ALTHOUGH AMERICANS GREW UP WITH CAPITOL RECORDS ORANGE AND WHITE SWIRL LABEL SINGLES
AND CAPITOL (AND VEE-JAY) RAINBOW ALBUM LABELS, WE CANNOT FORGET WHERE THE BEATLES BEGAN,
AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH EMI'S PARLOPHONE RECORDS LABEL ON JUNE 6, 1962, WHEN THE GROUP
ENTERED ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS FOR A COMMERCIAL TEST WITH PRODUCER GEORGE MARTIN.
DURING THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS, PARLOPHONE RELEASED 22 SINGLES, 13 ALBUMS AND
13 EXTENDED PLAY DISCS FEATURING THE BEATLES INCREDIBLE MUSIC.  

FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES PROUDLY OFFERS VARIOUS UNIQUE AND RARER ISSUES OF
THOSE ORIGINAL BRITISH PARLOPHONE (AND APPLE) RELEASES, MANUFACTURED AND
ISSUED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM 1962 - 1970.

PROMOTIONAL 'DEMONSTRATION' A-LABEL 45

EMI PREPARED APPROXIMATELY ONLY 250 PROMOTIONAL COPIES OF THE BEATLES' FIRST DEBUT SINGLE FOR PRE-RELEASE DISTRIBUTION TO SELECTED MEDIA AND RADIO STATIONS, JUST PRIOR TO ITS STREET DATE RELEASE OF OCTOBER 5, 1962.

WITH THIS DEMO'S HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, TOGETHER WITH THE MISSPELLING OF PAUL'S LAST NAME ON THE LABELS, THIS PROMOTIONAL RECORD WAS DESTINED TO BE CONSIDERED THE 'HOLY GRAIL' OF ALL BEATLES' RECORDS, THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER AND EXTREMELY DESIRABLE COLLECTIBLE EVER.

THIS RECORD HAS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF THE RAREST BEATLES' RECORD IN THE WORLD.

ACCOMPANYING THE RARE DISC IS ITS ORIGINAL "SPECIAL RUSH COPY" EMI "TOP POP" PROMOTIONAL SLEEVE THAT WERE ONLY ISSUED WITH PARLOPHONE DEMONSTRATION COPIES FROM THIS PERIOD.

CONDITION: NM- (VG+++)
ITEM#: PAR351
PRICE: ------

THE COLLECTION INCLUDES AND STARTS OFF WITH THE VERY FIRST PRESSINGS OF THE BEATLES'  FIRST TWO SINGLES "LOVE ME DO" (OCTOBER 1962) AND "PLEASE PLEASE ME" (JANUARY 1963) ON THE ORIGINAL RED PARLOPHONE LABELS AND THE SECOND PRESSING 1963 BLACK LABELS FOR THESE TWO TITLES.

THIS CHERISHED, ONE-OWNER COLLECTION COMPRISES GREAT SOUNDING, CLEAN AND UNWORN DISCS, WHERE EACH COULD EASILY BE A STAND-ALONE PIECE. ALL LABELS ARE CLEAN AND UNDAMAGED WITH NO WRITING ON ANY LABEL.

HERE WE OFFER AN ORIGINAL AND VERY HISTORIC EARLY VERSION 1962 UK PARLOPHONE RECORDS "LOVE ME DO" RED LABEL ISSUE OF THIS FIRST TRUE BEATLES DEBUT 45 SINGLE IN FABULOUS NEAR MINT CONDITION. ONE RARELY EVER SEES A TRUE NEAR MINT EXAMPLE OF THIS 1962 EARLY ISSUE.

THIS VERY EARLY  OCTOBER 1962 PRESSING, BASED ON THE PLACEMENT OF THE PUBLISHING CREDITS PRINT ON THE LABEL, IS IDENTIFIED AS VARIATION TWO IN THE BRUCE SPIZER AND FRANK DANIELS' FANTASTIC 2011 BOOK "BEATLES FOR SALE ON PARLOPHONE RECORDS".

THE VINYL ON THIS HISTORIC RECORD IS AN ASTONISHING NEAR MINT WITH A SHIMMERING DEEP GLOSS SHEEN AND THE LABELS ARE ALSO A STUPENDOUS NEAR MINT, WITH BRILLIANT AND BRIGHT DEEP RED LABELS.

THE DISC IS ACCOMPANIED BY ITS ORIGINAL AND CORRECT PERIOD PARLOPHONE "BEACH STRIPED" EMI GENERIC SLEEVE THAT LOOKS STUNNING WITH THE RECORD.

CONDITION: NM
ITEM#: PAR348
PRICE: ------

HYBRID LABELS WITH "MADE IN GT. BRITAIN" TEXT PRINTED ON THE B-SIDE ONLY.

THIS EXTREMELY EARLY UK FIRST PRESSING OF THE BEATLES' SECOND SINGLE RELEASE IN GREAT BRITAIN IS ON THE ORIGINAL RED AND SILVER PARLOPHONE LABEL (45-R 4983). BECAUSE THE LABEL DESIGN AND COLOR WERE CHANGED TO BLACK JUST AS IT WAS ISSUED, THE RED LABEL ISSUE OF "PLEASE PLEASE ME" IS MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND THAN THE GROUP'S FIRST 45 RELEASE "LOVE ME DO".

THIS EARLIEST PRESSED STOCK copY featureS the original demo 'JR' stamper on side 2. Only a handful of these were ever pressed before the 'JR' stamper was removed. THEREFORE, THE STAMPER CODES FOUND ON THIS PARTICULAR SINGLE ARE USUALLY ONLY FOUND ON THE WHITE LABEL RED "A" DEMONSTRATION (DEMO) COPIES OF THIS SINGLE. IT IS EXTREMELY RARE AND VERY UNUSUAL TO FIND THEM ON A REGULAR STOCK COPY.

THE OVERLAP PERIOD OF DEMONSTRATION DETAILS OF THIS DISC IS THE "FACTORY SAMPLE - NOT FOR SALE" STICKER REMAINING ADHERED TO THE B-SIDE LABEL. THESE ARE FOUND ON 'PREVIEW' STOCK COPIES THAT WERE ISSUED FOR PRE-RELEASE DISTRIBUTION TO SELECTED MEDIA AND RADIO STATIONS, SHORTLY PRIOR TO THE JANUARY 11TH STREET DATE.

ANOTHER EXCELLENT RARE FACTOR DISPLAYS THE HYBRID LABELS THAT ARE EVIDENT: THE 'MADE IN GT. BRITAIN' TEXT BENEATH THE "£" LOGO AT THE 3 O'CLOCK POSITION IS PRINTED ON THE B-SIDE, BUT THE TEXT IS MISSING ON THE A-SIDE.

ACCOMPANYING THE RARE DISC IS ITS ORIGINAL "SPECIAL RUSH COPY" EMI "TOP POP" SLEEVE THAT WERE ONLY ISSUED WITH PARLOPHONE DEMONSTRATION COPIES FROM THIS PERIOD.

CONDITION: NM- (VG+++)
ITEM#: PAR350
PRICE: ------

THIS VERY FIRST INITIAL UK PRESSING OF THE BEATLES SECOND SINGLE RELEASE IN GREAT BRITAIN DATES FROM THE FIRST WEEK OF RELEASE IN JANUARY 1963 AND IS ON THE ORIGINAL RED AND SILVER PARLOPHONE LABEL (45-R 4983).

A rare 'PTMZ' purchase tax code is visible in the centER of the 'Please, Please Me' label, with 'MPT' stamped in both run-outs. However, thE TAX CODE has been updated by the addition of a 'KT' stamp THAT WAS APPLIED on TO the same A-SIDE label. THESE PHYSICALLY APPLIED TAX STAMPS RARELY EVER SURFACE MAKING THIS EXAMPLE QUITE AN ULTRA-RARITY.

THE STUNNING DISC IS Housed in its original VG++ beach-striped COLORED Parlophone company sleeve.

CONDITION: M ("AS NEW", FACTORY FRESH)
ITEM#: PAR347
PRICE: ------

Parlophone issued its third Beatles single "From Me To You" b/w  "Thank You Girl", on April 11, 1963, exactly three months after the release of the prior single "PLEASE PLEASE ME". EMI PREPARED AN EXTREMELY LIMITED AMOUNT OF PROMOTIONAL COPIES OF THE BEATLES THIRD SINGLE FOR PRE-RELEASE DISTRIBUTION TO SELECTED MEDIA AND RADIO STATIONS, SHORTLY PRIOR TO THE APRIL 11TH STREET DATE RELEASE FOR THE COMMERCIAL 'BLACK LABEL' COPY.

