THE BEATLES 1962-1966 Vinyl Record 2 LP Apple 1980 PCSP 717 The Red Album Gatefold Picture Sleeve

The Beatles - 1962-1966
(Circa 1980 UK Reissue Pressing with Matt Apple Labels. Housed in Unlaminated 'Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.' Gatefold Picture Sleeve that has George Martin credit on the interior. Comes complete with round corner red lyric inner sleeves. -4/-5/-5/-5 Matrix)

Format: Vinyl Record - 2 LP Album (33 rpm)
Country: UK
Year: 1980
Label: Apple
Catalogue No. PCSP 717

Matrix / Runout (Side A, runout, stamped, etched): YEX 905 - 4 3 275 HTM
Matrix / Runout (Side B, runout, stamped, etched): YEX 906 - 5 1 248 HTM
Matrix / Runout (Side C, runout, stamped, etched): YEX 907 - 5 2 598 HTM
Matrix / Runout (Side D, runout, stamped): YEX 908 - 5 1 279

Condition: VG/EX (Sleeve has some wear around the edges and some faint spots of foxing on the inside of the gatefold. The inner sleeves are in clean condition. There is a split on the bottom of one of the inner sleeves. It has been repaired with clear tape. The vinyl records are in excellent clean condition)

Track Listing:
1. Love Me Do
2. Please Please Me
3. From Me To You
4. She Loves You
5. I Want To Hold Your Hand
6. All My Loving
7. Can't Buy Me Love
8. A Hard Day's Night
9. And I Love Her
10. Eight Days A Week
11. I Feel Fine
12. Ticket To Ride
13. Yesterday
14. Help
15. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
16. We Can Work It Out
17. Day Tripper
18. Drive My Car
19. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
20. Nowhere Man
21. Michelle
22. In My Life
23. Girl
24. Paperback Writer
25. Eleanor Rigby
26. Yellow Submarine

A highly distinct and collectable copy for completionists, this early 1980s UK issue of The Beatles – 1962-1966 showcases a compelling chapter in EMI's manufacturing timeline under catalogue number PCSP 717. Famously known as The Red Album, this double LP compilation documents the rapid, historic evolution of the Liverpool quartet across 26 tracks that altered the course of modern music. The track listing spans their early recording career with massive hits and fan favourites including "Love Me Do", "From Me To You", "I Feel Fine", "Drive My Car", and "Yellow Submarine".

This particular archive release is highly notable due to its specific transitional components. The runout dead wax areas feature a later -4/-5/-5/-5 matrix sequence (stamped YEX 905-4, YEX 906-5, YEX 907-5, and YEX 908-5), with sides A, B, and C proudly bearing the hand-etched "HTM" signature of master engineer Harry Moss. This copy stands apart because it features traditional matt paper Apple labels paired with an unlaminated gatefold picture sleeve manufactured by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. This unlaminated finish marks the precise window in the early 1980s when the factory phased out high-gloss coatings, making it a critical variant for dedicated variant collectors.

Evaluating the condition, the twin vinyl records grade as Excellent (EX), displaying exceptionally clean, shiny surfaces that deliver an authentic, high-fidelity analogue playback experience. The original red lyric inner sleeves are clean, featuring the correct rounded corners, though one sleeve has a small vintage seam split at the bottom that has been securely repaired with clear tape. The unlaminated gatefold outer jacket is graded Very Good (VG); it remains robust and structurally sound, but exhibits some shelf wear around the edges alongside faint spots of foxing on the interior white spread. It is a fantastic, clean-sounding historical document for any serious Beatles collection.