BEATLES "STRAWBERRY FIELDS" UK 1ST ..RARER PUSH OUT
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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 FIRESTATION ALL STILL EXIST TODAY.
IN NOVEMBER 1966 EMI STOPPED PRODUCING SINGLES WITH WHAT THEY CALLED "OPTIONAL CENTRES"... PUSH-OUT'S. THE REASON FOR THIS WAS TO ASSIST WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF "AUTOMATIC PRESSES", THIS MEANT THAT ALL SUBEQUENT SINGLES WHERE PRESSED WITH NON-REMOVABLE CENTRES..SOLID. IN BEATLES TERMS THIS MEANT THAT "STRAWBERRY FIELDS" THROUGH TO "LET IT BE" WHERE PRESSED WITH SOLID CENTRES.
HOWEVER THE MOVE TO SOLID CENTRE ONLY PRESSES PROVED UNPOPULAR AND AFTER SOME PRESSURE EMI RELENTED AND AGREED TO PRODUCE PUSH-OUT CENTRE PRESSES UPON REQUEST. EMI STATISTICS DO HOWEVER SHOW THAT ONLY 5% OF ALL ORDERS RECEIVED BY THEIR FACTORY IN HAYES, MIDDLESEX WHERE FOR PUSH-OUT CENTRES.
R 5570
7XCE.18415-1-2
KT TAX CODE.
THE RARER PUSH-OUT 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 BY THE VINYL BEING REMOVED FROM ITS SLEEVE. THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.
THE OUTER FLIMSEY PAPER SLEEVE IS QUITE STUNNING GIVEN ITS AGE. THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN AMAZINGLY WELL PRESERVED AND CAREFULLY STORED OVER THE YEARS. IT IS TOTALLY INTACT WITH JUST LIGHT CREASES, NONE ARE SEVERE. THE REAR SEAMS LIE PERFECTLY FLAT AND THE WAVY TOP IS PERFECT WITH NO FEATHERING OR OTHER SIGNS OF WEAR. THE SLEEVE IS EXTREMLEY CLEAN AND CRISP AND RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR, THERE IS NO "BROWNING" EVIDENT, NOT EVEN TO THE EDGES....... POSSIBLY THE BEST EXAMPKLE I HAVE SEEN.
OVERALL A SIMPLY STUNNING AND GENUINELY UNPLAYED EXAMPLE OF THIS ORIGIANL UK 1ST PRESSING WHICH HAS THE ADDED BENEFIT OF BEING THE RARER PUSH-OUT CENTRE VERSION AND IS HOUSED IN A SUPERIOR QUALITY ORIGINAL SLEEVE....... I DOUBT THIS WILL NEED UPGRADING!!!!
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