THIS ULTRA-RARE DEMONSTRATION' RECORD HAS WHITE LABELS WITH BLACK PRINT AND A LARGE RED  'A' ON THE "FROM ME TO YOU" SIDE. THE SONGWRITERS CREDIT APPEARS AS "McCARTNEY - LENNON". THE PUBLISHER FOR BOTH SONGS WAS THE NEWLY FORMED NORTHERN SONGS LTD.

THE CONDITION OF THE VINYL ON THIS ULTRA-RARITY IS A GLEAMING NEAR MINT (BORDERS NEAR MINT MINUS), RETAINING A DEEP SHIMMER TO THE GROOVES,

ALSO INCLUDED IS ITS ORIGINAL AND CORRECT PERIOD PARLOPHONE GREEN CIRCLE DIE-CUT SLEEVE

CONDITION: NM (-)
ITEM#: PAR349
PRICE: ------



 

"SHE LOVES YOU"  B/W  "I'LL GET YOU"
PARLOPHONE 45-R 5055
ISSUED AUGUST 23, 1963

"CAN'T BUY ME LOVE"  B/W  "YOU CAN'T DO THAT"
PARLOPHONE 45-R 5114
ISSUED MARCH 20, 1964

BOTH DISCS IN 'FACTORY FRESH' UN-PLAYED 'AS NEW' CONDITION.

PARLOPHONE DID NOT ISSUE RED AND WHITE A-LABEL DEMO DISCS FOR THESE TWO TITLES, BUT THESE COPIES ARE THE CLOSEST YOU WILL GET TO FINDING THEM.

THESE OUTSTANDING UK FIRST PRESSINGS DATE FROM JUST PRIOR TO THEIR RESPECTIVE RELEASE DATES ON THE BLACK AND SILVER PARLOPHONE LABEL.

THIS 'SHE LOVES YOU' LABEL BEARS A GENUINE RED AND WHITE 'A' STICKER, WHILE A 'FACTORY SAMPLE' STICKER IS ADHERED TO THE 'I'LL GET YOU' B-SIDE LABEL.

A GENUINE 'FACTORY SAMPLE' STICKER IS ADHERED TO THE 'CAN'T BUY ME LOVE' A-SIDE LABEL.

THE IMMACULATE DISCS ARE HOUSED IN THEIR ORIGINAL AND CORRECT GREEN AND WHITE PARLOPHONE SLEEVES.

CONDITION: M-  ("AS NEW", FACTORY FRESH) X2
ITEM#: PAR343
PRICE: ------



 

FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES PROUDLY OFFERS THE ULTRA-RARE PARLOPHONE DEMONSTRATION RECORD OF "WE CAN WORK IT OUT" B/W "DAY TRIPPER". THE WHITE LABEL PROMOTIONAL DISC ISSUED AS A DOUBLE A-SIDED SINGLE, HAS THE LARGE OVERSIZED RED "A" ON BOTH SIDES - THE ONE AND ONLY DOUBLE A-SIDED DEMONSTRATION RECORD IN THE BEATLES PARLOPHONE CATALOG. THE LABELS ALSO HAVE THE DISC'S RELEASE DATE "3.12.65" PRINTED DIRECTLY BELOW THE CENTER SPINDLE HOLE.

THE CONDITION OF THE VINYL ON THIS ULTRA-RARITY IS A BRILLIANT NEAR MINT, WITH CLEAN, GLOSSY AND UNWORN PLAYING SURFACES BEARING NO NOTICEABLE MARKS.

THE DEMONSTRATION DISC IS HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL GREEN AND WHITE PARLOPHONE COMPANY SLEEVE.

CONDITION: NM
ITEM#: PAR321
PRICE: ------

INSANELY-RARE PROMOTIONAL STICKERED 'DEMONSTRATION' 45 SINGLE ISSUED JUST PRIOR TO THE RESPECTIVE RELEASE DATE.

PARLOPHONE DID NOT ISSUE GREEN AND WHITE A-LABEL DEMO DISCS FOR THE LANDMARK 1967 BEATLES RELEASE OF "PENNY LANE" b/w "STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER" 45 SINGLE, BUT THIS COPY IS THE CLOSEST YOU WILL GET. THIS OUTSTANDING UK FIRST PRESSING DATES FROM JUST PRIOR TO THE FEBRUARY 17TH  ISSUE ON THE BLACK AND SILVER PARLOPHONE LABEL. THE 'PENNY LANE"' LABEL BEARS A GENUINE RED AND WHITE EMI  "FACTORY SAMPLE - NOT FOR SALE" STICKER, DESIGNATING THIS AS A  promotional / review copY, THAT WAS sent out in the form of Factory Sample stickered copies such as this.

THE STUNNING DISC IS HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL AND CORRECT 1967 GREEN AND WHITE  PARLOPHONE "MINER'S HIT MAKE-UP" SLEEVE.

CONDITION: NM ("AS NEW")
ITEM#: PAR344
PRICE: ------

ULTRA-RARE GREEN "A" LABEL DEMONSTRATION
"NOT FOR SALE" 45 SINGLE

EMI PREPARED A GREEN "A" LABEL DEMONSTRATION DISC FOR THE
THE BEATLES THIRD 1969 U.K. SINGLE, FEATURING TWO TRACKS PULLED FROM THE GROUP'S FINAL STUDIO ALBUM "ABBEY ROAD", GEORGE'S "SOMETHING" AND JOHN'S "COME TOGETHER". THE RECORD'S RELATIVELY POOR PERFORMANCE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE QUALITY OF THE SONGS, BUT RATHER WAS DUE TO THE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF BEATLES FANS WHO HAD NO REASON TO BUY THE DISC BECAUSE THEY HAD ALREADY PURCHASED THE "ABBEY ROAD" ALBUM. THE "SOMETHING" SINGLE WAS THE ONLY APPLE RECORD ISSUED AS A PARLOPHONE "A" LABEL DEMO 45.

THE RECORD IS IN GLORIOUS NEAR MINT UNPLAYED CONDITION DISPLAYING A HIGH GLOSS SHEEN AND DEEP BEAUTIFUL GROOVES. THE LABELS ARE A TRUE NEAR MINT.

THE RECORD IS ACCOMPANIED BY ITS ORIGINAL 1969, AND FINAL PARLOPHONE COMPANY 45RPM SLEEVE, THAT HAS A GREEN BACKGROUND WITH A PAIR OF CONCENTRIC WHITE CIRCLES. THE BACK FEATURES THE ADVERTISEMENTS OF SEVEN PARLOPHONE ALBUM COVERS INCLUDING "SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND.

MONUMENTALLY RARE ORIGINAL FIRST ISSUE BLACK AND GOLD PARLOPHONE "STEREO" LABELS, VERY FIRST PRESSING WITH ‘1/R’ AND ‘1/G’ STAMPERS AND "DICK JAMES" PUBLISHING CREDITS

ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF THE MOST RAREST AND DESIRABLE OF ALL BEATLES LPS.  IT IS REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY ONLY 900 COPIES OF THIS STEREO PRESSING WERE MANUFACTURED, BUT WHAT IS TRUE IS THAT VERY FEW SURVIVE TODAY, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.  FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES PROUDLY OFFERS THIS Monumentally Rare VERY FIRST STEREO version of The Beatles FIRST UK Album, considered the 'HOLY GRAIL' AND most collectible UK Beatles album of all time.

This AMAZINGLY PRESERVED example could not disappoint any Serious Collector. RARELY offered in this condition, AND without doubt, THIS RECORD IS the most COLLECTIBLE and SOUGHT AFTER U.K. Beatles album in existence today.

CONDITION: NM- (VG+++)  / M- (UNPLAYED)
ITEM#: PAR335
PRICE: ------

MEGA-RARE ORIGINAL INITIAL FIRST ISSUE WITH
'BLACK AND GOLD' PARLOPHONE LABELS

VERY FIRST PRESSING WITH "DICK JAMES" PUBLISHING LABEL CREDITS

A MOST MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE OF THE SUPER Rare VERY FIRST MONAURAL version of The Beatles FIRST U.K. Album. THESE INITIAL ALBUMS WERE PRESSED WITH PARLOPHONE'S BLACK AND GOLD LABEL, WHICH HAS GOLD TEXT AND GRAPHICS PRINTED OVER A SHINY BLACK BACKGROUND. THE BLACK AND GOLD LABELS WERE THEN MODERNIZED SHORTLY THEREAFTER IN THE SPRING OF 1963 TO THE PARLOPHONE ICONIC  "YELLOW AND BLACK" LABEL VARIATION THAT WOULD REMAIN UNTIL 1969.

