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Identifying first presses
Can anyone suggest a good resource to help identify whether a particular record is a first press, second, or whatever? I have a few mint early Beatles' albums (which sadly are all mono, as I believe the stereo one have more value). I'm not looking to sell anything, (although when I peg it my kids'll have other ideas) I'm just curious
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Head over to Discogs.....
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I used to be a record collector. What is it you have?
Wants Macca's Babies
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The ones I was curious about were: The Beatles - Please Please Me, With The Beatles, Beatles for Sale, Hard Day's Night and Help! It would appear the first one is a fourth press, the rest I'm not sure about. They're all mint or at least NM vinyl and covers, and I got them for nowt, so can't complain
The discogs info I found a bit confusing, but there was another site where the guy seemed knowledgeable and had pics of the actual labels for reference, which made it simpler. One of the later albums there seems to be a first press, bur none of the mono recordings appear to be all that valuable.
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
Speakers: Zu Omen Def, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Arcam A75 integrated, Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF
A/V:
LG 55" OLED, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL Storm sub
Forget the past, it's gone. And don't worry about the future, it doesn't exist. There is only NOW.
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Can you give me the dead wax matrix numbers
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Discogs generally has images too, just click on the album cover
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People always assume because they have a very old Beatles pressing they are worth a lot...
Take notice of the back of the matrix number like 1N, 2N,3N and so on..
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Most Beatles stuff isnt particularly valuable, mainly due to so many being pressed. Rarity and demand, along with condition makes money..
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Thats correct Grant.. Few exceptions like mega low numbered White album pressing etc..
However Ive been looking for a totally mint Mono 'Magical Mystery Tour' EP set for a bit, i was suprise how much these fetch & tbh they should not fetch that much
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yeah but it's that "totally" mint bit that costs Andre ( and I appreciate how particular you are) even really clean copies with the correct white inners are not that easy to find even if the ep itself is.
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