• Incredible Shootout Winning Triple Plus (A+++) sound or very close to it from beginning to end, this copy is guaranteed to blow your mind - exceptionally quiet vinyl too
• A stunning copy with some of the best Beatles sound money can buy - superb work from Ken Scott here
• Demo Quality Sound for I Am The Walrus, Strawberry Fields Forever, Baby You're A Rich Man and more
• You won't believe how powerful the sound is - it's big, rich, open and lively beyond any expectations you may have had
• A longtime Top 100 album and Psych Masterpiece that knocks us out every time we do the shootout for it

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• KILLER Triple Plus (A+++) Demo Disc quality sound throughout, this copy was the best British pressing we played in our recent shootout - exceptionally quiet vinyl too
• An excellent source for many of the Beatles' greatest hits up to 1966 - with 8 songs per side you are geting a lot for your money with this one
• Several tracks, including "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "Day Tripper", "We Can Work It Out" and "Paperback Writer" were given their first stereo mixes for this very album
• Surprisingly good sound for From Me to You, We Can Work It Out, Yesterday, I Feel Fine, and the list goes on

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• This stunning copy of Rubber Soul boasts Shootour Winning Triple Plus (A+++) sound from start to finish
• We guarantee you've never heard Drive My Car, Norwegian Wood, Nowhere Man and Michelle sound better - and that's just side one!
• A Rock & Pop Top 100 Title, and a Must Own Folk Rock Masterpiece
• 5 stars: "The lyrics represented a quantum leap in terms of thoughtfulness, maturity, and complex ambiguities. Musically, too, it was a substantial leap forward, with intricate folk-rock arrangements that reflected the increasing influence of Dylan and the Byrds."

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• A stunning copy with Shootout Winning Triple Plus (A+++) sound from first note to last
• Huge, spacious and detailed, with the Tubey Magic of a fresh tape, this is the way to hear Sgt. Pepper in all its analog glory
• Most pressings - especially the new ones - have nothing approaching the Tubey Magic, space and energy of this LP
• A Better Records Top 100 - "It's possible to argue that there are better Beatles albums, yet no album is as historically important as this."

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• For the first time in over a year, a KILLER sounding copy of Yellow Submarine with Shootout Winning Triple Plus (A+++) sound throughout
• This pressing is clean, clear, solid and energetic - just the right sound for this classic Beatles music
• The only place to find the All-Time Classic Hey Bulldog, as well as All Together Now and It's All Too Much
• "All You Need Is Love" debuted in a true stereo mix on LP for this album. Only four new Beatles songs appeared on the album, and two were recorded specifically for the film: "All Together Now" and "Hey Bulldog."

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• With Shootout Winning Triple Plus (A+++) sound throughout, we guarantee you've never heard A Hard Day's Night sound remotely as good as it does here
• On top of that this vintage UK pressing plays on relatively quiet vinyl - Mint Minus to Mint Minus Minus throughout
• Both sides are big, spacious and absolutely jumping out of the speakers, with relatively rich, smooth sound
• This one gets the heart of the music right - the lad's voices - and that's what makes The Beatles FUN to listen to
• 5 stars: "Decades after its original release, its punchy blend of propulsive rhythms, jangly guitars, and infectious, singalong melodies is remarkably fresh."

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• Shootout Winning Triple Plus (A+++) sound on side two, Double Plus (A++) on side one - exceptionally quiet vinyl on both sides
• Tomorrow Never Knows will blow your mind (even more than it blew everybody's mind way back in '66)
• Here's the space, energy, presence clarity and massive bottom end you had no idea were even possible on Revolver
• Taxman; Eleanor Rigby; Here, There and Everywhere; Good Day Sunshine; Got To Get You Into My Life and Tomorrow Never Knows and more
• "Even after Sgt. Pepper, Revolver stands as the ultimate modern pop album and it's still as emulated as it was upon its original release."

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• This British pressing earned outstanding Double Plus (A++) grades on all four sides - exceptionally quiet vinyl too
• Some of the most powerful and immersive Beatles sound you will ever hear - we guarantee you have never heard the album sound as good as this copy does
• "If there is still any doubt that Lennon and McCartney are the greatest song writers since Schubert, then next Friday - with the publication of the new Beatles double LP - should surely see the last vestiges of cultural snobbery and bourgeois prejudice swept away in a deluge of joyful music making..." Right On!

