THE BEATLES Rocky Raccoon TOP COPY SUPER RARE 1982 Capitol PROMO CLEAR FLEXIDISC

Sold Date: May 23, 2023
Start Date: January 25, 2022
Final Price: $74.99 (USD)
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Flexidisc:  MINT! TOP COPY!  APPEARS UNPLAYED!  Evatone Transparent Flexidisc is Shiny and Beautiful.  Capitol/Evatone Label is Clean and Shiny.  This is the SUPER RARE Transparent 1982 Capitol/Evatone NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION PROMO 1ST PRESSING!  420828CS.  Issued July, 1982 by Capitol to promote The Beatles' catalog in general and 1962-1966, the Self-Titled and 1967-1970 albums (The Red, White and Blue albums, respectively), these singles were lent to the Musicland record store as a Limited Edition, Numbered Promo. This one is # 6176 (a relatively low number as there were only about 25,000 pressed).  It is a Clear transparent vinyl soundsheet adhered to a photocard. Rocky Raccoon b/w Why Don't We Do It In The Road? are from the S/T (White) album. Among my other Beatles' items, I also have listed the other two Super Rare Promos, Promo'ing 1962-1966 (The Red Album) and 1967-1970 (The Blue Album).  I WILL SELL ALL THREE OF THESE FLEXIDISCS FOR $200.  IF YOU WANT THIS DEAL LET ME KNOW BY SENDING ME A MESSAGE FIRST.  ****Note:  the photos for this Flexidisc were difficult to obtain without glare, etc.  The label's print is more solid and bold than it appears.  If you want me to try to get better photos to demonstrate this, feel free to ask and I will do so.
In the Dead Wax: EV-420828 CST-II
Photocard:  MINT!  TOP COPY!  The photocard appears new and has no bumps, creases, nor writing.  Front and back artwork and text are rich, clear and bright.  Corners are solid. 

Goldmine Standards.   


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Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album? 
First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl.  Why  experience the worse elements of both formats?  These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared.  They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound.  There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm. 

First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are  clearer.  

On first and early pressings, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant.  The physics of sound energy is hard to clarify and write about from a listening perspective, but the best we can describe it is to say that you can 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.