The Beatles HELP 1965 UK 1st Press STEREO Played 1-2 Times MINT AUDIO LISTEN

	£		400
	$		530

FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED PRIOR TO LISTING SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING

THE BEATLES - HELP

PRISTINE MINT AUDIO FROM START TO FINISH

1ST PRESS STEREO - 1965

PLAYED NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES EVER!!!

NEAR MINT SLEEVE TO MATCH

• CATALOGUE: PARLOPHONE PCS 3071
• MATRIX:YEX 168-1 / 169-1
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 2 GL / 1 AD
• THIS IS A VERY EARLY FIRST PRESS

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

ORIGINAL YELLOW AND BLACK MONO LABELS IN SUPERN CONDITION. THE BLACK BASE COLOUR AND YELLOW LOGO'S ARE BOTH UNRUBBED .THE COLOURS RUN UNINTERRUPTED INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE, WHICH HAS JUST 21-2 TINY SPIDER LINES AROUND IT SHOWING JUST WHY THIS AMAZING VINYL HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT DISC LOOKS AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT CAME OUT OF THE PRESS. IT HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN. IN DAYLIGHT THERE IS NOT A MARK ON IT,AND IT LOOKS FLAWLESS.

EVEN UNDER A MAGNIFYING HALO THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE APART FROM A COUPLE OF SMALL WISPY HAIRLINES

THE TEST PLAY

THIS STEREO ALBUM PLAYS TO ABSOLUTE PERFECTION. 

THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT THING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE COMPLETE CLARITY OF THE STEREO REPRODUCTION. 

THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF DISTORTION ANYWHERE, AND THE SOUND IS AS CLEAR AND SHARP AS IT POSSIBLE COULD BE. 

THE EARLY STEREO BEATLES RECORDINGS WERE ALL JUST INCREDIBLE. MANY MANY COPIES WERE PLAYED ON SYSTEMS THAT HAD A STYLUS THAT WAS TOO HEAVY OR WORN AND CAUSED INVISIBLE GROOVE WEAR. 

THIS WOULD ONLY BE SPOTTED OR SHOULD I SAY HEARD WHEN PLAYING THE ALUM AND WOULD TAKE THE FORM OF BEHIND THE MUSIC STATIC AND BE CONTINUOUS. THIS VINYL IS FLAWLESS!!!

GENTLY LOWERING THE STYLUS ONTO THE RUN IN GROOVE ALL YOU HEAR IS SILENCE. NO CRACKLES ANYWHERE, AND THIS INCREDIBLE STANDARD IS MAINTAINED ALL THROUGH BOTH SIDES. I CANNOT SAY THAT I HAVE EVER HEARD A COPY OF THIS ALBUM IN SUCH MAGNIFICENT ORIGINAL CONDITION

THE RUN IN IS SILENT, THE LINKING GROOVES ARE SILENT, AND THE RUN OUT IS SILENT

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER AT ANY POINT. NO VINYL NOISE AND NOT EVEN ANY STATIC

NO CLICKS AND I AM CERTAIN I DIDN'T EVEN HEAR ANY DUSTPOPS EITHER

PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN YOURSELF AND IN PARTICULAR LISTEN TO 'YESTERDAY' WHICH HAS A HISTORY OF DISTORTION AND SOUNDING POOR, BUT NOT ON THIS ONE. IT IS THE CLEANEST SOUNDING I HAVE EVER HEARD. 

I JUST HAVE TO GRADE THIS INCREDIBLE AUDIO MINT

THE SLEEVE

THE SLEEVE ON THIS SUBLIME ALBUM FOR ONCE MATCHES THE STANDARD OF THE VINYL

SUPERB GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE PATENTS PENDING SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE WHICH CAN YELLOW BADLY HAS ON THIS COPY IS NOT AN ISSUE. IT IS  INCREIBLY WHITE STILL WITH JUST THE TINIEST DOT OF YELLOWING IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER WHERE IS SUSPECT A PRICE STICKER ONCE SAT

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN, NO MARKS OR STAINS, AND NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES. NO FOLDS OR BENDS, AND NO LAMINATE PEEL, FLAKE OR EVEN LIFT

THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR

THE ONLY MINUSCULE WEAR IS TO THE 4 CORNER TIPS WHICH HAVE THE BAREST RUBBING TO THEM (SEE THE PICTURES AND YOU WILL SEE HOW TINY)

THERE ARE 2 OF THE TINIEST NEAR INVISIBLE LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, AND NONE ON EACH OF THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES

NO THUMB LINES BY THE OPENING EDGE EITHER

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 99% FREE FROM ANY WEAR AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PERFECT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE TINIEST PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT CORNER TIPS

THE SPINE IS ALSO IN PRISTINE CONDITION. HAS THE TAPERED ENDS WHICH OFTEN LOSES THE LAMINATE, BUT THIS SPINE IS COMPLETELY LAMINATED AND TOTALLY FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED. EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE REAR SURFACE IS UNLAMINATED AND HAS REMAINED IN A VERY WHITE CONDITION. EASILY STAINED AND MARKED THIS ONE ONLY THE VERY LIGHTEST TOUCH OF MILD HANDLING TO THE PERIMETER EDGES

THE FLIPBACKS ARE PRISTINE, PERFECTLY ADHERED AND NO CRACKS OR LINES.

THE ORIGINAL PRICE OF 22/6 IS HANDWRITTEN IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER

THE ORIGINAL RICE PAPER LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. LIGHTLY CREASED IN THE CORNERS 

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT

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