Sold Date: July 16, 2024
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This is a rare Beatles Thailand 7" compilation EP - The Long and Winding Road 45rpm.

This is a must-have for any serious collector of rock music - especially those with a keen eye for rarity and investment potential. With a speed of 45 RPM and a black vinyl material, this EP features a compilation of some of the band's greatest hits from 1969/1970.

The record grading is Very Good- Decent sound with zero skips, some hiss. The labels are really nice!

The sleeve grading is Very Good-

There are no splits (perhaps very tiny tears in spots) but one can see that the lower left corner is torn off just a bit- plus there are stains in spots; mainly on the front of the sleeve . Plus, just like the condition sensitive USA release sleeve, there is prominent ring wear. Please judge it for yourself in the photos.

The catalogue number is TK-397. This first edition is a true rarity! This  EP is a true gem for all who understand the rarity of these EPs & their investment potential. The record size is 7". The EP is written in English language and was manufactured in Thailand.

The release year is definitely 1970 - as I have several copies, and one has the date and the original owners name written on the sleeve. (I don't believe that there is any official log or definite "knowing" of the year that these EPs were actually produced & released - it is all conjecture and assumptions in my honest opinion in most cases).

As I do when purchasing records, I believe it's best that customers  judge the condition of the records that I list with their own opinions and personal standards for all aspects in the grade of a records.

I personally am extremely strict on grading records - I look for perfection in a record; and when perfection is far from the case, I am honest in my opinion on the grading of a record.

I do not edit the photos to make the images appear better than they are in reality.

One must always remember that these records I am offering for purchase - Thailand, Malaysian, Iranian - are subject to all kinds of weather and/or political upheaval related damage in almost all cases - not to mention the fact that most, if not all, are well over 50 years old and were not produced in the same numbers or quality that official releases were.

They were often only produced in well under a thousand copies, and the weather conditions these records were/are subjected to in Southeast Asia are far from ideal.