THE BEATLES Rubber Soul 1965 UK Mono 1st Press Original PMC 1267

	A$		70
	$		45

This 1965 UK Mono 1st press album was released 3 December 1965. The first owner wrote his name, London, 31.12.65 on the back cover. The runout on this listed LP side A is XEX 579-4 and side B is XEX 580-4

Copy and paste from discogs helps to confirm this listed LP is a UK Mono 1965 1st pressing.

Label: Parlophone ?– PMC 1267 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Sleeve

Country: UK Released: 03 Dec 1965 Matrix / Runout (Runout stamp, side A. Var. 1): XEX 579-4 (Runout stamp, side B. Var. 1): XEX 580-4

There are a few slightly different UK mono 1st pressings and according to discogs this LP is variation 1 as above.   

Sound Quality: made in England heavy vinyl sound quality, fully play tested. Side 1 sounds +VG, first six tracks has only noticeable light surface noise between tracks and in track intro and ending. Last track on side 1 and tracks on side 2 have light surface noise in quite sections of music but still sounds great and does not detract from the music. Both sides play with no noticeable clicks or pops.

Vinyl Grade: VG, has light scratches and marks. Side 1 has six long light scratches plus many small light scratches. Side 2 has many small light scratches. No bad serious looking marks.

Cover: fine, nice and flat, no damage, light wear around edges, name/date on back of cover.

Labels: clear   

Records graded directly under very bright table light for the visual grade. Sound quality checked by playing to ensure that visual grade and sound quality are consistent. 

Mint M and Near Mint NM: Looks perfect as new. N and NM is only appropriate for new reissue records and not for vintage vinyl that has been played, regardless of how perfect it may look.

Excellent Plus +EX: Lovely gloss, no visible scratches, scuffs or marks. Has been played but has been handled well and still in great condition.

Excellent EX: Lovely gloss, shows some slight signs of wear, including light trace/hairlines from the inner sleeve, light scuffs or very light marks that you would not expect to hear as surface noise. 

Very Good Plus +VG: Shows a few more very light marks than is allowable for EX so not quite EX. These signs of use would be expected to cause some light surface noise but not to detract from the music.

Very Good VG: Shows light scratches and marks and some that you would expect to cause surface noise, especially in soft passages, between tracks and during a song’s intro and ending but not so much as to overpower the music which can still be enjoyed.

Very Good Minus -VG: Shows significant wear and marks that you would expect to cause noticeable surface noise that detracts from the music.

Good G: In the record world, 'Good' is not good! From here on down (Fair, Poor), we're talking about beat-up records lacking much of the original gloss and with many scratches and marks that you would expect to cause very noticeable surface noise and clicks/pops that seriously detract from enjoyment of the music. 

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