The Beatles
Third Christmas Record

Auctioned by eBay in March and July 2005.

AUCTION DESCRIPTIONS:

BEATLES .....AUST...ACETATE..
3RD XMAS RECORD..RARE

Item location: Wallingford, United Kingdom

VERY RARE AUSTRALIAN BEATLES 10INCH ACETATE OF THEIR 3RD XMAS FLEXI FROM 1964...................THIS IS A TWO SIDED RECORDING WITH THE REVERSE SIDE CONTAINING A TALK BY THE AUSTRALIAN COMMISSIONAIRE A MR NEIL SMITH... THE RECORD IS IN POOR CONDITION WITH NUMEROUS SRATCHES AND MARKS.. THE ACETATE DOES PLAY AND THE BEATLES CAN BE HEARD SINGING AND PLAYING AROUND..ALTHOUGH THIS IS INTERUPTED BY INTERFERENCE IN PLACES..... I CANT IMAGINE THAT THEIR IS ANOTHER ONE OF THESE ANYWHERE SO IT WOULD I BELIEVE BE A FANTASTIC ADDITION TO ANY BEATLES COLLECTION....THE ACETATE LABEL DENOTES 4BC LYNTON...AND THE SPEED IS 33/3rd

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BEATLES 10 INCH...ACETATE.AUST..THIRD XMAS FLEXI...RARE

Item location: Wallingford
United Kingdom

Record Size: EP, Maxi (10, 12-Inch)
Speed: 33 RPM

I WOULD SAY THIS IS PROBABLY A ONE OFF BEATLES RARITY ISSUED IN AUSTRALIA IN 1964...THIS IS A 10 INCH ACETATE RECORDING OF THE BEATLES 3RD XMAS FLEXI DISC...FROM THE COMMONWEALTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION.....REF 4BC..LYNTON.....THE ACETATE ..IS IN GOOD ONLY CONDITION BUT PLAYS REASONABLY WELL THEIR ARE LOTS OF MARKS IN THE METAL AND ONE DEEP SCRATCH/ BLEMISH EVEN WITH THIS .. THE BEATLES CAN BE HEARD LAUGHING AND JOKING ABOUT..REASONABLY GOOD.... THIS IS A TWO SIDED ACETATE WITH A TALK BY THE AUSTRALIAN COMMISSIONER NEIL SMITH ON THE OTHER SIDE....MIGHT INTEREST COLLECTORS OF AUSTRALIAN POLITICS?.......CANT IMAGINE THEIRS ANOTHER OF THESE ABOUT.....PLEASE ASK ANY QUESTIONS