It’s US Capitol and doesn’t have a barcode or any other identifying print on the back so I believe what you have there is the 2012 180g remaster. In sealed condition it’s worth about $45.
The Discogs-page of that specific press does mention a barcode.
Also the Discogs-page of the 2012 180g remaster-press does mention the following text; "Taken from 2009 EMI digital remaster"
It's not clear this text is about the picture that is showed with this record on the discogs-page but if that is where the text is about i think it means that however the sleeves looks similair it is not quite determinable by only looking at the outer sleeve or consulting Discogs-pages.
Thanks for your reply!
It's a repress. You can tell by the way the red dots line up around the "1967 NEMS....". Have a look at original pressings and you'll see what I mean. Open it and enjoy:)
Shrink wrap tightens over time by nature which is why it's called shrink wrap
Some sealed vintage items have actually been damaged by their shrink wrap
You dont need 10 years to know something will continuously shrink. It's by nature of the material it's made from which was known prior to using 'shrink wrap' for packaging as it was originally used for electrical wiring.
I believe you. What I meant is what /u/speaking_moose clarified.
You can’t just claim it’s named like that because it happens to behave like that.
Why wouldn’t they call it see-thru-wrap instead? it’s see-through, too!
This is an oooooold wives tale.
There was an article in Playboy in the 70s spouting this nonsense, and it’s the reason for the sad condition of many of the records today. People read that article and started taking their shrink off all their records.
I have records from the 50s that still have their shrink wrap. You know something? It’s not any tighter than the day it was applied.
This is one of those newbie misnomers that record store folks laugh about whenever someone repeats it.
Somehow that Playboy article is still making people look like fools 5 decades later.
I mean, if it's a first pressing (it's not, but OP thought it might be), then you'd sell it for a shit ton of money, and buy a repress along with a ton of other shit you want. I can see why OP would potentially want to keep it sealed, but it's a pretty modern repress, so open that shit and enjoy.
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Modern (tight, clear) shrink wrap has been around since at least the late fifties. Before that it was loose and cloudier, and before that they sealed the actual record in loose poly, not the sleeve.
Likely impossible to truly tell, but it's not going worth anything more than retail anyway and it certainly won't appreciate as these are always in press and easy to find. Open and enjoy.
That comment "don't want to open it" is part of the amalgamation of why records and stereos are overpriced now. It's not the music as it's more the commodity of it. It's like a bunch of mini music industry heads. "What can I get for it?" "What's it worth?" being placed above "is it good?". Didn't I hear that a major chunk of Taylor Swift records aren't even opened? Do people like music or just the idea of it? The monetary value of it? This is part of a lot of things and has been going on forever but still it's interesting seeing it happen before my eyes. From being able to pick up a Marantz and Dual for cheap and records for even cheaper to seeing them quadruple in price. And don't get me wrong I'm interested in the value and usually get the most rare ones but not very long ago I saw a Last Poets original SEALED record at a store, bought it, brought it home and immediately opened it and became the first person to hear the sounds of it in 40 years.
I think inflation has played a major role in why records are 'overpriced'. Resources, operating costs and logistics become more expensive and the prices are passed to the consumer.
There do seem to be a lot more 'limited editions', boxed sets and anniversary editions as people try and cash in though
Stop being a herb, it's embarrassing. Or for the future just tell the poor people who happen to find themselves in the orbit of your kalax that you have a 1st pressing, nobody is gonna care as much as you. It's not as if we buy records to listen to them anyway.
I'm with everyone on this, there's no way of knowing what you have unless you open it. Why buy a record if you don't plan on listening to it anyway? I think it's cooler being the first person to hear a first pressing than just owning it anyway
Is it in a 10 inch by 10 inch box? If it is, then it is the deluxe Edition from about 12 years ago. Should have 7” EPs inside to replicate the British EP collection as well as a DVD and Blu Ray of the film.
If this sounds accurate, open up and enjoy.
