The Beatles All My Loving UK 7" EP Factory Sample GEP8891 Y&B No Sold In The UK

	€		31
	$		36

The Roland Rennie Collection

Coming up for the foreseeable future, is a record collection that is quite unique. It is the personal collection of the late great Mr. Roland Rennie who was the managing director at Polydor records in the UK during the 1960's and 1970's. There are some unique records, including 7 inch singles and LP's, along with Acetates, Demo's/Promo's and Factory sample records. Most are very early issues, if not the first to be produced. All of the main Polydor artists are present, including international and UK labels connected to Polydor.

In 1950, a young man named Roland Rennie joined EMI records in Hayes, Middlesex, UK. Roland quickly grew with the company and saw its success mushroom manyfold during the late 1950's and early 1960's.

During his 12 years at EMI, he held many positions and eventually became the right hand man to EMI managing director, L.G. Wood in 1959, and was closely involved with major affiliation switches by major American firms. He oversaw the changes from British Decca to EMI and of Liberty and United records. His experience would put him in the top 6 of most knowledgeable executives in the industry at that time.

In 1962, Roland was a member of the team reponsible for the conception of the 'Stateside' label, which became the outlet in the UK and many other countries for: Scepter, Vee Jay, Diamond, Swan, Laurie; and a dozen other U.S. ensigns.

In addition, under instruction from Sir George Martin, Roland was also the person responsible for The Beatles' entrance onto the American stage, and was directly involved in negotations for them to appear on the Ed Sullivan show for the first time.

In 1965, he left EMI to take up the position of managing director at Polydor records in the UK, and directly oversaw the signings to the label of: The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Bee Gees, Sonny & Cher, Wilson Pickett, Ben E King, Otis Redding, The Drifters, Joe Tex, Patti and her Belles, Don Covay, Barbara Lewis and Soloman Burke, to name but a few.

References

7th September 1963 edition of 'Billboard' magazine, page 34

26th March 1966 edition of 'Billboard' magazine, page 34.

Please explore my other listings for more rare Beatles records.

On offer today, a factory sample of the 1964 UK 7" EP by The Beatles titled "All My Loving" on the black and yellow parlophone label.

Catalogue number GEP8891.

The record comes housed in its original picture sleeve outer cover.

Matrix side 1: 7TCE 790-1N (KT 3 HT)
Matrix side 2: 7TCE 791-1N (KT 1 LP)

Side 1 condition:

Side 1 plays through beautifully well with no jumps or sticks. There is also very little background noise throughout and the production quality is strikingly clear. 9/10.

The surface has an excellent shine but with quite a few of the lighter surface lines but no rubs or scratches. 8/10.

The label on side 1 is excellent with very little wear and no fading to the text. There is evidence of light spider trails or lines of that nature around the centre hole. 8.5/10

Side 2 condition:

Side 2 plays through equally well with low evidence of light background noise, the production sounds awesome. There are absolutely no sticks, no loud pops and no jumps only very light background noise in places. 9/10

The surface of the record on side 2 is similar to that as described on side 1, it has an excellent shine but there are a few light hairlines to the surface, but no rubs or scratches. 8/10.

The label on side 2 with a factory sample sticker attached is also excellent with no fading to the text and very light wear throughout. There is light evidence of spider trails or lines of that nature around the centre hole. 8.5/10

The picture sleeve is in very nice condition with no splits or tears and only a little bit of discolourationonthe rear panel. There is a little bit of light laminate lifting around the perimeter on the front, but it very good plus overall. The corners only have light rubbing and the opening area has only light wear. The rear shows only a little discolouration and the margins are fixed perfectly but with a small sticker on the top margin. 8/10

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