Sold Date: August 17, 2014
Start Date: August 12, 2014
Final Price: £69.00 (GBP)
Bid Count: 20
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THE BEATLES


REVOLVER



FIRST PRESS


RE-MIX 11
DR. ROBERT LABEL ERROR
 


 




XEX 605 - 2   XEX 606 - 1




MONO 1966
 
ERNEST J. DAY SLEEVE

YELLOW & BLACK PARLOPHONE LABEL

LOW STAMPERS BEING 20 & 17!







This is an original First Press copy of REVOLVER, with the Rare 'Remix-11' of ''TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS'' on Side Two, with matrices for Side One being
XEX 605-2 and Side Two XEX 606-1.

Its rarity continues with the DR. ROBERT label credit, disliked and corrected by John Lennon, actually during pressing, because of its 'DR.' abbreviation, as opposed to DOCTOR ROBERT on the corrected subsequent pressings.

It has the Ernest J. Day flip back sleeve, which was favored above the Garrord & Lofthouse sleeves for the First Pressings.

 This has the correct 1966 'KT' Purchase Tax Stamp around the spindle hole on Side One and it has
‘The Gramophone Co. Ltd’ text around the rim and it also has ‘Sold in the U.K. Subject to Resale Price Conditions, See Price Lists’ along the label, below Parlophone.   

 For those who don't know the story behind 'Remix 11', the sample pressings were sent to the four Beatles and their manager, Brian Epstein and John didn't like the mix and ordered that the Hayes, EMI plant should stop pressing the LP and that 'Remix 9' should be added, from the master, thus new lacquers, with new 'Mothers' & 'Stampers'.
Nobody actually knows just how many records were pressed with the error, as it was just a few hours in the morning, but those few thousand that had been pressed were not destroyed, probably down to the expense. This one is one of the few that were pressed. 'Remix 11' is ''TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS'', Side Two, Track Seven, being the last track and this side is XEX 606-1.

The replacement, Second Press is the more common XEX 606-2, which many sellers here on Ebay mistakenly call a First Press!

During the halting of the pressing at Hayes, John also stipulated that abbreviation of 'DOCTOR' to 'DR.' in the track, "DR. ROBERT", which is Track Four, Side Two, actually on the  label, be changed, to read 'DOCTOR', as he disliked the abbreviation! This was done with label correction, but the abbreviation was never changed on the sleeve, as hundreds of thousands of sleeves had been printed by Ernest J. Day and Garrord & Lofthouse. It was obviously easier and cheaper to destroy the old labels and replace them, than to destroy so many expensive sleeves! Yet, waiting for new labels, some of the deleted version carried on into the Second Presses.

I have just re-listened to both mixes and John was right! The difference between 'Remix 11' & 'Remix 9' is that the rare, deleted version (this copy) has a more 'settled' sitar mix midway through, with more depth and Johns vocals seem more in the mix, with more bass, and there is a noticeable, longer fade out and more prominent piano playing at the end of the track, but the piano doesn't seem to fit and its fade seems too quick. It is very interesting and you really need to have both copies of this album to appreciate the difference, but fascinating and the fact John (well it is his track!) halted the presses and insisted on the change, does make one wonder what on earth happened and why this mix was chosen, if he was so clear that it shouldn't be on the master tape.This decision to halt the presses, access the original master, make a new lacquer, and begin to press again all happened in just one afternoon!

The vinyl on both sides of this record is original, heavy Parlophone and with odd surface marks, as one might expect, with some spindle wear, too. The LP has been played, but generally looked afte and the marks are not serious. This is probably Very Good in condition and plays well on my Technics deck.

Its Mother on Side One is 1, Stampers R, D, being 20 and Side Two Mother being 3, with Stampers being G, H, being 17, so very, very low and such an early pressing!

The Ernest J. Day sleeve has a slight lifting and loss of surface, at the back on the right side of the flip-back, but otherwise the sleeve is all intactand without any other damage structural damage to the form of the card. There is  a little 60s 'doodling' on the rear, where 'REVOLVER' appears in block-white letters, with blue ink biro just filling the white letters with doodles, but I think this is fine.

The original inner, sleeve is the First Press, plain white with only ''Patents Applied For' & 'Made in Great Britain.

 Postage will be Royal Mail Guaranteed Next Day before 1.00pm, due to value and this is a Royal Mail charge, not mine, which I will simply pass on, minus 50p, as Ebay seem out of touch with Royal Mail's price hikes!

Any questions please ask.

Thanks.