THE CONDITION OF THIS SPECTACULAR AND EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE IS MINT "FACTORY-FRESH" - WITH DEEP-GLOSS PLAYING SURFACES WHICH ARE UNMARKED AND "AS NEW".

THE COVER IS THE CORRECT AND ORIGINAL INITIAL FIRST RUN, with "Printed and Made by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd. London" In the lower right hand corner of the back cover. IT IS INDEED THE VERY FIRST BATCH OF MONO COVERS THAT HAVE A LARGE "MONO" DESIGNATION AND THE ANGUS McBEAN PHOTO CREDIT SHIFTED TO THE RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE FRONT COVER, WITH THE WORD "PHOTO" STARTING UNDER THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LAST "S" IN "SONGS". THIS FINE NEAR MINT EXAMPLE OF THIS FRAGILE, EARLIEST-TYPE COVER IS ONE OF THE FINEST THAT HAS SURFACED.

ITEM#: PAR319
PRICE: ------

INSANELY RARE 1963 YELLOW & BLACK VERY FIRST INITIAL LABEL WITH SMALL "33⅓" SPEED INDICATOR PRINT. ALSO HAS EARLIEST  "1G" STAMPER AND "ERNEST J. DAY" FIRST COVER.

AS RARE - IF NOT RARER - THAN THE INFAMOUS PREMIERE "BLACK AND GOLD" ISSUE AND HAS BECOME THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER PRESSINGS OF THIS ALBUM.

FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES MOST PROUDLY OFFERS THIS MEGA-RARE PARLOPHONE 'YELLOW AND BLACK' LABEL VARIATION (MODERNIZED TO THIS STYLE BY PARLOPHONE IN THE SPRING OF 1963 FROM THE ORIGINAL 'BLACK AND GOLD' LABEL STYLE). THIS STEREO PRESSING OF THE ALBUM WAS RELEASED FIVE WEEKS FOLLOWING THE MONO ISSUE AND THIS RARE LABEL VARIATION WAS AVAILABLE FOR ONLY A SHORT ONE OR TWO WEEKS.

BOTH SIDES OF THE DISC CARRIES THE VERY FIRST LABEL VERSION OF THE YELLOW AND BLACK LABEL, WHICH SHOWS THE LOWER HALF OF THE LABEL WAS EFFECTIVELY A DIRECT TRANSFER OF INFORMATION FROM THE BLACK AND GOLD LABEL WHICH INCLUDED THE SMALL  "33⅓'"  SPEED INDICATOR IN THE 9 O'CLOCK POSITION AND LACKS THE "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED...'" TEXT  ABOVE THE LEFT HAND SIDE. THE LABEL WAS QUICKLY REDESIGNED WITHOUT THE SMALL REDUNDANT  "33⅓'"  PRINT.  DUE TO THESE RAPID CHANGES IT IS, NUMBER-WISE, RARER THAN THE INFAMOUS BLACK AND GOLD LABEL VERSION. THIS TRULY EXCELLENT DISC BEARING THESE RARE LABELS IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S RAREST AND MOST SOUGHT AFTER PRESSINGS OF THIS ALBUM.

ITEM#: PAR340
PRICE: ------
 

INSANELY RARE 1963 YELLOW & BLACK VERY FIRST INITIAL LABEL WITH SMALL "33⅓" SPEED INDICATOR PRINT. ALSO HAS EARLIEST  INITIAL"ERNEST J. DAY" FIRST COVER.

AS RARE - IF NOT RARER - THAN THE INFAMOUS PREMIERE "BLACK AND GOLD" ISSUE AND HAS BECOME THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER PRESSINGS OF THIS ALBUM.

BOTH SIDES OF THE DISC CARRIES THE VERY FIRST LABEL VERSION OF THE YELLOW AND BLACK LABEL, WHICH SHOWS THE LOWER HALF OF THE LABEL WAS EFFECTIVELY A DIRECT TRANSFER OF INFORMATION FROM THE BLACK AND GOLD LABEL WHICH INCLUDED THE SMALL  "33⅓'"  SPEED INDICATOR IN THE 9 O'CLOCK POSITION AND LACKS THE "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED...'" TEXT  ABOVE THE LEFT HAND SIDE. THE LABEL WAS QUICKLY REDESIGNED WITHOUT THE SMALL REDUNDANT  "33⅓'"  PRINT.

DUE TO THESE RAPID CHANGES IT IS, NUMBER-WISE, RARER THAN THE INFAMOUS BLACK AND GOLD LABEL VERSION. THIS TRULY EXCELLENT DISC BEARING THESE RARE LABELS IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S RAREST AND MOST SOUGHT AFTER PRESSINGS OF THIS ALBUM.

ITEM#: PAR342
PRICE: ------

THIS ORIGINAL STEREOPHONIC PRESSING OF THE BEATLES' FIRST ALBUM IS TRULY MAJESTIC, WITH THIS PARTICULAR COVER BEING one MANUFACTURED BY "GARROD & LOFTHOUSE, LTD.", WITH THE LARGE "STEREO"  INDICATOR ON THE FRONT COVER. IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO FIND THIS STEREO COVER TYPE IN ANYTHING APPROACHING THIS CONDITION.

HE ACCOMPANYING RECORD IS THE PARLOPHONE 'YELLOW AND BLACK' LABEL VARIATION AND IS THE INITIAL RUN OF THESE LABELS WHICH HAS THE PERIMETER PRINT STARTING WITH "THE PARLOPHONE CO." (LATER PRESSINGS HAVE "THE GRAMOPHONE CO."). BOTH LABELS HAVE THE "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1963" TEXT ABOVE THE LEFT HAND SIDE NUMBERS, AND OMITS THE "SOLD IN THE U.K....."  STATEMENT. THE VINYL IS A STUPENDOUS MINT, WITH PRISTINE FACTORY-FRESH PLAYING SURFACES. THIS DISC APPEARS AS IT DID THE DAY IT LEFT THE FACTORY.

ITEM#: PAR320
PRICE: -------
 

ORIGINAL MONAURAL PRESSING OF THE BEATLES' FIRST ALBUM WITH THIS PARTICULAR COVER BEING one of RARER AND INITIAL RUNS, with "Printed and Made by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd. London" In the lower right hand corner of the back cover (ONLY 10% OF BEATLES ALBUM COVERS IN BRITAIN WERE MANUFACTURED BY ERNEST J. DAY & CO. LTD.). 

THE ACCOMPANYING RECORD IS THE 'YELLOW AND BLACK' FIRST LABEL VARIATION WITH "THE PARLOPHONE CO." PERIMETER PRINT.

AN IMMACULATE AND SPECTACULAR TIME CAPSULE EXAMPLE.

ITEM#: PAR306
PRICE: -------
 

THE ORIGINAL STEREO VERY FIRST EARLY PRESSING OF THE ALBUM, WITH THE FIRST STEREO COVER HAVING THE LARGE "STEREO" DESIGNATION IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER, WITH THE BACK COVER INCORRECTLY LISTING THE THIRD SONG ON SIDE TWO AS "YOU REALLY GOTTA HOLD ON ME".  LATER COVERS WOULD CORRECT THE SONG TO "YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME".  THIS INITIAL COVER WAS PRINTED BY GARROD & LOFTHOUSE,  WHICH HAS THE DARKER AND GRAINIER IMAGE THAN THE OTHER COVER VARIATION PRINTED BY ERNEST J. DAY LTD.

FIRST PRESSING RECORD HAS THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS WITH PARLOPHONE PERIMETER PRINT AND WITHOUT THE  "SOLD IN THE U.K." DESIGNATION. THESE FIRST LABELS HAVE THE SONG TITLE INCORRECTLY LISTED AS "YOU REALLY GOTTA HOLD ON ME".  LATER ISSUES WOULD CORRECT THE SONG TO "YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME". THIS SONG TITLE ALSO AS THE MISSPELLED PUBLISHING CREDIT AS "DOMION", LATER CORRECTED TO "DOMINION". ADDITIONALLY, THE SONG "MONEY"  HAS THE INCORRECT PUBLISHING CREDIT AS "JOBETE MUS. NCB", AND LATER CORRECTED TO "DOMINION. BELINDA (LDN.) LTD." .