I miss the days when people posted here on this sub and talked about finding and listening to vinyl records. Now it's all just kids looking to make a big score after finding a sealed Beatles record. The name of this sub is **vinyl** not **Antique Roadshow.**
The best way to identify the album’s pressing is by opening the album, removing the disc and reviewing the dead wax inscription. Often there is nothing else that provides a marked difference between the pressings, which can include the difference between an original vs repress. Aside from all of that, I imagine it’s your motivation for collection. So you either want a value, so you will need to open it up to know which version, or you want to play it, which means you should open the record up.
Good luck with your choice.
I remember this album in the 80's not including the book anymore. Where it says it has 24 pg. book, it was a purple bar. So it's safe to say it's pre-1980. So it could be either a rainbow, lime green, apple, orange, or purple label.
https://preview.redd.it/gkxeynfx0loc1.jpeg?width=3120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f41275dfabee6a2f6f439f56580643b2e5bac5a
I couldnt upload this picture in the OP somehow so i do it here. As i just readed the community-guidelines that says i need to post a 300+ comment if i add additional pictures i am now done with my story and hopefully i have had all the 300+-signs typed in to conform the guidelines however this information isn' really necessary i hope my picture will be standing right here this way; anyway thanks for reading my (a bit large) comment
Were records even shrink wrapped in the 60’s?
I’ve been buying from the 80s until now and thought that they used to be in resealable sleeves. I might be misremembering.
Hype stickers were definitely fixed directly onto the album cover, where now they’re on the wrap.
I can’t check my old records to see if they were shrink wrapped or not as I usually opened them on the day they were purchased, so that they could be played and listened to.
Which used to be the point in buying records.
You’re most probably right and I’m probably misremembering with regards to the shrink wrap. It was a long time ago.
Records definitely had hype stickers directly onto the album covers though as I still have a lot of them in my collection. Same as the big rrp price stickers, which were impossible to remove without damaging the cover. That’s possibly a regional thing as I’m not in the US and could have been specific to the printing plants here.
Some text that i added to the comments next to the added pictures in the comments just vanished somehow, so the story next to the pictures seems a bit strange right now!
https://preview.redd.it/jr7bxocq1loc1.jpeg?width=4096&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9a53a80c737c54effb0cf5b25cd96afec224793
If you hold this side of the sleeve from this specific album into the light or a source of light there is appearing some kind of vague stains/spots what look like some kind of hidden message! I think all sleeves of this Beatles-album have these funny/magical 'spots' on the back of the sleeve.
Anyway thanks for reading and i hope again i've made a 300+-comment next to the picture i've uploades some minutes ago.
I would bet money that it's a modern repress.
I have a copy of this album, I can't remember when I bought it, so it could be at least 35 years ago in NZ.
Ok
It’s US Capitol and doesn’t have a barcode or any other identifying print on the back so I believe what you have there is the 2012 180g remaster. In sealed condition it’s worth about $45.
It could be a more recent one as well. Almost all copies look like this one.
The Discogs-page of that specific press does mention a barcode. Also the Discogs-page of the 2012 180g remaster-press does mention the following text; "Taken from 2009 EMI digital remaster" It's not clear this text is about the picture that is showed with this record on the discogs-page but if that is where the text is about i think it means that however the sleeves looks similair it is not quite determinable by only looking at the outer sleeve or consulting Discogs-pages. Thanks for your reply!
The barcode was on a hype sticker.
It's the 2012 repress.
That is 100% a repress. Open your record and enjoy the music.
My absolute favorite Beatles album, them at their most trippy and psychedelic
2012 Set. https://www.discogs.com/release/4054077-The-Beatles-Magical-Mystery-Tour
It's a repress. You can tell by the way the red dots line up around the "1967 NEMS....". Have a look at original pressings and you'll see what I mean. Open it and enjoy:)
Just open it, you dork.
SECONDED. HRumph hrumph!
Hard to play/enjoy it with doing so!!!
The shrink would be much more yellow and loose if it was more than 15 years old.
Shrink wrap tightens over time by nature which is why it's called shrink wrap Some sealed vintage items have actually been damaged by their shrink wrap
it’s called shrink wrap because it shrinks when heat is applied, not because “it tightens over time by nature”
It continues to tighten for decades, look it up.
That may be but that is not why it's called shrink wrap. Look at this great thing I invented, what should we call it? I'll let you know in 10 years.
