The Beatles HEY JUDE UK EXPORT LP CPCS106 MINT-

	£		39
	$		52

THE BEATLES - HEY JUDE

IN SUPERB CONDITION

EXPORT PRESS CPCCS 106

• CATALOGUE:APPLE CPCS 106 
• MATRIX: YEEX 150-1 / 151-1
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 2 GT / 1 RM

THIS LP WAS PRESSED IN THE UK SPECIFICALLY FOR THE AMERICAN MARKET. THE ALBUM CONTAINS TRACKS THAT DID NOT APPEAR ON ANY OF THE US RELEASES ON THE CAPITOL LABEL. MEANING THAT FOR THE US BUYERS THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET MORE BEATLES MUSIC THAT HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN AVAILABLE. IT WAS ONLY IN 1979 THAT THE ALBUM WAS OFFICIALLY RELEASED IN THE UK ON THE SILVER AND BLACK 2 BOX LOGO LABEL

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

BOTH LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE GREEN APPLE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND FREE FROM ANY MARKS OR STAINS. THE WHITE SIDE IS PURE WHITE ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE TYPEFACE IS ALL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE ON BOTH SIDES BEING UNRUBBED. THERE ARE ABOUT 6 VERY SMALL SPIDER LINES VERY CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THE LP HAS BEEN PLAYED. THERE IS EVEN A SMALL SHARD OF RESIDUE VINYL LEFT INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE FROM THE PRESSING PLANT

THE VINYL

THIS VIYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE HANDLING MARKS OR LINES, AND ONLY WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION AM I ABLE TO MAKE OUT A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES THAT ARE OTHERWISE INVISIBLE

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 FOUR THREE MINUTE EXCERPTS  FROM THIS  ALBUM,  I HAVE RECORDED THE FIRST TRACK FROM EACH SIDE WHICH INCLUDES THE DEAD WAX RUN IN, I HAVE ALSO RECORDED THE LINKING GROOVES TO THE START OF THE OTHER TRACKS THAT ON OFFER. THE CLARITY EXCEPTIONAL RIGHT FROM THE FIRST TRACK 'CAN'T BUY ME LOVE' THROUGH TO THE FINAL TRACK 'THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO'

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMOSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS LP SOUNDS. THERE IS THE VERY OCCASIONAL TINY DUST POP HERE AND THERE AND THE VERY VERY ODD BIT OF RANDOM STATIC HEARD ONLY IN ONE OR TWO OF THE LINKING GROOVES, BUT I AM BEING VERY PICKY HERE 

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS

THE SLEEVE

FULLY LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE IN REALLY NICE CONDITION. CONSIDERING HOW THIN THE CARD IS THE SLEEVE HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME VERY VERY WELL.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND PERFECTLY CLEAN. THERE IS NO LAMINATE LIFT OR PEEL, AND THERE ARE NO MARKS OR DENTS EITHER. IN FACT AMAZINGLY THERE ARE NONE OF THE SMALL LAMINATE LINES THAT USUALLY GATHER ALONG THE SPINE OR PERIMETER EDGES. THIS IS VERY RARE. THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE BOTH UNWORN, AND THIS IS BECAUSE THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN KEPT INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE SINCE NEW. THE SPINE IS VERY VERY THIN ON THIS SLEEVE BY DESIGN, BUT AMAZINGLY IT HASN'T CRUSHED OR PEELED, AND ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP SHOWING THAT THE LP HAS NOT BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE MORE THAN A FEW TIME, VERY WELL CARED FOR INDEED

THE REAR SURFACE DOES SHOW SOME OF THOSE TINY LINES DOWN THE SPINAL EDGE AND A PIN PRICK OF LAMINATE LOSS NEAR THE TOP LEFT CORNER. IT WILL SHOW AS A WHITE DOT IN THE PICTURE. IN ADDITION THERE IS THE BAREST TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE, BUT THE GLOSS FINISH IS STILL THERE.

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IN EXCEPTIONAL UNSPLIT CONDITION

HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE EXCELLENT PLUS

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

GARRY