Sold Date: December 13, 2023
Start Date: December 6, 2023
Final Price: £13.50 (GBP)
Bid Count: 2
Seller Feedback: 517
Buyer Feedback: 0

Sleeve - Some small tears and scuffs
Vinyl - Some scratches, but nothing deep. Crackles and pops on quiet passages
Original EMITEX Inner Sleeve some splits at the sides
Not bad for nearly 60years old
Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, stamped variant 2): XEX 481 - 3N Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, stamped variant 2): XEX 482 - 3N

The main differentiator of this early pressing, compared to later versions, is the black and yellow  label with the perimeter rim copyright text, 'THE PARLOPHONE CO LTD • ALL RIGHTS OF THE MANUFACTURER AND OF THE OWNER OF THE RECORDING WORK RESERVED • UNAUTHORISED PUBLIC PERFORMANCE BROADCASTING AND COPYING OF THIS RECORD PROHIBITED'. Above the spindle hole the centre text, 'SOLD IN THE U.K. SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS, SEE PRICE LISTS'.
Label:
1 - Has a 'chubby' font with the right-hand side indicator numerals appearing under the '2' in the catalogue number 'PMC 1230' above them.
2 - The publishing copyright date is given as 'RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1964', and is nearly left-aligned compared to the matrix number above it.
3 - The group's name 'THE BEATLES' is closer to the '(Lennon-McCartney)' credit above it than to the 'Northern Songs Music Ltd.' publishing credit below.
4 - A2 'I Should Have Known Better' has its title split over 2 lines.
5 - All of the song titles on side 2 appear on separate lines.
6 - KT embossed tax code around the spindle hole.

Cover:
1 - Front laminated, tri-flipback and printed by , with a medium 'MONO' indicator on the front, top, right hand corner.

Cover details:

E . M . I . RECORDS LIMITED
(Controlled By Electric & Musical Industries Ltd.)
HAYES • MIDDLESEX • ENGLAND
Made and Printed in Great Britain

Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patents pending PMC 1230 PCS 3058
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