Beatles-Yellow Submarine 1st UK Pressing MINT 1R/1P Stampers w/ Red Lined Sleeve

	£		247
	$		327

I sell vinyl records with complete honesty and reliability. Above all things I am a record collector and music lover. I only sell records that I would want to receive. I know well the disappointment of receiving an over-graded record that turns up two weeks late. That is not the service you will receive here, so bid with total confidence. I don’t sell a lot of records because I spend a lot of time carefully finding, grading and listing them and do not like to rush this process, as many sellers must do to be able to sell 100 records a week!


I am mostly a collector of old time music, pre-war blues and folk, so buy job-lots that often contain rare records that aren’t to my taste so to eBay they go!

(On that note, if you have any early American blues or folk ((vinyl or shellac)) to swap or sell, please get in touch!)

I have only 20 records left to sell and these are my true gems. They came to me from a nuclear engineer who played them once to record to cassette, wrapped them outside of their sleeves and filed them away. They are, without a doubt, the most pristine records I have come across and I would hasten a guess the best in existence for most. 

Please keep watching if you want a chance of getting hold of some incredibly rare, museum quality vinyl.


Anyway, enough of the chit chat and on to the record at hand…

The Beatles

Yellow Submarine

1969

UK 1st Pressing

PCS 7070

Apple

Stereo

Here we have what most be the finest example of Yellow Submarine I have ever seen, in person or at auction. 

The Mono’s of Yellow Submarine are rare as 1st presses but the Stereo 1st presses without the Patent Pending are so very scarce and only a handful have come up for auction. 

This is that very record- A true UK 1st pressing that is denoted by the following criteria:

·         The sleeve has no patent on the flipbacks – This was quickly amended making these stereo sleeves very hard to come across.

·         Red lines above and below track listing.

·         The label has ‘An EMI Recording over two lines.

·         The ‘Sold in the UK’ text running above the album title

Not only is this a true 1st pressing in pristine condition throughout, it is the earliest pressed of that initial run in the cold month of January, 1969 having the -1 R/ 1P stampers!

This is your final upgrade!

Matrix Numbers

Side 1: YEX 715-1

Side 2: YEX 716-1

Stampers

Side 1:  1   R

Side 2:  1   P

Sleeve Condition.

The 1st press iconic Garrod and Lofthouse sleeve with flip-back sides is simply the best you will come across. It is simply perfect. It looks as new! 

The bottom and top sides are pristine, sharp and without ANY shelf wear. 

The spine is perfectly straight, without a single sign of any wear, rubbing or aging. The corners are sharp and square.

The front is beautiful, with all colours still vibrant and fresh, with only the mildest of ringwear (and I mean mild!) if held at a certain angle, under a halogen bulb. Holding this record is a thing of utter loveliness!

The rear is as good as the rest, so often open to discolouring and ripping but not here, it is near perfect!

All in all, a true 1st pressing in museum archive quality! Impossible to be mint in my opinion by its very nature, but as close as you will ever get. 

Nr MINT

Inner Sleeve Condition.

The 1st press black inner sleeve with a die cut hole is in great condition bar two 1cm tears on the die-cut hole that are unnoticeable unless you look for them.  

There are no side splits or folding to mention. A Stunner!

Excellent

Label Condition.

The first press dark Apple labels are simply perfect. There are no rips, wear or writing at all.  

There is no centre hole damage at all. Under a strong halogen I can see 1 ghost spindle line. Unheard of!

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Vinyl Visual Condition.

The record itself looks perfect on eye inspection!  It still retains its factory shine and lustre and looks as new. You really can distinguish between a Nr mint and Excellent grading, only when holding a true near mint record that just radiates perfection!  Under a strong halogen, there is barely any sign of use at all. Just the lightest of removal ghosts to be seen. In reviewing this copy, I have probably removed it more times than it has been in its 50-year age!

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Vinyl Audio Condition.

The record sounds truly amazing from start to finish!  You can listen to both sides by following the links at the bottom of the page.  The songs just jump off the record with no distortion, clicks, pops or skipping at all. It is an audiophiles dream on all frequencies.  This one record is the closest you can get to being in that room as the boys recorded this wonderful album. Stunning!

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So there we have it. An absolutely stunning example of the earliest of earliest 1st presses you can get of Yellow Submarine with 1R/1P stampers and in archive quality.

You will not find a nicer copy!

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Happy Bidding!

All my records are sent first class, tracked and signed for. Where insurance is needed, the cost will be covered by myself. I will endeavour to post all records a day after payment is made.

Records will be sent in defenda-box mailers which are strong corrugate cardboard boxes ensuring that no bending can take place. They are in essence bomb proof!

Records will be sent housed in new poly-lined inners outside of the sleeve to protect both the sleeve and original inner

I hand clean records with Clear groove and a microfiber cloth, however, if you use your own system or machine and would prefer I didn’t, then please ask.

In the unlikely case you have reason to disagree with my grading, then do not hesitate to get in touch for a no quibble full refund, although I do ask that return postage is covered by the buyer.