ITEM#: PAR313
PRICE: -----

STUNNING SET WITH COVER REMAINING IN CLEAR POLY OUTER SLEEVE FROM BRIAN EPSTEIN'S 'NEMS' RECORD SHOP IN LIVERPOOL

THIS INCREDIBLE MINT MINUS EXAMPLE LOOKS LIKE IT LEFT BRIAN EPSTEIN'S STORE YESTERDAY, LET ALONE 55 YEARS AGO. STORED ALL ITS LIFE INSIDE ITS "FREE OF CHARGE"  "NEMS LTD."  POLYTHENE CLEAR BAGGY COVER IN A NON-SMOKING ENVIRONMENT. THE BACK COVER INCORRECTLY LISTS THE THIRD SONG ON SIDE TWO AS "YOU REALLY GOTTA HOLD ON ME".

THE FIRST PRESSING RECORD HAS THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS WITH PARLOPHONE PERIMETER PRINT AND WITHOUT THE  "SOLD IN THE U.K." DESIGNATION, AND HAS THE SONG TITLE CORRECTLY LISTED AS "YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME".  THE LABELS GRADE A STELLAR  MINT MINUS. THE IMMACULATE MINT MINUS  'AS NEW' PLAYING SURFACES  RETAIN ALL OF THEIR DEEP-GLOSS SHINE AND ARE UNMARKED.

ITEM#: PAR326
PRICE: ------

ORIGINAL MONAURAL VERY FIRST EARLY PRESSING WITH THE SONG YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME INCORRECTLY LISTED ON THE COVER AND THE LABEL AS YOU REALLY GOTTA HOLD ON ME.  ALSO THE SONG MONEY, HAS THE INCORRECT PUBLISHING CREDIT AS "JOBET MUS.". 

ITEM#: PAR278
PRICE: -----

ORIGINAL STEREO U.K. FIRST PRESSING on the yellow AND black Parlophone label. Both labels have the earliest 'chubby' style WIDE font with the "Sold in UK..." text AND "The Parlophone Co." worded rims. A 'KT' purchase tax code is present in the centER of the side 1 label.

RECORD IS Housed in a GORGEOUS  "GARROD & LOFTHOUSE LTD."  MANUFACTURED printed cover.

A STUPENDOUS RARER STEREO FIRST PRESSING AND MOST LIKELY ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES TO HAVE SURFACED.

ITEM#: PAR334
PRICE: -------

ORIGINAL MONAURAL PRESSING OF "A HARD DAY'S NIGHT" WITH THIS PARTICULAR COVER BEING THE RARER INITIAL FIRST RUN VARIATION, PRINTED BY 'ERNEST J. DAY & CO. LTD."

THE ACCOMPANYING RECORD IS THE FIRST pressing datING from THE July 1964 release on the yellow AND black Parlophone label. Both labels have the earliest 'chubby' style WIDE font with the "Sold in UK..." text AND "The Parlophone Co." worded rims.

AN IMMACULATE AND SPECTACULAR FIRST PRESSING AND MOST LIKELY THE BEST EXAMPLE IN EXISTENCE.

ITEM#: PAR304
PRICE: -------

FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES IS PROUD TO OFFER A MOST GORGEOUS VINTAGE AND ULTRA RARE ORIGINAL 1968 PARLOPHONE  ISSUE OF THE BEATLES CLASSIC, "A HARD DAY'S NIGHT" MONAURAL ALBUM FEATURING THE INCREDIBLY RARE "ALL LAMINATED" FRONT AND BACK COVER. MOST COPIES OF THIS ALBUM FROM THIS TIME PERIOD HAVE THE NON-LAMINATED BACK COVERS, WHICH WAS THE STANDARD PRODUCTION STYLE FOR THE FLIP-BACK COVERS.

ANOTHER ADDED HIGHLIGHT IS THE FRONT COVER UPPER RIGHT FEATURES THE RARER SMALL "MONO" DESIGNATION PRINT.

THE ACCOMPANYING RECORD HAS THE PARLOPHONE 'YELLOW AND BLACK' LABEL AND IS THE 1968 RUN OF LABELS WHICH HAS THE PERIMETER PRINT STARTING WITH "THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD." AND WITHOUT  "SOLD IN THE U.K." PRINT ACROSS THE LABEL.

ITEM#: PAR293
PRICE: ------

SUPERB SOUNDING RARER ORIGINAL STEREO FIRST ISSUE WITH THE OUTER LAMINATED, INNER-FLIPOVER GATEFOLD COVER HAS THE "STEREO" DESIGNATION IN MEDIUM OUTLINED LETTERS IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER ON THE FRONT. ALSO, THIS EXAMPLE IS THE INITIAL COVER THAT HAS THE OUTER EDGE OF THE GROUP ON THE BACK COVER IN SHARP FOCUS (THE LATER COVERS HAVE FEATHERED EDGES TO MAKE THE SUPER IMPOSITION LESS APPARENT).

FIRST STEREO PRESSING HAS THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS WITH PARLOPHONE PERIMETER PRINT AND THE "SOLD IN THE U.K." PRINT ACROSS THE LABEL ABOVE THE SPINDLE HOLE. THE VINYL IS AN ASTONISHING MINT MINUS. BOTH PLAYING SURFACES ARE 'AS NEW' .

ITEM#: PAR314
PRICE: -----
 

 EXTREMELY RARE INITIAL VERY FIRST MONO PRESSING WITH
"-3N / 3N" LACQUER CUT VARIATION.

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING NEAR MINT EXAMPLE OF "BEATLES FOR SALE" - THE INITIAL VERY FIRST MONO PRESSING WITH THE  "-3N / 3N" LACQUER CUT VARIATION, HOUSED IN AN IMMACULATE 'SHOP-NEW' GATEFOLD MONO COVER. THIS EXQUISITE AND TRUE FIRST UK MONO PRESSING DATES FROM THE INITIAL DECEMBER 1964 RELEASE

VERY FEW OF THE INITIAL "-3N / -3N" CUTTINGS WERE PRODUCED AND WERE QUICKLY SUPERSEDED BY THE MORE COMMON "-4N / -4N" CUT, OR EVEN BY A COMBINATION OF THE TWO. HOWEVER, IT IS THE  "-3N"  CUTTING OF SIDE 1 WHICH IS OF MOST INTEREST AS IT IS NOTABLE FOR HAVING THE ''CLEAN' VERSION OF "NO REPLY".

ITEM#: PAR329
PRICE: ------

THIS IS THE RARER ORIGINAL STEREO FIRST ISSUE WITH THE GATEFOLD COVER (PAR3062.SC1A, SPIZER) HAVING THE "STEREO" DESIGNATION IN MEDIUM OUTLINED LETTERS IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER ON THE FRONT. ALSO, THIS EXAMPLE IS THE INITIAL COVER THAT HAS THE OUTER EDGE OF THE GROUP ON THE BACK COVER IN SHARP FOCUS (THE LATER COVERS HAVE FEATHERED EDGES TO MAKE THE SUPER IMPOSITION LESS APPARENT). VERY FIRST BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS WITH PARLOPHONE PERIMETER PRINT AND THE "SOLD IN THE U.K." PRINT ACROSS THE LABEL ABOVE THE SPINDLE HOLE.

ITEM#: PAR287
PRICE: $500

THIS ORIGINAL AND RARER STEREO FIRST PRESSING OF "HELP!" IS AN ABSOLUTELY EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE. THE BRILLIANT MINT MINUS FRONT-LAMINATED, TRI-FLIP BACK  'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE LTD.' COVER IS THE INITIAL FIRST RUN, HAVING THE MEDIUM SIZE OUTLINED "STEREO" DESIGNATION IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF THE FRONT, AND "PCS 3071" IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF THE BACK.

THE ACCOMPANYING AND SHIMMERING NEAR MINT RECORD HAS THE PARLOPHONE 'YELLOW AND BLACK' LABEL AND IS THE FIRST RUN WHICH HAS THE PERIMETER PRINT STARTING WITH "THE GRAMOPHONE CO." AND THE "SOLD IN THE U.K." PRINT ACROSS THE LABELS ABOVE THE SPINDLE HOLE. A 'KT' PURCHASE TAX CODE IS VISIBLE IN THE CENTER NEAR THE SPINDLE HOLE OF THE SIDE TWO LABEL. THE DISC HAS THE FIRST EARLIEST MATRIX NUMBERS: "YEX 168-1" AND "YEX 169-1".

ITEM#: PAR336
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THIS ORIGINAL MONAURAL PRESSING OF "HELP!" INCLUDES A BRILLIANT NEAR MINT FRONT-LAMINATED, TRI-FLIP BACK COVER AND IS THE INITIAL FIRST RUN, HAVING THE MEDIUM SIZE OUTLINED "MONO" DESIGNATION IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF THE FRONT, AND "PMC 1255" IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF THE BACK, WITH  THE COVER PRINTED BY 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE LTD.' .

