THE BEATLES "MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR" TYPE-1 1967 FIRST PRESSING
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THE BEATLES MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR STEREO SMMT-1
RELEASE DATE 8th DECEMBER 1967 THIS IS A FIRST PRESSING WITH SOLD IN THE U.K. ON THE PUSH-OUT CENTRE, EMBOSSED TAX CODE KT. CAPITALISED "THE GRAMOPHONE" RIM, PUBLISHERS NAME ON THREE LINES, (P) 1967 STATEMENT AND "MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR" PRINTED IN LOWER CASE.
THE MATRIX SUFFIXED WITH SIDE 1, 3, 4 : "1" AND SIDE 2 : "2"
CATALOG NO. "SMMT-1" AND THE WORD "STEREO" PRINTED AT THE UPPER CORNER OF THE BACK COVER. FRONT AND BACK LAMINATED SLEEVE WITH INNER POCKETS HOLDING THE TWO 7 INCH E.P DISKS. AT THE INNER POCKET THE OLD APPLE MARK LOOKS LIKE A DRAWING AND THE WORDS "APPLE PRESENT" IS PRINTED. GARROD & LOFTHOUSE LTD GATEFOLD PRINTED SLEEVE. A 24 PAGE FULL COLOUR BOOK PACKED WITH EXCLUSIVE PICTURES, A STRIP CARTOON OF THE ORIGINAL STORY AND INCLUDED A BLUE LYRIC PAGE.
THE COVER RETAINS ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL SHINNY SURFACES THE SPINE IS STRONG, SOME CORNER ROUNDING AND CREASING AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT DUE TO AGE, THE CARDBOARD SLEEVE IS MADE FROM ONE PIECE WITH FLAPS TO FORM TWO POCKETS TO HOLD THE VINYL DISCKS. THE PAGES ARE ALL SOUND, NO MARKS OR TEARS JUST A LITTLE YELLOWING ON THE OUTER EDGES. THE INNER SLEEVE ARE CREASED AND HAVE YELLOWED WITH AGE NO SPLITS OR MARKS.
THE VINYL DISKS ARE UNMARKED, BRIGHT AND SHINNY, THE LABELS SHOW VERY LITTLE SING OF SPINDLE MARKS.
OVERALL THIS IS AN EXCELLENT COLLECTORS COPY AND JUDGING BY THE LETTERS IN THE RUNOFFS THIS WAS ONE OF THE EARLIEST OF THE FIRST PRESS. THE AUDIO IS VERY CLEAR, NO SKIPS OR JUMPS.
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