BEATLES 1963 Please Please Me UK LP Mono 2nd Pressing - Excellent Condition
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BEATLES 1963 Please Please Me UK LP Mono 2nd Pressing - (1st Pressing of Yellow Label)
12" LP EMI UK
Original UK Release 1st Pressing of 1963 New Yellow Label
Super Excellent Condition - almost new.
Sourced from UK originally. Extremely Rare. Can only go up in value.
See scans for condition
Will be sent insured parcel post. Overseas buyers - shipping will be extra - wait for invoice.
Note Insurance cost reflects higher postage cost quoted. I will refund any unused shipping cost.
NOTE is this the First Pressing of the New Parlophone LP "Yellow on Black" Label which appeared in April 1963 just after the limited pressing of the old "Gold on Black" labels in late March. It is sequentially the 3rd Pressing.
The album was released 22 March 1963 and the old labels only were used for a few weeks of which there were 2 pressings of very limited quantities on the old label. This is LP for sale is from the first batch of the new labels of April 1963.
So in terms of the quantities, this is effectively the 2nd Pressing of this album.
Numerous re-pressings of the new label LP were done with different minor stamping variations as the album sold. EMI persisently under-estimated demand. There were 2 pressings in 1963, one in 1964 and 65, and another of this label in 1968. This LP is one of the early of the 3rd Pressings of the entire production run and still very rare in this condition.
From 1968 a Silver on Black 3rd type label was used and they are far more common.
Remembering also many of the early LPs pre 1968 were played and worn out* and are in poor condition, or have been thrown away. So an almost pristine 1963 LP is super rare.
There only may be anywhere between 20 to 100 of this early pressing in this condition in existence today - or less.
If the first Gold & Black label scarcity is a guide, where they sell for A$10,000 in this condition (if you can get one), this one may also be 50% as scarce and valuable long term.
See http://www.cvinyl.com/labelguides/parlophone.php
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* Poorer quality record players in use in the 1960s and early 1970s before affordable hi-fi units came in is the usual cause of the older LPs being worn out. The angle of the record player arm needs to be precisely accurate for proper stylus-to-groove contact to stop wear and this was not properly addressed until the 1970s. And quality and design of the stylus (pickup needle) is also a factor and again was not addressed until the 1970s.
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