On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Beatles called "Rubber Soul" and is an ORIGINAL 1965 UK MONO 'Corrected' 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Yellow & Black Parlophone label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF THE BEATLES RAREST LPs EVER, AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER LPs ON THE PARLOPHONE LABEL - AND IS INCREDIBLY TOUGH TO LOCATE TODAY!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS THE ULTRA RARE 'CORRECTED' MONO 1ST PRESSING - WITH A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT RE-CUT!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED IN LATE 1965, IT WAS MIXED INCORRECTLY WITH 1/1 MATRIXES AND A COARSE LOUD CUT MIX.  NATURALLY AS IT WAS AT FIRST RELEASE - QUITE A FEW LOUD CUT 1/1 MATRIX COPIES WERE SOLD.  ALMOST IMMEDIATELY A VERY POOR CORRECTION TO THE MIX WAS MADE - WITH 4/4 MATRIX.  THIS IS HOW MOST COPIES WERE SOLD LIKE - BUT EVEN ON THIS ATTEMPTED CORRECTION THE MIX WAS VERY POOR INDEED!!!!  EVENTUALLY SOME TIME WAS SPENT ON THE LP DOING THE MIX CORRECTLY - AND EVENTUALLY IT WAS CORRECTLY DONE (WITH 5/5 MONO MATRIXES), AND HOW THE BEATLES WANTED IT TO BE HEARD!!!!  IT EVEN HAD COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LOOKING AND MUCH SHINER GROOVES ON THE RECORD!!!!  STRANGELY BECAUSE THE MIX TOOK SO LONG TO PROPERLY CORRECT - THE 5/5 MONO VERSION IS DEFINITELY THE HARDEST AND RAREST VERSION TO NOW FIND!!!!  AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO SHAME AT ALL CALLING THIS A '1ST PRESSING'!!!!  BECAUSE IN EFFECT - THE 1/1 AND 4/4 MATRIX VERSIONS ARE SIMPLY MISPRESSINGS AND NOT HOW THE LP WAS MEANT TO BE HEARD AT ALL!!!!  SO THE 5/5 MONO VERSION IS THE ONLY COMPLETELY 'FINISHED' MONO 1ST PRESSING - IS BETTER LOOKING, BETTER SOUNDING, AND BY FAR THE HARDEST ONE TO LOCATE!!!!

THIS LP IS MADE EVEN RARER STILL - AS IT HAS AN ULTRA RARE 'E.J.DAY' COVER (MOST HAD THE VERY COMMON 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' COVERS INSTEAD!)!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND CLEARLY HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1965 UK 'CORRECTED' MONO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS YELLOW & BLACK PARLOPHONE LABELS, 1ST PRESS 'SOLD IN THE UK' LABEL TEXT, 1ST PRESS 'GRAMOPHONE COMPANY' LABEL EDGE TEXT,  1ST PRESS EMITEX INNER SLEEVE, 'CORRECTED' 1ST PRESS 5/5 MONO MATRIX ENDINGS, AND ULTRA RARE 1ST PRESS 'E.J.DAY' FLIPBACK LAMINATED MONO COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL UK MONO 'Corrected' 1st Pressing from 1965 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The matrix numbers are XEX 579-5 & XEX 580-5 (the best and RAREST version!). The Cat. No is PMC 1267 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Yellow & Black Parlophone label (see picture) and is a MONO 1st pressing!!!!  All the tracks are Pure quality Beatles at their best!!!! Any fan of The Beatles, or 60s music in general, will want to have this in their collection!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO writing, NO wear, and only a few VERY light spindle marks!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, only a few VERY light hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!!  It is also great to find that the playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO skips, barely ANY clicks AT ALL, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good+ if not better!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards  - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press Emitex inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The ULTRA RARE 1st Press 'E.J.Day' Flipback Laminated MONO Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), NO rips, NO tears, only some very VERY minor evidence of 'tipping in' to the corners, NO splits, only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking!), shiny laminate, only 2 or 3 TINY laminate lifts on the spinal edge, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, NO ringwear, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good+ if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS (ESPECIALLY AS THE RAREST EVER 'CORRECTED' MONO 1ST PRESSING (WITH THE BEST SOUND & AN ULTRA RARE 'E.J.DAY' COVER!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE Beatles LP!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1965 MONO 'CORRECTED' 1ST PRESSING OF "RUBBER SOUL" BY THE BEATLES, IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!!  Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have.  Postal discounts for multiple buys are always available - and I guarantee to ALWAYS undercharge on postage!  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

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