THE BEATLES Ain't She Sweet/If You Love Me Baby UK Polydor Scroll NH 52317 SUPER
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More Information to follow! But Please check out my other items! This week I have some of the very rarest Beatle's UK 7"s (more Rare Solid Centre Beatles singles than I've ever seen listed together before! Both the EMI AND The ORIOLE Solid Centre I Want To Hold Your Hand etc!), some of the rarest FREAKBEAT singles and PSYCH DEMOS (The Eyes, Mickey Finn, Linda Van Dyck, Stone Graphics etc etc etc.), plus Megarare Overseas Pressings Suck as The YARDBIRDS' Heart Full Of Soul German EP Original and the to my knowledge UNDOCUMENTED BEATLES' South Rhodesian Scroll Label/Tri Centre Ain't She Sweet with Sweet Georgia Brown on the B-side! I have loads of rarities, but this week, I'm pulling out a fair chunk of the Cream of the Crop for you! Bid with confidence! I'll ship to anywhere in the world, though if the item goes above the standard £20 insurance value, I insist on FULLY INSURED postage paid for by the winning bidder, so please bear this in mind! Please click here to check out my other items!
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In the following condition gradings, I've got a bit sick of people describing singles much better than I expect them to be, it's as though they have one set of gradings for LPs and another for singles, I strictly don't, if a surface looks VG+ then whether it be LP or single I call it VG+ (however hard it is to find UK 60s 7"s in EX or higher!). I only go as high as EX+ and that for me means either unplayed, or played a handful of times, though please read my gradings chart below.
Record Weight: 31.5g Conditions: Disc Visually: EX (just a few of the lightest hairlines/surface marks when angled into strong light, this really is a very strong record! Can't have been played much at all!) Disc Audibly: EX (pretty damn crystal! The tiniest crackle just audible in the drop downs of If You Love Me Baby, and I really don't see where this comes from, perhaps I haven't cleaned it to it's full potential, or perhaps my tone arm balance was playing up when I did this recording, but it certainly doesn't have any marks that would make these, and there is none of that tell-tall dullening of the groove you might get from being overly played on a worn stylus/very heavy tone arm etc, if anything this is a beautiful example of that fresh sheen... Labels: EX-/EX (Lovely crisp textured Gold and Orange Scroll labels! Just the very lightest spindle rubs around the centre holes! No writing/stains etc, extremely light rub/fading of the last mm around the centre holes and an extremely small rub on the word "She" of the Ain't She Sweet title, very little indeed and caught in the photos. The 3 prongs holding the central disc hold perfectly and wonderfully, this is by far the best copy of this very elusive UK single I have ever owned!) Sleeve: EX- (The Large centre hole German Polydor "Band" sleeve, I included it in this one as it didn't come in a Polydor sleeve when I got it, it was in a very crisp columbia sleeve, and the only correct UK sleeves I had for this were a little ragged - (please check the one I have included with the PREVIOUSLY UNDOCUMENTED SOUTH RHODESIAN COPY of this single WITH A DIFFERENT B-SIDE, I also have currently listed!) so this is the quite rare German Stereo sleeve instead, as it's condition mores suits the condition of this disc! Two 2mm nicks along the top opening mouth edge, hardly noticeable, no rips/wear-throughs/fadings/or folds very crisp indeed, 2 tiny and almost imperceptible marks at the top right of the back of the sleeve.)
Having done the "Hamburg Recordings" produced by a very forward thinking Bert Kaempfert, and even released 2 sides as a single in January 1962, 9 months before they had released any records in the UK, The Beatles became hotter and hotter property who only recorded for Parlophone. However Polydor still had enough sides, both with, and without Tony Sheridan to release a few singles, and cash in on the success of these 4 boys themselves! The initial (Pre-Love Me Do) run of My Bonnie/The Saints received some favourable reviews, but sold very little outside of their core fan-base in Liverpool, though it was re-released in May 1963 as The Beatles were really starting to cause seismic musical waves, and it did sell more favourably. So much so that Polydor was encouraged to import some German copies of another 2 sides also recorded by the boys with Tony Sheridan, Sweet Georgia Brown/Nobody's Child. Polydor then in February 1964 pressed a 2nd disc that was especially for the UK market, which reflected the Beatles rise to fame, the A-side featured the Harrison/Lennon instrumental "Cry For A Shadow" (which only featured the Beatles without Tony)and the B-side was the Sheridan Co-penned number "Why", again it didn't sell particularly well, but a few copies circulate! The final UK Polydor single to be pressed and released in the UK was Ain't She Sweet/If You Love Me Baby, the A-side being actually a very good Beatles performance, if a little behind the innovation of their fresh 1964 recordings, when it was released, after a month or so, Polydor modernised it's label to the "Half Circle/Black Rainbow" style logo, rather than the gold and cream scroll logo. This made the Scroll label logo copies of this final release very rare. And today, to find one in very nice condition, is very difficult… So here is one! The tracks are both good, and whilst I'm presuming you have heard these recordings, though the Beatles without Tony Sheridan is preferable to myself (and probably many others I imagine!), the A-side really wouldn't have been out of place on Please Please Me, and really for me has the same feel! If You Love Me Baby, is actually the blues track "Take Out Some Insurance" from Jimmy Reed in 1959.
DEADWAX INFO/MATRICES ETC:
A-Side:
N H 52317 A \/ 2
B-Side:
N H 52317 B 1 PLEASE CHECK OUT MY OTHER INCREDIBLY RARE BEATLES (AND OTHER BEAT/PSYCH RARITIES) THIS WEEK!
