NOT ONLY an EXTREMELY RARE SO FAR UNIDENTIFIED CONTRACT PRESSING WITH OLD STYLE DECCA GROOVED PRESSING RING ALTHOUGH IT CANT BE DECCA AS DECCA STOPPED THIS IN 1968 BUT ALSO IN RARE EARLY 70'S EJ DAY SLEEVE VARIANT !!!

NOBODY YET KNOWS FOR SURE THE EXACT ORIGIN OF THIS PRESSING, ALL WE KNOW IS THE DATE, BETWEEN 1971 AND 1973 BUT MOST LIKELY 1972, BUT MY SUSPICION IS THAT IT IS OUTSIDE THE UK, POSSIBLY THE USA OR THE CARIBBEAN, IT WOULD ALSO SEEM THE PRINTERS COPIED TO LABELS DIRECTLY FROM THE U.K. BUT USED DIFFERENT STYLE PAPER AND DROPPING THE MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN TEXT. I HAVE SEEN SIMILAR PRESSINGS FROM THE SAME TIME ON BOTH PINK FLOYD & DEEP PURPLE PRESSINGS, ALL THESE CONTRACTS TURN UP IN THE U.K. AND WERE DEFINATELY MADE FOR THE U.K. MARKET.

& ALTHOUGH EJ DAY SLEEVES ARE THE NORM FOR THE EARLIEST STEREO FIRST PRESSINGS THEY ARE VERY RARE WHEN THEY RE-APPEARED IN THE EARLY 70'S FOR 1 BOX/2 BOX EMI LABELS WHICH ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE EARLY 66/7 COPIES WHICH HAD DEEPER FLIPBACKS & WERE ON HARDER CARD THAN THESE ISSUES

For sale here is the UK LP '' A COLLECTION OF BEATLES OLDIES "

ARTIST: THE BEATLES
MONO/STEREO: STEREO
Cat. No : PCS 7016
LABEL: PARLOPHONE
COUNTRY: UK
DATE: 1966 THIS COPY PROBABLY 1971/2
MATRICIES: -1G -1G
VINYL WEIGHT: 135g
TRACK LISTING ( STOCK PICTURE )

THE CONDITION
SLEEVE: WOULD GRADE EXCELLENT VERY SLIGHT REAR DISCOLOURATION & THE ODD CREASE

VINYL VISUAL: STILL RETAINS ITS FIRST PRESSED SHEEN, MOSTLY ONLY THE ODD LIGHT HAIRLINES UNDER A BRIGHT HALOGEN LAMP GRADES EX+ VISUALLY BUT AS EVER ANY SUCCESSFUL AUDIOPHILE BIDDERS ARE RECOMMENDED TO REQUEST A PLAY CHECK BEFORE COMPLETING AS I CAN HARDLY BE EXPECT TO ACCEPT A RETURN FOR ANY AUDIO ISSUES OTHERWISE

LABELS: NO WRITINGS OR LABELS THE ODD SPINDLE TRACES GRADE EX

RARE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER SO FAR UNIDENTIFIED CONTRACT PRESS IN RARE EARLY 70'S EJ DAY SLEEVE VARIANT
DUE TO THE NEAR DOUBLING FOR THE COST OF SENDING SMALL PACKETS I HAVE HAD TO REGRETFULLY RE-INTRODUCE A DOMESTIC UK POSTAL COST. IT STILL WILL NOT COVER THE COST OF THE POSTAGE BUT WILL LIMIT MY LOSSES. SORRY ABOUT THIS, PLEASE SEND YOUR THANKS FOR THIS TO ROYAL MAIL. IF I CAN FIND ALTERNATIVES I WILL

PLEASE NOTE THAT IN CASE OF ANY DISPUTES OVER GRADINGS I ALWAYS ACCEPT NO QUIBBLE REFUNDS UPON SAFE RETURN AND DEPENDING ON CIRCUMSTANCES USUALLY COVER THE RETURN POSTAGE TO SO IN CASE OF ANY PROBLEM CAN YOU PLEASE EMAIL ME FIRST BEFORE GOING THROUGH THE " ITEM NOT AS DESCRIBED " PROCEDURE. YOU WILL FIND THAT WITH ME THERE IS NOT LIKELY ANY NEED TO DO THAT AND EVERYTHING CAN BE RESOLVED BY A SIMPLE EMAIL EXPLAINING THE PROBLEM FIRST THANK YOU

