" BEATLES FOR SALE " SENSATIONAL UK CONTRACT PRESSING FROM PATHE MARCONI 
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A SUPERB 1973/4 PATHE MARCONI CONTRACT PRESSED COPY FAMED FOR THEIR QUALITY AT A TIME WHEN UK POST OIL CRISIS QUALITY TOOK A HIT FROM WHICH IT LARGELY NEVER RECOVERD
DUE TO CAPACITY ISSUES AT HAYES EMI OUT SOURCED SOME OF VINYL OF THEIR BACK CATALOUGE, INCLUDING THE BEATLES, DEEP PURPLE PINK FLOYD & SOME OTHERS, FROM DIVERSE PLACES SUCH GERMANY & EVEN THE U.S.A TO BE MARRIED UP AT HAYES WITH UK SLEEVES FOR SALE IN UK STORES. THE BEATLES BACK CAT WENT TO PATHE MARCONI IN FRANCE FROM 1973-4 & THESE ARE FAMED FOR THEIR REPRODUCTION QUALITIES AT A TIME WHEN U.K. VINYL QUALITY WAS SUFFEREING BADLY INITIALLY AS A RESULT OF THE OIL CRISIS, FROM WHICH IT WOULD NEVER FULLY RECOVER. AS TO WHY THE FRENCH WERE DID NOT HAVE THE SAME QUALITY ISSUES AS THE U.K. HAS YET TO BE FULLY EXPLAINED TO MY KNOWLEDGE
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For OFFER here is the UK LP '' BEATLES FOR SALE "
ARTIST: THE BEATLES
MONO/STEREO: STEREO
Cat. No : PCS 3042
LABEL: PARLOPHONE
COUNTRY: UK / FRANCE
DATE: 1964 THIS COPY 1974
MATRICES:-1-1
TRACK LISTING SEE LABELS ABOVE
VINYL WEIGHT: 135g
THE CONDITION
SLEEVE: LOVELY LAMINATE SHEEN, A FULLY READABLE SPINE - SENSATIONAL GRADES EX+ SLIGHT CREASING FRONT GATEFOLD EDGE CORNER
VINYL VISUAL : STILL RETAINS ALL ITS SHEEN, BARELY EVEN MANY LIGHT HAIRLINES VISIBLE EVEN UNDER A BRIGHT HALOGEN LAMP GRADES NEAR TO MINT VISUALLY , ON MY DECK PLAY WAS SUPERB HOWEVER A PROPER CLEAN IS RECOMENDED AS A LOT OF FLUFF CAME UP ON MY STYLUS & WHICH EXPLAINS THE SLIGHT CRACKLE IN THE RUN INS & BETWEEN TRACKS
LABELS: MILD EVIDENCE OF PLAY ONLY GRADE EX