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO ASK!
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I WILL OF COURSE MAKE COMBINED ITEM POSTAGE DISCOUNTS!
GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY BIDDING!
My Grading system:
Based on a slightly stricter version of the Record Collector, Rare Record Price Guide system.
I Don't believe in Mint, I almost only ever hear it from sellers who don't know the grading systems, therefore, you won't hear me using "MINT". If an Item is sealed I will state it as such, but still will only go as high as EX+.
EX+: Sealed, or seemingly NEVER played, if EX+ were to ever spill over to an item that may have been played a handful of times, but incredibly carefully, I will explain this thoroughly!
EX: The top end really, someone has very much cared for this record, else forgotten they've had it! Again only played with reverence, and not played much!
EX-: Very similar to EX, but slightly more realistic, many cared for collections may have a few EX- discs in them, though usually they'll be those James Last records your Auntie bought for you and (hopefully) you've never listened to since!
VG+: Again a very well looked after record, though with noticeable surface marks/hairlines when caught in the light, the worst one may hear is the lightest, very occasional background noise, often not even this on many players!
VG: Same as above, except more surface marks, and a little more audio background noise, though certainly not detracting from the listening experience. A good playing copy for someone who buys to play the record.
VG-: A little worse, still very listenable, and plays though fine, though might not be the end of the world, if someone drunkenly adds a few more surface marks to it one night! Background noise will be there in some form!
G+: "Good" doesn't really mean good does it?! G+ means it still plays though, though someone in the room, un-used to records (and probably born when minidiscs were already a thing of the past!), will probably make a comment about the crackliness.
G: You won't want to use your best stylus on this one probably! We're definitely in "filler" territory now, unless it's a particularly rare copy, this is a party copy, you shouldn't mind when this one gets a scratch, (you might not even notice!).
G-: If crackling gives vinyl it's "warm" sound, then this one is beginning to become a fire hazard! The likelihood is you won't catch me selling a record at this condition or less, unless there really is special cause (rarity/signed/mispressed etc.).
I often won't even grade things lower than a "decent playing copy" (VG-), though if they don't play through or are warped etc (even if they do play through), I will mention "JUMPS", "WARPED" etc. etc. either in the title, or near the beginning of the item's description, so there can be no doubt!
I endeavour to be as meticulous as possible when grading, and almost always play test the entirety of every LP and 7" I'm selling (often I make an MP3 back-up of it too... yes I know it's obsessive), but I'm sure one of these days I will overlook something, or someone will have reason to question my gradings (so far I have only had the honour of being told that I'm shooting myself in the foot by undergrading! If an honour, that is!), in which case please do contact me, and we will sort the issue out!
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Alittle about me!
I've collected records for about 20 years, and now have TONNES! I want to go travelling for as long as I can, and as such don't want to have too many possessions to have to store, I also need dosh to travel as freely as I'd like, and therefore selling the bulk of my collection seems the best of both worlds! I love records and will still keep buying them, I'm sure, but I really need to downsize in a big way! I do have some seriously RARE records to list over the next few months, and will price them to sell, so please do watch this space!
And if you're at all unsure, please check my previous feedback for tales of satisfied customers, many of whom return again and again!!
I will of course, if you aren't ENTIRELY happy with your item offer you a full refund upon a quick return of the item, in exactly the same condition I sent it out in, I wont however cover the postage costs- just in order to put off any time-wasters, I hope you understand. I do have here some REAL MEGA-RARITIES, and I understand perhaps your confidence in me might not be complete, as I haven't listed for a while, which is why I offer this offer of full re-embursment. However I am not a fan of the trend of people trying it on and asking to keep the item but want a partial re-fund, I haven't had it happen to me, and want to keep it that way, so please don't try that, I will happily offer your full winning bid money back upon the safe return of the item, and I think that's fair.
I am very strict with my grading, having been a collector myself for many years, and I try to include as much relavent information as possible on sales, however if you have any further questions please don't hesitate to ask, I will gladly resond as soon as I can.
One thing I would ask is that the winning bidders do leave feedback, as it's annoying when people overlook it.
I happily offer reductions of postage costs on multiple-items,
I try grade using direct sunlight which shows up more than anything (hence where poss I take my photos in direct sunlight too), however living in the Pennine Hills, contrary to popular rumour it isn't sunny here EVERY day! So when this isn't always possible, as a backup I also use a 100 Watt lightbulb, though when poss I try to use both.
I feel my grading system is stricter than many I see used, but the sellers I respect on Ebay and elsewhere seem to be of the same mind as me, I'd much prefer to be known as someone who undergrades and you can get a good record from, than someone you have to wonder, "actually is their VG+ quite what I'd expect from that?". Hope I can win you over!
(SOMETIMES I MAY COME ACROSS A RECORD OF SIGNIFFICANT RARITY/DESIRABILITY THAT MAY HAVE A JUMP/STICK IN IT. IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT THAT I THINK SOMEONE MAY WANT IT (EG. IT'S COVER'S IN GOOD NICK, OR IT'S A PRIVATE PRESSING/PROMO OF LIMITED AVAILABILITY) I'LL CLEARLY MARK THIS IN THE TITLE "JUMPS" OR "WARPED" ETC.)
Good luck and Happy Bidding! Loads more punk/new wave etc. etc. every genre really to come over the next 2 months! so...
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