The Beatles RUBBER SOUL UK LP 1ST STEREO Y/B 100% MINT-

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THE BEATLES - RUBBER SOUL

IN MAGNIFICENT MINT OH MY GOD!!! CONDITION

1ST PRESS STEREO - 1965

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

• CATALOGUE: PARLOPHONE PCS 3075
• MATRIX:YEX 178-2 / 179-2
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 2 GA / 1 GH
• THIS IS A VERY EARLY FIRST PRESS
• KT TAX CODE

ANOTHER STEREOBEATLES ALBUM FROM THE SAME COLLECTION THAT HELP CAME FROM, AND IN THE SAME MAGNIFICENT NOISE FREE CONDITION

ABSOLUTELY STAGGERING VINYL

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

ORIGINAL YELLOW AND BLACK MONO LABELS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. THE BLACK BASE COLOUR AND YELLOW LOGO'S ARE BOTH UNRUBBED .THE COLOURS RUN UNINTERRUPTED INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE, WHICH HAS JUST 2-3 TINY SPIDER LINES AROUND IT SHOWING JUST WHY THIS SUPERB 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 INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE APART FROM A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES AND SLIGHT PATTERN ON THE VINYL (NOT BAGRASH)

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 NOW DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

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 JUST THE ODD SECOND OR TWO OF STATIC

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

IF YOU WANT THE BEST AND CLEANEST COPY OF HELP THAT MONEY CAN BUY, THEN YOU HAVE FOUND IT RIGHT HERE

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.

A WORD ABOUT 'MICHELLE' THIS TRACK HAS A HISTORY OF SOUNDING TERRIBLE EVEN WHERE THE REST OF THE VINYL PLAYS PERFECTLY. THIS VERSION ON THIS ALBUM PLAYS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESSLY. IT IS RECORDED ON THE 3RD SOUNDBITE SO PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO IT

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LONG LISTEN AND YOU BE THE JUDGE OF THE QUALITY OF THIS SUPERB DISC

I JUST HAVE TO GRADE THIS INCREDIBLE ALBUM MINT MINUS!!!!!!!

THE SLEEVE

SUPERB GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE PATENTS PENDING SLEEVE

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

THERE ARE 4 SMALL LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE AND TWO MORE ALONG THE TOP EDGE. A LITTLE CHIP TO THE OPENING EDGE  AND SOME LIGHT RUBBING TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP

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 A CHIP TO THE TOP EDGE

THE SPINE IS ALSO IN NEAR PRISTINE CONDITION. HAS THE TAPERED AND 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. ONE OF THE LAMINATE LINES HAS EXTENDED ONTO THE SPINE JUST ON THE SECOND 'B' OF RUBBER

THE REAR SURFACE IS UNLAMINATED AND HAS REMAINED IN AN ABOVE STANDARD CONDITION. THERE IS NO RUBBING TO THE DELIVATE BLACK AREAS, WHILDT THE WHITE SURFACE IS ONLY MARRED BY LIGHT HANDLING TO THE PERIMETER EDGES

THE FLIPBACKS ARE PRISTINE, PERFECTLY ADHERED AND NO CRACKS JUST A COUPLE OF TINY LINES

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. LIGHTLY CREASED IN THE CORNERS WHERE THE VINYL HAS REMAINED INSIDE THE SLEEVE FOR ALL BUT 2-3 PLAYS SINCE 1965, AND SOME LIGHT AGING TO THE WHITENESS. NO SPLITS ANYWHERE

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE  NEAR MINT MINUS

I CANNOT GET OVER JUST HOW INCREDIBLE THIS VINYL AND SLEEVE IS, AND SOMEONE IS GOING TO WIN ONE OF THE BEST AND CLEANEST EXAMPLES OF THIS ALBUM THERE IS TO COLLECT

IT WILL NEVER NEED UPGRADING AND IS TRULY AN INVESTMENT GRADE CONDITION

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

GARRY