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ORIGINAL BRITISH PARLOPHONE RELEASES
"MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR" PARLOPHONE MMT-1, MONO RELEASED 12/8/67
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DESCRIPTION (ACTUAL IMAGES) ORIGINAL MONO FIRST PRESSING EP SET (-1/-1/-1/-2 MATRIX ENDINGS) WITH FIRST ISSUE 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE LTD.' ORIGINAL GATEFOLD BOOK AND ATTACHED BLUE LYRIC INNER SHEET. THE UNIQUE TWO-DISC EXTENDED PLAY FORMAT SELECTED FOR MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR WAS NOT CONCEIVED UNTIL EARLY NOVEMBER 1967. ULTIMATELY, IT WAS DECIDED TO RELEASE A SINGLE WITH HELLO, GOODBYE B/W I AM THE WALRUS ON NOVEMBER 24, AND FOLLOW IT TWO WEEKS LATER ON DECEMBER 8 WITH A TWO-EP SET WITH EACH DISC HAVING TWO SONGS ON ONE SIDE AND ONE ON THE OTHER. THE TWO DISCS WERE PACKAGED IN AN ELABORATE 32-PAGE BOOK, COUNTING THE FRONT AND BACK COVERS AS FOUR PAGES PLUS A 24-PAGE BOOKLET, PLUS FOUR LIGHT BLUE PAGES IN THE CENTER SPREAD CONTAINING SONG LYRICS (LATER ISSUES HAD LILAC AND YELLOW SONG LYRIC SHEETS, RESPECTIVELY). THIS VERY FIRST ISSUE GARROD & LOFTHOUSE LTD. PRINTED LAMINATED, GATEFOLD SLEEVE IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION AND REMAINS SUPER GLOSSY, VERY CLEAN WITH SHARP EDGES AND CORNERS. THE ORIGINAL BOOKLET IS COMPLETE AND COMPLETELY ATTACHED AS IS THE BLUE LYRIC SLEEVE. THERE IS NO RINGWEAR, NO WRITING, NO STAINS AND NO SPLITS ANYWHERE ON THE SLEEVE. THE TWO RECORDS ARE FIRST PRESSINGS DICTATED BY THE 'GRAMOPHONE' PERIMETER PRINT AND "SOLD IN U.K." TEXT. (PAR MMT.MR1B, SPIZER) THIS LABEL VARIATION HAS THE PUBLISHING CREDIT 'NORTHERN SONGS, NCB' IN NORMAL PRINT ON TWO LINES. THIS DISC HAS THE SOLID CENTER SPINDLE HOLE. BOTH RECORDS ARE IN THEIR ORIGINAL WHITE CENTER DIE-CUT SLIGHTLY ROUNDED TAB TOP INNER SLEEVES. THE FOUR DISC LABELS ARE ALL NEAR MINT AND ARE EXTREMELY CLEAN WITH A FEW VERY VERY LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS. THE VINYL ON BOTH DISCS ARE GORGEOUS WITH HIGH GLOSS AND MINIMAL PLAY TIME. RECORD ONE GRADES AS A GREAT NEAR MINT MINUS, AND RECORD TWO IS A BEAUTIFUL NEAR MINT. MATRIX INFORMATION (SIDE 1): 7XCE 18435-1 MATRIX INFORMATION (SIDE 2): 7XCE 18454-1 MATRIX INFORMATION (SIDE 3): 7XCE 18436-1 MATRIX INFORMATION (SIDE 4): 7XCE 18437-2. "KT" TAX CODE STAMPED NEAR SPINDLE HOLE ON SIDE 2. MOTHER/STAMPER (SIDE 1): 1/OL MOTHER/STAMPER (SIDE 2): 4/MGD MOTHER/STAMPER (SIDE 3): 6/TT MOTHER/STAMPER (SIDE 4): 1/LD . 
 
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