THE BEATLES:DOUBLE EP:"MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR".1967 MONO+CLEAN BOOK+GATEFOLD COVER

	£		25
	$		33

ATTENTION BEATLES COLLECTORS!

AFTER MANY YEARS OF COLLECTING THE BEATLES,DUE TO A DAUGHTER AT UNIVERSITY,I AM GRADUALLY SELLING OFF OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND MONTHS SOME OF THE MANY DIFFERENT COPIES I HAVE FOUND OF THE BAND'S ALBUMS,SINGLES AND RELATED ITEMS. BEING A WELL KNOWN COLLECTOR AND DEALER YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE SOME AMAZING AND IN SOME CASES VERY HARD TO FIND GEMS-ALL WITH CAREFUL GRADINGS AND IN DEPTH INFORMATION!HERE IS AN ORIGINAL MONO 1967 1ST EDITION OF THE ESSENTIAL BEATLES DOUBLE EP SET: "MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR"BUT UNLIKE THE MAJORITY OF COPIES THAT TURN UP.THIS ONE HAS THE"SOLD IN THE UK"TEXT WHICH WAS NO LONGER PRINTED ON PARLOPHONE LABELS AFTER 1969 MAKING THIS ONE OF THE FIRST EVER SETS PRESSED IN MONO WHEN THE DEMAND FOR MONO WAS LESS THAN EARLIER BEATLES ALBUMS AS EVEN THE MOST BASIC NEW RECORD PLAYERS COULD SAFELY PLAY STEREO RECORDS RESULTING IN SOME DEALERS OBTAINING THE MONO VERSIONS TO SPECIAL ORDER.THOSE STILL STICKING WITH MONO WERE OFTEN USING OLD AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT-THIS SET HAS NOT HAD THAT FATE! AMERICAN COLLECTORS WILL KNOW THAT THIS WAS NOT ISSUED THERE AS AN EP BUT AS AN ALBUM WITH FILLER TRACKS TAKEN FROM NON-LP SINGLES-EVENTUALLY ISSUED IN THE UK AT THE END OF THE 1970s IN THIS WAY.

PARLOPHONE MMT-1.

100% COMPLETE IN EVERY WAY WITH THE FIXED BOOKLET CONTAINING PHOTOS FROM THE FILM/TV SHOW,LYRICS AND CARTOONS/ART WORK. THERE ARE A FEW TINY EDGE CREASES ON A COUPLE OF THE PAGES-THE WORST AFFECTED ARE TO BE SEEN IN PHOTO #2.BLUE BACKGROUND FOR SOME OF THE LYRICS NOT WITH LATER REPRINTS!  NO MISSING PAGES AND FIXED-MANY CAME AWAY WITH RUSTY STAPLES LEFT BEHIND! THE INSIDE OF THE COVER IS BEAUTIFULLY CLEAN WITH A WHITENESS AND BRIGHTNESS RARELY SEEN-YOU CAN SEE EXAMPLES OF THIS IN PHOTOS #3 AND 4. PRINTED BY GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE WITH THE FLIPBACKS INSIDE-LATER REPRINTS DID NOT ALWAYS HAVE THESE! THERE ARE ALSO PRE-DECIMAL PRICES INSIDE FOR THE FAN CLUBS-SEE PHOTO #4-NOT TO BE SEEN IN LATER REPRINTS. THE LAMINATED GATEFOLD COVER IS VERY CLEAN AND SHINY-JUST A FEW ULTRA TINY EDGE CREASES -NO WRITING,NO RIPS,NO REPAIRS! GLEAMS!

BOTH OF THE DISCS ARE HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL WAVY CUT TOP PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVES.

