BEATLES" PLEASE PLEASE ME" UK RED LABEL FIRST PRESSING
  £   103
  $   137

 


£ 103 Sold For
Oct 10, 2007 Sold Date
Oct 3, 2007 Start Date
£   50 Start price
8   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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                               BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME"  

          ULTRA RARE "PT" TAX STICKERED LABEL

RELEASED JANUARY 11TH 1963 "PLEASE PLEASE ME" WAS THE BEATLES SECOND UK SINGLE RELEASE. HAVING HAD NO REAL SUCCESS WITH THEIR FIRST SINGLE "LOVE ME DO" , "PLEASE PLEASE ME" PROVED A HIT AND WENT TO NUMBER 1 IN THE U.K WHERE IT STAYED FOR TWO WEEKS.

AS WE ALL KNOW ALL UK SINGLES BY THIS TIME WHERE CARRYING TAX CODES. THE TAX  WAS INTRODUCED BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN 1940 TO HELP FINANCE THE GROWING COST OF WORLD WAR TWO, THE TAX WAS LEVIED ON ALL "LUXURY GOODS" OF WHICH RECORDS WHERE INCLUDED. EMI, DECCA AND PHILIPS ALL USED A TWO LETTER CODE AND EACH TIME THE GOVERNMENT CHANGED THE PECENTAGE RATE OF THE TAX THEN THE FIRST LETTER OF THE CODE CHANGED, THE SECOND LETTER ALWAYS REMAINED AS "T".

HOWEVER WITHIN THE ACTUAL CHANGEOVER PERIOD OF  A REVISED TAX CODE IT WAS NOT ALWAYS EFFECTIVE TO DISCARD THE RECENT OR OLD PRESSING PLATES SO A NEW FIRST LETTER WOULD BE ADDED TO THE CODE (HENCE ON OCCASSION A THREE LETTER TAX CODE IS IN USE) A STICKER WOULD THEN BE ADHERED TO EITHER THE LABELS OR THE SLEEVE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS WAS SO THAT WHEN RETAILERS RETURNED UNSOLD STOCK THEY WOULD BE CREDITED FOR THE CORRCT AMOUNT OF TAX THAT WAS PAID FOR THE RECORD

 R 4983

7XCE.17217/8-1N-1N

MPT TAX CODE TO SIDE 1

PT TAX CODE TO SIDE 2

STAMPERS L 1   L 2

THE PUSH-OUT CENTRE PARLOPHONE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION!!!. WHEN VIEWED CLOSELY UNDER A VERY BRIGHT LIGHT LABELS APPEAR TO HAVE JUST VERY LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO EITHER SIDE, LABELS ARE STILL QUITE CLEAN AND VIVID . ALL THE SILVER LETTERING IS BRIGHT AND CRISP WITH NO RUBBING AND THE RED COLOURING TO THE LABELS IS STILL ITS TRUE COLOUR WITH NO FADING.... SIDE ONE CARRIES THE"PT" TAX CODE STICKER, 

THE GLOSSY MIRROR LIKE VINYL IS SUPERB!!! AGAIN CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A STRONG LIGHT REVEALS JUST VERY LIGHT SURFACE MARKS, NONE ARE SEVERE AND NONE AFFECT AUDIO. 

AUDIO IS FLAWLESS.. RUN IN/OFF GROVES ARE SILENT AND THE AUDIO IS CLEAR AND CRISP THROUGHOUT BOTH SIDES. THE VINYL LIES TOTALLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.

HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL PARLOPHONE MULTICOLOURED SLEEVE.. THE SLEEEV IS SUPERB GIVEN ITS AGE. 

OVERALL A REALLY SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS ORIGINAL RED LABEL FIRST PRESSING WHICH OFFERS SUPER LABELS AND VINYL, FLAWLESS AUDIO AND CARRIES THE SELDOM SEEN TAX CODE STICKER.




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