THE BEATLES. England. 1965. RUBBER SOUL LP. PARLOPHONE 14 Songs. *Mono*. EX.
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The BEATLES official EMI England release of their Sixth LP album, RUBBER SOUL. As always, produced by George Martin. Fantastic!! Another of the worlds most iconic covers on a record album! Fifth Pressing, I think! See matrixes, XEX 579-5/580-5. Vinyl 33 is Goldmine EX. My highest grade, shiny, clean, really great, lightly played, some scuffs and marks, but super nice for 55 years old, and labels EX also, clean, no writing. It also has one of the most iconic labels, Black/Yellow Parlophone, for any album in the world!! My father brought this back from England to Michigan for me in December 1965!! I had been hooked on The Beatles since February 1964, and had agreed to keep me up to date on Beatles albums if I kept up with the chores. I’d have done anything!! It was my Number 21 Beatles album ever, see number in upper left corner of the cover!! No idea what all the prior 20 were, but I was already Beatle Nuts at age 12 in early 1964. By late 1965 I was 14 and I treasured these UK LPs. Eventually after annual business trips there he brought me all the Beatles UK albums!! This vinyl looks great, it’s shiny, with only light scuffs, clean labels. Listen to each side, songs in the UK order, all 14 are classics, 11 by Lennon-McCartney, 2 by Harrison, and the reworked Lennon-McCartney-Starkey tune What Goes On, which surprisingly dated back to May 1963 when it was first recorded for EMI by the group during the From Me to you/ One after 909 sessions, but scrapped till later!! They all still sound so fresh, with Incredible energy from the boys as they attack your ears with superb melodies and harmonies! Eventually, EVERY song on these first 6 albums was released as a single somewhere worldwide, (except 2 (I own them all)). The two outcasts are Think for Yourself and Wait (both are available on 45 EPs)!!! This is a beautiful record, quite wonderful!! The cover sleeve grade is EX, with light finger staining on the backside. I quickly learned to handle them as little as possible because the backsides were not laminated like the front and edges!! These 1960s original Beatles Parlophone albums are so hard to price. There were many pressings of each, due to super high sales, and determining which pressing you have is tedious. I think this is Fifth Press, see matrix info. Read more on “45cat”, my favorite worldwide discography site. It explains the differences between pressings, leading me to believe this one comes from late 1965, about the time my dad brought it home to me. This album for sale has the labels rim print with Gramophone. Trying to price it is guesswork. But I guess the market will tell me what these are worth! All my early Beatles Parlophone albums I will sell are in EX shape other than With the Beatles. Check them all out over the next couple weeks!! This one is quite nice! You decide!! See images, actual sale item. Seller is 50+ year collector and keeper of all things Beatles related. Shipped with USPS Media Mail and Global Shipping Program. All purchases ship together for $5 total. So browse for others. Best to all! Beatle Lew.
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