THE ACCOMPANYING AND SHIMMERING NEAR MINT RECORD HAS THE PARLOPHONE 'YELLOW AND BLACK' LABEL AND IS THE FIRST RUN WHICH HAS THE PERIMETER PRINT STARTING WITH "THE GRAMOPHONE CO." AND THE "SOLD IN THE U.K." PRINT ACROSS THE LABEL ABOVE THE SPINDLE HOLE. THIS LABEL VARIATION IS THE STYLE WITHOUT SERIFS ON THE SONG TITLES.

THIS ORIGINAL MONAURAL PRESSING OF "HELP!" IS AN ABSOLUTELY EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE AND SELDOM SEEN IN THIS CONDITION.

ITEM#: PAR285
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ELUSIVELY RARE LATE 1966 SECOND PRESSING DISTINGUISHED BY REVISED LABEL WITH ASTERISK BEFORE SONG TITLE  * I NEED YOU.  EXCEPTIONAL AND IMMACULATE SET WITH COVER REMAINING IN ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINKWRAP AND FIRST EARLIEST MATRIX STAMPERS "-1 / 1"

THIS ORIGINAL STEREO SECOND PRESSING OF "HELP!" DATES FROM LATE 1966 AND IS AN ABSOLUTELY STUPENDOUS EXAMPLE. THE STELLAR MINT MINUS FRONT-LAMINATED, TRI-FLIP BACK 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE LTD.' COVER IS THE INITIAL FIRST RUN COVER, AND REMAINS IN THE ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINKWRAP.

THE ACCOMPANYING AND PRISTINE MINT MINUS RECORD HAS THE PARLOPHONE 'YELLOW AND BLACK' LABEL AND IS THE FIRST RUN WHICH HAS THE PERIMETER PRINT STARTING WITH "THE GRAMOPHONE CO." AND THE "SOLD IN THE U.K." PRINT ACROSS THE LABELS ABOVE THE SPINDLE HOLE. THE DISTINGUISHABLE FACTOR OF THE SECOND PRESSING OF "HELP!" IS THE REVISED LABEL FOR GEORGE HARRISON'S COMPOSITION OF "I NEED YOU". THE ASTERISK APPEARS BEFORE THE SONG TITLE, AND THERE IS A PERIOD AT THE END OF THE SONG TITLE. THE FIRST PRESSING LABELS HAS THE ASTERISK FOLLOWING THE SONG TITLE AND WITHOUT A PERIOD.

ITEM#: PAR337
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EARLIEST VERY FIRST INITIAL PRESSING WITH THE " -2 / -2 " MATRIX STAMPINGS

AN ORIGINAL STEREO VERY FIRST AND RARE EARLIEST PRESSING WITH THE
"-2 / -2" MATRIX STAMPINGS. This wonderful sounding FIRST stereo pressing dates from THE initial December 1965 release. It has THE yellow AND black Parlophone labels with the 'Times New Roman' SERIF font face. Both labels include the 'Sold in UK...'  text with 'The Gramophone Co...' worded rims. The initial tube cutting IDENTIFIED BY THE " -2 / -2 " MATRIX NUMBERS, which was THEN replaced by the " -3 " cut directly after release. THE RECORD IS AN ASTONISHING MINT MINUS.  THE VINYL IS Pristine WITH factory-fresh playing surfaces which appear 'as new'.

THE RECORD IS Housed in a 'Garrod AND Lofthouse' printed stereo cover AND IS S A TREMENDOUS, NEAR MINT EXAMPLE, A clean, glossy and strong example which retains a richly colored, unscratched high-gloss front panel.

ITEM#: PAR324
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VERY RARE EARLY FIRST PRESSING WITH THE "-1" TRAIL OFF STAMPER VERSION KNOWN AS THE "LOUD CUT".

ORIGINAL MONAURAL VERY FIRST AND RARE EARLY PRESSING WITH THE "-1" TRAIL OFF STAMPER VERSION KNOWN AS THE "LOUD CUT" OR "LOUD MIX".

the albums pressed with stampers generated from the initial lacquers were not destroyed, and can be identified by the
" -1" following the MATRIX NUMBERS "xex 579" (side 1) and "xex580"(side 2). THIS TRUE FIRST PRESSING WAS QUICKLY REPLACED BY THE SOFTER SOUNDING '-4' CUTTING, BUT THIS " -1" CUT WAS THE ONE APPROVED BY THE BEATLES THEMSELVES.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE ORIGINAL "EMITEX" PROTECTIVE INNER SLEEVE.

ITEM#: PAR312
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ULTRA-RARE 1969 ISSUE LABEL VARIATION
WITH MISSPELLED "NORWEIGIAN WOOD"

HERE IS THE VERY ELUSIVE EARLY 1969 SECOND STEREO PRESSING OF "RUBBER SOUL" - FEATURING THE ULTRA-RARE LABEL VARIATION THAT LISTS THE TRACK "NORWEGIAN WOOD" MISSPELLED AS "NORWEIGIAN WOOD".  This pristiNE RECORD HAS the black & yellow Parlophone label, WITH Both labels carrYING the 'Sold in UK...' text AND 'The Gramophone Co..' worded rims. THE VINYL IS A SHIMMERING NEAR MINT, DISPLAYING Factory-fresh deep-gloss playing surfaces  THE DISC IS Housed in a front laminated, tri-flipback 'Garrod & Lofthouse LTD.' printed stereo cover, WHICH GRADES A BEAUTIFUL NEAR MINT MINUS. IT'S An outstanding example and a worthY partner to the disc.

THIS MOST AMAZING SET IS Complete with ITS original 1968-69  EMI ADVERTISEMENT INNER DUST SLEEVE.

ITEM#: PAR333
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SUPER-RARE LATE 1965 / EARLY 1966
U.K. EXPORT ALBUM TO U.S. MILITARY BASES
WITH "STEREO" BLACK PRINT DESIGNATION ON FRONT COVER

COVER REMAINS IN ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINKWRAP

HERE IS THE SUPER-RARE 1965 PARLOPHONE  EXCLUSIVE U.K. EXPORT STEREO PRESSING OF "RUBBER SOUL" -  FEATURING THE ULTRA-RARE front laminated, tri-flipback 'Garrod & Lofthouse LTD.' MANUFACTURED cover THAT HAS THE SMALL BLACK PRINT "STEREO" DESIGNATION TOWARDS THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF THE FRONT COVER, WHICH REMAINS IN THE ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINKWRAP,

This pristiNE RECORD HAS the black & yellow Parlophone label, WITH Both labels carrYING the 'Sold in UK...' text AND 'The Gramophone Co..' worded rims.

THE SET IS COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL 1966 BLACK AND WHITE PRINTED INNER-SLEEVE ADVERTISING CONTEMPORARY EMI LP ALBUMS, IN NEAR MINT CONDITION.

ITEM#: PAR338
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THE FIRST AND RAREST OF ALL THREE CAPITOL RECORDS TITLES FOR PARLOPHONE U.K. EXPORT

EMI EXPORTED ITS RECORDS TO COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES THAT HAD LIMITED MANUFACTURING CAPACITY. IN ADDITION, THE COMPANY SENT DISCS TO BRITISH AND AMERICAN MILITARY BASES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND A FEW OTHER OUTLETS. DURING 1965 AND 1966, EMI MANUFACTURED THREE OF THE UNIQUE AMERICAN CAPITOL RECORDS ALBUMS FOR SALE AT U.S. BASES.

THE THREE CAPITOL TITLES CHOSEN TO BE ISSUED WERE "SOMETHING NEW" (ISSUED BY EMI IN JULY 1965), "THE BEATLES' SECOND ALBUM" (LATE 1965), AND FINALLY "BEATLES VI" (EARLY 1966). THESE THREE EXPORT ALBUMS WERE PRODUCED IN LIMITED NUMBERS, issued only in stereo, THEREFORE MAKING THEM QUITE RARE AND VERY DIFFICULT TO ACQUIRE, ESPECIALLY IN RESPECTABLE CONDITION.

THE COVERS TO THESE ALBUMS WERE MANUFACTURED BY GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE LTD. AND ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME LAYOUT AS THE CAPITOL COVERS, BUT WITH THE PARLOPHONE AND EMI INFORMATION ADDED TO THE FRONT AND BACK, AND WITH THE STANDARD LAMINATED FRONT COVERS AND FLAT SURFACE BACK COVERS.

