*BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME" UK 3RD PRESS **MONO**
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BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME"
RARE UK 3RD MONO PRESS .
AN ORIGINAL AND SOMEWHAT RARE UK MONO 3RD PRESSING.
ISSUED IN ONLY LIMITED NUMBERS BEFORE ANOTHER LABEL CAHNGE BY EMI SAW THE INTRODUCTION OF "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED......" TEXT.
WE ARE THEREFORE PLEASED TO OFFER FOR SALE THIS VERY RARE UK 3RD MONO PRESSING OF "PLEASE PLEASE ME" WHICH FEATURES EARLY, EARLY MT TAX CODE AND IS HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL MONO E.J DAY SLEEVE.
PMC 1202
XEX 421/422-1N-1N
STAMPERS AL 2 MH 1
MT TAX CODE TO CENTRE LABELS.
THE BLACK AND YELLOW LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A STRONG LIGHT REVEALS JUST LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS TO EITHER SIDE. THE LABELS ARE BRIGHT AND VIVID WITH NEAR PERFECT LETTERING BOTH LABELS ARE CRISP AND CLEAN AND FREE FROM ANY FADING. SIDE TWO LABEL FEATURES THE EMBOSSED "MT" TAX CODE.
THE HEAVY WEIGHT VINYL IS EXCELLENT... THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED AND THEREFORE IT DOES DISPLAY SOME LIGHT WISPY MARKS AND THE ODD NEEDLE MARK BUT NOTHING SERIOUS OR FEELABLE, THE GLOSSY VINYL IS PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING AND THERE IS NO NEEDLE LIFT WHEN PLAYED. THE BRIGHT PLAYING SURFACE HAS SUFFERED NO DULLING OR OTHER IMPERFECTIONS.
AUDIO IS SUPERB.... ONE CAREFUL PLAY BY MYSELF REVEALED A CLEAR AND CRISP PERFORMANCE. THERE IS SOME MILD CRACKLE TO BOTH RUN IN/OFF GROOVES AND TO THE ODD TRACK GROOVE AND ALSO THE ABOVE MENTIONED MILD CLICKS, THE VINYL DOES PLAY THROUGH WITHOUT ANY STICKS OR JUMPS. THE MONO AUDIO IS STRONG AND VIBRANT AND WAS A REAL PLEASURE TO LISTEN TO.
THE CORRECT EMITEX INNER IS PRESENT AND IS SUPERB. IT DOES SHOW THE INEVITABLE LIGHT CREASES CAUSED BY THE VINYL SITTING IN THE INNER OVER THE YEARS BUT THIS IS NOTHING MAJOR. THERE IS ONE TINY HANDLING MARK TO ONE SIDE. THE INNER IS CRISP, INTACT AND STILL ITS BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR.
THE OUTER,ORIGINAL E.J DAY SLEEVE IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE. FEATURING THE CORRECT LARGE "MONO" LOGO AND OFFERING A VIBRANT AND EXTREMLEY GLOSSY FRONT LAMINATED PANEL WHICH DISPLAYS SOME LIGHT EDGE WRINKLES AND SOME ACTUAL CREASES BUT THESE ARE LIGHT.THE OPENING EDGE SHOWS JUST VERY MINOR SIGNS OF HANDLING AND IT IS STILL STRAIGHT. THERE ARE JUST MINOR CORNER BUMPS PRESENT. THERE IS NO EDGE WEAR PRESENT .THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE IS STILL QUITE CLEAN AND BRIGHT BUT DOES FEATURE THE ODD HANDLING MARK . ALL THREE FLIPBACKS DISPLAY SOME CREASES AND THE BOTTOM FLIPBACK DOES DISPLAY SOME LIFTING.THE SPINE IS PERFECT AND RIGID WITH ABSOLUTLEY NO WEAR AND JUST MILD CREASES AND ALL WORDING IS PERFECT. THE SLEEVE OVERALL IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN WITH BRIGHT DEEP COLOURS AND PERFECT TEXT AND HAS REMAINED FIRM, STRONG . THE SLEEVE IS OF COURSE FREE FROM WRITING AND IT TOTALLY INTACT.
THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE A RARE UK 3RD MONO PRESSING.
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