BEATLES "TICKET TO RIDE" 'B' SIDE FACTORY SAMPLE 1 STAMPER WITH KT TAX CODE EX++
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THE BEATLES
"TICKET TO RIDE b/w YES IT IS" PARLOPHONE R 5625 RELEASED 9th APRIL 1965
STAMPERS 2 L 1 T MATRICES -3 -2 KT TAX CODE SIDE 2 CENTRE
"PARLOPHONE CO LTD" RIM TEXT IN UPPER CASE AND "SOLD IN THE UK" LABEL TEXT KT TAX CODE SIDE 2 CENTRE AND IN THE RUN OUT GROOVES
WHEN JOHN AND PAUL WROTE THE TRACKS THERE WAS A FIFTY FIFTY SPLIT ON WHAT SHOULD BE THE 'A ' SIDE WITH PAUL AND GEORGE FAVOURING "YES IT IS" BUT THE MORE COMMERCIAL FASTER TRACK "TICKET TO RIDE" WAS EVENTUALLY CHOSEN
"TICKET TO RIDE" WAS APPARENTLY ALSO A PUN ON "TICKET TO RYDE" AN ISLE OF WIGHT DESTINATION
THIS IS A VERY EARLY PRESSING COPY WITH SINGLE NUMBER AND SINGLE LETTER STAMPERS (2 L & 1 T ) THE 'B' SIDE HAVING THE 1 STAMPER AND THE EMBOSSED KT TAX CODE ALONG WITH THE FACTORY SAMPLE STICKER
VINYL RECORD IS IN EXCELLENT CLEAN GLOSSY CONDITION SOME VERY LIGHT HANDLING MARKS ONLY VISIBLE UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT AND LABELS ARE SIMILARILY CLEAN WITH SLIGHTLY MORE SPINDLE MARKS TO THE 'B' SIDE BUT OVERALL THE RECORD HAS NOT SEEN TOO MANY PLAYS OVER THE YEARS
'A' SIDE AUDIO WAS EXCELLENT CLEAN AND CLEAR WITH QUIET RUN IN AND RUN OUT 'B' SIDE AUDIO HAS A LIGHT POP IN THE RUN IN GROOVE BUT AGAIN EXCELLENT SOUND OVERALL
RECORD COMES IN AN ORIGINAL PARLOPHONE GREEN AND WHITE SLEEVE FROM A SLIGHTLY LATER DATE
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