BEATLES UK – With the Beatles & Abbey Road, original LPs.

With the Beatles, 1960s issue.

PMC 1206 – original 1960s mono, black and yellow Parlophone labels.

A UK album in original condition.

CONDITION:

THE MAIN SLEEVE: is in good++ condition, the front of the sleeve is laminated. The spine is in good++ condition and most of the text on the spine is clear to read. The rear of the sleeve has the original period ‘tri’ flipback design. Theres NO pen writing, stickers or sticker residue on the sleeve. There is a 10mm tear to the front middle opening edge and some ‘nicks’ to the two opening edges. There is a small piece of the flipback missing on the rear, top left corner.

THE INNER SLEEVE: is in good++ condition and is the original ‘Use Emitex’ sleeve. Theres NO pen writing, stains, stickers or sticker residue to the sleeve. There is a split to one of the side edges and some small ‘nicks’ and some ‘fraying’ to the back opening edge.

THE RECORD: side one is in very good++ condition, side two is in good++ condition. The record is made from the original 1960s thick, heavy vinyl. It has remained dark and glossy.

The matrix are:  XEX  447 – 7 N  and  XEX  448 – 7 N,

The mother / stampers are:  ‘3 6  M A’ and ‘ 2  T D ’.

THE AUDIO: side one plays excellent, it plays with relatively quiet grooves. Side two plays good++, for the last minute of play on track two there are some ‘ticks’ heard, the ‘ticks’ can be heard into track three for most of the track. Otherwise the rest of side two plays excellent with relatively quiet grooves. It plays with an impressive full, loud period mono sound. The record lays flat on the turntable.

THE LABELS: side one is in very good++ condition and side two is in excellent+ condition. The letters ‘KT’ 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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Abbey Road LP – an early 1960s issue.

PCS 7088 – original 1969 Apple record labels.

An early UK issue in original condition, featuring:

1. there is NO mention of the track ‘Her Majesty’ on the record label and no mention of this track on the sleeve, but the track does play on the record !.

CONDITION:

THE MAIN SLEEVE: is in very good condition. The sleeve is fully laminated. The original ‘thin’ spine is in very good condition. There is some laminate loss to the spine and some slight ‘rubbing’ wear here and there, most of the text on the spine is  readable. The two opening edges and the four corners of the sleeve have remained clean and sharp for their age. There are NO splits, tears, stains, stickers or sticker residue on the sleeve. There are some ‘marks’ and some ‘indentations’ to the sleeve and a set of small initials, written in pen to the front, top right.

THE INNER SLEEVE: is in very good++ condition and is the original period EMI plain white inner sleeve. Unusually there are two ‘Patent’ references on the sleeve, 1125555 and 1072844. The sleeve is made from the period, thicker paper and the inside of the sleeve has a textured surface. A good clean, white sleeve for its age. There are NO splits, pen writing, tears, stains, stickers or sticker residue.

THE RECORD: side one is in near excellent condition, side two is in good++ condition. The record is made from the period 1960s ‘thick, heavy vinyl’. The record has remained very dark and glossy.

The matrix are:   YEX  749 - 2  and  YEX 750 - 1,

The mother / stampers are :  ‘3   P G ’ and ‘ 8  T A’.

THE AUDIO: is excellent, it plays with relatively quiet grooves, an excellent playing copy. The record lays flat on the turntable.

THE LABELS: are in excellent condition. Side one has a small set of initials written in blue pen. The record labels are a very first 1969 issue and feature a DARK green Apple colour on side one. The labels are free from any ‘other’ pen writing and free from any stickers or sticker residue.

TO GRADE THE CONDITION OF THE RECORD I AM USING THE OFFICIAL GRADING SYSTEM FROM THE ‘RECORD COLLECTOR’ MAGAZINE.

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PLEASE ENSURE THAT ALL ITEMS ARE PAID FOR BY AT LEAST ONE WEEK FROM THE END OF THE AUCTION. I RESERVE THE RIGHT THAT IF PAYMENT IS NOT RECEIVED AFTER ONE WEEK OF THE END OF AN AUCTION THE ITEM WILL BE OFFERED TO THE NEXT HIGHEST BIDDER, OR THE ITEM WILL BE RE LISTED.

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POSTAGE AND PACKING.

ALL RECORDS POSTED TO A UK ADDRESS WILL BE SENT 1ST CLASS POST.

PACKING  -  ALL RECORDS ARE POSTED WITH MULTI LAYERED CARD STIFFENERS FOR PROTECTION.BEFORE POSTING, THE RECORD IS REMOVED FROM THE RECORDS ORIGINAL INNER AND OUTER SLEEVES, THE RECORD IS THEN PUT INTO A SECOND PAPER INNER SLEEVE TO MINIMISE ANY DAMAGE THAT MAY OCCUR WHILE IN TRANSIT. THE RECORD / SLEEVES ARE THEN PUT INTO A NEW PLASTIC SLEEVE FOR FURTHER PROTECTION.

DISCOUNT WILL BE GIVEN ON POSTAGE FOR MULTIPLE PURCHASES.

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