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NOT ONLY IS THIS IS AN EXTREMLY EARLY 1A 1A STAMPED SUPER UK BLUE BLACK COLUMBIA IMPOSSIBLY RARE STEREO PRESSING BUT ALSO IN SUPERB CONDITION !

(THE 1A 1A MOTHER STAMPERS MEAN THAT THIS COPY WAS ONE OF ONLY 300 OR SO PRESSED FROM ONLY THE THIRD LAQUER EVER MADE FOR BOTH SIDES OF THIS LP.)

IN 1965 EMI MERGED ALL OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES INTO ONE " GRAMOPHONE " COMPANY. AS SUCH GEORGE MARTIN'S JOB AS INDIVIDUAL BOSS OF PARLOPHONE WAS PRETTY MUCH REDUNDANT AND HIS ROLE, LIKE THAT OF NORRIE PARAMOUR'S AT COLUMBIA WAS CHANGED WITHIN THE NEW GROUP. AS SUCH RECORDS OF HIS LIKE THIS WHICH WOULD HAVE PREVIOUSLY APPEARED ONLY ON PARLOPHONE WERE MOVED TO COLUMBIA

AT AROUND THE SAME TIME EMI LAUNCHED IT'S NEW " STUDIO TWO " STEREO COLUMBIA LABEL AS A HOME FOR THE EASY LISTENING AND STEREO SHOWCASE RECORDS. HOWEVER THIS LP WAS ALSO RELEASED IN MONO WITH AN SX CODE ON THE STANDARD COLUMBIA LABEL AND THAT IS WHERE IT IS MORE COMMONLY FOUND, NOT IN THE MUCH RARER STEREO FORMAT AS FOUND HERE

INCREDIBLY RARE IN ITSELF BUT IN ANYCASE ALL  UK LPS BEFORE 1968/9 ARE FAR FAR RARER IN STEREO THAN IN MONO AS THEY WERE PRESSED IN TINY NUMBERS BECAUSE THE DEMAND WAS SO SMALL IN RELATION TO MONO.    L@@K -

For Auction here is the UK LP ''  HELP !  " 

ARTIST:  THE GEORGE MARTIN ORCHESTRA

MONO/STEREO: STEREO

Cat. No : TWO 102

LABEL: BLUE BLACK COLUMBIA 

COUNTRY: UK

DATE: 1965 

MATRIX :  -1  -1

MOTHER/STAMPERS    : 1A  1A ONE OF ONLY 300 OR SO PRESSED FROM ONLY THE THIRD LAQUERS EVER MADE RESPECTIVELY

TRACK LISTING 

VINYL WEIGHT: 155g

THE CONDITION :

VINYL VISUAL : ABSOLUTELY SUPERB STILL RETAINS ALL OF IT'S LOVELY FIRST PRESSED  SHEEN, THERE ARE JUST THE ODD HAIRLINE DETECTABLE UNDER A BRIGHT HALOGEN LIGHT BUT THATS IT , A LOVELY LOOKING SLAB OF VINYL, GRADES EXCELLENT EASY

SLEEVE:  , A SUPERB SLEEVE, WOULD PROBABLY GRADE EX+ TO NOT FAR OFF NEAR MINT SAVE FOR SOME INITIALS UNDER THE CAT NUMBER AND A TINY NICK AT THE REAR ENTRANCE STILL AN EXCELLENT SLEEVE REGARDLESS JUST LOOK AT THE PICS .

A REALLY SUPERB EXAMPLE OF A RARE  STEREO DISC  - THESE DON'T COME UP THAT OFTEN SO - GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS

DOMESTIC UK RECORDED DELIVERY - INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE SEE MY NOTE BELOW.

FOR BIDDERS WITH ZERO FEEDBACK THIS IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT...   I have recently been the victim of serveral spurious bids from several different members (usually based in the Russian Federation). Please note that if you win any of my items and have zero feedback I will ask you for immediate payment or for you to email and immediately confirm that you were a genuine bidder. Failiure to meet either of those critiera will result in the item being  offered to the next highest bidder without further delay. thank you. 

ALL MY RECORDS ARE USUALLY SOLD ON VISUAL GRADINGS ONLY, THEREFORE, WITH THE SINGULAR EXCEPT ON THOSE RARE OCCASSIONS WHERE I DO STATE THEY HAVE BEEN PLAY GRADED, AS ALL DISCS ARE 2ND HAND ANY PLAYING DEFECTS ARE THEREFORE CAVIAT EMPTOR AND SO NON REFUNDABLE. I ONLY REFUND  WHERE AN ACTUAL GRADING OF MINE IS DISPUTED

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(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...

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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 BE READ, 

COST VIA INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR MAIL HAS JUST BEEN INCREASED BY THE UK POST OFFICE SO TO EUROPE FOR A SINGLE LP IS USUALLY GBP 9.99 NOW AND TO THE USA/REST OF THE WORLD GBP 13.99 FOR A SINGLE LP AND 16.99 FOR A DOUBLE...FOR COMBINED POSTAGE EACH ADDITIONAL LP AFTER THE FIRST WILL USUALLY BE AND EXTRA G 2.00 PER EACH ADDITIONAL LP 

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