THE BEATLES: The Beatles / 1962-1966 ORG '78 UK LTD ED RED VINYL Double LP NM

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THE BEATLES: The Beatles / 1962-1966 Rare and now very hard to find Original 1973 UK First Press 26-track double LP compilation, housed in the original front laminated gatefold picture sleeve with matching red bevelled corner lyric inners. PCSP717 Awesome Condition.

First pressing, April 20, 1973. Matte Apple labels on a dark red background were used on the first pressings plus Apple labels have “Mfd. in U.K.”, “An Apple Record”, “An EMI Recording” and “The Gramophone Company Limited” credits. Matrix numbers: Side One: YEX 905-1, Side Two: YEX 906-1, Side Three: YEX 907-1, Side Four: YEX 908-1. Other common combinations of matrix numbers: -1/-1/-3/-1/// -3/-1/-1/-1/// -1/-3/-3/-1/// -2/-2/-4/-2

NOT PLAY GRADED: VISUAL GRADING ONLY
Please note that this is a used item and there is always isolated static, ticks, light pops that maybe or can be heard, even in the quieter places during the play of any vinyl. There will be elements of surface noise. More noise than others. Please remember that this is an original 50 year old vinyl. A habit of cleaning the vinyl with a carbon brush before each play will reduce any static. If possible you should have the LP professionally cleaned periodically.

I cannot guarantee exactly how this LP will sound on your turntable/system - Cartridge and stylus profile, tracking weight, Arm VTA, arm type all go to make a difference to the sound of an LP.

THE COVER: The laminated gatefold cover shows virtually NO wear to either the top, bottom or spine. The spine remains intact still crisp with text clearly visible and readable with just minimal creasing. The spines colour has faded. All 4 corners show only the lightest of wear but with no age related rounding. There is just the lightest of creasing to the top right hand corner. The surface has only the lightest visible storage scuffing, the opening edges are clean with no damage or age related feathering. There are no signs of any other forms of damage. I have graded the cover in EXCELLENT++ condition.

THE BACK COVER: Same as the front showing only the lightest of storage scuffing, there are no other defects. I have graded the back cover again in EXCELLENT++ condition.

THE INNER SLEEVE: The lyric inners have just a very tiny beginning of a split to the bottom edge otherwise are in a very clean crisp condition and so have graded the inners in EXCELLENT condition.

THE VINYL: All sides of this double vinyl LP show a very clean beautiful glass like shine with no age related dulling. There are no deep scratches to any side of this LP. There are only the lightest of minimal hairline marks to all sides held under a strong light. I have graded the vinyl in NEAR MINT condition. Awesome conditioned vinyl showing virtually very little play.

Side 1 in NEAR MINT condition. Side 2 in NEAR MINT condition.
Side 3 in NEAR MINT condition. Side 4 in NEAR MINT condition.

THE MATRIX NUMBERS:
SIDE 1 YEX 905 1 1HO 1 SIDE 2 YEX 906 1 RGP B4
SIDE 3 YEX 907 1 GHG 4 SIDE 4 YEX 908 1 GTH 11

THE LABELS: The labels are in MINT condition showing no spindle marks or wear around the central spindle hole.

TRACK LISTING
Record One:
1. Love Me Do
2. Please Please Me
3. From Me To You
4. She Loves You
5. I Want To Hold Your Hand
6. All My Loving
7. Can't Buy Me Love
8. A Hard Day's Night
9. And I Love Her
10. Eight Days A Week
11. I Feel Fine
12. Ticket To Ride
13. Yesterday

Record Two:
1. Help!
2. You've got To Hide Your Love Away
3. We Can Work It Out
4. Day Tripper
5. Drive My Car
6. Norwegian Wood
7. Nowhere Man
8. Michelle
9. In My Life
10. Girl
11. Paperback Writer
12. Eleanor Rigby
13. Yellow Submarine

Year of Release: 1973 - 50 years old
Artist: THE BEATLES
Title: The Beatles / 1962-1966
Format: Double Vinyl LP
Record Label: APPLE
Catalogue No: PCSP717
Additional info: Deleted
Country of Origin: Original UK 1st Pressing

