" THE BEATLES SECOND ALBUM " ORIG GERMAN TELDEC WHITE GOLD STEREO LP
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PLEASE NOTE THAT IN CASE OF ANY DISPUTES OVER GRADINGS I ALWAYS ACCEPT NO QUIBBLE REFUNDS UPON SAFE RETURN AND DEPENDING ON CIRCUMSTANCES USUALLY COVER THE RETURN POSTAGE TO SO IN CASE OF ANY PROBLEM CAN YOU PLEASE EMAIL ME FIRST BEFORE GOING THROUGH THE " ITEM NOT AS DESCRIBED " PROCEDURE. YOU WILL FIND THAT WITH ME THERE IS NOT LIKELY ANY NEED TO DO THAT AND EVERYTHING CAN BE RESOLVED BY A SIMPLE EMAIL EXPLAINING THE PROBLEM FIRST THANK YOU For Auction here is the Germany LP '' THE BEATLES SECOND ALBUM "
ARTIST: THE BEATLES
This is without a doubt one of the rarest and most desirable Beatles records on the German Odeon label !WOW !
NOT ONLY IS THIS ALBUM A RARE VERY SHORT LIVED GERMAN EXPORT PRESS INTENDED MAINLY FOR THE MANY ARMED FORCES BASES AND POSSIBLY FOR SWITZERLAND AND A RARITY IN ANY CONDITION, BUT IF THAT WEREN'T ENOUGH THIS IS THE EVEN RARER TELDEC (TELEFUNKEN-DECCA) CONTRACT PRESSING AS DENOTED BY THE MANUFACTURED IN GERMANY STAMP IN THE DEAD WAX AND A CIRCULAR GROOVE DEPRESSION ON THE LABELS. THIS MAKES THIS COPY AN EVEN RARER VARIANT OF AN ALREADY RARE RECORD!!!
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL GERMAN PRESSING FROM JULY 1964 AND WAS PRIMARILY FOR SALE TO MEMBERS OF THE ALLIED FORCES STATIONED IN GERMANY & WEST BERLIN AND MOST LIKELY FOR SALE IN SWITZERLAND AS WELL. THIS VERY LIMITED DISTRIBUTION IS ANOTHER REASON FOR ITS RARITY !
THE FRONT ALBUM ART IS THE SAME IMAGE OF THE BEATLES WHICH WAS ALSO USED ON THE FAR MORE COMMON AMERICAN & GERMAN ALBUM SOMETHING NEW WHILE THE BACK COVER IS THE SAME AS THE TYPICAL BACK COVER FOR THE "SECOND ALBUM"
THE GORGEOUS WHITE, RED AND GOLD LABELS ARE THE GEMA VARIANT AS OPPOSED TO THE BIEM / GEMA ONES AND THE DISC ITSELF PLAYS WONDERFULLY! SEE BELOW FOR A DETAILED BREAKDOWN L@@K
TRACK LISTING: SEE PIC ABOVE
MONO/STEREO: STEREO
Cat. No : ZTOX 5558
LABEL: ODEON
COUNTRY: GEMANY
DATE: 1964
VINYL WEIGHT: 140g
THE CONDITION
SLEEVE: USUAL GERMAN SLEEVE FLAW OF ENTRANCE CHIPPING IN PLACES SOME EDGEWARE AND SOME RUBBING IN PLACES AT THE SPINE BUT STILL A VERY DECENT EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THESE GRADES VG TO VG+
VINYL VISUAL: STILL RETAINS ITS FIRST PRESSED SHEEN AND HAS SOME LIGHT & HAIRLINES MAINLY UNDER A BRIGHT HALOGEN LAMP AND WOULD GRADE VG+ IF IT WERE NOT FOR AN EDGE WARP AFFECTING THE FIRST COUPLE OF TRACKS EACH SIDE. HOWEVER ON MY DECK DESPITE THIS IT PLAYS BRILLIANTLY WITH FABULOUS CLEAR AUDIO AND THE WARP BARELY AFFECTS THE AUDIO ON THE TRACKS IT AFFECTS
( A SMALL CAVEAT, AFTER PLAYING THROUGH PERFECTLY THE ONCE, THE SECOND TIME OF PLAY IT STARTED TO JUMP DURING THE MIDDLE OF THANK YOU GIRL, I ADJUSTED THE TRACKING WEIGHT AND THE JUMPS WERE NO LONGER, HOWEVER, AND THIS IS REALLY WEIRD, I ADJUSTED THE TRACKING WEIGHT BACK TO ITS LIGHTER SETTING AND IT STILL NO LONGER JUMPED - CUE THE TWILIGHT ZONE MUSIC I THINK )
LABELS: SOME MINOR EVIDENCE OF HANDLING ONLY GRADE EX-
VERY VERY RARE PRESSING !
