Untitled Document THE BEATLES-BEATLES FOR SALE TYPE SINGLE LP-MONO LABEL/PRESSING INFO

PARLOPHONE YELLOW AND BLACK 1ST PRESS with "THE PARLOPHONE CO LTD" rim text - "SOLD IN U.K." LABEL TEXT - MATRIX NUMBERS XEX 503-3N & XEX 504-3N

CATALOGUE NUMBER PMC 1240 YEAR OF RELEASE 1964 COUNTRY OF RELEASE U.K. SLEEVE TYPE GATEFOLD - GARROD & LOFTHOUSE with LAMINATED OUTER BOARDS - INTERNAL OPENING AND FLIPBACKS and OUTLINE mono ON FRONT INSERTS/EXTRAS

NONE

  GRADING/CONDITION DISC(s)

EXCELLENT (NICE CLEAN record black and shiny with MINIMAL PLAYWEAR and VERY LIGHT storage handling marks. PLAYS WELL WITH A GREAT MONO REPRODUCTION, and just a few light clicks and any background confined to the track seperators)

LABELS

EXCELLENT+ (CLEAN LABELS with NO writing rips tears stickers or removal marks with MINIMAL spindleusage, and VERY LIGHT overall handling storage and ageing marks)

SLEEVE

 

Front board.Inner gatefold EX+

Clean sleeve with NO rips or tears stickers or removal marks. The front laminate is bright and shiny with VERY LIGHT handling and ageing and just a light crease bottom right corner. INNER GATEFOLD is clean and unmarked with minimal wear.

Rear Board EX+ Rear board is much as the front clean with NO writing, stickers, rips or tears and VERY LIGHT ageing and handling marking. Flipbacks EX+ Internal flipbacks are clean complete and stuck fast. Spine EX Spine is complete and uncrushed with minimal wear to the length with clear and complete lettering Top & bottom edges EX+ Top and bottom edges have VERY LIGHT wear only Opening EX+ Internal opening has MINIMAL usage and VERY LIGHT wear Corners VG As is always too typical of this sleeve there is wear to the spine ends, thankfully it is mainly confined to the top which has lost its definition and has about 1/2 inch of bare card,spine bottom has a bit of wear but still has definition to the sniping other corners have light wear only)   INNER /EXTRAS

N/A

  DETAILS

Some people might call this album a step backwards; the music isn't quite as exciting or exuberant as the previous three albums, and it marks a return to the 8-originals with 6-covers format of the first two albums. However, this is the album that laid the groundwork for what was to come.

First off, this album marks the first divisions of the John Lennon-Paul McCartney songwriting partnership; the primary writer of any given Lennon-McCartney song would generally be its lead singer from this point forward. Also, the group were starting to take in new influences; in this case, they were adding folk music into the mix thanks to their new-found friendship with Bob Dylan. Dylan's reflection in Lennon's work was nearly immediate, thanks to tunes like "No Reply", "I'm a Loser", "Baby's In Black" and "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party". Indeed, his songs were taking on a darker, melancholy tone, and the subtle moodiness and introspection would persist and evolve as his career continued.

Paul McCartney's work wasn't bad here, but his own songwriting wasn't yet reaching the maturity level of John's current material or his own later work. Nevertheless, you can hear the roots of his solo career in tracks like "I'll Follow the Sun" and "What You're Doing". The band shows more energy in the cover tunes, such as Chuck Berry's "Rock and Roll Music", Buddy Holly's "Words of Love", Little Richard's "Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey" and the two Carl Perkins staples "Honey Don't" and "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby".

As relatively weak as this album is next to most of their other work, the Beatles still proved themselves light years ahead of everyone else here. And without even really putting in a lot of effort either. That's a scary thought.

Postal Shipping & Handling charges Region SINGLE ITEM EXTRAS UK (2ND CLASS) FOR A SINGLE LP/12" SINGLE £3.50 1 EXTRA SINGLE LP FREE - 3 TO 4 SINGLE LP'S ANOTHER £3.00 - 5 UPWARDS PLEASE ASK AS ITS GETTING COMPLICATED. Europe FOR 1 SINGLE LP £7.50 FOR 1 EXTRA SINGLE LP - £1.50 , 3 ITEMS & ABOVE PLEASE EMAIL FOR A POSTAGE PRICE USA Canada and Japan FOR 1 SINGLE LP £11.50 FOR 1 EXTRA SINGLE LP - £2.50, 3 ITEMS & ABOVE PLEASE EMAIL FOR A POSTAGE PRICE Australia and New Zealand FOR 1 SINGLE LP £12.00 FOR 1 EXTRA SINGLE LP £3.50, 3 ITEMS & ABOVE PLEASE ASK FOR A POSTAGE PRICE Recorded Delivery (U.K.) £1.10 N/A International Signed for £5.30 OVER £50 - 7.90 per package PLEASE READ: Unfortunately due to ongoing problems with buyers in certain countries any item or combination of items that exceed £25.00 in total will be invoiced with a charge for trackable shipping (International signed for). There are no exceptions to this rule. Thanks

Terms and Conditions Guarantee I like to believe that I have an inkling about these things and accurately describe the item I am selling,but I along with everyone else am only human,and there might be an occasion where my assessment differs from yours,in this instance please contact me,and I will without question accept your criticism and arrange a full refund + your return costs if we need to go down that route. Communication and Feedback I have always been a great believer that feedback is a mutual thing between parties,and should be recognised upon the satisfactory completion of a sale .I know that these days it really matter when it is left as there is no recriminatory comments allowable for a buyer no matter how despicable they behave,but non the less I still prefer to leave feedback once I know that the buyer has received and is happy with the item,and have set my feedback profile to automatically reply to feedback given -So you will get your feedback minutes after you send yours,alternately I could do it manually and with my memory you could be waiting a loooong time. Payment We accept the following payment types - UK Customers - Paypal Cheque or Postal Order. Overseas Customers - Paypal Only