Beatles SINCERE GOOD WISHES FOR CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR 1963 FLEXI DISC.

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	$		175

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Summary:

'Sincere Good Wishes for Christmas and The New Year', issued in December 1963, was the FIRST and is considered the RAREST of the Official UK Beatles Fan club Christmas Flexi Discs. There were seven Beatles Christmas Fan Club flexi discs issued between 1963 and 1969, FREE of charge, to all official Beatles Fan Club Members.

Initially only 25,000 of these 1963 Flexi Discs were pressed and were mailed out FREE OF CHARGE to all the current members of the UK Beatles Fan Club during December 1963. Once fans were aware of the ‘free’ disc from the Fan-Club, more and more people applied to join, and consequently the Fan Club were unprepared for all the extra subscriptions it received. Therefore, in addition to the first 25,000 Christmas flexis mailed out initially in December 1963, they also made an extra run of flexi-discs - this time WITHOUT the Gatefold sleeve to save time - which were mailed out in February 1964 with a letter of apology and an explanation from the Fan Club. Therefore, the total of 1963 Christmas flexis made, both with and without sleeves, was just over 30,000 copies.

Detailed Description:

This Original First Issue 7" Flexi Disc is on the Custom, White Background with Blue Print Official Beatles Fan Club label, printed with the Fan Club logo and catalogue number LYN 492, additionally the wording, **The Beatles record exclusively for the Parlophone label** is printed on the label.

Interestingly, the Beatles recorded this 1963 Christmas Flexi on 17th October 1963, the very same day as they recorded their hit single I Want to Hold Your Hand/This Boy.

The flexi disc label is in Near Mint condition, all printed text is clearly legible.

The Original 7" Flexi Disc playing surface is in Excellent Plus condition, the discs surface is undamaged with no scratches,kinks or creases, all that is visible are a few very light surface hairlines, probably caused by the disc being removed from the sleeve.

Stamped Matrix:

The official stamped matrix in the trail out groove reads LYN 492-1U.

The Disc is protected in its ORIGINAL Yellow Gatefold Sleeve. This was the ONLY Flexi Disc to have been issued by The Beatles Fan Club which opens out to incorporate the Official Christmas 1963 Beatles Fan Club National Newsletter, printed within the Gatefold section the sleeve. The first paragraph of the Newsletter confirms that the initial run of this EXCLUSIVE disc will NOT be made available elsewhere, and stating that only 25,000 have been pressed (see relevant scan below).

The Gatefold sleeve is in very nice Excellent condition, the sleeve shows a little age toning to the edges, and mild handling signs, the front of the sleeve shows tiny ink spots, this no doubt occurred during the printing process when the ink was still wet. The inside and reverse of the sleeve are clean with no damage, this is a fine example original 1963 sleeve.

A very nice example of this rare very first issue, Beatles Fan Club flexi disc, with it’s original yellow Gatefold sleeve, and guaranteed 100% original.

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