The Beatles RUBBER SOUL 1965 UK LP -5/-5 Y/B LABELS NEAR MINT AUDIO - LISTEN

	£		294
	$		389

 MAGNIFICENT NEAR MINT AUDIO

-5/-5 PRESS MONO - 1965

PLAYED NO MORE THAN 1-2 TIMES EVER

NEAR MINT SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE: PARLOPHONE PMC 1267
• MATRIX:XEX 579-5/ 580-5
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 HD /4 PR
• THE GRAMOPHONE CO RIM WORDING
• SOLD IN THE UK STATEMENT

FULLY PLAY TESTED AND RECORDED SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING 

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

ORIGINAL YELLOW AND BLACK MONO LABELS IN MINT CONDITION. THE BLACK BASE COLOUR AND YELLOW LOGO'S ARE BOTH UNRUBBED .THE COLOURS RUN UNINTERRUPTED INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE

THERE ARE JUST 3-4 MINUSCULE SPIDER LINES AROUND THE HOLE SHOWING JUST WHY THIS ALBUM HAS REMAINED VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED

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 SPOTLIGHTS THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE APART A FEW OF THE TINIEST WISPY HAIRLINES.

THE TEST PLAY

THIS MONO ALBUM PLAYS TO ABSOLUTE PERFECTION. 

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

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

THE EARLY MONO BEATLES RECORDINGS WERE ALL JUST INCREDIBLE. HOWEVER 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 ALBUM AND WOULD TAKE THE FORM OF BEHIND THE MUSIC STATIC AND BE CONTINUOUS. THIS VINYL HAS NONE AT ALL

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.  

EVEN THE VERY VULNERABLE 'MICHELLE' WHICH HISTORICALLY HAS HEAVY VINYL NOISE IS VIRTUALLY FREE FROM ANY EXCEPT FOR THE TINIEST VERY LIGHT STATIC IN JUST A FEW ROTATIONS

THE RUN IN IS SILENT, THE LINKING GROOVES ARE NEAR SILENT, WITH SOME HAVING THE SLIGHTEST TRACE OF VINYL NOISE 

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER AT ANY POINT. JUST THE OCCASIONAL SECOND OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC.

NO CLICKS AND I CANNOT SAY I EVEN HEARD ANY MORE ONE TWO TINY TIC

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS STUNNING ALBUM NEAR MINT

THE SLEEVE

VERY GLOSSY LAMINATED FRONT SURFACE ON THIS GARROS AND LOFTHOUSE SINGLE SLEEVE

THERE ARE JUST JUST THREE TINY PRESSURE LINES NEAR THE SPINE. FIVE ALONG THE TOP EDGE AND TWO ONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE

THREE SMALL THUMB LINES CLOSE TO THE OPENING EDGE

NO RING WEAR OR INCREDIBLY NO RECORD SHAPE EITHER

THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE WITH A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE TIPS ENDS OF THE RIGHT TWO

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE  FREE FROM ANY WEAR AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PERFECT. THE LAMINATE RUNS UNBLEMISHED FROM CORNER TO CORNER WITH ONLY THE RIGHT CORNER TIPS HAVING A SPECK OF RUB

THE SPINE IS ALSO IN MINT CONDITION.  FULLY  LAMINATED EVEN THE VERY TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS ARE 100% UNRUBBED.

THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL SHARP WITH JUST A VERY LIGHT TRACE OF FEATHERING

THE REAR SURFACE ALSO IN THE SAME MAGNIFICENT CONDITION AS THE FRONT, AND INCREDIBLY NO RING WEAR, AND  NOT EVEN ANY SHADOW OF RECORD SHAPE NO MATTER HOW MUCH I ANGLE IT INTO A STRONG LIGHT

THE FLIPBACKS ARE PERFECT, AND THE WHITE SURFACE IS REALLY CLEAN WITH ONLY THE LIGHTEST SPECK OF HANDLING TO THE OPENING EDGE

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT 

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

GARRY