BEATLES UK 1963 "PLEASE PLEASE ME" 1st PRESS STEREO BLACK & GOLD 1R 1G STAMPS
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THE BEATLES
"PLEASE PLEASE ME" PARLOPHONE PCS 3042
UK VERY FIRST STEREO BLACK AND GOLD LABEL PRESSING WITH CORRECT DICK JAMES CREDITS AND FAR RIGHT ANGUS MCBEAN E.J. DAY SLEEVE
STAMPER NUMBERS 1 R 1 G MATRICES YEX 94-1 YEX 95-1 TAX CODE MZT SIDE 1 CENTRE
THIS RARE PRESSING IS REPORTEDLY 1 OF 900 COPIES PRESSED DEPENDING ON WHICH BEATLES HISTORY BOOK YOU READ
THE FRONT LAMINATED SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION OVERALL WITH SOME VERY LIMITED CREASING AT THE EDGES ,BUT WITH A CLEANLY DEFINED OPENING EDGE AND ALL THE TEXT AND IMAGES ARE UNAFFECTED
THE SLEEVE REAR WHITE UNLAMINATED INNER PANEL IS BRIGHT WHITE AND CLEAN AND FREE FROM ANY DISTRESS, THE THREE FOLDOVER LAMINATED SEAMS ARE ALL PRESENT, THE TOP ONE DOES HAVE A REPAIRED CORNER BUT IT SITS WELL WITH THE REST OF THE SEAMS
SPINE EDGE IS IN PERFECT CONDITION AND UNCRUSHED ,THERE ARE MINOR CORNER BUMPS BUT NOTHING DISTRESSING
EMITEX INNER IS ALSO IN EXCELLENT CLEAN CONDITION AND ALSO FREE FROM ANY DISTRESS
HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL DISC SITS FLAT ON THE TURNTABLE AND BOTH LABELS ARE CLEAR AND DISTINCT WITH SOME VERY LIMITED WEAR TO SIDE TWO CENTREHOLE
VINYL DISC SURFACES RETAIN A DEEP GLOSSY SHEEN TO THEM WITH MAINLY LIGHT WHISPY HANDLING AND VERY LIGHT NEEDLE MARKS ,SIDE TWO FIRST TRACK HAS A SLIGHTLY MORE PRONOUNCED MARK BUT IS NOT FEELABLE INFACT THERE ARE NO FEELABLE MARKS TO EITHER SURFACE
AUDIO WAS EXCELLENT WITH QUIET RUN INS AND SPACES AND BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF THE RECORD (NOW 56 YEARS OLD) THERE IS THE ODD POP HERE AND THERE BUT NOTHING TO UPSET THE AURAL EXPERIENCE
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