ALSO DISCS ARE USUALLY GRADED ONLY VISUALLY DUE TO THE VARIANCES ON PLAYBACK BETWEEN SYSTEMS SO IF YOU ENCOUNTER A PROBLEM IN PLAYBACK PLEASE EMAIL ME FIRST UNLIKE THE RECENT LOVELY BUYER WHO JUST LEFT ME BACK FEEDBACK WITHOUT NOTICE NOT EVEN GIVING ME THE COMMON COURTESY OF TRYING TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM ( DETAILS CAN BE ACCESSED BY CLICKING ON MY FB SCORE )

FOR BIDDERS OUTSIDE UK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT... non uk bidders please read my notes about international postage below.....returns policy only applies to UK outside of UK buyer has to cover the return postage! FOR INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT due to ebays revised " buyer " protection policy even more sellers will start to refuse to sell internationally. So if you are an international bidder and win one of my auctions and then find I have completed the transaction elsewhere this will be because the new ebay/paypal policy now makes it almost impossible for sellers to sell safely overseas, thank you

FOR BIDDERS WITH ZERO FEEDBACK THIS IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT... I have recently been the victim of serveral spurious bids from several different members (usually based in the Russian Federation). Please note that if you win any of my items and have zero feedback I will ask you for immediate payment or for you to email and immediately confirm that you were a genuine bidder. Failiure to meet either of those critiera will result in the item being offered to the next highest bidder without further delay. thank you.

DOMESTIC UK DISPATCH WILL BE VIA RECORDED/SIGNED FOR DELIVERY TO PREVENT FRAUDULANT CLAIMS OF NON RECEIPT IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS THEN PLEASE FEEL FREE NOT TO BID ! INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE SEE MY NOTES BELOW

(Please note that whilst I try to endeavour to adhere to strict RC gradings I will never describe ANYTHING AS MINT even when I think it to be so. As far as I am concerned any secondhand item by definition cannot be mint. However if I believe an item to be Mint I will instead either use the terms Near Mint, mint minus, or in archive or vault condition. When I use these terms you know that in my opinion this is in effect a de-facto Mint grade )

INSURANCE INCLUDED IN P&P PRICE DEPENDING ON FINAL SALE VALUE...
Dont forget to take a look at my other items. Please feel free to contact me with any queries you may have.

I ONLY DO A COUPLE OF RUNS A WEEK TO THE POST OFFICE BUT MY ITEMS ARE ALWAYS DISPATCHED WELL WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK OF PAYMENT BEING RECEIVED. I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE TO THOSE BUYERS WHO SEEM TO EXPECT THEIR ITEM TO ARRIVE THE NEXT DAY, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK WHEN AN ITEM WAS SENT JUST PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU!! (SOME PEOPLE DO MAKE YOU LAUGH, FOR ITEMS I BUY I ONLY NORMALLY GET CONCERNED AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND EVEN AFTER THAT THEN ONLY POLIETELY ENQUIRE IF AND WHEN THE ITEM WAS SENT).

PAYMENTS BY PAYPAL ARE PREFERRED BUT I ALSO ACCEPT OTHER METHODS. I ALSO POST WORLDWIDE (PLS APPLY FOR RATES) BUT DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH A DISREPUTABLE BUYER IN JAPAN (EBAY WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO NAME THEM) , FOR ALL PAYMENTS MADE VIA PAYPAL THE ITEM WILL ONLY BE SENT BOTH TO THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY RECORDED OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY. THIS IS TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY ATTEMPT TO CLAIM BACK THE PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL EVEN AFTER ACTUALLY HAVING RECEIVED THE ITEM.

THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS HAD THE RESULT OF INCREASING MY COSTS FOR POSTING AND PACKING AND I AM VERY SORRY FOR THIS BUT PAYPAL OFFER NO PROTECTION FOR SELLERS UNLESS THERE IS PROOF OF DELIVERY!! PROOF OF POSTING WOULD SEEM INSUFFICIENT TO THEM AND I HAVE FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY..

DUE TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THIS SAME BUYER PAYPAL PAYMENTS WILL ALSO NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM BUYERS WHO DO NOT ALLOW THEIR FEEDBACK TO BE READ

COST VIA INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR MAIL HAS RECENTLY BEEN INCREASED BY THE UK POST OFFICE .. ANY ADDITIONAL LP'S SENT VIA COMBINED POSTAGE WILL USUALLY BE AROUND AN ADDITION G 2.00 PER LP