THE BEATLES






















The Beatles: A test pressing of the album Beatles For Sale,


Parlophone, 1964,comprising two single-sided, 12inch vinyl discs, 33 1/3 rpm, mono, each with Parlophone Long Playing Test Record Not For Sale label date-stamped 29 OCT 1964, in plain paper inner and card outer sleeve each inscribed PEBrown (?), with respective matrix number, XEX 503-1N and XEX 504-1N and same date-stamp, the outer sleeve of one also with recording sheet attached with tape, typewritten details headed BEATLES FOR SALE FOR URGENT PRE-RELEASE and with track listing and catalogue numbers
|Mark Lewisohn has confirmed this to be the first test pressing of the album, rejected because the bass signals had a tendency to make the stylus jump. It was then re-cut.