HERE IS THE very first OF THE THREE ISSUED EXPORT CAPITOL ALBUMS, "something new",  released in july 1965 IN beautiful CONDITION.

ITEM#: PAR330
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ULTRA-RARE U.K. CAPITOL RECORDS EXPORT ALBUM

RARER LABEL VARIATION WITH MISSPELLED "McCARTHY" COMPOSER CREDIT ON "THANK YOU GIRL".

EMI EXPORTED ITS RECORDS TO COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES THAT HAD LIMITED MANUFACTURING CAPACITY. IN ADDITION, THE COMPANY SENT DISCS TO BRITISH AND AMERICAN MILITARY BASES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND A FEW OTHER OUTLETS. DURING 1965 AND 1966, EMI MANUFACTURED THREE OF THE UNIQUE AMERICAN CAPITOL RECORDS ALBUMS FOR SALE AT U.S. BASES: "SOMETHING NEW" (ISSUED BY EMI IN JULY 1965), "THE BEATLES' SECOND ALBUM" (LATE 1965), AND FINALLY "BEATLES VI" (EARLY 1966).

OFFERED HERE IS THE SECOND ISSUED EXPORT CAPITOL ALBUM, "THE BEATLES' SECOND ALBUM". THE COVER IS IN STUNNING NEAR MINT MINUS CONDITION WITH NO SPLITS, NO RINGWEAR, AND THE ENTIRE COVER HAS RETAINED A BRIGHT WHITE TONE THROUGHOUT.

ITEM#: PAR308
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OFFERED HERE IS THE THIRD AND FINAL EXPORT CAPITOL ALBUM OFFERED, "BEATLES VI". THESE THREE EXPORT ALBUMS WERE PRODUCED IN LIMITED NUMBERS, issued only in stereo, THEREFORE MAKING THEM QUITE RARE AND VERY DIFFICULT TO ACQUIRE, ESPECIALLY IN RESPECTABLE NEAR MINT CONDITION.

ITEM#: PAR300
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VERY RARE VERY FIRST STEREO PRESSING WITH
INITIAL LABEL WITH ABBREVIATED "DR. ROBERT" TITLE

VERY RARE FIRST INITIAL STEREO PRESSING OF REVOLVER WHICH IS INDICATED WITH THE FIRST INITIAL STEREO LABELS THAT FEATURE THE SONG TITLE  DOCTOR ROBERT  MISTAKENLY PRINTED AS THE ABBREVIATED TITLE "DR. ROBERT".  IT IS KNOWN THAT ONLY A FEW THOUSAND COPIES OF THIS FIRST VARIATION LABEL WERE RELEASED PRIOR TO THE CORRECTION TO THE LABELS WITH  DOCTOR ROBERT. HAS THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS WITH GRAMOPHONE PERIMETER PRINT AND "SOLD IN U.K.". THE SONG TITLES ARE FOLLOWED BY THE SONGWRITER'S CREDIT AND THE NAME OF THE LEAD SINGER IN THAT ORDER. THE RECORD IS IN STUNNING NEAR MINT CONDITION, AND TRULY APPEARS UNPLAYED. THE VINYL DISPLAYS CLEAN AND UNWORN PLAYING SURFACES.

THE FIRST ISSUED COVER IS MANUFACTURED BY 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE LTD.'  WITH THE "STEREO" DESIGNATION PRINT IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER ON THE FRONT, AND ALSO HAS  "PCS 7009" IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER ON THE BACK.  THE MONO CODE NUMBER FOR THIS TITLE "PMC 7009" IS ALSO PRINTED ON THE BACK ON THE RIGHT BOTTOM EDGE. THE COVER IS A WONDERFULLY CLEAN AND STRONG NEAR MINT MINUS EXAMPLE.

ITEM#: PAR325
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EXTREMELY RARE VERY FIRST INITIAL MONAURAL PRESSING
"TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS" REMIX 11
INDICATED BY STAMPED TRAIL-OFF ON SIDE TWO AS "XEX-606-1"

THE EXTREMELY RARE VERY FIRST INITIAL MONAURAL PRESSING OF REVOLVER  WHICH IS INDICATED WITH THE STAMPED TRAIL-OFF MARKING ON SIDE TWO AS "XEX-606-1". THIS STAMPER INDICATES THAT THE RECORD HAS THE ULTRA-RARE MONO "REMIX 11" OF THE LAST TRACK OF THE ALBUM  TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS.

AFTER A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF MONO ALBUMS WERE PRESSED WITH "REMIX 11", GEORGE MARTIN DECIDED THAT REMIX 8 SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED. A NEW LACQUER WAS CUT WITH REMIX 8, AND ALL FUTURE PRESSINGS OF THE ALBUM HAVE THIS MIX.

ANOTHER RARE HIGHLIGHT OF THESE FIRST INITIAL MONO LABELS, IS THAT THE SONG TITLE DOCTOR ROBERT IS MISTAKENLY PRINTED AS THE ABBREVIATED TITLE "DR. ROBERT".

ITEM#: PAR315
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BRIAN EPSTEIN INFORMED EMI THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE BEATLES CAREER, THE GROUP WOULD NOT HAVE AN ALBUM OF NEW MATERIAL FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SEASON. IN ORDER TO FILL THE VOID, EMI TURNED TO ITS ARCHIVES. THIS MARKED THE FIRST TIME EMI ATTEMPTED A BEATLES HITS LP, AND THIS 16 TRACK "OLDIES" LP FEATURES MOST OF THE GROUP'S MAJOR HITS AND ONE NEW TRACK BAD BOY, WHICH WAS UNRELEASED UNTIL NOW.

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL MONAURAL FIRST PRESSING WITH THE COVER HAVING A SMALL "MONO" DESIGNATION IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER ON THE FRONT, AND, ON THE BACK, HAS "PMC 7016" AND "ALSO AVAILABLE ON STEREO NO. PCS 7016" IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER. THESE COVERS WERE PRINTED BY GARROD & LOFTHOUSE.

THIS SUPERB ONE-PLAY MONO FIRST PRESSING HAS THE YELLOW AND BLACK PARLOPHONE LABELS WITH GRAMOPHONE PERIMETER PRINT AND "SOLD IN U.K.".

ITEM#: PAR307
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THIS COVER IS THE VERY FIRST ISSUED, WHICH WAS MANUFACTURED BY ERNEST J. DAY, HAVING THE "STEREO" DESIGNATION PRINTED IN THE DRAWING ON THE FRONT COVER IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER. THE BACK COVER HAS "PSC 7016" AND A STEREO EQUIPMENT WARNING IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER.

THIS INITIAL STEREO PRESSING HAS THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS WITH GRAMOPHONE PERIMETER PRINT AND THE "SOLD IN THE U.K." PRINT ACROSS THE LABEL ABOVE THE SPINDLE HOLE. THIS LABEL VARIATION HAS THE SONG TITLES IN WIDE FONT WITH SERIFS, AND THE "STEREO" PRINT IS THE LARGER FONT STYLE AND IS PLACED ABOVE THE "ONE" IN THE WORD "PARLOPHONE"

ITEM#: PAR297
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EXTREMELY RARE VERY FIRST INITIAL MONAURAL PRESSING
WITH 'WIDE SPINE' COVER ISSUE. COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL RED AND WHITE DESIGN INNER-SLEEVE AND UNUSED CUT-OUT SHEET.

THE EXTREMELY RARE VERY FIRST INITIAL MONAURAL PRESSING OF "sgt. pepper" HOUSED IN the EARLY-TYPE FULLY LAMINATED, INNER-FLIPOVER 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE ltd." PRINTED MONO gatefold COVER, indicated and featured by the rarer 9MM SQUARE / "WIDE" SPINE. the glorious near mint cover is A WORTHY ACCOMPANIMENT FOR its DISC WITH VIBRANT, HIGH-GLOSS OUTER PANELS.

THIS ORIGINAL INITIAL MONO PRESSING HAS THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS WITH GRAMOPHONE PERIMETER PRINT AND "SOLD IN U.K.". THE VINYL ON THIS EXAMPLE IS A GLORIOUS NEAR MINT SHOWING CLEAN, DEEP-GLOSS PLAYING SURFACES.

ITEM#: PAR316
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EXTREMELY RARE VERY FIRST INITIAL STEREO PRESSING
WITH 'WIDE SPINE' COVER ISSUE.
COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL RED AND WHITE DESIGN
INNER-SLEEVE AND UNUSED CUT-OUT SHEET.

