THE BEATLES "RUBBER SOUL" 1995 UNPLAYED LIMITED EDITION OUT OF PRINT PROMO LP

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THESE 12”/LP RECORDS COME FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION, SOME ARE PROMO’S FROM THE NATIONAL RADIO NETWORK I WAS AT FOR 19 YEARS OTHERS FROM RECORD STORES, SWAPS,YARD SALES,CHARITY SHOPS, ETC.….ALL OF MY RECORDS COME IN A PROTECTIVE PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE…MEDIA MAIL IN THE U.S. $4 COVERS THAT AS WELL AS THE COST OF THE RECORD MAILER….I DO COMBINE SHIPPING, .50 EACH FOR THE U.S. FOR EACH ADDITIONAL RECORD. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING BASED ON WEIGHT. CHECK OUT MY OTHER AUCTIONS.WHEN I CLICK ON EBAY’S “USED” THAT ONLY MEANS THE RECORD IS OPENED, IN MOST CASES IT IS UNPLAYED SO “NEW” IN THAT SENSE. I USE THE GOLDMINE STANDARD GRADING SYSTEM.

I ALSO HAVE MORE OF THE BEATLES “LIMITED EDITION” 1995 VINYL RE-ISSUES, PROMO STAMPED I WILL BE LISTING.

FROM MY GOOD BUDDIES AT CAPITOL/EMI RECORDS HERE IN L.A., I RECEIVED A BOX OF 13 OF THE 1995 LIMITED EDITION BEATLES L.P.S IN THEIR ORIGINAL U.K. CONFIGURATIONS. THEY ALL HAVE A GOLD INK EMBOSSED PROMO STAMPS, (SEE PHOTOS) ALL ARE IN EXCELLENT UNPLAYED CONDITION (SEE ABOVE) UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED)….ALL ARE CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT, ALL ARE UNPLAYED ( I REALLY REALLY TOYED WITH THE IDEA OF KEEPING THEM AS THEY ARE FOR THE MOST PART PRISTINE, BUT, I HAVE THE MUSIC AND HOW MANY COPIES OF THIS DOES ONE NEED?). I AM LISTING THEM ONE AT A TIME, BUT WILL COMBINE SHIPPING FOR ANYONE WHO WINS MORE THAN ONE. THANKS FOR LOOKING. HERE GOES.

THIS IS THE 1995 LIMITED EDITION PROMO STAMPED OUT OF PRINT COPY OF THE BEATLS “RUBBER SOLU” LP , C1-46440. IN EXCELLENT UNPLAYED CONDITION,(SEE ABOVE). HERE’S MORE ON THIS RELEASE.

“Rubber Soul” is the sixth studio album by English rock group the Beatles, released in 3 December 1965. Produced by George Martin, it was recorded in just over four weeks to make the Christmas market. Unlike the five albums that preceded it, this album was recorded during a specific period, the sessions not dashed off in between either tour dates or during filming projects. After this, every Beatles album would be made without the need to pay attention to other commitments, except for the production of short promotional films.

 Rubber Soul is a folk rock album, and also incorporates pop and soul music styles. The album was described as a major artistic achievement, attaining widespread critical and commercial success, with reviewers taking note of the Beatles' developing musical vision.

Rubber Soul was successful commercially and critically, and is often cited as one of the greatest albums in music history. In 2012, Rubber Soul was ranked #5 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". In September 2013 after the British Phonographic Industry changed their sales award rules, the album was declared as having gone platinum.

Virtually all of the songs for this album were composed immediately after the band's return to London following their North American tour. The Beatles broadened their sound on this album, with influences drawn from soul music and the contemporary folk-rock of Bob Dylan and The Byrds. The album also saw the Beatles expanding rock and roll's instrumental resources, most notably on "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" through George Harrison's use of the Indian sitar. He had been introduced to it via the instrumental score for their 1965 film Help!. Although The Kinks had incorporated droning guitars to mimic the sitar after a visit to India on "See My Friends", "Norwegian Wood" is generally credited as sparking off a musical craze for the sound of the novel instrument in the mid-1960s—a trend which would later branch out into the raga rock and Indian rock genres. The song is now acknowledged as one of the cornerstones of what is now usually called "world music" and it was a major landmark in the trend towards incorporating non-Western musical influences into Western popular music. Harrison's interest was fueled by fellow Indian music fan David Crosby of the Byrds, whom Harrison met and befriended in August 1965. Harrison would eventually be transfixed by all things Indian, taking sitar lessons from renowned Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar.

 French-like guitar lines on "Michelle" and Greek-influenced ones on "Girl", fuzz bass on "Think for Yourself," and a piano made to sound like a baroque harpsichord on the instrumental bridge of "In My Life" added to the exotic brushstrokes to the album. Ringo Starr had frequently augmented Beatles tracks with standard percussion instruments such as maracas or tambourine, but on the track "I'm Looking Through You" unusually used taps on a matchbook, perhaps influenced by a similar trick as done by Gene Krupa in the 1941 film Ball of Fire.

Packaging and artwork

 Rubber Soul was the group's first release not to feature their name on the cover, an uncommon tactic in 1965. The 'stretched' effect of the cover photo came about after photographer Bob Freeman had taken some pictures of the group at Lennon's house. Freeman showed the photos by projecting them onto an album-sized piece of cardboard to simulate how they would appear on an album cover. The unusual Rubber Soul album cover came to be when the slide card fell slightly backwards, elongating the projected image of the photograph and stretching it. Excited by the effect, they shouted, "Ah! Can we have that? Can you do it like that?" Freeman said he could. The distinctive lettering was created by Charles Front (father of actor Rebecca Front), and the original artwork was later auctioned at Bonhams, accompanied by an authenticating letter from Robert Freeman.

 Capitol Records used a different colour saturation for the US version, causing the orange lettering used by Parlophone Records to show up as different colours. On some Capitol LPs, the title looks rich chocolate brown; others, more like gold. On the 1987 compact disc reissue, the letters appear a distinct green, and the 2009 reissue uses the original cover design with the Parlophone Records logo.

 Paul McCartney conceived the album's title after overhearing a musician's description of Mick Jagger's singing style as "plastic soul". Lennon confirmed this in a 1970 interview with Rolling Stone, stating, "That was Paul's title, meaning English soul. Just a pun." McCartney uses a similar phrase, "plastic soul, man, plastic soul...," heard at the end of "I'm Down" as released on Anthology 2.

INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING IS BASED ON WEIGHT AND COUNTRY.  USUALLY ONE LP WEIGHS 1 POUND 7 OUNCES(WITH MAILER & PACKING MATERIALS), 2- 2 POUNDS…. 3- 2 POUNDS 13 OUNCES. EACH ADDITIONAL LP IS APPROX 13+ OUNCES. GATEFOLD AND DOUBLE ALBUM SETS ARE MORE AND I WILL STATE THAT IN THE MAILING COSTS. FOR THE U.S. THE $4 COST OF THE MEDIA MAIL INCLUDES MY COST OF THE MAILERS, PACKING MATERIALS & TIME. THANKS! BOB

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