THE BEATLES 'HELP' 1965 UK FIRST MONO PRESS SUPERB MIN PLAY EX OVERALL EXAMPLE

	£		46
	$		61

FULL AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION BELOW BUT FIRST PLEASE NOTE:

FOR YOUR PEACE OF MIND AND TO ENABLE YOU TO PURCHASE WITH CONFIDENCE, BEFORE TESTING THE RECORD IS PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED USING A VPI MW-1 CYCLONE VACUUM RECORD CLEANER, I THEN TEST PLAY ALL TRACKS TO BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD ON A REGA RP1 TURNTABLE FITTED WITH AN RB101 TONEARM AND BIAS 2 CARTRIDGE THROUGH SONOS PLAY 5 SPEAKERS, FURTHER MORE I GRADE ALL RECORDS STRICTLY IN LINE WITH THE RECORD COLLECTOR RARE RECORD GUIDE GRADINGS AS FOLLOWS:

MINT: THE RECORD ITSELF IS IN BRAND NEW CONDITION WITH NO SURFACE MARKS OR DETERIORATION IN SOUND QUALITY, THE COVER AND ANY EXTRA ITEMS SUCH AS THE LYRIC SHEET BOOKLET OR POSTER ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION. RECORDS ADVERTISED AS SEALED OR UNPLAYED SHOULD BE MINT.

EXCELLENT: THE RECORDS SHOWS SOME SIGNS OF HAVING BEEN PLAYED, BUT THERE IS VERY LITTLE LESSENING IN THE SOUND QUALITY, THE COVER AND PACKAGING MIGHT HAVE SLIGHT WEAR AND/OR CREASING.

VERY GOOD: THE RECORD HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN PLAYED MANY TIMES, BUT DISPLAYS NO MAJOR DETERIORATION IN SOUND QUALITY, DESPITE NOTICEABLE SURFACE MARKS, AND THE OCCASIONAL LIGHT SCRATCH. NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR ON THE COVER OR EXTRA ITEMS, WITHOUT ANY MAJOR DEFECTS, IS ACCEPTABLE.

GOOD: THE RECORD HAS BEEN PLAYED SO MUCH THAT THE SOUND QUALITY HAS NOTICEABLY DETERIORATED, PERHAPS WITH SOME DISTORTION AND MILD SCRATCHES, THE COVER AND THE CONTENTS SUFFER FROM FOLDING, SCUFFING OF EDGES, SPINE SPLITS, DISCOLOURATION ETC.

FAIR: THE RECORD IS STILL JUST PLAYABLE BUT HAS NOT BEEN CARED FOR PROPERLY AND DISPLAYS CONSIDERABLE SURFACE NOISE; IT MAY EVEN JUMP, THE COVER AND CONTENTS WILL BE TORN, STAINED AND/OR DEFACED.

POOR: THE RECORD WILL NOT PLAY PROPERLY DUE TO SCRATCHES, BAD SURFACE NOISE ETC. THE COVER AND CONTENTS WILL BE BADLY DAMAGED OR PARTLY MISSING.

BAD: THE RECORD IS UN-PLAYABLE OR MIGHT EVEN BE BROKEN, AND IS ONLY OF USE AS A COLLECTION FILLER.

SUPERB OVERALL UK FIRST PRESS MONO EXAMPLE WHICH JUDGING FROM THE PLAY TO BOTH SIDES AND VISUALLY HAS CLEARLY RECEIVED ONLY MINIMAL CAREFUL PLAY SINCE NEW AND BEEN WELL CARED FOR, THE PLAY TO BOTH SIDES IS SUPERB WITH NR SILENCE BETWEEN TRACKS AND IS CLEAN CRISP AND CLEAR WITH NO EVIDENCE OF GROOVE DISTORTION OR OTHER BACKGROUND NOISE MAYBE LOW LEVEL BETWEEN TRACKS BUT THAT IS ALL, THE VINYL SURFACES APART FROM THE ODD LIGHT NON SERIOUS SURFACE MARK LOOK NEW WITH ALL OF THE ORIGINAL DEEP GLOSS FACTORY SHEEN AND CRISP GROOVE DEFINITION, THE PARLOPHONE YELLOW AND BLACK LABELS ARE NEW LOOKING APART FROM A FEW LIGHT AND FAINT SPINDLE TRAILS TO EACH, THE MT TAX CODE TO SIDE 1 ARE CLEARLY DEFINED WITH NO WEAR WHATSOEVER, COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL AND CORRECT WAX PAPER SEPIA LINED EMITEX ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE WITH NO SEAM SPLITS JUST LIGHT STORAGE CREASING AND MINOR AGE TONING, THE GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE FRONT LAMINATED TRI FOLD FLIP BACK SLEEVE IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE BETTER ONES I HAVE SEEN WHICH APART FROM SOME GENERAL LIGHT AGE TONING TO BOTH FRONT AND REAR IS SUPERB, WITH NO WEAR TO EDGES AND CORNERS, CLEARLY AGAIN BEEN VERY CAREFULLY LOOKED AFTER SINCE NEW THE FRONT LAMINATED PANEL HAS ONLY THE LIGHTEST OF STORAGE WEAR WITH A SMALL AREA OF LAMINATE LIFT TO BOTTOM OPENING EDGE CORNER, NONE OF THE USUAL LAMINATE HANDLING CREASING HERE, THE REAR MATT PANEL HAS ONLY LIGHT AGEING WITH THE ODD SMALL FOXING BLOTCH.

OVERALL THIS EXAMPLE IS DEFINITELY WORTHY OF UPGRADE CONDITION STATUS YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED LOOK AT THE PHOTOS, ONE OF THE BETTER PRESERVED I'VE SEEN.

CAT No - PMC 1255

MATRIX No - XEX 549-2/XEX 550-2

STAMPERS - 2 RMG/3 RGH

SLEEVE - EX

INNER SLEEVE - EX-

LABELS - EX/EX

VINYL VISUAL - EX/EX

VINYL PLAY - EX/EX

AFTER PURCHASE:

THIS MONTH I AM LISTING MORE NEW TITLES ORIGINAL AND FIRST PRESS ALBUMS INCLUDING OTHER ORIGINAL BEATLES ALBUMS, SO WHY NOT TAKE A LOOK IN MY EBAY SHOP 

I carry out one postal run per week every Wednesday, providing cleared funds are released by Tuesday evening your item will be dispatched on time.

All records are carefully packaged in custom made sturdy mailers.

Please contact me if you wish for the added protection of insured or certified shipping and I will be happy to quote for this.

For further piece of mind I am pleased to offer offer the following refund policy:

I would very much like to retain, and indeed add to my 100% feedback rating so please In the unlikely event any purchaser of any item from me feels that the item is not as described and/or is unhappy with the item, provided I am advised of the issue within 7 days of receipt of the item I will refund in full with no arguments once I have received the item back. Please contact me for any issues that you have rather than just leave a negative rating, I am open and willing to sort any issues out to every ones satisfaction, again as a buyer for a long time myself I know how disappointing it can be if things are not as they appear once received, in addition if their is any item you wish to query or any aspect of the item you want more info on again contact me and I will be happy to answer any questions where I can. 

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