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• This vintage German pressing earned outstanding Plus (A++) sonic grades on both sides - exceptionally quiet vinyl too
• Some of the best Beatles sound money can buy - Geoff Emerick, Eddie Kramer and Ken Scott all deserve kudos for their fine work here
• Wonderfully Tubey Magical sound for I Am The Walrus, Strawberry Fields Forever, The Fool On The Hill, Baby You're A Rich Man, Penny Lane and more
• Until you play one of these True Stereo German pressings, you can't have heard MMT sound as big and lively as this LP - we guarantee it
• A Top 100 album and Psych Masterpiece that still knocks us out to this day

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• Off the charts "Triple Triple" sound for the band's classic fourth album with both sides earning our top grade of A+++; exceptionally quiet vinyl too!
• Superb energy and presence - the band is RIGHT THERE and full of the LIFE the best Beatles pressings always have
• An underrated Beatles album - Allmusic gives it Five Big Stars and we like it every bit as much as they do
• I'm A Loser, Baby's In Black, Rock And Roll Music, I'll Follow The Sun. Eight Days A Week, Words Of Love, Every Little Thing, I Don't Want To Spoil The Party, What You're Doing and 4 more - 14 tracks in all (!)

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• A Shootout Winner - Triple Plus (A+++) sound or close to it from start to finish - we guarantee you've never heard Help sound remotely this good
• Want to hear The Beatles at their Tubey Magical best? Just play You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away on this killer copy
• Everything that's great about Help is here - jangly 12 string guitars, harmonically rich tambourines, and breathy vocals
• Side one alone boasts 7 classics: Help!, The Night Before, You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away, I Need You, Another Girl, You’re Gonna Lose That Girl and Ticket to Ride - whew!

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• An incredible sounding copy, with Shootout Winning Triple Plus (A+++) grades on both sides - exceptionally quiet vinyl too
• Superb space and immediacy, rich and (relatively) smooth and oh-so-Tubey Magical lead and harmony vocals - this is exactly the right sound for With The Beatles
• So many great songs: All My Loving, Please Mr. Postman, Til There Was You, You've Really Got A Hold On Me, Devil In Her Heart... fourteen in all
• "It was clear that, even at this early stage, the Beatles were rapidly maturing and changing, turning into expert craftsmen and musical innovators."

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• This outstanding vintage UK pressing earned seriously good Double Plus (A++) grades for sound or BETTER - exceptionally quiet vinyl too
• We guarantee you've never heard Girl, I'm Looking Through You, In My Life, Wait, and If I Needed Someone sound better than they do on this Nearly White Hot side two
• A Rock & Pop Top 100 Title, 5 Stars on Allmusic, and a Must Own Folk Rock Masterpiece
• "The lyrics represented a quantum leap in terms of thoughtfulness, maturity, and complex ambiguities. Musically, too, it was a substantial leap forward, with intricate folk-rock arrangements that reflected the increasing influence of Dylan and the Byrds."

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• With two outstanding sides each rating a Double Plus (A++) or BETTER, this copy was one of the better British pressings we played in our recent shootout - exceptionally quiet vinyl too
• An excellent source for many of the Beatles' greatest hits up to 1966 - with 8 songs per side you are geting a lot for your money with this one
• Several tracks, including "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "Day Tripper", "We Can Work It Out" and "Paperback Writer" were given their first stereo mixes for this very album
• Surprisingly good sound for From Me to You, We Can Work It Out, Yesterday, I Feel Fine, and the list goes on

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• With two seriously good Double Plus (A++) sides or better, this copy was getting Pepper to sound the way we like it - fairly quiet vinyl too
• Huge, spacious and detailed, with the Tubey Magic of a fresh tape, this is the way you want to hear Sgt. Pepper
• Most pressings - especially the new ones - have nothing like this kind of Tubey Magic, space and energy
• A Better Records Top 100 Title and AMG 5 stars: "It's possible to argue that there are better Beatles albums, yet no album is as historically important as this."

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• You'll find very good Hot Stamper sound or BETTER throughout this British pressing - exceptionally quiet vinyl too
• This is our favorite Beatles album, a Desert Island Disc if there ever was one, and nothing less than a work of GENIUS
• "If there is still any doubt that Lennon and McCartney are the greatest song writers since Schubert, then next Friday - with the publication of the new Beatles double LP - should surely see the last vestiges of cultural snobbery and bourgeois prejudice swept away in a deluge of joyful music making..." Right On!

