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BEATLES "HELP" UK 1st PRESS LP EXCELLENT CLEAN SLEEVE VINYL RECORD & AUDIO

Sold Date: May 15, 2022
Start Date: May 5, 2022
Final Price: £60.00 (GBP)
Bid Count: 14
Seller Feedback: 5502
Buyer Feedback: 0


THE BEATLES
"HELP" RELEASED AUGUST 6th 1965 PARLOPHONE PMC 1255 MONO PRESSING
STAMPERS    7    LA         3     AP
MATRICES        -2                   -2 KT TAX CODE  SIDE 2 CENTRE
"GRAMOPHONE CO LTD" RIM TEXT WITH "SOLD IN THE UK" LABEL TEXT

RECORD SLEEVE  IS IN EXCELLENT COMDITION WITH  SOME LIGHT EDGE CREASE'S SHOWING ,PINCH END SPINE  IS UNCRUSHED AND LEGIBLE AND SLEEVE REAR INNER PANEL IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH JUST A COUPLE OF AGE FADING MARKS SHOWING WITH UNBROKEN FOLDOVER SEAMS WITH JUST ONE SMALL MARK AT THE TOP LEFT FRONT

EMITEX INNER IS ALSO IN CLEAN CONDITION AND UNMARKED WITH JUST A LITTLE AGE FADING

VINYL RECORD HAS A DEEP GLOSSY SHEEN TO THE SURFACES WITH THE ODD VERY LIGHT HANDLING MARK NOTHING THAT AFFECTS THE AUDIO AND COMES WITH CLEAN LABELS ,CENTRE HOLE IS UNWORN AS IS THE KT TAX CODE MARK WHICH BEING A HIGH POINT USUALLY WEARS AWAY FIRST ,AND ANY SPINDLE MARKS ARE CONFINED MAINLY TO THE RECORD CENTRES

AUDIO WAS REFLECTIVE OF THIS CONDITION AND COMES WITH QUIET RUN INS AND SPACES WITH CLEAN AND CLEAR SOUND
WE DO PLAY TEST ON A SIXTIES HI-FI FOR REVIEW SO YOU COULD GET A DIFFERENT RESPONSE ON MORE MODERN EQUIPMENT