RORY STORM & THE HURRICANES RARE 1964 PARLOPHONE 45 "AMERICA" DEMO JR STAMPER
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RORY STORM AND THE HURRICANES PARLOPHONE R 5197 "AMERICA b/w SINCE YOU BROKE MY HEART" RELEASED 1964
STAMPERS JR DEMO STAMPER SIDE 1 A 2 SIDE 2 MATICES -1 -1 KT TAX CODE SIDE 2 CENTRE PUSH OUT EXTREMELY RARE SINGLE RELEASED ON THE BEATLES PARLOPHONE LABEL WITH BRIAN EPSTEIN AS PRODUCER (HIS ONE AND ONLY STAB AT THIS) AND RINGO IN THE STUDIO AS WELL ADDING SOME PERCUSSION AND BACKING VOCALS APPARENTLY
EVEN WITH THE TALENTS OF BRIAN AND RINGO AND BEATLES FAIRY DUST THE SINGLE DID NOT SELL WELL
THIS ALSO TURNED OUT TO BE THE BANDS LAST SINGLE RELEASE
VINYL DISC STILL RETAINS SOME GLOSS TO THE SURFACES BUT THERE ARE HANDLING NEEDLE AND SCUFF MARKS BUT NONE ARE FEELABLE
THE LABELS ARE BOTH LEGIBLE THE "B" SIDE BEING EXTREMELY CLEAN WITH SPINDLE MARKS CONFINED TO THE PUSH OUT CENTRE ,THE "A" SIDE DOES HAVE WHAT LOOK'S LIKE LIGHT SCRATCH MARKS EITHER SIDE OF THE BAND NAME BUT ALL THE TEXT IS LEGIBLE
THE CENTRE HOLE APPEARS CLEAN AND DEFINED AND NOT BEEN RETOUCHED SO NOT LOADS OF PLAYS JUST BADLY HANDLED IN ITS EARLY YEARS ( AS HUNDREDS OF SIXTIES RECORDS WERE ) THE MULTIPLAY RECORD PLAYERS OF THE TIME HAVE A LOT TO ANSWER FOR.
I HAVE PLAY TESTED THE RECORD AND IT PLAYS THROUGH ON BOTH SIDES WITHOUT STICKING OR JUMPING AND IN MY OPINION THE AUDIO IS STILL GOOD TO LISTEN TO THERE ARE POPS AND CRACKLES ON THE RUN INS AND OUTS BUT OVERALL THIS PIECE OF 60's HISTORY IS STILL A GOOD LISTEN
ALSO IT HAS REAL RARITY WITH THE ADDITION OF THE DEMO JR STAMPER ON THE "A" SIDE
COMES IN ORIGINAL TYPE 1 PARLOPHONE SLEEVE WHICH IS IN NICE CLEAN CONDITION
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