BEATLES Please Please Me LP 1963 BLACK & GOLD 1st Press

	£		275
	$		364

On offer here is a VERY RARE Black & Gold MONO UK 1963 1st Pressing called 'Please Please Me' on the 1st Press Black & Gold Parlophone label!!!! It is also a 100% GENIUNE 1963 Black & Gold 1st Pressing with the 'Dick James' credits to BOTH labels (unlike the later and more common pressings which have 'Northern Songs' credits)!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP EVEN RARER STILL IS THAT IT IS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE!!!!  NATURALLY AS THIS LP IS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER IT HAS ALL THE CORRECT (AND ULTRA RARE) 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING CHARACTERISTICS!!!!  FIRSTLY THIS LP HAS THE FULL SET OF 1ST PRESS ONLY 'DICK JAMES' CREDITS TO BOTH LABELS (THIS WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY CHANGED)!!!!  SECONDLY THE MATRIXES ARE THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESS MATRIXES - BEING XEX 421-1N & XEX 422-1N!!!!  THE MOTHER & STAMPER CODES ARE ALSO AMAZINGLY LOW AND ONE OF THE VERY 'EARLIEST' POSSIBLE - BEING 1/L & 1/L (BOTH FROM THE 1ST MOTHER EVER AND AMAZINGLY LOW STAMPER CODINGS)!!!!  THIS CLEARLY SHOWS THAT THIS LP WAS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE, AND ALSO SHOWS THAT THIS LP WAS PRESSED WAY BEFORE THE INTENDED RELEASE DATE, AND IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND MOTHER & STAMPER CODINGS AS LOW AS THESE!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE LIKE THIS - AND IT WILL SURELY BE A VERY VERY LONG TIME (IF EVER) BEFORE YOU SEE ANOTHER!!!! 

THIS ULTRA RARE BLACK & GOLD 1ST PRESSING IS ALSO IN GREAT CONDITION AND IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO FIND LIKE THIS!!!!  BLACK & GOLD 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP ARE VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AND INCREDIBLY SOUGHT AFTER!!!!  HOWEVER SADLY MOST BLACK & GOLD 1ST PRESSINGS OFTEN TURN UP IN TERRIBLE CONDITION - WITH HORRIBLE WORN FADED LABELS AND A BATTERED TERRIBLE LOOKING COVER.  BUT NOT THIS ONE!!!!  THIS LP IS IN GREAT CONDITION AND IS INCREDIBLY TOUGH TO LOCATE!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS MEGA RARE OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL 1963 UK Black & Gold 1st pressing on the ULTRA RARE 'Earliest' 1st Press Black & Gold Parlophone labels (with the 1st Press 'Dick James' Credits), 'The Parlophone Company' edge text, NO 'Sold In The UK' text, NO 'First Published' text, a LARGE 'MONO' on the cover front, 1st Press 'Polythene lined' Emitex 'Patents Applied For' inner sleeve, and a 1st Press 'E.J.Day' Flipback Laminated Cover!!!!  The 'Angus McBean' credit is in the 'far right' position in the bottom right corner of the cover front (see picture).  This credit does vary from cover to cover and I have always been of the opinion that this has absolutely nothing to do with the age of the cover in any respect (as E.J.Day had 2 factorys in 1963 it is more likely a simple factory difference) - but in this case the 'Angus McBean' credit is as far right as it gets!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is PMC 1202 on the ORIGINAL and ULTRA RARE 'Earliest' 1st Press Black & Gold Parlophone label (see picture) and is a MONO 1st pressing!!!! All the tracks are Pure quality Beatles at their best!!!! Any fan of The Beatles, or 60s music in general, will want to have this in their collection!!!!

The record labels are in absolutely BRILLIANT condition (see pictures) with NO writing, VERY sharp UNFADED Gold Print, VERY dark UNRUBBED black background, only some VERY minimal wear around the centre holes (VERY unnoticeable indeed!), and only a few light spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in GREAT condition!!!! Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, only 1 VERY small scuff type mark, only a few VERY light hairlines, only 3 or 4 light scufflines, and only a few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK!!!!  It is great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with barely ANY clicks/pops AT ALL, NO sticking, NO jumps, only some EXTREMELY low level background crackle in places, and only some MEGA faint touches of VERY low level background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The record must STRICTLY grade Very Good(Minus) if not better (PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed)!!!!  The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press Emitex 'Poly Lined' inner sleeve!!!! The 1st Press 'E.J.Day' Flipback Laminated Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!! It has NO top edge wear AT ALL, barely ANY bottom edge wear (virtually NONE and NOT through the colour), NO spinal wear, only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour), only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!! The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!! Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO writing, NO grubbyness, and barely ANY yellowing AT ALL!!!!  The flipbacks are also in SUPERB condition - with NO rips, NO tears, NO fraying, NO flipback loss, NO staining, and NO other flipback damage!!!!  The cover MUST grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!

TAKE A LOOK AT PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE Beatles LP!!!! THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1963 UK BLACK & GOLD MONO 1ST PRESSING OF "PLEASE PLEASE ME" BY THE BEATLES, IN GREAT CONDITION!!!!  Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World.  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

 

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