FOR BIDDERS OUTSIDE UK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT... non uk bidders please read my notes about international postage below.....returns policy only applies to UK outside of UK buyer has to cover the return postage! FOR INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT due to ebays revised " buyer " protection policy even more sellers will start to refuse to sell internationally. I however will still sell internationally but i reserve the right to not to complete any international transaction if the buyer has any bad or witheld feedback or for any other reason that I choose and this is especially so for items that sell for near to GBP 150 or higher. So if you are an international bidder and win one of my auctions and then find I have completed the transaction elsewhere this will be because the new ebay/paypal policy now makes it almost impossible for sellers to sell safely overseas, thank you
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DOMESTIC UK DISPATCH WILL BE VIA RECORDED/SIGNED FOR DELIVERY TO PREVENT FRAUDULANT CLAIMS OF NON RECEIPT IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS THEN PLEASE FEEL FREE NOT TO BID ! INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE SEE MY NOTES BELOW
(Please note that whilst I try to endeavour to adhere to strict RC gradings I will never describe ANYTHING AS MINT even when I think it to be so. As far as I am concerned any secondhand item by definition cannot be mint. However if I believe an item to be Mint I will instead either use the terms Near Mint, mint minus, or in archive or vault condition. When I use these terms you know that in my opinion this is in effect a de-facto Mint grade )
INSURANCE INCLUDED IN P&P PRICE DEPENDING ON FINAL SALE VALUE...
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I ONLY DO A COUPLE OF RUNS A WEEK TO THE POST OFFICE BUT MY ITEMS ARE ALWAYS DISPATCHED WELL WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK OF PAYMENT BEING RECEIVED. I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE TO THOSE BUYERS WHO SEEM TO EXPECT THEIR ITEM TO ARRIVE THE NEXT DAY, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK WHEN AN ITEM WAS SENT JUST PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU!! (SOME PEOPLE DO MAKE YOU LAUGH, FOR ITEMS I BUY I ONLY NORMALLY GET CONCERNED AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND EVEN AFTER THAT THEN ONLY POLIETELY ENQUIRE IF AND WHEN THE ITEM WAS SENT).
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PAYMENTS BY PAYPAL ARE PREFERRED BUT I ALSO ACCEPT OTHER METHODS. I ALSO POST WORLDWIDE (PLS APPLY FOR RATES) BUT DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH A DISREPUTABLE BUYER IN JAPAN (EBAY WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO NAME THEM) , FOR ALL PAYMENTS MADE VIA PAYPAL THE ITEM WILL ONLY BE SENT BOTH TO THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY RECORDED OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY. THIS IS TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY ATTEMPT TO CLAIM BACK THE PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL EVEN AFTER ACTUALLY HAVING RECEIVED THE ITEM.
THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS HAD THE RESULT OF INCREASING MY COSTS FOR POSTING AND PACKING AND I AM VERY SORRY FOR THIS BUT PAYPAL OFFER NO PROTECTION FOR SELLERS UNLESS THERE IS PROOF OF DELIVERY!! PROOF OF POSTING WOULD SEEM INSUFFICIENT TO THEM AND I HAVE FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY..
DUE TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THIS SAME BUYER PAYPAL PAYMENTS WILL ALSO NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM BUYERS WHO DO NOT ALLOW THEIR FEEDBACK TO BE READ
COST VIA INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR MAIL HAS RECENTLY BEEN INCREASED BY THE UK POST OFFICE .. ANY ADDITIONAL LP'S SENT VIA COMBINED POSTAGE WILL USUALLY BE AROUND AN ADDITION G 2.00 PER LP
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