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• A wonderful copy of The Beatles' last and arguably greatest album, with superb Double Plus (A++) sound on both sides
• This early British pressing is guaranteed to be dramatically bigger, richer, fuller and smoother than anything you've heard
• If you've heard the disastrous new pressing, then you know how important it is to play a real, vintage, analog pressing
• A copy this good might just give you a new appreciation for one of the Greatest Rock Albums of All Time
• 5 Stars, a permanent member of the Better Records Top 100, and a Desert Island Disc if ever there was one

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• With outstanding Double Plus (A++) grades or BETTER on both sides, this pressing will show you just how good Revolver can sound on vinyl
• Forget those dead-as-a-doornail Heavy Vinyl pressings - if you want to hear the Tubey Magic, size and energy of this groundbreaking album, this is the way to go
• 14 amazing tracks including Taxman; Eleanor Rigby; Here, There and Everywhere; Yellow Submarine; Good Day Sunshine; Got To Get You Into My Life and Tomorrow Never Knows (!)
• 5 stars: "Even after Sgt. Pepper, Revolver stands as the ultimate modern pop album and it's still as emulated as it was upon its original release."

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• This outstanding copy of Yellow Submarine boasts solid Double Plus (A++) sound or BETTER from first note to last
• With a Nearly Triple Plus (A++ to A+++) side one, this gives you the actual songs from the film in top quality sound
• The only place to find the All-Time Classic Hey Bulldog, as well as All Together Now and It's All Too Much
• "All You Need Is Love" debuted in a true stereo mix on LP for this album. Only four new Beatles songs appeared on the album, and two were recorded specifically for the film: "All Together Now" and "Hey Bulldog."

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• There's superb Double Plus (A++) sound or BETTER to be found on both sides of The Fab Four's very well recorded fourth album - mostly quiet vinyl too
• Especially rich and spacious, this is the album that moves away from the mostly midrangy sound of A Hard Day's Night and With the Beatles
• A criminally underrated album by the Fab Four - Allmusic gives it Five Big Stars and we like it every bit as much as they do
• I'm A Loser, Baby's In Black, Rock And Roll Music, I'll Follow The Sun. Eight Days A Week, Words Of Love, Every Little Thing, I Don't Want To Spoil The Party, What You're Doing and 4 more - 14 tracks in all (!)

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• With two excellent Hot Stamper or better sides, this British pressing has a lot going for it - reasonably quiet vinyl too
• A good source for many of the Beatles' greatest hits up to 1966 - with 8 songs per side you are geting a lot for your money with this one
• Several tracks, including "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "Day Tripper", "We Can Work It Out" and "Paperback Writer" were given their first stereo mixes for this very album
• "The compilation provided the debut UK album release for the following singles tracks: "From Me to You", "She Loves You", "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "I Feel Fine", "Day Tripper", "We Can Work It Out" and "Paperback Writer"."

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• This outstanding copy of Yellow Submarine boasts solid Double Plus (A++) sound or BETTER from first note to last
• This pressing is clean, clear, solid and energetic - just the right sound for this classic Beatles music
• The only place to find the All-Time Classic Hey Bulldog, as well as All Together Now and It's All Too Much
• "All You Need Is Love" debuted in a true stereo mix on LP for this album. Only four new Beatles songs appeared on the album, and two were recorded specifically for the film: "All Together Now" and "Hey Bulldog."

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• With outstanding Double Plus (A++) sound or close to it from start to finish and exceptionally quiet vinyl, this copy has the Fab Four energy and enthusiasm you're looking for
• Drop the needle on I’ll Cry Instead, If I Fell or Things We Said Today to hear some real early Beatles Vocal Magic
• This one gets the heart of the music right - the singing - and that's what makes The Beatles FUN to listen to
• 100% Lennon-McCartney originals: "Decades after its original release, its punchy blend of propulsive rhythms, jangly guitars, and infectious, singalong melodies is remarkably fresh."

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• Two killer sides with Double Plus (A++) sound from start to finish - we guarantee you've never heard Help sound better
• Want to hear The Beatles at their Tubey Magical best? Just play You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away on this UK stereo pressing
• Everything that's great about Help is here - jangly 12 string guitars, harmonically rich tambourines, and breathy vocals
• Side one alone boasts 7 classics: Help!, The Night Before, You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away, I Need You, Another Girl, You’re Gonna Lose That Girl and Ticket to Ride - whew!

