A SUPER UK EXAMPLE OF A RARE 7 DIGIT SIDE OPENING NUMBER SLEEVE (  0111524 ) HIGH QUALITY HEAVY VINYLED PRESSING WITH EARLIEST MATRIX -1 ALL FOUR SIDES AND COMPLETE WITH POSTER  AND PICS

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 IN 1969 EMI CEASED PRODUCTION OF THE " TOP OPENING " SLEEVES AND STARTED PRODUCING THE MORE STANDARD SLEEVES THAT OPENED FROM THE SIDE. AT AROUND THE SAME TIME THE " SOLD IN UK ... " TXT WAS REMOVED FROM THE LABELS ( JULY/AUG 1969 ). MOST OF THESE SLEEVES STILL RETAINED THE " TOP OPENING " STYLE NUMBER SYSTEM WITH 7 DIGITS  BUT WERE SUBSEQUENTLY QUICKLY REPLACED WITH A DIFFERENT STYLE WITH ONLY 6 DIGITS LIKE THIS ONE HEREAND THEY LASTED UNTIL 1973 WHEN THEY THEMSELVES WERE REPLACED BY THE FAR LESS COLLECTABLE  LIGHT " GLOSSY " APPLE LABELS IN UN-NUMBERED SLEEVES.

THE NEXT MAJOR CHANGE CAME WHEN THE " DARK " APPLE LABELS WERE REPLACED BY A LIGHTER LABEL WITH A DISTINCT MATT FINISH TO IT ( NO TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE REALLY LIGHT APPLE LABELS THAT CAME IN IN 1973 ).

THESE PRESSINGS ARE FAMOUS FOR GIVING SOME OF THE BEST SOUND REPRODUCTION YOU CAN FIND AND ARE  HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER ESPECIALLY AS THEY ARE ON THE SAME HIGH QUALITY PRE-OIL CRISIS HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL AS THE EARLIEST PRESSINGS, 

THESE SLEEVES NUMBER ONLY FROM 100,000 TO 150,000 SO IT IS SUPPOSED THAT ON 50,000 WERE EVER PRODUCED BEFORE THE SWITH TO THE MORE NUMEROUS DIFFERENT STYLE 6 DIGIT NUMBERS. SO THESE EARLY SIDE OPENERS ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE, LET ALONE AS GOOD AS THIS ONE IS !  

GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS

For Auction here is the UK LP ''  THE BEATLES " 

ARTIST:  THE BEATLES

MONO/STEREO: STEREO

Cat. No : PCS 7067/8

LABEL:  APPLE 

COUNTRY: UK DATE: 1968 ( THIS COPY C 1969/70 )

MATRICIES: -1    -1   -1   -2

TRACK LISTING :

VINYL WEIGHT: 140g 140g

THE CONDITION

SLEEVE: SUPER, THESE SOFT CARD 7 DIGIT SIDE OPENERS ARE SOME OF THE FLIMSIEST OF ALL WA SLEEVES AND USUALLY SUFFER BADLY FROM WARE. THIS ONE DOES NOT WITH ONLY THE LIGHTEST OF WARE AT THE BOTTOM CORNER STILL GRADES EXCELLENT AND EASILY ONE OF THE NICEST OF THESE YOU WILL SEE !!

POSTER : NEAR PERFECT, MORE OR LESS UNUSED GRADE EX PLUS

NON UK BUYERS PLEASE NOTE MY COMMENTS REGARDING INTERNATIONAL MAIL BELOW...RETURNS POLICY ONLY APPLICABLE TO UK..RETURNS OUTSIDE UK BUYER WILL HAVE TO COVER ALL POSTAGE COSTS Furthermore international bidders please also note that due to ebays new "buyer protection " policy many sellers now refuse to sell internationally anymore. I am not one of those sellers yer but please note I do now reserve the right to refuse to complete a sale to any international bidder that may have low or bad feedback or for any other reason and this is especially so if the item sells for over GBP 100, like I say this is purely a result of ebay/paypals new policy that make it now even harder for sellers to  trade safely internationally. Please bare this in mind if you win an item but find that it has been offered first instead to a domestic UK Bidder.

