"WITH THE BEATLES" STEREO PARLOPHONE PCS 3045 RARE 1ST PRESS GOTTA JOBETE ETC

	£		49
	$		65

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 Earliest 1st STEREO pressing  (Nov.1963)
 This is the version renown for it's sonic qualities  Vastly fewer of these stereo versions were produced (..than the mono versions..you will see plenty of these on ebay!!)  This was owing to the fact that few people had stereo playback record players.
 Hence the value placed on what was the Fab Four's second LP release.(Which was streets ahead of their first album "Please Please Me" in terms of composition, production values and musicianship) the following sections are lifted from the ebay guide to  collectible beatles vinyl..

• UK With The Beatles Y&B with the "Jobete" credit for Money - the "Jobete" credit for the song Money denotes a very early pressing since this initial credit was incorrect and the labels were later changed to the correct credit which should have been "Dominion". Again stereo copies carry a  premium although you should not pass up a mono copy with the "Jobete" credit.
• UK With The Beatles without the "Sold in the UK..." verbiage above the spindle hole. Pressings without the verbiage denote early pressings (circa 1963) for the Fab's first two UK releases.  Copies with the "Sold in the UK..." wording appeared in 1964 and although collectible are worth less than the labels without the text.
• Any stereo copy of the Beatles' first four UK releases - again because mono was the prevailing format at the time, stereo copies are worth more. The first four releases were: Please Please Me, With The Beatles, A Hard Days Night & Beatles For Sale.
• Any copy of the Beatles' first four UK releases with "The Parlophone Co. LTD..." printed along the label rim. Later pressings (starting in 1965) were changed to "The Gramophone Co. LTD...". Copies of the first four LPs with "The Parlophone Co. LTD..." are worth more than copies with the "Gramophone Co. LTD..." text. If you land one of the first four LPs with "The Parlophone Co. LTD..." text and it is a stereocopy, you should take your significant other out for dinner and have a toast.
• Any UK release that has a "1" etched in the dead wax at the 9 o'clock postion and a single alpha character at the 3 o'clock. The "1" indicates the record was pressed from the very first mother and the 3 o'clock represents the stamper number. Single characters at 3 o'clock indicate very early stampers. If the only letter at 3 o'clock is "G", and the mother at 9 o'clock is "1" you have yourself one of the first 300-500 pressings ever made of that record. 
• All indicators present and correct 
• the copy for sale  has  Stamper Codes as follows

  side 1   3        G G  

  side 2    3        G N  

• among the very earliest!!

  The Master Matrix numbers are. YEX 110-2 and YEX 111-2

CONDITION OF RECORD 

LABELS ARE CLEAN.UNMARKED IN ANY SIGNIFICANT SENSE (see photos). 

VINYL HAS A NICE SHEEN.THERE ARE,THOUGH, THE USUAL SMALL SURFACE SCUFFS & SCRATCHES ETC ( ALL CLEARLY SHOWN IN PHOTOS.)

VISUALLY I CANNOT DISCERN ANY MAJOR PROBLEMS OR DEEP SCRATCHES

Having carefully cleaned the record using a quality Hunts EDA carbon fibre record cleaning brush to remove dust and grit, I played the LP through on a heavily modified Rega Planar 3 Turntable fitted with a Rega RB300 tonearm and a brand new Rega Bias 2 moving magnet cartridge.

Amplification was through a hard wired Realistic phono pre amp powering the aux input of classic Pioneer A 333 amplifier,feeding a pair of bi-wired modified Cyrus 780 speakers on spiked matching mission/cyrus speaker stands

The sound I can only describe as phenominal! With terrifically dynamic vocals & instrumentation

backgound noise /crackling is very slight

and does not impinge  upon listening pleasure!!

its the kind of relevatory sound that makes you want to step ouside and drag in the neighbours just to listen to how much better vinyl is than cd!

(which is precisley what I did.. apologies to kev!)

TO SUM UP...

This is a very first 1963 STEREO pressing, with all the misprints associated with it,

Unique Offer !

The sleeve is as indicated above and in the photos has a small piece torn away 

i will be sending an extra copy of the sleeve which  is fully intact.

AND it is still a very early sleeve.(Having the misprints on the rear etc.)

 Although it has the small "STEREO "on the front

SO YOU CAN HAVE A FULLY INTACT, EARLY STEREO SLEEVE TO KEEP THE 1ST PRESS VINYL IN AND STILL RETAIN THE ORIGINAL,ALBEIT DAMAGED, SLEEVE

ALL IN  ALL  REASONABLY PRICED CONSIDERING, CONDITION & RARITY VALUE