENEFIT OF BEING HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL, 1ST ISSUE SLEEVE.    

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