DOMESTIC BIDDERS PLEASE NOTE ALL ITEMS HAVE TO BE SENT VIA SIGNED FOR DELIVERY  THIS IS TO PREVENT FRAUDULANT CLIAMS OF NON RECEIPT, I INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLS SEE NOTES BELOW

FOR BIDDERS WITH ZERO FEEDBACK THIS IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT...   I have recently been the victim of serveral spurious bids from several different members (usually based in the Russian Federation). Please note that if you win any of my items and have zero feedback I will ask you for immediate payment or for you to email and immediately confirm that you were a genuine bidder. Failiure to meet either of those critiera will result in the item being  offered to the next highest bidder without further delay. thank you. 

ALL MY RECORDS ARE USUALLY SOLD ON VISUAL GRADINGS ONLY, THEREFORE, WITH THE SINGULAR EXCEPT ION OF THOSE RARE OCCASSIONS WHERE I DO STATE THEY HAVE BEEN PLAY GRADED, AS ALL DISCS ARE 2ND HAND ANY PLAYING DEFECTS ARE THEREFORE CAVIAT EMPTOR AND SO NON REFUNDABLE. I ONLY REFUND  WHERE AN ACTUAL GRADING OF MINE IS DISPUTED

(Please note that whilst I try to endeavour to adhere to strict RC gradings I will never describe ANYTHING AS MINT even when I think it to be so. As far as I am concerned any secondhand item by definition cannot be mint. However if I believe an item to be Mint  I will instead either use the terms Near Mint, mint minus, or in archive or vault condition. When I use these terms you know that in my opinion this is in effect a de-facto Mint grade )

INSURANCE INCLUDED IN P&P PRICE DEPENDING ON FINAL SALE VALUE...

Dont forget to take a look at my other items. Please feel free to contact me with any queries you may have.

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I ONLY DO A COUPLE OF RUNS A WEEK TO THE POST OFFICE BUT MY ITEMS ARE ALWAYS DISPATCHED WELL WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK OF PAYMENT BEING RECEIVED. I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE TO THOSE BUYERS WHO SEEM TO EXPECT THEIR ITEM TO ARRIVE THE NEXT DAY, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK WHEN AN ITEM WAS SENT JUST PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU!! (SOME PEOPLE DO MAKE YOU LAUGH, FOR ITEMS I BUY I ONLY NORMALLY GET CONCERNED AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND EVEN AFTER THAT THEN ONLY POLIETELY ENQUIRE IF AND WHEN THE ITEM WAS SENT).

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PAYMENTS BY PAYPAL ARE PREFERRED BUT I ALSO ACCEPT OTHER METHODS. I ALSO POST WORLDWIDE (PLS APPLY FOR RATES) BUT DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH A DISREPUTABLE BUYER IN JAPAN (EBAY WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO NAME THEM) , FOR ALL PAYMENTS MADE VIA PAYPAL THE ITEM WILL ONLY BE SENT BOTH TO THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY RECORDED OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY. THIS IS TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY ATTEMPT TO CLAIM BACK THE PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL EVEN AFTER ACTUALLY HAVING RECEIVED THE ITEM.

THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS HAD THE RESULT OF INCREASING MY COSTS FOR POSTING AND PACKING AND I AM VERY SORRY FOR THIS BUT PAYPAL OFFER NO PROTECTION FOR SELLERS UNLESS THERE IS PROOF OF DELIVERY!! PROOF OF POSTING WOULD SEEM INSUFFICIENT TO THEM AND I HAVE FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY..

DUE TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THIS SAME BUYER PAYPAL PAYMENTS WILL ALSO NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM BUYERS WHO DO NOT ALLOW THEIR FEEDBACK TO READ,

.COST VIA INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR MAIL TO EUROPE FOR A SINGLE LP IS USUALLY GBP 8.99 AND TO THE USA/REST OF THE WORLD GBP 12.99 FOR A SINGLE LP AND 15.99 FOR A DOUBLE... 

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