Sold Date: February 22, 2020
Start Date: February 12, 2020
Final Price: £13.39 (GBP)
Bid Count: 9
Seller Feedback: 4430
Buyer Feedback: 0

THE BEATLES
" A HARD DAY'S NIGHT"
PARLOPHONE PMC 1230 MONO RECORDING
RELEASED 1964
STAMPERS   2   GHH      3     GOR MATRICES      -3N                 -3N KT TAX CODE SIDE 2 CENTRE
VERY EARLY PRESSING WITH 'PARLOPHONE CO LTD" RIM TEXT AND "SOLD IN THE UK" AND "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1964 " LABEL TEXT
LABELS ALSO HAVE ALL SIDE TWO TRACKS LISTED INDIVIDUALLY ON ONE LINE ONE BELOW THE OTHER
AND SIDE ONE HAS THE TRACK "I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER" SPREAD OVER TWO LINES ALL THESE CREDITS ARE INDICATIVE OF A VERY FIRST PRESSING

GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE LAMINATED FRONT SLEEVE HAS SOME LIGHT CORNER BUMPS AND AN UNCRUSHED SPINE EDGE WITH A CLEAN OPENING EDGE ,SLEEVE REAR WOULD HAVE BEEN EQUALLY AS GOOD APART FROM A LIGHT STAIN ON THE OPENING EDGE ,ALL FOLDOVER LAMINATE SEAMS ARE CLEAN AND UNBROKEN
EMITEX INNER IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH SOME LIGHT AGE FADING TO THE EDGES AND CORNER CREASES

VINYL RECORD STILL RETAINS A DEEP GLOSSY SHEEN TO THE SURFACES SIDE 1 IN PARTICULAR JUST HAS LIGHT HANDLING MARKS WHICH CAN ONLY BE SEEN UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT

SIDE TWO HAS SLIGHTLY MORE PRONOUNCED HANDLING MARKS NOT FEELABLE AND DONT AFFECT THE AUDIO
AUDIO HAS QUIET RUN INS AND SPACES AND BEING A -3N PRESSING IS EXCELLENT TO LISTEN TO
WE PLAY TEST ON A SIXTIES HI-FI WHICH HAS A HEAVIER PICK UP THAN TODAYS MORE MODERN EQUIPMENT SO YOU COULD POSSIBLY GET A DIFFERENT RESPONSE