Sold Date: September 9, 2024
Start Date: August 25, 2024
Final Price: £64.75 (GBP)
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Help! PMC 1255 MONO UK LP 1966 early 1st. Pressing VG+
(Sans-Serif font label)

Matrix numbers:

 Side 1: XEX 549-2; Side 2: XEX 550-2.

Mothers/Stampers:

Side 1: 4 / GH;   Side 2: 2 / GH; (low press numbers);

Weight 146 gr., heavy and thick vinyl record;

There is embossed KT tax code, stamped at the center side 1;

*** This is a 1965 first pressing of The Beatles' LP Help! on 12" heavy and  thick vinyl record, featuring the iconic soundtrack from the film of the same name. For rare Variant B labels used Sans-Serif font. Thick font and the same * credit indicator for “I Need You” was placed to the right of the song title with a space between: I Need You *. The laqueur numbers (XEX.549 & XEX.550) snuggle relative to date on the both sides. This LP is a British Invasion classic and a must-have for any Beatles or 1960's rock fan.

Record Visually: VERY GOOD+
Clean vinyl record, deep-gloss playing surfaces, NO any harmless paper inner-sleeve removal hairlines, NO light surface marks both sides. Visual Side 2 finger non feelable a very, very light small mark and a hardly noticeable scuff. Plate is flat. Nothing to worry about, nothing that impacts playback.

Audio: VERY GOOD+ (the record is audio tested, near excellent, there are a couple of light sticks in the quiet part between the songs, that is normal for 60 years old record).
A wonderful deep sounding MONO copy, that has been played auditioned with care, no sign of any play wear. Apart from a bit of vinyl background between tracks, a couple of light sticks in the quiet part between the songs, there isn't any worry with this mono masterpiece. NO skips, NO jumps, NO repeats. Vinyl play all the way through  with a couple of light pops between some songs. More than Excellent condition for a 60 years old vinyl record.

Cover: EXCELLENT
The original cover is a cardboard flipback cover and the catalog number is PMC 1255 from the Parlophone record company. The word "mono" at the upper right of the front cover is "middle" and outline type.The album has a glossy laminated front cover produced by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patents Pending credit. Clean and nearly intact with light wear to front but no staining to front, back and side covers. Cover sleeve spine - clearly legible name, no wear.

Labels: EXCELLENT
Second press Variant "B" labels. For this press labels used Sans-Serif font. The publishing credit for "Act Naturally" says early "Lark Mus." A fully clean and bright pair labels with a handful of light spindle trails around each center hole.

Inner sleeve: EXCELLENT
An original printed by Harrison and Sons Ltd., EMI tracing-rice-paper-lined “Use Emitex” die-cut, unworn, with no split or tears, and a clear inner lining inner sleeve, used between 1964-1965 on Beatles' "Parlophone" albums.

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