THE U.K. FIRST ISSUE STEREO PRESSING OF "SGT. PEPPER" IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT to find than the bigger selling mono edition, AND HERE FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES IS PROUD TO OFFER FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THE EXTREMELY RARE VERY FIRST INITIAL stereo PRESSING OF "sgt. pepper".  HOUSED IN the EARLY-TYPE FULLY LAMINATED, INNER-FLIPOVER "GARROD & LOFTHOUSE ltd." PRINTED stereo gatefold COVER, indicated and featured by the rarer 9MM SQUARE / "WIDE" SPINE. the SENSATIONAL near mint cover is A TRULY A FIRST class example of this rare AND early cover variation.

THIS ORIGINAL INITIAL STEREO FIRST  PRESSING DISC IS AN ABSOLUTE JEWEL, THAT HAS THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS WITH GRAMOPHONE PERIMETER PRINT AND "SOLD IN U.K.".

THIS SET IS COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL NEAR MINT RED AND WHITE NUANCE DESIGN INNER DUST SLEEVE, AND THE MINT UNUSED "SGT. PEPPER" CUT-OUT SHEET.

ITEM#: PAR332
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ULTRA-RARE LATE 1968 MONAURAL PRESSING
WITHOUT "A DAY IN THE LIFE" TRACK LISTING ON SIDE 2 LABEL

COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL RED AND WHITE NUANCE DESIGN INNER-SLEEVE AND UNUSED CUT-OUT SHEET.

OFFERED HERE IS THE ULTRA- RARE LATE 1968 SECOND MONAURAL PRESSING OF "sgt. pepper" .  THE DISC HAS THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS WITH GRAMOPHONE PERIMETER PRINT AND "SOLD IN U.K.", BUT OMITS THE TRACK LISTING OF "A DAY IN THE LIFE" ON THE SIDE 2 LABEL, SO THAT THE FINAL TRACK LISTED IS "SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND (REPRISE)".

THE NEAR MINT DISC HAS THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS WITH GRAMOPHONE PERIMETER PRINT AND "SOLD IN U.K...."  TEXT, AND IS HOUSED IN the EARLY-TYPE FULLY LAMINATED, INNER-FLIPOVER 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE ltd." PRINTED MONO gatefold COVER.  the glorious near mint cover is A WORTHY ACCOMPANIMENT FOR its DISC WITH VIBRANT, HIGH-GLOSS OUTER PANELS.

THIS SET IS COMPLETE WITH THE TWO ORIGINAL NEAR MINT INNER DUST SLEEVES THAT ACCOMPANIED THE ALBUM - THE FIRST ISSUE 1967 RED AND WHITE NUANCE DESIGN SLEEVE AND THE 1968 WHITE "MADE IN ENGLAND" SLEEVE. ALSO INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL UNUSED CUT-OUT SHEET.

ITEM#: PAR339
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FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES PROUDLY OFFERS HERE THE EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINAL 1968 UK ISSUE MONO PRESSING OF "THE BEATLES" ("WHITE ALBUM"). THIS EXAMPLE IS TOTALLY COMPLETE WITH ALL THE ORIGINAL INSERTS INCLUDING THE LARGE POSTER, THE FOUR 8" X 13½" JOHN KELLY HIGH QUALITY GLOSSY PORTRAIT COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF EACH BEATLE, AND THE ORIGINAL DIE-CUT BLACK INNER SLEEVES.

THIS IS AN ORIGINAL NUMBERED COPY (No. 0279419), AND IS AN EARLY NUMBERED BATCH, VERY FIRST ISSUE, DICTATED BY AND FEATURING THE COVER THAT LOADS THE RECORDS FROM THE TOP.  THE FIRST 300,000 SERIAL NUMBERS ON THE FRONT COVERS WERE GENERALLY HELD FOR MONO COVERS, AND THIS PARTICULAR NUMBERED COVER IS IN THE FIRST PORTION OF THOSE NUMBERS.

ORIGINAL MONAURAL COPIES OF THIS LP ARE ALWAYS AMONG THE MOST DIFFICULT TO FIND OF ANY BEATLES ALBUM.

ITEM#: PAR305
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HERE IS AN ORIGINAL 1968 U.K. ISSUE STEREO FIRST PRESSING OF "THE BEATLES" ("WHITE ALBUM"). THIS EXAMPLE IS TOTALLY COMPLETE WITH ALL THE ORIGINAL INSERTS INCLUDING THE LARGE POSTER, THE FOUR 8" X 13½" JOHN KELLY HIGH QUALITY GLOSSY PORTRAIT COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF EACH BEATLE, THE RARELY SEEN WHITE "PHOTO PROTECTOR SHEET", AND THE TWO ORIGINAL DIE-CUT BLACK INNER DUST SLEEVES.

THIS ORIGINAL NUMBERED COPY (No. 0353052), IS AN EARLY NUMBERED BATCH, FOR THIS IS ACTUALLY STEREO #3052 AS U.K. STEREO MARKED COVERS ONLY BEGAN AT #0350000.

CONDITION: COVER NM / RECORDS NM / INSERTS M, NM
ITEM#: PAR331
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INCREDIBLY-RARE 1968 U.K. EXCLUSIVE EXPORT ALBUM ON THE YELLOW & BLACK PARLOPHONE LABELS.

FEATURING THE EARLIEST FIRST MATRIX STAMPERS. A GORGEOUS COMPLETE FIRST PRESSING EXPORT STEREO SET AND THE RAREST OF ALL EXPORT ISSUES.

WHILE THE 1968 ALBUM "THE BEATLES" WAS PRESSED BY EMI WITH APPLE LABELS, THE EXPORT EDITION OF THE DOUBLE-LP HAS THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS. THE PCS 7067 AND PCS 7068 CATALOG NUMBERS WERE CHANGED TO P-PCS 7067 AND P-PCS 7068. THESE EXPORT ALBUMS WERE PACKAGED IN THE SAME STEREO COVERS MANUFACTURED FOR THE DOMESTIC RELEASE AND CAME WITH THE POSTER AND FOUR PORTRAIT PHOTOS.

HERE IS THE INCREDIBLY-RARE 1968 PARLOPHONE complete FIRST STEREO EXCLUSIVE EXPORT Pressing of "the Beatles" (White Album). THE RECORDS HAVE the FIRST Matrix STAMPERS, and THE "TOP LOADER" OPENING LAMINATED Cover. FEATURING THE ORIGINAL STAMPED NUMBERED FORMAT laminated, flipbacK 'Garrod & Lofthouse LTD.' MANUFACTURED cover, WITH "THE BEATLES' RAISED EMBOSSED LETTERS.

THIS SET IS TOTALLY COMPLETE WITH ALL THE ORIGINAL INSERTS INCLUDING THE LARGE 33¾" X 22½" LYRICS / PHOTO COLLAGE POSTER, THE FOUR 8" X 13½" JOHN KELLY HIGH QUALITY GLOSSY PORTRAIT COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF EACH BEATLE, THE CREAM COLORED "PHOTO SEPARATOR SHEET" (FOUND ONLY IN EARLY COPIES OF THE ALBUM), AND THE TWO ORIGINAL DIE-CUT BLACK INNER DUST SLEEVES.

CONDITION: COVER NM- / RECORDS VG++ TO NM / INSERTS NM, NM
ITEM#: PAR341
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AS MONO PRESSINGS WERE SLOWLY BUT SURELY BEING PHASED OUT IN BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES IN 1967, THIS RARER MONAURAL PRESSING OF "YELLOW SUBMARINE" IS AN EXCELLENT AND SUPERB EXAMPLE AND IS ONE OF THE BEST THAT HAS SURFACED TO DATE.

THE RECORD IS AN AMAZING, STELLAR MINT MINUS, APPEARING THAT IT JUST CAME OUT OF ITS COVER JUST A COUPLE OF TIMES SINCE NEW. THE DARK GREEN APPLE LABELS ARE EQUALLY NEAR MINT AND MAGNIFICENT, A CLEAN BRIGHT PAIR.

ITEM#: PAR317
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THIS STUPENDOUS, SUPERB STEREO EXAMPLE IS TRULY ONE OF THE BEST THAT HAS SURFACED TO DATE. THE FRONT LAMINATED, TRI-FLIPBACK 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE LTD.'  PRINTED STEREO COVER, HAS THE PRINTER'S CREDIT AND PATENT NUMBER ON THE REAR LOWER FLIPBACK.

THE RECORD IS AN AMAZING, STELLAR NEAR MINT, WITH FACTORY-FRESH, DEEP-GLOSS PLAYING SURFACES WHICH ARE UNMARKED AND 'AS NEW' IN STRONG DAYLIGHT.

