Item Description
There are NO RED label first pressings of Aiuto HELP .
This was the first album that started the black labels exclusively on first Italian pressings ,and their were never any first pressing red labels beginning with this record.
The cover on this record,as well as the record are the cleanest you ll ever see on a first pressings .First pressing of Help in Italy , although it s in Italian of course Aiuto full title on labels.
MONO, which ALL Italian first pressings were until Sgt.
Pepper.
Catalog number PMCQ 31507.
Black Label.
Date stamped in matrix 28-9-65.
XEX 649-T1 side one , XEX 650-T1 side two, followed by date in deadwax.
Publishing BIEM .
Before I forget.
The original plastic inner sleeve is inside the cover, I separate cover and Records immediately.
The record will be shipped in poly lined MoFi but the original rounded corner plastic inner sleeve will Ben inside cover, in perfect condition.Labels have entire readout of film .
Please refer to ALL pictures.
Stefano Cipriani wrote the book The Italian Sides of the Beatles you ll see a couple of pages from the book referring to this album.
Canzoni de film Aiuto Why 1500.
? Ever try buying an Italian Beatles album from the sixties ? You would be hard pressed to find ANY that compare to the first pressings I have.
Condition is paramount, and as this is a laminated gatefold cover, there are all kinds of mine fields ,and misinformation.
Notice this has the entire cover gatefold, it s not truncated like the reissues where they moved the track listing to the far right.
This album Aiuto was the first album that used the black labels exclusively, from this time out ALL PARLOPHON yes, there is no E at end in the original Beatles.
Albums , only the EMI reissues switched to Parlophone .
I m selling off all my records , The Italian Beatles albums being the st sounding ,and rarest to find in this condition.
Cover EX ,as close to the day it came out in the store.
They didn t use Shrink wrap, the cover is laminated front and back, this opens like Beatles For Sale in the UK.
You open gatefold ,and record in inside right panel.
I mention that as Beatles For Sale are notorious for having seam splits ,especially at top and bottom of spine, 99 of those are torn, this album is made the same way.
BUT Look at the pictures,, there are NO seam splits, both top.
And bottom of spine are perfect.
Also had the original poly lined rounded corner inn sleeve.
Grading on a 10 scale.1.
Cover 9.5 front,back,spine,inside 2.
Record labels 9.5 ,played very few times on high end system .
Quiet as can be.
Still I would have it cleaned ,as I do with every record I sell, even if unplayed in Shrink wrap.
3.
Vinyl 9.5 As a seller the .5 is a reality.NOTHING IS PERFECT I ll be listing other Italian Beatles first pressings this week.
Prices are up there, but when I see Better Records and other high end sellers ,and another seller of Beatles These sellers sell American pressings .
These Italian pressings are from close generation EMI tapes.
You can hear the difference .
They didn t bury everything in echo, and compress the sound, stayed very true to the master Shipping USA with insurance priority mail 15.00.
Rest of world 15.00 tracking only.
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Will not ship to Russia,China ,Greece ,Portugal etc.
Most of my high end buyers are from Japan, I encourage all Japanese collectors to see what I m listing.
Pay NO attention to what Ebay puts in for Shipping .