THIS SET IS UNUSUAL IN SO MUCH AS ONE DISC HAS A SOLID CENTRE AND THE OTHER HAS A PUSH OUT ONE WHICH MUST HAVE BEEN THE RESULT OF TWO DIFFERENT PRESSES BEING USED FOR EACH DISC! NOT THAT UNUSUAL AS I HAVE FOUND SETS LIKE THIS BEFORE BUT NOT THAT OFTEN AND I REPEAT NOT A CASE OF A LATER REPRINT OF THE 1970s AS BOTH DISCS HAVE THE "SOLD IN THE UK" TEXT. THE DISCS HAVE A CLARITY AND WARMTH RARELY HEARD ON ORIGINAL 1967 MONO PRESSINGS.  THERE ARE SOME MAINLY VISUAL LIGHT SURFACE MARKS WITH SOME MINOR SURFACE CRACKLE HERE AND THERE SUCH AS AT THE QUIET FADE IN AT THE START OF EACH SIDE AND AT THE LONG FADE OUT OF"I AM THE WALRUS"BUT THAT IS BEING STRICT! THERE IS NOT THE USUAL NOISY SWISHY SURFACES THAT HIDE THE DIALOGUE AT THE END OF"I AM THE WALRUS!-YOU CAN EVEN HEAR THE FAINT"BLESS YOU"AT THE VERY END!STRICTLY GRADED AS NEAR EXCELLENT CONDITION. MOST MONO COPIES THAT WERE SOLD 45 YEARS AGO IN 1967 WERE OFTEN PLAYED A LOT USUALLY USING ANCIENT,HEAVY AND AWFUL EQUIPMENT,SOMETIMES TAKEN TO PARTIES RESULTING IN ALL KINDS OF DAMAGE!-THIS ONE HAS BEEN PLAYED QUITE A FEW TIMES BUT STILL HAS DECENT SOUND WITH NO NASTY DISTORTION AS PRESENT ON THE MAJORITY OF COPIES THAT SURVIVE! NO CLICKS,NO JUMPS,NO STICKS! CLEAN LABELS-ONLY VERY SLIGHT AND MINIMAL SPINDLE WEAR!

 PLEASE SEE ALL OF THE PHOTOS OF THE FRONT,INSIDE AND BACK OF THE COVER,THE CREASED PAGE+BOTH LABELS-NOTHING TO HIDE!THE COVER IS LAMINATED WITH THE FLIPBACK INSIDE-NOT ON 1970s REPRINTS! NOTE THE BRIGHTNESS INSIDE-NORMALLY GRUBBY AND DIRTY-THIS ONE HAS A WONDERFUL GLEAM! THERE ARE A FEW TINY EDGE CREASES BUT NO RIPS,STAINS,FEATHERING,REPAIRS ETC!

NO HORRIBLE SMOKE OR DAMP SMELL AS SO OFTEN THE CASE WITH SUCH OLD EPs!

  FLAT,THICK PRESSINGS!

THIS 1967 MONO EDITION HAS FAR MORE BASS AND MUCH THICKER VINYL AS WELL AS A MUCH THICKER COVER THAN LATER 1970s and 1980s REISSUES WHICH HAD WAFER THIN VINYL!

GREAT VOCALS AND GUITARWORK WITH  WARM SOUNDING VINYL + AMAZING BASS!

GREAT INVESTMENT!!!

TOTALLY FLAT VINYL! GET IT WHILE YOU CAN!

READ ON CAREFULLY FOR ALL THE INFORMATION ON THIS GEM!! 

PLEASE LOOK AT THE PHOTOS.

CHECKOUT MY  REALISTIC STARTING PRICE OF JUST  £10!!

YOU MIGHT FIND CHEAPER COPIES BUT I DOUBT THEY WILL BE AS GOOD AS THIS EXAMPLE! 

YOU'LL LOVE IT FOR YEARS AND HOPEFULLY WILL RETURN TO ME AGAIN!   

SUPERB MONO SOUND PLUS THE ADDED ADVANTAGE OF THE BASS THAT CANNOT BE MATCHED ON CD!!

The previous owner was not a smoker and so this item doesn't stink of that dreadful stale smoke!!!!Lovely pressing!! Warm sound!!.

 I test on a lightweight pickup of approx 2 grammes and listen with the treble full on and no filtering or mono switch used.

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THIS COULD BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET THIS DOUBLE EP AS GOOD AS THIS!!

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