ITEM#: PAR310
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VERY FIRST PRESSING WITH CORRECTED ALIGNED APPLE LOGO ON BACK COVER. LABELS HAVE THE "33⅓" DESIGNATION PRINT VARIATION ALIGNED TO THE LEFT AND WITHOUT "HER MAJESTY" ON THE SIDE 2 LABEL.

This IMMACULATE ORIGINAL BRITISH VERY FIRST pressing dates FROM September 1969 WITH the dark green Apple, AND The side 2 label omits the title "Her Majesty" from its track-listing. THE LABELS ALSO HAVE THE  "33⅓" DESIGNATION PRINT VARIATION ALIGNED TO THE LEFT. THE RECORD IS Housed in THE fully laminated 'Garrod & Lofthouse' printed cover. THIS COVER IS THE CORRECTED VARIATION WITH THE APPLE LOGO SHIFTED RIGHT DIRECTLY UNDER THE SIDE 1 TRACK-LISTING ON TE REAR PANEL. THE ALTERNATE FIRST COVER HAS Apple LOGO 'LEFT misaligned' beneath the side 1 track-listing on the rear panel.

ITEM#: PAR345
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VERY FIRST PRESSING WITH ULTRA-RARE MISALIGNED APPLE LOGO ON BACK COVER AND WITHOUT "HER MAJESTY" ON THE SIDE 2 LABEL

This STUPENDOUS ORIGINAL BRITISH VERY FIRST pressing dates FROM September 1969 WITH the dark green Apple, AND The side 2 label omits the title "Her Majesty" from its track-listing. THE RECORD IS Housed in THE fully laminated 'Garrod & Lofthouse' printed cover.

THIS COVER IS THE ULTRA-RARE FIRST VARIATION WITH The Apple LOGO 'LEFT misaligned' beneath the side 1 track-listing on the rear panel. THE LATER CORRECTED COVER HAS THE APPLE LOGO SHIFTED RIGHT DIRECTLY UNDER THE TRACK-LISTING.

ITEM#: PAR303
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STUNNING EXAMPLE WITH THE GREEN APPLE LOGO ON THE BACK COVER IN THE CORRECTED POSITION.

ACCOMPANYING RECORD LABELS HAS THE "33⅓" LOCATED IN THE INDENTED CENTERED POSITION BELOW "AN E.M.I. RECORDING" PRINT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LABELS (THE STANDARD LABELS HAS "33⅓" ALIGNED TO THE LEFT). FURTHERMORE, THERE IS A SMALL SPACE BETWEEN "MFD. IN THE U.K." AND THE "SIDE" 1 AND 2 DESIGNATIONS.

ITEM#: PAR288
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ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING MAY 8, 1970 RELEASE OF THE UK "LET IT BE" BOX SET, TOTALLY COMPLETE WITH ITS 100% GENUINE, ORIGINAL CONTENTS AND COMPONENTS:

FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES PROUDLY OFFERS THIS BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING MAY 8, 1970 RELEASE OF THE UK "LET IT BE" BOX SET, TOTALLY COMPLETE WITH ITS 100% GENUINE, ORIGINAL CONTENTS AND COMPONENTS:

● FULLY LAMINATED OUTER SLIPCASE BOX.
● BLACK CARD OUTER TRAY.
● BLACK CARD INNER TRAY.
● THE LAVISH 164-PAGE "GET BACK" BOOK.
● "LET IT BE " LP ALBUM COVER, LP RECORD & INNER DUST SLEEVE.

ITEM#: PAR346
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THE U.K. ISSUE OF THE "CHRISTMAS ALBUM" WAS TITLED "FROM THEN TO YOU", WHICH IS ITSELF BASED ON THE SONG TITLE "FROM ME TO YOU". THE LP WAS PRESSED BY LYNTONE - THE SAME COMPANY WHICH PRESSED THE ORIGINAL FLEXI-DISCS AND IS ON THE DARK GREEN APPLE LABEL.

THIS EXAMPLE IS AN ABSOLUTE BEAUTY, HOUSED IN A FRONT LAMINATED "WEST BROTHERS'" PRINTED COVER, COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL DIE-CUT WHITE INNER-SLEEVE. THE RECORD IS A SUPERB NEAR MINT.

ITEM#: PAR318
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PARLOPHONE ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING EXTENDED PLAY COLLECTION
12 OUT OF THE 13 ISSUED TITLES
FROM "TWIST AND SHOUT" THROUGH TO "NOWHERE MAN"
PICTURE COVERS AND DISCS
(ONLY EXCLUDES "MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR" 1967 EXTENDED PLAY)

A COMPLETE RUN OF THE ORIGINAL FIRST TWELVE (OF 13) LEGENDARY PARLOPHONE UK FIRST PRESSINGS OF THE BEATLES' FOUR TRACK  EXTENDED PLAY (EP) 45RPM PICTURE COVERS AND RECORDS. THE ONLY TITLE WHICH IS EXCLUDED FROM THIS COLLECTION IS THE LAST AND FINAL EXTENDED PLAY "MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR".

THIS PHENOMENAL COLLECTION COMPRISES OF THE CLASSIC PARLOPHONE YELLOW AND BLACK LABELS, EACH DISC HOUSED IN THEIR PARLOPHONE ACCOMPANYING PICTURE COVERS: TWIST AND SHOUT (RELEASED 7/12/63), THE BEATLES' HITS (RELEASED 9/6/63), THE BEATLES (NO. 1) (RELEASED 11/1/63), ALL MY LOVING (RELEASED 2/7/64), LONG TALL SALLY (6/19/64), FILM EXTRACTS FROM "A HARD DAY'S NIGHT" (RELEASED 11/6/64), ALBUM EXTRACTS FROM "A HARD DAY'S NIGHT" (12/64), BEATLES FOR SALE (RELEASED 4/6/65), BEATLES FOR SALE (NO. 2) (RELEASED 6/4/65), MILLION SELLERS (RELEASED 12/6/65), YESTERDAY (RELEASED 3/4/66), NOWHERE MAN (RELEASED 7/7/66). each and every of the twelve discs are accompanied by their own original parlophone polythene inner bag. these bags are very seldom found in these sets.

THIS CHERISHED, ONE-OWNER COLLECTION COMPRISES OF STUNNING PICTURE COVERS - WITH GREAT SOUNDING, CLEAN AND UNWORN DISCS, WHERE EACH COULD EASILY BE A STAND-ALONE PIECE.

CONDITION: RANGES FROM:  M- / NM / NM-
ITEM#: PAR323
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ORIGINAL MONO FIRST PRESSING TWO-DISC EP SET (-1/-1/-1/-2 MATRIX ENDINGS) WITH FIRST ISSUE 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE LTD.' ORIGINAL GATEFOLD BOOK AND ATTACHED BLUE LYRIC INNER SHEET.

ITEM#: PAR436
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"AS NEW" MINT EP SET ORIGINATING DIRECTLY FROM 1967 GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE FACTORY FRESH BOX OF TWENTY

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING MINT "AS NEW" FIRST PRESSING STEREO ISSUE OF THE TWO-DISC EXTENDED PLAY SET OF "MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR" - EMANATING DIRECTLY OUT OF AN  ORIGINAL 1967 FACTORY FRESH GARROD & LOFTHOUSE SHIPPING BOX OF TWENTY OF THE EP SETS.

THIS VERY FIRST ISSUE GARROD & LOFTHOUSE LTD. PRINTED LAMINATED, GATEFOLD COVER IS IN STUNNING "AS NEW" FACTORY FRESH  MINT CONDITION. IT IS FRESH OUT THE BOX.  THE CENTER-FOLD BLUE LYRIC SHEET HAS CLEAN STAPLES WITHOUT ANY TRACE OF OXIDATION. IT IS OBVIOUS THE COVER HAS NOT BEEN FULLY EXTENDED OPEN.

THE TWO RECORDS ARE FIRST PRESSINGS DICTATED BY THE 'GRAMOPHONE'' PERIMETER PRINT AND "SOLD IN U.K." TEXT. BOTH DISCS AND LABELS ARE IN MINT, FACTORY FRESH, UNPLAYED CONDITION - AND ONLY JUST OPENED AND REMOVED FROM THE 1967 SHIPPING BOX.

THE ORIGINAL WHITE "WAVY" TOP DIE CUT INNER DUST SLEEVES ARE IN MINT CONDITION AND BOTH VARIATIONS ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. ONE HAS A SIDE AND BOTTOM FOLD, WHILE THE OTHER HAS TWO SIDE FOLDS.

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