FIRST ISSUE MONO PRESSING ISSUED IN LATE JUNE / EARLY JULY 1967
WITH SECOND PRINTED COVER WITH LARGE PRINT
"© NEMS ENTERPRISES LTD., 1967" COPYRIGHT CLAIM ON BACK LOWER LEFT

CONDITION: STILL SEALED
ITEM#: LP514
PRICE: $6,250

THIS IS A FIRST ISSUE MONO PRESSING ISSUED IN LATE JUNE 1967, WHICH IS THE SECOND PRINTED MONAURAL COVER INDICATED BY THE ADDITION OF THE LARGE PRINT "© NEMS ENTERPRISES LTD., 1967" COPYRIGHT CLAIM IN THE LOWER LEFT AREA ON THE BACK COVER (CAP 2653.MC2, SPIZER). THIS SECOND ISSUED COVER WAS VERY SHORT-LIVED, FOR THE THIRD COVER WITH THE "NEMS" DISCLAIMER PRINTED AT LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF THE BACK COVER WAS ISSUED NOT LONG AFTER.

FRONT AND BACK COVER ARE GORGEOUS AND ABSOLUTELY STRIKING. GRAPHICS AND COLORS ARE VIBRANTLY ASTONISHING. NO RINGWEAR, SPLITS OR RECORD IMPRESSION AT ALL. EXTREMELY TIGHT SEAL CORNER TO CORNER, ESPECIALLY AT MOUTH OPENING. ALL FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP. THE BORDERS SURROUNDING THE EDGES OF THE COVER ARE "SNOW" WHITE ALL AROUND. THE SPINE IS ABSOLUTE PERFECTION.

ONE MINOR SHRINKWRAP FACTORY RELATED ISSUE IS IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE FRONT COVER, WHERE A SMALL FOLDED PIECE OF EXCESS SHRINKWRAP IS EVIDENT. SHRINKWRAP ISSUE DOES NOT AFFECT THE ACTUAL COVER IN ANY MANNER.

ACQUIRED DIRECTLY FROM PERRY COX, BEATLES U.S. RECORDS EXPERT AND AUTHOR OF "THE BEATLES RECORD PRICE GUIDE" SERIES OF BOOKS, THIS SEALED MONO EXAMPLE OF THE BEATLES CLASSIC, MASTERWORK RETAINS THE "NEWNESS" IT WAS ISSUED WITH BACK IN 1967.

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