The Beatles BEATLES FOR SALE 1964 UK LP 1st Press MONO 4N/3N EX+ AUDIO

	£		61
	$		80

THE BEATLES - BEATLES FOR SALE

PLAYS TO AN EX+ GRADE

1ST PRESS 1964 **MONO**

EX++ SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE: PARLOPHONE PMC 1240
• MATRIX:XEX 503-4N / 504-3N
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:2 MP / 1 GD

  TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

ORIGINAL YELLOW AND BLACK MONO LABELS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. THE BASE COLOUR IS IN SUPERB CONDITION . THE SILVER TEXT IS ALSO IN PERFECTLY LEGIBLE CONDITION, AND THE SPINDLE HOLE IS UNWORN. THERE ARE 10-15 SMALL SPIDER LINES REALLY CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

REALLY REALLY GLOSSY LP THAT LOOKS FANTASTIC IN DAYLIGHT. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE SOME VERY TINY WISPY HAIRLINES AND A FEW SMALL SURFACE HANDLING LINES

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS AS I BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD THEY ARE THINKING OF BIDDING ON. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

I HAVE RECORDED IT IN MONO SO THAT IT CAN BE HEARD AS WAS INTENDED

THE FIRST THING TO MENTION IS THAT THE RECORD PLAYS THROUGH PERFECTLY WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION TO THE SOUND OR GROOVE WEAR. BOTH CHANEL REPRODUCE PERFECTLY

THERE IS NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE WHATSOEVER

NO HEAVY CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS OR POPS

THERE IS SOME LIGHT STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND HEARD IN THE MORE SILENT PASSAGES AND SOME OCCASIONAL TINY LITTLE STATIC LIKE TICS

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH AS EX+

PLEASE DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

LAMINATED GATEFOLD, AND THE HARDEST OF ALL BEATLES SLEEVES TO COLLECT IN ANYTHING LIKE A REASONABLE CONDITION. SIMPLY THIS SLEEVE  WAS ONE WHERE THE LP SLIDES INTO THE COVER FROM THE SPINE EDGE ON THE INSIDE OF THE GATEFOLD, AND NOT A STANDARD OUTER OPENING EDGE. THIS MEANT THE LP HAD TO BE PERFECTLY PLACED INSIDE THE SLEEVE EVERY TIME BECAUSE THE SLIGHTEST MISPLACEMENT RESULTED IN THE FRONT COVER BEING CLOSED ON PROTRUDING VINYL RESULTING IN TEARS TO THE SPINE. YOU ONLY HAVE TO LOOK AT MOST COPIES TO SEE THAT THIS HAS BEEN THE CASE, AND BEAR IN MIND JUST HOW MANY TIMES THE LP WOULD HAVE BEEN PULLED IN AND OUT OF THE SLEEVE TO PLAY, IT IS ONLY NATURAL THAT THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.

THIS SLEEVE HOWEVER HAS WITHSTOOD OF ALL THAT, AND HAS AN UN-TORN SPINE

THE FRONT SURFACE WHICH USUALLY CREASES BADLY DUE TO THE FLIMSINESS OF IT, IN THIS CARE IS IN ALMOST PERFECT CONDITION. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES LINES OR BENDS ANYWHERE ON THIS DELICATE SURFACE. THERE IS HOWEVER A SMALL TEAR TO THE TOP EDGE OF ABOUT  A THIRD OF AN INCH WHICH HAS SPLIT THE PAPER. IT IS SITUATED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOP EDGE.

THERE ARE FOUR LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE . ONE RUNNING ACROSS EACH OF THE LEFT CORNER TIPS. NONE ALONG THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES AND THE RIGHT EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP.

NO LAMINATE LIFT OR RECORD SHAPE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE PERFECTLY LAMINATED ALL THE WAY FROM CORNER TO CORNER WITH WITH JUST THE RIGHT CORNER TIP ENDS SHOWING A PIN PRICK OF RUB

THE ALREADY MENTIONED VULNERABLE SPINE IS  IN SUPERB CONDITION. THE LAMINATE IS ALL THERE, THE SPINE EDGE IS FLAT AND ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.THE TAPERED ENDS HAVE A LITTLE RUB TO THE TIP ENDS

THE REAR SURFACE LIKE THE FRONT, HAS GLEAMING LAMINATE WITH TWO TINY LINES BY THE SPINE, AND ONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE. THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP ALSO HAS A LITTLE RUB

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS THE UNLAMINATED PANELS WHICH ARE IN NEAR PRISTINE CONDITION, WITH A LITTLE RUB TO THE LEFT OF PAULS RIGHT EAR AND ON GEORGE'S BODY. 

THE ORIGINAL GREASE PROOF PAPER INNER SLEEVE IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. JUST ONE CORNER CREASE LINE, AND NO SPLITS TO THE SEAMS. THERE IS SOME LIGHT AGEING TO THE SURFACE

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE EX+

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY