“Rubber Soul” 1965
Sleeve notes:
Laminated flipback sleeve printed by Garrod & Lofthouse.
Label notes:
Yellow and black Parlophone label with ‘SOLD IN UK SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS, SEE PRICE LISTS’
‘THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD’ on label perimeter wording.
Stamped matrix:
The first mono pressing (known as the ‘loud cut’) has -1/-1 stampers thus:
XEX 579-1
XEX 580-1
Later second pressings have -4/-4 or -5/-5 stampers:
XEX 579-4
XEX 580-4
(NOTE: Record Collector ‘Rare Record Price Guide’ 2014 has terrible errors on the above matrix information for the first pressing, claiming it should be XEX 571-9 and EXE 580-1…let’s hope they correct it for future issues!)
