FOR BIDDERS OUTSIDE UK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT...  non uk bidders please read my notes about international postage below.....returns policy only applies to UK outside of UK buyer has to cover the return postage!

THIS IS THE VERY SORT AFTER MONO VARIANT OF THIS LP WITH THE VERY RARE FOR MONO PATENTS NUMBER SLEEVE AND VERY EARLY MOTHER/STAMPERS !!

WHEN FIRST ISSUED THE PATENTS NUMBER WAS OMITTED FROM THE LOWER FLIPBACK OF THIS LP. THIS WAS QUICKLY CORRECTED AND IN STEREO THE BLANK FLIPBACKS ARE FAR RARER THEN THE PATENTS NUMBER FLIPBACKS AND SO THE BLANK FLIPBACKS CARRY A PREMIUM.

HOWEVER BECAUSE SO FEW MONO'S WERE PRESSED AND SOLD OF THIS LP, THE SITUATION IS REVERSED WITH MONOS AS BY THE TIME THE CORRECTED SLEEVES STARTED TO KICK IN MONO'S HAD STARTED TO KICK OUT!

AS IT IS MONO'S ARE VERY RARE ANYWAY BUT IT IS VERY UNUSUAL INDEED TO SEE A MONO SLEEVE SUCH AS THIS WITH A PATENTS NUMBER FLIPBACK SO THIS IS A DOUBLE RARITY 

BY THE TIME OF THIS LP'S RELEASE IN JANUARY 1969  THE RECORD COMPANIES HAD FINALLY WON THEIR BATTLE TO PERSUADE THE RECORD BUYING PUBLIC THAT IT WAS BEST TO SWITCH TO STEREO AND BY THIS TIME MONO SALES FOR THE FIRST TIME WERE TAILING OFF,

THIS IS THEREFORE PROBABLY THE ONLY BEATLES LP THAT IS FAR RARER IN MONO THAN IN STEREO AND THAT INCLUDES FIRST PRESS WHITE ALBUMS, 6 MONTHS LATER AND BEATLES SINGLES WOULD EVEN BE IN STEREO AND 10 MONTHS LATER ABBEY ROAD WOULD BE RELEASED IN STEREO FORMAT ONLY (EXCEPT IN SOUTH AMERICA BUT THATS ANOTHER STORY )!!

For Auction here is the UK LP ''  YELLOW SUBMARINE  " 

ARTIST:  THE BEATLES

MONO/STEREO: STEREO

Cat. No : PMC 7070

LABEL: DARK APPLE 

COUNTRY: UK

DATE: 1969

VINYL WEIGHT: 150g

MOTHERS/ STAMPERS: 1 T 1 P (EARLY)

MATRICIES:  XEX 715-1    716-1

THE CONDITION

SLEEVE: NO MAJOR FAULTS, A FEW CREASES, BUT NO SPLITS AND A PEFECTLY READABLE AND UNDAMAGED SPINE, GRADES VG 

VINYL :  THE ODD SURFACE MARK VISABLE BUT NOTHING I CAN FEEL, RETAINS IT'S SHEEN, AGAIN GRADES VISUALY VG

LABELS:  JUST THE ODD SPINDLE TRACES BUT NOT DEFACED IN ANY WAY, GRADES EX

WITH BLACK APPLE INNER, SOME SPLITS BUT STILL A VERY SOLD EXAMPLE

THESE ARE VERY SORT AFTER NOW IN ANY CONDITION AND ESPECIALLY SO WITH THE PATENTS NUMBER FLIPBACK - AND THIS IS STILL A VERY RESPECTABLE COPY - GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS!

 (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, SO IF YOU FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY PLEASE DO NOT BID ON MY ITEMS UNLESS YOU CAN PAY BY ANOTHER METHOD…….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 BASED ON A "DECLARED" VALUE OF UNDER GBP 50... 

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