BeatleSale After 20 years of collecting, the time has come for me to sell my Beatles collection and let other collectors appreciate some of the records and memorabilia I've accumilated over the years. Please check out my other listings and remember to save me as a favourite seller, as every week I'll be listing more and more increasingly rare, collectible and desirable Beatles records!

Please be aware that all records are VISUALLY graded only - all grades are given based on how they appear under my desk lamp - since I do not own a record player. I cannot guarantee that discs will be click and skip free, although any marks and scratches that might possibly cause such problems will be highlighted clearly in the description.

Rubber Soul
Original 1965 -4/-1 Transition Copy!
.,.. Catalogue Number   Label   Year of Release PMC 1267   Black / Yellow Parlophone   1965       Sleeve   Format   Tax Code on Disc Garrod & Lofthouse   Mono   KT       Side 1   Side 2 Track Listing   Track Listing 1. Drive My Car
2. Norwegian Wood
3. You Won't See Me
4. Nowhere Man
5. Think For Yourself
6. The Word
7. Michelle   1. What Goes On
2. Girl
3. I'm Looking Through You
4. In My Life
5. Wait
6. If I Needed Someone
7. Run For Your Life       Matrix Number   Matrix Number XEX 579-4   XEX 580-1       Stamper Code   Stamper Code 3 / DRG   3 / TO About the Record
This auction is for an original pressing of the Beatles' 1965 LP 'Rubber Soul'.

When this LP was originally released it featured -1/-1 matrix endings and is known today as the 'loud cut' presses. Those with a good ear have said that these initial presses have an unbalanced mix with harsher, sharper vocals (making them sound aggressive) and a muddier bass. It was soon decided to stop production so that the album could be remixed and new mother plates made up. These standard presses, with the matrix endings -4/-4, are the most common presses out there.

However, during the transition, a few copies were mismatched with both standard and loud cut matrixes. Today these are quite hard to find!
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The Cover : VG+
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The cover is showing your usual wear and tear (remember, this record is 49 years old!) but, overall, is holding up okay. The front has a nice, full colour and has a light disc impression along with some laminate creases around the sides and corners. The top right corner seems to have been creased over and the corners have rounded a little. Top seam is holding tight with no wear, tear or splitting. There are a couple of little bits of wear in the bottom seams where the laminate has creased but is holding tight with no splits. The spine has one or two little laminate creases in it, but is whole, unworn and unsplit with fully legible text. The back cover has yellowed a little but nothing drastic. There's 'FAB' written next to the bottom photo of Ringo and 'Judiths' (Thanks, Judith) at the top. The corners have creases in them and there's a few little laminate creases in the overflaps, but these are holding tightly. Overall, nice sleeve with your average wear and tear, but nothing bad or distracting.   Inner Sleeve: VG+
The original tissue paper Emitex inner is included. It's yellowed a little and has some creases but hasn't split and the inner bag is still tightly in place.   Disc (Visually Graded Only!!) : VG
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The playing surface has a nice shine to it and has a fair amount of light, faint scuffing. There are one or two slightly heavier looking scuffs but these look superficial. There's one notable mark on side 1 - it looks like a light scratch in the opener that travels into a quarter into track 1. I can feel it if I run my fingernail lightly over it.
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Labels : EX-
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The labels are clean, crisp and clear with bright text. There's some light, faint spindlewear and a little whitening around the centerhole but, overall, are looking nice!.
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Terms and Conditions + Shipping Information
All records have been visually graded under a strong, 125W natural light desk lamp.

Please read the below carefully before bidding. By bidding you are agreeing to the following.
If you do not agree, then please do not bid.

Due to problems in the past where numerous untracked records I've sent out have 'mysteriously disappeared', I only send records out fully tracked and only to your verified PayPal postal address to comply with eBay and PayPal seller protection policy. Because of this, please don't ask me to dispatch the record to a different address to the one you have listed on PayPal as I will not do this.

The P+P costs given on each auction are for that auction only. If you win more than one auction please wait until I've sent you out an amended invoice to combine postage.

Postage Costs will be:

UK 2nd Class Recorded Delivery: £3.99
UK 1st Class Recorded Delivery : £4.99
EU Countries International Signed For : £11.99
Rest of World International Signed For : £15.99

All LPs will be mailed out in a strong, corrugated cardboard LP mailing box with the LP outside the sleeve. Extra sheets of corrugated cardboard will be used where applicable and FRAGILE tape used

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