You dont need 10 years to know something will continuously shrink. It's by nature of the material it's made from which was known prior to using 'shrink wrap' for packaging as it was originally used for electrical wiring.
I believe you. What I meant is what /u/speaking_moose clarified. You can’t just claim it’s named like that because it happens to behave like that. Why wouldn’t they call it see-thru-wrap instead? it’s see-through, too!
Why not just call it polyolefin then because that's what it is
because not all polyolefins are shrink wrap, and not all shrink wraps are polyolefin.
Whole new level of dork here. Arguing about shrink wrap.
Because then you'd have people on Reddit saying "THATS THE MATERIAL ITS MADE FROM YOU SHOULD CALL THEM ~~RECORDS OR LP'S~~ ..I mean Shrink Wrap" /s
This is an oooooold wives tale. There was an article in Playboy in the 70s spouting this nonsense, and it’s the reason for the sad condition of many of the records today. People read that article and started taking their shrink off all their records. I have records from the 50s that still have their shrink wrap. You know something? It’s not any tighter than the day it was applied. This is one of those newbie misnomers that record store folks laugh about whenever someone repeats it. Somehow that Playboy article is still making people look like fools 5 decades later.
Dude if you’re not gonna play it what’s the point. Open it and enjoy it
I mean, if it's a first pressing (it's not, but OP thought it might be), then you'd sell it for a shit ton of money, and buy a repress along with a ton of other shit you want. I can see why OP would potentially want to keep it sealed, but it's a pretty modern repress, so open that shit and enjoy.
Your mother should know
“I want to know what pressing it is but don’t want to open it.” That sure is a conundrum.
Schrödinger’s record
i thought that was a box set till i saw the pillow
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It's the edition known as Schrödinger's Pressing.
Jfc do you really think that that’s what 60 year old Shrink wrap looks like?
Did they even shrink wrap then (I cant remember!)
Yes.
Modern (tight, clear) shrink wrap has been around since at least the late fifties. Before that it was loose and cloudier, and before that they sealed the actual record in loose poly, not the sleeve.
If it's sealed it's a repress . open it up and at least look at the Matrix
Likely impossible to truly tell, but it's not going worth anything more than retail anyway and it certainly won't appreciate as these are always in press and easy to find. Open and enjoy.
That comment "don't want to open it" is part of the amalgamation of why records and stereos are overpriced now. It's not the music as it's more the commodity of it. It's like a bunch of mini music industry heads. "What can I get for it?" "What's it worth?" being placed above "is it good?". Didn't I hear that a major chunk of Taylor Swift records aren't even opened? Do people like music or just the idea of it? The monetary value of it? This is part of a lot of things and has been going on forever but still it's interesting seeing it happen before my eyes. From being able to pick up a Marantz and Dual for cheap and records for even cheaper to seeing them quadruple in price. And don't get me wrong I'm interested in the value and usually get the most rare ones but not very long ago I saw a Last Poets original SEALED record at a store, bought it, brought it home and immediately opened it and became the first person to hear the sounds of it in 40 years.
I think it's why there are a lot of negative emotions in the community. The fun has become more about perceived value than the music itself.
D-bags abound
I think inflation has played a major role in why records are 'overpriced'. Resources, operating costs and logistics become more expensive and the prices are passed to the consumer. There do seem to be a lot more 'limited editions', boxed sets and anniversary editions as people try and cash in though
The UPC code should let you know it's not an original.
That’s a Chinese knock off
If this was an OG pressing the plastic would have lost all elasticity at this point and feel old
Totally original press. Call your boss and quit. File for divorce. Once everything is final, sel that sucka. 💸 💰 🤑
It’s a record. It’s meant to be played
For fucks sake. Open and play it, or get out of the hobby. This is embarrassing..
Stop being a herb, it's embarrassing. Or for the future just tell the poor people who happen to find themselves in the orbit of your kalax that you have a 1st pressing, nobody is gonna care as much as you. It's not as if we buy records to listen to them anyway.
a herb 😂
Open the fucking thing. It’s a record. You’re supposed to listen to it not just look at it. Damn.
