Beatles Hello Goodbye I Am The Walrus UK Factory Sample Parlophone R5655 1967

	€		53
	$		61

The Roland Rennie Collection

Coming up for the foreseeable future, is a record collection that is quite unique. It is the personal collection of the late great Mr. Roland Rennie who was the managing director at Polydor records in the UK during the 1960's and 1970's. There are some unique records, including 7 inch singles and LP's, along with Acetates, Demo's / Promo's and Factory sample records. Most are very early issues, if not the first to be produced. All of the main Polydor artists are present, including international and UK labels connected to Polydor.

In 1950, a young man named Roland Rennie joined EMI records in Hayes, Middlesex, UK. Roland quickly grew with the company and saw its success mushroom manyfold during the late 1950's and early 1960's.

During his 12 years at EMI, he held many positions and eventually became the right hand man to EMI managing director, LG Wood in 1959, and was closely involved with major affiliation switches by major American firms. He oversaw the changes from British Decca to EMI and of Liberty and United records. His experience would put him in the top 6 of most knowledgeable executives in the industry at that time.

In 1962, Roland was a member of the team reponsible for the conception of the 'Stateside' label, which became the outlet in the UK and many other countries for: Scepter, Vee Jay, Diamond, Swan, Laurie; and a dozen other US ensigns.

In addition, under instruction from Sir George Martin, Roland was also the person responsible for The Beatles' entrance onto the American stage, and was directly involved in negotiations for them to appear on the Ed Sullivan show for the first time.

In 1965, he left EMI to take up the position of managing director at Polydor records in the UK, and directly oversaw the signings to the label of: The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Bee Gees, Sonny & Cher, Wilson Pickett, Ben E King, Otis Redding, The Drifters, Joe Tex, Patti and her Belles, Don Covay, Barbara Lewis and Soloman Burke, to name but a few.

References

7th September 1963 edition of 'Billboard' magazine, page 34

26th March 1966 edition of 'Billboard' magazine, page 34.

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Please explore my other listings for more rare Beatles records.

On offer today, a factory sample of the 1967 UK 7 "single by The Beatles titled "Hello, Goodbye / I Am The Walrus" on the black and silver parlophone label.

The catalogue number is: R5655

The record comes housed in a generic outer cover.

Matrix side 1: 7XCE 18433-1 ( KT 6 MO)
Matrix side 2: 7XCE 18434-1 (KT 3 RH)

Side 1 condition:

The vinyl has an excellent shine with quite a few light lines and light rubs. The vinyl plays through with a minimal amount of surface noise throughout. 7/10

The label on side 1 with a FACTORY SAMPLE - NOT FOR SALE sticker is excellent with no fading to the text and only a smalll amount of light spider trials around the center hole. 8/10

Side 2 condition:

Side 2 plays through equally well with a little evidence of light background noise. There are absolutely no sticks, no skips and no jumps throughout. 8/10

The surface of the record on side 2 is similar to that as described on side 1. There are quite a few light lines to the surface but no heavy rubs or scratches. 8/10.

The label on side 2 is also excellent with no fading to the text. There is a little evidence of spider trials or lines of that nature around the center hole but there is very little fading to the background. 7/10

The generic outer sleeve is in excellent condition with no splts or obvious wear.

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