The Beatles WITH THE BEATLES - MISPRINT LP WITH A TWIST

	£		113
	$		150

YOU ARE BIDDING ON A ONCE IN A LIFE TIME OPPERTUNITY  TO OWN WHAT I CONSIDER ONE OF THE RAREST BEATLES ALBUMS EVER TO HAVE APPEARD ON EBAY.  NOT ONLY DOES THIS COPY HAVE THE RARE MISPRINTED COVER WHICH SAYS "YOU REALLY GOTTA HOLD ON ME" BUT IT ALSO HAS SIDE TWO LABELS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ALBUM!!  YOU HAVE TO SEE IT TO BELIVE IT SO TAKE A LOK AT THE SCANS.

LET ME GIVE YOU THE DETAILS.  THE ALBUM IS A MONO PRESSING PMC 1206. IT HAS A YELLOW AND BLACK PARLOPHONE LABEL WITH THE SIDE TWO LABEL ON BOTH SIDES!!!!   THE MAITRIX NUMBERS ARE XEX 447-5N  AND          XEX 448-5N.  ON SIDE ONE AT 3'0CLOCK IT HAS THE NUMBER 3 AND AT NINE O'CLOCK IT HAS O/O. ON SIDE TWO AT 3'OCLOCK IT HAS 3 AND AT NINE O'CLOCK IT HAS O/T.   THE LABEL IS THE ORIGINAL GOLD AND BLACKPARLOPHONE  LP  MONO COPY,  EXCELLENT CONDITION, WITH VERY SLIGHT, IF AT ALL NOTICABLE,  SPINDLE WEAR.  I CONSIDER THE  COVER TO BE IN NEAR EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ONLY THE MINIMAL OF WARE TO THE OPENING.  THE CORNERS ARE STILL SHARP AND IT LAYS DOWN VERY FLAT.  THERE IS NO WEAR ON THE EDGES AT ALL AND NO FOLDS OR CREASES CAN BE SEEN AT ALL! THE RECORD ITSELF HAS A SLIGHT MARK ON SIDE TWO, FROM THE LABEL OUTWARDS COVERING TWO AND A HALF SONGS.

THIS IS  THE  RAREST BEATLES ALBUM I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS AND MOST PROBABLY YOU HAVE COME ACROSS AS WELL. I  HAVE A RARE 'PLEASE PLEASE ME' ALBUM UP FOR SALE AS WELL, BUT THAT DOES NOT EVEN COME ANY WHERE NEAR IT.  THERE WOULD OF BEEN SOME KIND OF SET UP AT THE FACTORY TO STOP THESE KIND OF MISTAKES EVER HAPPENING AND GETTING TO THE SHOPS, BUT TO HAVE THE PRINTING ERROR ON THE SLEVE AND THE SAME LABEL ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ALBUM, MUST MAKE THIS THE RAREST COPY OF 'WITH THE BEATLES' IN THE WORLD. PROBABLY

 THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO BUY THIS RECORD IN SUCH AN EXCELLENT CONDITION. NOT MANY WITH THE MISPRINTED COVERS HAVE BEEN SEEN ON EBAY AND WHEN THEY DO THE FINAL BID SPEAKS FOR ITS SELF. PLEASE ONLY BID IF YOU ARE SERIOUS AND E-MAIL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. WINNING BIDDER MUST REPLY WITHIN 3 DAYS FROM THE CLOSE OF AUCTION.  ALL PAYMENTS TO BE MADE WITHIN 7 DAYS FROM THE CLOSE OF AUCTION. THE WINNER WILL PAY POSTAGE AND PACKING (AND INSURANCE IF REQUIRED) AND ALL PAYPAL FEES. UK POSTAGE AND PACKING WILL BE £4 AND CAN PAY WITH PAYPAL, CHEQUE, OR CASH.  OVER SEAS POSTAGE AND PACKING WILL BE £8 AND CAN PAY BY PAYPAL OR CASH ONLY.

GOOD LUCK

WHILE I WAS ON THE INTERNET LAST NIGHT, DOING A BIT OF RESEARCH, I CAME ACROSS SOME NEW INFORMATION THAT I HAD NO IDEA WAS THERE.    ON MANY BEATLES ALBUMS THERE IS A TAX CODE. THIS ALBUM HAS THE TAX CODE 'K' ON IT BUT IT SHOWS NO SIGN OF ANY 'T' WHICH SHOULD BE THE LETTER THAT FOLOWS IT.  NOW I DONT PRETEND TO BE AN EXPERT IN THIS FIELD BUT MANY PEOPLE I HAVE ASKED TELL ME THAT THIS IS ANOTHER ERROR THAT IS ON THE ALBUM. SO NOW NOT ONLY IS THERE A SPELLING ERROR ON THE SLEEVE, SIDE TWO LABELS ON BOTH SIDES, BUT ALSO THE TAX CODE ERROR AS WELL. ALL IN ALL IT JUST REITERATES THE FACT THAT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY RARE ALBUM TO COME ACROSS

EMI letter codes

1939 saw the outbreak of World War Two.  One year on,  and the British Government  could not foretell a conclusion to the conflict.  Someone was going to  have to pay for the  draining resources,   so it was decided to introduce a levy on "luxury goods"  of which  phonographic records would be included. Purchase Tax came into force,  starting at a rate of 1/3 rd.   This was added onto the wholesale price, which, obviously was passed on to the consumer via the retail price.   So from October 1940,  EMI, DECCA & PHILIPS Record Companies used a 2-letter Purchase Tax code.  Each time the government changed the percentage rate,  a different code was employed.  EMI labels had theirs embossed adjacent to the center hole on one side of the disc.  "T" was always used as the 2nd letter of the 2. The period of interest to most, for obvious reasons is post 1962:

From                                 Begins
10 April 1962........................ZT 
26 November 1962................PT
 1 January 1963...................MT
 1 July 1963.........................KT
 1 January 1969 on..............None