To all overseas buyers. Severe delays to export items.
Royal Mail currently are unable to despatch export items to overseas destinations, so from 1900hrs on 12 January 2023 we will temporarily remove export service options. Please do not post international export items until further notice. Items which have already been handed over to Royal Mail may be subject to delays.
Due to this I will not post to any over seas destinations and run the risk that the items either will be severely delayed or even lost.
I will cancel any transactions from any overseas buyer due to this. Until further notice and Royal Mail reinstate overseas posting.
Thank you for your understanding.
I'm prepared to post multiple items but please wait until I send an invoice calculating what the postage cost will be to send the items.

UK £5.55
Royal Mail Signed for 1st Class

All over seas post including Europe will only be sent
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WORLD ZONE 2 £22.50
WORLD ZONE 3 £23.35
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I will not ship to Russia or Belarus or accept bids from either country. If there are any winning bids I will cancel the transaction and relist.


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TERMS & CONDITIONS
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RETURNS
I fully guarantee that I have given the best description to any item I put onto Ebay for auction - these are used records which have been visually graded without play graded ( unless indicated ) as such I will not accept any returns because your not happy. I will not accept the return of visually graded records which are based upon the buyer's assessment of the record's play grade, I will not accept any returns under any condition.
Please view my opening statement in regard to records condition.

Your bid is binding, so please make sure you have READ and UNDERSTAND my conditions before you bid.
I will not accept returns where the buyer has not read or not understood something which is stated/shown in the listing.
If an International buyer returns an item it’s very important that you mark return on the customs form because if you do not and I get a letter with an import charge on it I will not pay. This is a return and the LP will simply get sent back to you as Returned Goods are not charged for by UK Customs
Should you wish to return a LP as set out in Ebay policies the buyer is responsible for return postage, this means I pay one way, you the buyer will have to pay the other way.
RETURNS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR INCOMPATIBILITY PROBLEMS.
INTERNATIONAL BUYERS
All LPs won by International buyers will be sent International Signed For there are NO EXCEPTIONS to this, also if you are from Russia it seems items are taking 8-12 weeks to be delivered, I will post as soon as payment is received and will enter tracking on the order page for you to view, once that's done its down to the Russian postal service to deliver it. There is nothing more I can do. If your impatient and cannot wait without opening a dispute when you can clearly see its on its way to you on the tracking, then please by all means buy off another seller..

POSTAGE:
Delivery to a UK address will be sent First Class Recorded Delivery only.
Delivery to a European or Worldwide address will be sent via Air Mail with Insurance where applicable
or International Signed only.
I will always obtain proof of postage this is by receipt from post office and can be emailed as a jpeg if requested.
I will always send items by First Class or Airmail signed for unless the buyer indicates differently please email to discuss what best suits you.

Any item/items over £50 will only be sent with insurance unless you want to take the risk. If you do not wish to take insurance then the item will only be insured up to £36. I will not be held responsible for any uninsured items that either go missing or are damaged if insurance is not taken.

I reserve the right to post mulitple wins at the cost which the Royal Mail charges me. I will not make any
exceptions to this .

PACKING:
ALL LP's will be packed with the record and inner being separate so that the sleeves avoid seam-splitting. Stiffeners and padding will be added where necessary. All 7" singles will remain in their sleeves with stiffeners.

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING PAYMENT TERMS:
Payment must be made in British Pounds Sterling only (GBP)
Accepted method of payment: PayPal only.
Please pay for your item within 5 days of the auction closing. If you are intending to bid on other items and wish to pay when they have closed, please contact me to let me know. I reserve the right to cancel any transactions and offer the item to the second highest bidder if no contact or payment is made within FIVE days.
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If I receive payment before I have contacted you I will reject it. My costs are based on the weight of the item being sent. And not what ebay requires I fill in to complete my auction transaction. In many cases costs maybe less.
PLEASE CONSIDER THE ABOVE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE BIDDING.  1480 (GS 9.1.1 (1480))