EX- 159g Beatles Help 1st press (Lark Mus.) MT tax. 1965 UK Lp mono PMC 1255

	£		69
	$		91

The Beatles
Help!
1st Press (Lark Mus.)
WITH FANTASTICALLY CLEAR AUDIO
HEAVYWEIGHT 159g!
*With the rarer MT tax code too*



Firstly a bit of history of the album.....HELP was the BEATLES'  5th album coming out on the 6th August 1965. The premier of the album was played in London on the 29th July. Once again reaching the top spot in all record magazines of that era...as they had done with the previous four albums!

Catalogue number: PMC 1255

Matrix Number Side 1: XEX 549-2
Matrix Number Side 2: XEX 550-2

Mothers/Stampers Side 1: PO @ 3 O'clock  6 at 9 O'clock
Mothers/Stampers Side 2: GDO @ 3 O'clock  7 at 9 O'clock
 EARLY PRESSING HERE

Vinyl:
 HEAVY 159g QUALITY
EX-!
Lovely rich sound reproduction, with BARELY ANY background noise!!
I have just had the utter pleasure of listening to her all the way through and was amazed at how quiet the run-ins were-as well as inbetween tracks! Not to mention how wonderfully clear the audio was....The violins on Yesterday were pure magic.
GENTLY CLEANED WITH A VACUUM RECORD CLEANER.

Still has that magical sheen and remains lovely and flat.
Nothing AT ALL to make her jump or skip
RICH, GLORIOUS MONO
FLAT AS THE DAY SHE WAS BORN



Labels:
EX.
 Lovely and clear. There are a handful of incredibly light spindle marks-visible when angled to the light.
 "MT" tax code, nice and bold to side two...This is interesting as this tax code was only used between the 1st of Jan 1963 through to the 1st of July 1963....The raised tax code isn't even rubbed-one of the best "MT" tax codes i have seen.
Outer text "The Gramophone co.LTD" it DOES have the "Sold in the uk.." text.
Has the 1st type Sans Serf text.

Please see the detailed images provided....Click on them for larger images with more detail.
There is a small name of Irene in black biro to both labels...Not easy to spot and certainly not offensive.

THE LABEL ALSO HAS THE CREDIT OF "LARK MUS." FOR TRACK 1, SIDE 2, RATHER THAN THE LATER PRINTING: "LARK MUSIC"
ALSO
Track 4, side 1 has the '*' AFTER the "I Need You Title" rather than the later printing, which put it BEFORE the song title.
SHOWING THIS TO BE THE VERY 1ST VERSION OF THIS LABEL.


Cover:
EX!
A LOVELY example.
With only a few very small fingers of spidering eminating from the spine & seems and only 4 little crescents of spidering near the opening...!!
The back card remains white, with just a few light, small discolouration patches as well as a small name and date to the top...Please see the detailed images for yourselves.
Barely ANY wear to the corners.
PERFECTLY uncrushed and clear spine.
I am being very critical
Superbly STRONG Garrod & Lofthouse flipbacks.

 ALSO HAS THE "PATENTS PENDING" STATEMENT TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER.
NO RIPS
NO TEARS
**A TOP NOTCH COVER HERE**


PLEASE SEE THE DETAILED IMAGES PROVIDED AND READ MY HONEST FEEDBACK FOR TRUE GRADINGS AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION


Inner: 
EX+.
It is the ORIGINAL die-cut  inner in TOP SHAPE.
NO writing
NO splitting.
Not even any discolouration!
SIMPLY MAGICAL-and as The Beatles wanted you to receive them!


SHE IS A FIRST PRESSING AND AN ALL COMPLETE PIECE OF BEATLES HISTORY-PROVIDING A WONDERFULLY RICH SOUND REPRODUCTION TOO.
WITH THE RARER MT TAX CODE.
.....HELP!
Would sit HIGHLY in any collection

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