The Beatles RUBBER SOUL XEX 579-1 Loud Cut UK LP EX
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THE BEATLES - RUBBER SOUL
- PMC 1267
- MATRIX: XEX 579-1 / 580-1
- MOTHERS/STAMPERS:5 MH / 2 TA
THE VERY FIRST PRESSING OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM WAS GIVEN THE MATRIX NUMBER 579-1 ON SIDE ONE, BUT EITHER GEORGE MARTIN OR THE BEATLES DIDN'T LIKE SOMETHING IN THE WAY THE LP SOUNDED, AND SO SIDE 1 WAS REMIXED, AND ISSUED WITH A DIFFERENT MATRIX NUMBER AND THEN BECAME THE SECOND PRESSING.
THE FIRST PRESS HAD MADE IT OUT IN SMALL QUANTITIES, AND HENCE WHILST IT IS A BEATLES RARITY IT ISN'T IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND. FINDING ONE IN A CONDITION THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO PLAY HOWEVER IS ANOTHER ISSUE
THE SLEEVE
THE VERY FIRST PRESSES OF THIS SLEEVE WERE MADE BY THE E.J.DAY CORP, BEFORE BEING SWITCHED TO GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE, AND IT IS VERY RARE TO FIND AN ORIGINAL EJDAY. HERE IS ONE IN REALLY NICE COLLECTIBLE CONDITION.
THE FRONT SURFACE IS IN NICE CONDITION, AND IS FLAT AND CLEAN. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR BENDS, AND THE ONLY LAMINATE LINES ARE THE SMALL ONES USUALLY FOUND NEAR THE SPINE, AND A COUPLE OF THUMB LINES AND ONE LONGER LINE UP FROM THE BOTTOM EDGE.
THE TOP EDGE IS UNWORN WITH SHARP CORNERS, WHILST THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS ONE REALLY SMALL HALF INCH SPLIT AND THE OPENING EDGE CORNER IS A TINY BIT SCUFFED. THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND UNSQUASHED.
THE OPENING EDGE IS VERY VERY SHARP AND IT MEANS THAT THE LP HAS NOT BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE HARDLY AT ALL. FLIPPING THE SLEEVE OVER, THE FIRST THING TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE WHITE SURFACE IS VERY CLEAN, AND HAS NO MARKS OR WRITING ON IT AT ALL. THE FLIPBACKS ARE PERFECTLY STUCK IN PLACE, AND THERE IS JUST A SMALL CREASE BOTTOM LEFT WHERE THE SLIGHTLY SCUFFED CORNER IS SITUATED
WITHOUT THE SMALL SPLIT I WOULD BE SAYING THIS IS EXCELLENT PLUS, WITH IT I WILL REDUCE THAT TO VG+
THE RECORD
THE FIRST PRESS YELLOW AND BLACK LABELS ARE IN REALLY SUPER CONDITION. THE SPINDLE HOLE IS UNWORN, AND JUDGING BY THE SMALL NUMBER OF SPIDER LINES THE LP HAS HAD ABOUT 15 PLAYS.
THE RECORD SURFACE HAS RETAINED VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE ORIGINAL SHEEN, AND LOOKS REALLY CLEAN. THERE ARE NO SCRATCHES ON THE VINYL. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF LIGHT HANDLING MARKS AND A FEW SURFACE WISPY LINES. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE A FEW MORE NEAR INVISIBLE WISPY LINES APPARENT
GENTLY LOWERING THE STYLUS ONTO SIDE ONE
NEAR SILENCE!!!
THE OPENING TRACK DRIVE MY CAR PLAYS SUPERBLY, WITH THE USUAL CLARITY THAT YOU WOULD ASSOCIATE WITH BEATLES VINYL. THE LINKING GROOVES ARE ALL NEAR SILENT, AND I GUARANTEE THERE IS NO FRYING BACON OR POPS, AND CLICKS ANYWHERE.
THERE IS THE BAREST OF REALLY LIGHT BACKGROUND WHICH SOUNDS LIKE STATIC, AND EVEN THIS IS INAUDIBLE FROM A DISTANCE. I SIT 12" AWAY FROM MY SPEAKERS WHILST TYPING THIS OUT, AND AS SOON AS I GOT UP AND WALKED 3 PACES AWAY I COULD HEAR VIRTUALLY NOTHING.
THIS ACTUALLY ONLY IS AUDIBLE MORE TOWARD'S THE START OF EACH SIDE AND VIRTUALLY DISAPPEARS AFTER THE FIRST COUPLE OF TRACKS, CERTAINLY THIS IS VERY TRUE OF SIDE 2, BUT LIKE I SAY THIS IS VERY VERY FAINT STATIC LIKE SOUND, AND I REPEAT VIRTUALLY INAUDIBLE
I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS CLASSIC ALBUM EXCELLENT
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOOSE TO GO FOR IT
REGARDS
GARRY
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