BEATLES UK – Rubber Soul 1st UK press, original Stereo rare ‘E J Day' sleeve.

	£		102
	$		135

BEATLES UK – Rubber Soul first UK press, original Stereo with an ultra rare ‘E J Day’ Stereo sleeve.

PCS 3075 – original black and yellow Parlophone labels.

A very first UK Stereo pressing in original condition, featuring:

1. A very hard to find original first press Stereo sleeve printed not by ‘Garrod and Lofthouse’, but by ‘E J Day’. By 1965 in the UK there were virtually NO Beatle LP record sleeves being made by the printing company ‘E J Day’, this was apparently due to management changes within the company.

With the exception of the Beatles first LP ‘Please Please Me’ it is very hard to find an original Stereo Beatle LP sleeve printed by ‘E J Day’, Mono ‘E J Day’ sleeves are not that uncommon. An original first press, Stereo ‘E J Day’ Rubber Soul sleeve is the rarest of all the Stereo ‘E J Day’ Beatle LP sleeves. Making these ultra rare Stereo ‘E J Day’ sleeves near impossible to find.

2. to the rear of this ultra rare ‘E J Day’ Stereo sleeve the photos appear very grainy in appearance, also there are some ‘mispress blobs’ of ink, see photo. These ‘blobs’ of ink are part of the original ink that was used when the sleeve was printed and have not been added later !.

3. an early set of mother / stampers on side two, being ‘1  G R’,

CONDITION:

THE MAIN SLEEVE: is in excellent condition, the sleeve is fully laminated. The sleeve has retained its four excellent sharp corners. The sleeve is ultra rare, as it is made by ‘E J Day, nearly all these Stereo sleeves were made by ‘Garrod and Lofthouse’. The sleeve to the rear has remained an excellent clean fresh white in colour. The sleeve is made of the original tri-flipback design to the rear. The spine is in excellent condition and all of the text on the spine is clear to read. There are NO splits, tears, stains, pen writing, stickers or sticker residue on the sleeve.

THE INNER SLEEVE: is in excellent condition and is the original ‘Use Emitex’ sleeve. An excellent well preserved sleeve. Theres NO pen writing, splits, tears, stickers or sticker residue.

THE VINYL: side one is in very good+ condition, side two is in very good++ condition. It is made of the period ‘thick, heavy’ vinyl. The records needs a professional clean.

The Matrix are:   YEX  178 - 2    and    YEX  179 - 2,

The Mother / Stampers are: ‘ 2   L ’ and very early ‘1  G R’,

THE AUDIO: side one is in very good condition, it plays with some crackle, pops and some ‘ticks’, here and there. Side two plays  very good +, it plays better than side one, but still plays with some crackle. As mentioned the record needs a professional clean which would improve the audio. The record lays flat on the turntable.

THE LABELS: are in near excellent condition, the letters ‘K T’ are embossed around the spindle hole on side two. The labels are free from any pen writing, stickers or sticker residue.

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