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• You'll find outstanding Double Plus (A++) sound on both sides of this copy of the Beatles' debut album - fairly quiet too
• We guarantee this pressing will be richer, livelier, cleaner and just more fun than virtually any copy you can find
• 5 Stars and A Better Records Top 100 album, as well as our clear favorite of their first five releases
• "The 'evening with the band' feel makes Please Please Me a more coherent experience than other cover-heavy Beatles albums: Here other peoples' songs work not just as filler, but as markers for styles and effects the band admired and might return to as songwriters."

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• With a seriously good Double Plus (A++) side one and a side two that's close to it, this vintage UK stereo pressing has plenty of analog magic in its grooves
• We guarantee you've never heard Girl, I'm Looking Through You, In My Life, Wait, and If I Needed Someone sound better - and that's just side two
• A Rock & Pop Top 100 Title, and a Must Own Folk Rock Masterpiece
• 5 stars: "The lyrics represented a quantum leap in terms of thoughtfulness, maturity, and complex ambiguities. Musically, too, it was a substantial leap forward, with intricate folk-rock arrangements that reflected the increasing influence of Dylan and the Byrds."

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• With two outstanding Double Plus (A++) sides, this UK pressing is bringing out the best qualities Let It Be's sound - exceptionally quiet vinyl too
• There's no studio wizardry, no heavy-handed mastering, no phony EQ - here is some of the most realistic, natural Beatles sound you can get
• Copies like this one make good on the promise that Let It Be captures the greatest rock band of all time playing and singing their hearts out
• "The album is on the whole underrated... it's an album well worth having, as when the Beatles were in top form here, they were as good as ever."

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• There's Hot Stamper sound or better to be found on both sides of The Fab Four's very well recorded fourth album - exceptionally quiet vinyl too
• Especially rich and spacious, this is the album that moves away from the mostly midrangy sound of A Hard Day's Night and With the Beatles
• A criminally underrated album by the Fab Four - Allmusic gives it Five Big Stars and we like it every bit as much as they do
• I'm A Loser, Baby's In Black, Rock And Roll Music, I'll Follow The Sun. Eight Days A Week, Words Of Love, Every Little Thing, I Don't Want To Spoil The Party, What You're Doing and 4 more - 14 tracks in all (!)

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• This copy offers excellent sound for all 14 songs - a very good sounding British Help! indeed
• One of these sides actually earned a Double Plus (A++) sonic grade, so this copy is a Hot Stamper bargain indeed
• If you were as disappointed as we were by the new Stereo and Mono Heavy Vinyl, try the real thing on Parlophone
• You know side one, but most of the songs on side two are classics as well: Act Naturally, It’s Only Love, You Like Me Too Much, Tell Me What You See, I’ve Just Seen a Face and -- wait for it -- Yesterday (!)

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• Hot Stamper sound, and quiet vinyl - this copy is guaranteed to beat any Heavy Vinyl or Half-Speed Mastered pressing you may have heard
• Looking for the best sound? Try Till There Was You on side one and You Really Got A Hold On Me on the flipside
• So many great songs: All My Loving, Roll over Beethoven, Money (That's What I Want), Devil In Her Heart...
• "A sequel of the highest order - one that betters the original by developing its own tone and adding depth. While it may share several similarities with its predecessor - there is an equal ratio of covers-to-originals, a familiar blend of girl group, Motown, R&B, pop, and rock... With the Beatles is a better record that not only rocks harder, it's considerably more sophisticated...

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• You'll find very good sound on this Hot Stamper German pressing of Let It Be from start to finish - quiet vinyl too
• A late-period album with real rock 'n' roll power - we love the "live-in-the-studio" rockers like I’ve Got a Feeling
• If all you have is the Heavy Vinyl pressing or the MoFi, you will not believe how good this album can sound on a real UK Parlophone such as this one
• AMG: "...it's an album well worth having, as when the Beatles were in top form here, they were as good as ever."

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But is Twin Track stereo any better? Yes, when you do it the way Norman Smith did on Please Please Me.

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The short version of our review of the new Rubber Soul vinyl would simply point out that it's awful, and, unsurprisingly, it's awful in most of the ways that practically all modern Heavy Vinyl records are: it's opaque, airless, energyless and just a drag.

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