BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME" BLACK AND GOLD MONO PRESS STAMPS 1M 1O -1N MATRICES
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THE BEATLES
"PLEASE PLEASE ME" PARLOPHONE PMC 1202 UK FIRST PRESSING MONO BLACK AND GOLD LABELS STAMPERS 1 M 1 O MATRICES -1N -1N MT TAX CODE SIDE TWO CENTRE
UK FIRST PRESSING WITH 'Dick James Mus. Co.' PUBLISHING CREDITS FOR 'I SAW HERE STANDING THERE' 'MISERY' 'DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET' and 'THERE'S A PLACE'
'ERNEST J DAY' PRINTED SLEEVE WITH A FAR RIGHT 'ANGUS McBEAN' PHOTO CREDIT AT THE FRONT RIGHT OF THE SLEEVE , THIS ALL SIGNIFIES A FIRST PRESSING BLACK AND GOLD MONO WITH REPUTEDLY 25,000 COPIES PRESSED BEFORE 'DICK JAMES' PUBLISHING CREDITS WERE CORRECTED.
FIRST OFF CAN I JUST SAY THIS IS NOT A MINT COPY THIS IS JUST REALLY AN ENTRY LEVEL PRESSING BLACK AND GOLD
HOWEVER THE RECORD PLAYS THROUGH ON BOTH SIDES WITHOUT STICKING OR JUMPING BUT DOES POP AND CRACKLE ON THE TRACKS AND THE RUN INS
VINYL SURFACES DO STILL HAVE SOME GLOSS TO THE SURFACES BUT ALSO HAVE MANY HANDLING AND NEEDLE MARKS WHICH ARE VISIBLE IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT
BOTH LABELS ARE LEGIBLE ON BOTH SIDES AND FREE FROM ANY WRITING OR STAINING WITH SOME LIGHT WEAR THROUGH USE
"GOLD" SLEEVE CORRECT FOR THIS PRESSING ALSO HAS SOME WEAR , ON THE FRONT THE SPINE EDGE HAS WEAR IN THE CENTRE AND THE BOTTOM EDGE, WITH SOME CREASING AROUND THE EDGES BUT ALL TEXT AND IMAGES ARE LEGIBLE
SLEEVE REAR AGAIN ALTHOUGH ALL THE TEXT IS LEGIBLE THERE ARE CELLOTAPE MARKS TOP AND BOTTOM
EMITEX INNER DOES HAVE SOME FOXING TO THE WHITE AREAS BUT IS IN CLEAN CONDITION
AS MENTIONED EARLIER AN ENTRY LEVEL COPY SO WILL START AT 9.99 TO GIVE EVERBODY A CHANCE TO ADD A BLACK AND GOLD TO THEIR COLLECTION BEARING IN MIND ONLY 25,000 WERE PRESSED
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