Sold Date: May 16, 2015
Start Date: May 11, 2015
Final Price: £65.00 £48.00 (GBP)
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The Beatles
*A HARD DAY'S NIGHT* - 1964 - UK - 1st Pressing
PMC 1230
Matrix: XEX 481-3N and  XEX 482-3N
Stampers: 7-RLM and 5-ROO
Here we have a truly outstanding first pressing of The Beatles A Hard Days Night.  This is the best Beatles vinyl I have ever seen - would be very hard to better.
The Vinyl This LP is in absolutely amazing condition, it looks as though it has very rarely been played.  Visually it appears like new with sensational deep gloss surfaces I have played it through once with the volume on full and it was as good as it looks - Perfect! I did not hear any distortion at all in the whole record not even one faint crackle - A perfectly preserved copy! I would describe it is mint but for me that means new but it is the closest thing to it.
The Labels Beautifully clean, with pristine vibrant lettering - KT tax code embossed.  Very faint Spindle trail are very close to the hole, which indicates extremely careful handling
LP Cover  Garrod & Lofthouse, 'patents pending', 1st issue - it is obvious that this example has been stored upright and not packed tightly, with other albums - the front and back panels are super smooth and have no disc impression, even at an angle against strong light
Front - The laminated front shows nothing more than a few very slight wrinkles. There is some light wear along the opening edge. Otherwise the front is in very clean, shiny almost new looking condition - Excellent
Spine - Perfectly in tact, in superb solid condition - Excellent
Reverse -The reverse is in unbelievably white, very clean condition.  There are some minor issues however the bottom left corner shows some signs of wear (see photo 8) and there is a mark to the right hand side (see photo 10) - Very Good++
The Inner Sleeve Correct, rice paper lined, Emitex - rare 'Made In England' (without 'Patents Applied For') Nice clean condition but it does have a split along the right hand seem
Overall this record is in pretty incredible condition - particularly the Vinyl itself
Postage Postage can be arranged worldwide - due to the quality and rarity of the record I will be sending it recorded signed for only