The Beatles - Rubber Soul - 4/1 matrix Mono.

	£		20
	$		26

The Beatles - Rubber Soul -  4/1 matrix Mono. 

PMC 1267  Mono.

Original 1965 Yellow & Black Parlophone Label.

A UK first press album in 100% original condition,   featuring a 4/1 ( half Loud) matrix Mono Mix.

The 1/1 matrix ‘Loud Cut’ was withdrawn from sale due to the Beatles Record Producer not being happy with the sound.  So it is curious why,  these 4/1 matrix records exist at all !.  

One thing is for sure that if these 4/1 matrix pressing did  ‘bridge’  the 1/1 - 4/4 gap for a while, it wasn’t for long,  as these are the most unusual  of the mono series to be found, certainly more unusual than the 1/1 Loud Cut !.

CONDITION:

MAIN SLEEVE:  is in excellent condition, the front laminate has an excellent finish.  The spine is excellent and all the text is clear.  The rear of the sleeve has the tri flipbacks design, these are all in excellent condition.  The rear is unlaminated and is very clean and white for its age.  The sleeve is free from Biro pen writing etc.

INNER SLEEVE: is in excellent condition, it is the original ‘Emitex’ polylined  (rice paper) sleeve,  it  is  very white in colour, very clean with NO biro writing.   

VINYL: is in very good+ condition and features the original Sixties thick, heavy  vinyl,  it is dark and has a high gloss.  The matrix nos. are - XEX 579-4 and XEX 580-1 making it an unusual transition copy, from the  ‘1/1’ matrix ‘Loud Cut’  to the more familiar ‘4/4’ matrix mono mix’.   The Mother/Stampers are:  ‘ 5 GMD’ and ‘ 6 3 6 GDA’.  The audio is very good and it lays flat on the turntable and plays with NO jumps or skips.    Unusually the record edge has a sharp edge to it !.

THE LABELS:  are in excellent condition, there is a ‘KT’ embossed onto side One.   

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