THE BEATLES Beatles For Sale Vinyl Record LP 1970 Rare Italian Stereo One EMI Box Gatefold Album

The Beatles - Beatles For Sale
(Scarce Early Italian Stereo Pressing with Blue/White/Black One EMI Box Parlophone Label. Housed in Matt internal-loading Gatefold Sleeve)

Format: Vinyl Record - LP (33 rpm)
Country: Italian
Year: 1970
Label: Parlophone
Catalogue No. 3C 064 04200

Matrix / Runout (Side A, runout, stamped): 04200-A - 25-5-70 1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, runout, stamped): 04200-B - 25-5-70 1

Condition: VG/EX (Sleeve has some surface wear and a small sticker mark in the top right-hand corner. The vinyl is in excellent clean condition)

Track Listing:
1. No Reply
2. I'm A Loser
3. Baby's In Black
4. Rock And Roll Music
5. I'll Follow The Sun
6. Mr. Moonlight
7. Kansas City
8. Eight Days A Week
9. Words Of Love
10. Honey Don't
11. Every Little Thing
12. I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
13. What You're Doing
14. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby

An essential acquisition for continental Fab Four completists, this rare 1970 Italian stereo pressing of Beatles For Sale offers a highly distinctive physical and historical presentation. This particular Mediterranean issue is instantly identifiable by its vibrant blue, white, and black centre labels featuring the classic One EMI Box Parlophone logo. Carrying the regional catalogue number 3C 064 04200, this release highlights a fascinating transitional era in European vinyl manufacturing when corporate label designs were rapidly evolving.

Crucially, the runout grooves reveal a precise, fully stamped matrix configuration of 04200-A - 25-5-70 1 on side one and 04200-B - 25-5-70 1 on side two. These stamped dating codes pinpoint the exact manufacturing lineage, guaranteeing an authentic and punchy early seventies European audio master. For housing, this edition utilises a beautifully tactile, fully matt internal-loading gatefold sleeve. This unlaminated finish is a critical detail for collectors, offering a completely different aesthetic and physical feel to the heavily laminated UK sleeve variations of the same era.

The record grades in Excellent (EX) condition, retaining a brilliant mirror-like lustre and demonstrating outstanding preservation with minimal evidence of play. The matt gatefold cover is graded as Very Good (VG); while structurally sound and reasonably clean, it exhibits typical vintage surface rubbing alongside a small historic sticker removal mark located on the top right-hand corner of the front panel. It represents a fantastic archival specimen of an unusual Italian pressing that sounds magnificent.