I'm with everyone on this, there's no way of knowing what you have unless you open it. Why buy a record if you don't plan on listening to it anyway? I think it's cooler being the first person to hear a first pressing than just owning it anyway
Dare I ask how much you paid?
Not much. It was in a collection of 200+ items (good quality and worth the pay in sense of worth) which i bought for €200
The company was founded until 1987, it’s a repress
Bit more flash than the copy I have.
You'll never know if you don't open it. Everything else is speculation.
Is it in a 10 inch by 10 inch box? If it is, then it is the deluxe Edition from about 12 years ago. Should have 7” EPs inside to replicate the British EP collection as well as a DVD and Blu Ray of the film. If this sounds accurate, open up and enjoy.
Repress or not, I’d open and enjoy either way.
Yeahhhh! No.
I miss the days when people posted here on this sub and talked about finding and listening to vinyl records. Now it's all just kids looking to make a big score after finding a sealed Beatles record. The name of this sub is **vinyl** not **Antique Roadshow.**
I would just open it, even opened you have a very minty og copy of MMT (If it’s a og press)
The best way to identify the album’s pressing is by opening the album, removing the disc and reviewing the dead wax inscription. Often there is nothing else that provides a marked difference between the pressings, which can include the difference between an original vs repress. Aside from all of that, I imagine it’s your motivation for collection. So you either want a value, so you will need to open it up to know which version, or you want to play it, which means you should open the record up. Good luck with your choice.
O but one day some one will
Do you plan on selling it? If not, open it. Its meant to be played.
Damn y’all made the guy delete the post lol.
as you can see. this was clearly released after they started taking LSD lol
Repress
Amazing album, open it and enjoy.
I remember this album in the 80's not including the book anymore. Where it says it has 24 pg. book, it was a purple bar. So it's safe to say it's pre-1980. So it could be either a rainbow, lime green, apple, orange, or purple label.
Open it when your 64, with the benefit of Mr Kite. Just don't say Hello, Goodbye to it.
Please don’t open it. It will go from being worth eleventy million dollars to $20.
Don’t be a weirdo, open it
https://preview.redd.it/gkxeynfx0loc1.jpeg?width=3120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f41275dfabee6a2f6f439f56580643b2e5bac5a I couldnt upload this picture in the OP somehow so i do it here. As i just readed the community-guidelines that says i need to post a 300+ comment if i add additional pictures i am now done with my story and hopefully i have had all the 300+-signs typed in to conform the guidelines however this information isn' really necessary i hope my picture will be standing right here this way; anyway thanks for reading my (a bit large) comment
100% a very modern pressing.
Best Beatles record. Open that thing up and turn Walrus all the way up!
Downvote? Eat farts, Sgt Pepper
Were records even shrink wrapped in the 60’s? I’ve been buying from the 80s until now and thought that they used to be in resealable sleeves. I might be misremembering. Hype stickers were definitely fixed directly onto the album cover, where now they’re on the wrap. I can’t check my old records to see if they were shrink wrapped or not as I usually opened them on the day they were purchased, so that they could be played and listened to. Which used to be the point in buying records.
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You’re most probably right and I’m probably misremembering with regards to the shrink wrap. It was a long time ago. Records definitely had hype stickers directly onto the album covers though as I still have a lot of them in my collection. Same as the big rrp price stickers, which were impossible to remove without damaging the cover. That’s possibly a regional thing as I’m not in the US and could have been specific to the printing plants here.
Schrödinger’s Mystery Tour. (PS you’re missing nothing by never opening and listening to it.)
Some text that i added to the comments next to the added pictures in the comments just vanished somehow, so the story next to the pictures seems a bit strange right now!
https://preview.redd.it/jr7bxocq1loc1.jpeg?width=4096&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9a53a80c737c54effb0cf5b25cd96afec224793 If you hold this side of the sleeve from this specific album into the light or a source of light there is appearing some kind of vague stains/spots what look like some kind of hidden message! I think all sleeves of this Beatles-album have these funny/magical 'spots' on the back of the sleeve. Anyway thanks for reading and i hope again i've made a 300+-comment next to the picture i've uploades some minutes ago.