The Beatles RUBBER SOUL UK LP 1ST STEREO Y/B 1965 1-2 PLAYS EVER 100% MINT MINUS

	£		155
	$		205

THE BEATLES - RUBBER SOUL

IN MAGNIFICENT MINT MINUS CONDITION

1ST PRESS STEREO - 1965

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

SUPERB MINT MINUS GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE SLEEVE AND CORRECT INNER

• CATALOGUE: PARLOPHONE PCS 3075
• MATRIX:YEX 178-3 / 179-3
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 2 GA / 2 L 
• THE GRAMOPHONE CO RIM WORDING 
• SOLD IN THE UK STATEMENT

AN INCREDIBLE COLLECTIBLE COPY OF THIS BEATLES STEREO RECORDING. PURE ORIGINAL 1ST PRESS IN ABSOLUTE STUNNING CONDITION. PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN TO THE WHOLE LP IN ALL IT'S GLORY AND THEN MAKE YOUR BID. BECOMING HARDER AND HARDER TO FIND IN THIS STATE. ONE FOR THE BEATLES COLLECTORS OUT THERE TO UPGRADE A COPY OR COMPLETE A COLLECTION. YOU WON'T EVER FIND MUCH BETTER THAN THIS

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

ORIGINAL YELLOW AND BLACK STEREO 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 1-2 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

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 NEAR SILENT, AND THE RUN OUT IS SILENT

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER AT ANY POINT. THE VERY OCCASIONAL BARELY AUDIBLE SPECK OF VINYL NOISE IN SOME LINKING GROOVES, AND JUST THE ODD SECOND OR TWO OF STATIC, WHICH CAN ONLY BE HEARD IN A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES

NO CLICKS AND ABSOLUTELY NO DUST POPS OR TICS, A PERFECT REPRODUCTION

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

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 VIRTUALLY FLAWLESSLY, WITH JUST THE LIGHTEST AND OCCASIONAL BITS OF STATIC. 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 , AND THE FOUR CORNERS ARE STILL VERY SHARP AND SQUARE

THERE ARE AMAZINGLY JUST THREE SMALL LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE AND ONE MORE BARELY VISIBLE ONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE.FOUR TINY ONES ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND A SMALL CLUSTER OF FIVE THUMB LINES CLOSE TO THE OPENING EDGE 

THREE OF THE FOUR CORNERS ARE 100% UNBLEMISHED WHILST THE BOTTOM RIGHT TIP AND I DO MEAN THE TIP, HAS THE LIGHTEST SPECK OF RUBBING

THE THIN TOP EDGE IS PERFECTLY LAMINATED ALL THE WAY FROM CORNER TO CORNER WITH THE CORNER TIP ENDS TOTALLY UNBLEMISHED. THE BOTTOM EDGE IS IDENTICAL WITH JUST A LITTLE RUB TO THE RIGHT CORNER

THE SPINE IS ALSO MAGNIFICENT. ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PRISTINE AND UNDAMAGED. EVEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS ARE UNWORN. EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND THERE IS NO SQUASHING TO THE SPINE WHATSOEVER, IT'S JUST PERFECT IN EVERY WAY. THE TAPERED ENDS ARE PERFECT!

THE REAR SURFACE IS UNLAMINATED AND HAS REMAINED IN AN IMMACULATE CONDITION. THERE IS NO RUBBING TO THE DELICATE BLACK AREAS, WHILST THE WHITE SURFACE IS UNBLEMISHED AND DOESN'T EVEN HAVE THE USUAL SIGNS OF HANDLING AND AGEING. AGAIN PURELY DOWN TO THE FAT THAT THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN CAREFULLY PROTECTED.

THE FLIPBACKS ARE PRISTINE, PERFECTLY ADHERED AND NO CRACKS

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED EMI INNER SLEEVE IS IN MINT MINUS CONDITION. PERFECTLY FLAT AND TOTALLY UNDAMAGED. NO SEAM SPLITS, NO TOP EDGE WEAR, NO DIE CUT HOLE TEARS, AND VIRTUALLY NO WRINKLES. A FANTASTIC ORIGINAL INNER AND REALLY SHOWS WHY THE LP HASN'T BEEN PLAYED

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE  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