Sold Date: January 27, 2023
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Rare early 1963 promo only 45 rpm extended play record issued by the Philles Records company to promote the 1963 original issue of the now legendary Christmas concept album produced by Phil Spector called "A Christmas Gift For You" 

This rare ep features the artists who contributed to the Christmas concept album namely the Ronettes, The Crystals. Darlene Love and Bobb B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans. 

The disk is Vg+ to Near Mint but there are stains on the label.

Some copies of this rare promo only ep came with a promo only picture sleeve that is even rarer than the disk.

This is an extended play (otherwise known as an "EP") 45 rpm record. It has exactly the same dimensions as a regular 45 rpm single, but an EP has two or more songs on each side of the disc.

I have recently added photos of the deadwax on both sides of one of these eps. The print is super small but the side with tracks 1 and 2 says "XMAS EP A" and the side with tracks 3 &4 says "XMAS EP B"

This rare disk is in VG+ to NM condition. The photos provided are of another copy that is in the same condition.

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This is one selection out of a highly important collection of acetates, test pressings, standard production records and entertainment awards from a media collection that ranges from the 1950s through the 1990s and was owned by a highly talented and diverse individual who served in a variety of jobs in the music and movie divisions of the entertainment industry most notably  including serving as a Director in the Promotions Department of the Beatles record company, Apple Records. 

This individual also worked in the executive office of Phil Spector Productions in the early to mid 1970s.Most of the acetates and test pressings in this collection had standard record studio acetate and pressing plant test pressing labels but there are some from earlier in the audio review stage of record production that have no labels at all. Unlabled reference acetates have to be listened to on a record player in order to determine what they are. 

As I said, The former Apple Records employee who owned this test pressing also worked with Phil Spector on a regular basis. I was told by this employee that Phil Spector would frequently discard record production materials such as acetates and test pressings, recording equipment and regular production records once he no longer needed those items.  

This test pressing came from the same collection of records and acetates as the A&M Studio Label Alternate Acetates that I sold last month on Ebay that were used in producing the “The Concert for Bangladesh” three record box on Apple Records featuring George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Billy Preston, Ringo Starr and Leon Russell.

Check my past and present listings for more rare Philles and Apple Records records, acetates and awards. 

My name is Christopher Chatman of Beyond Records and I have been writing and dealing in test pressings, acetates, gold record awards and extremely rare music items since 1977. 

I wrote in the 1990s an article called "What is an acetate and why do they cost so much money? The article was published in the 1990 book "Goldmine's Rock N' Roll 45 rpm Record Price"