Beatles LP - Please Please Me Original 1963 UK issue with E J Day Sleeve

	£		104
	$		138

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The Beatles – Please Please Me –Original 1963 UK Mono issue on the Yellow & Black Parlophone Label, with Parlophone rim labels, ’Recording First Published…’, without ‘Sold in UK’ label text and with early double digit mono stampers; dating to on or around the initial release date of 22nd March 1963. Catalogue number PMC 1202. 

As the focus for many collectors of  original 1963 UK issues falls on the black gold labeled copies, the initial pressing run for what was the newly designed black & yellow labels often gets overlooked. Here is a superb early example dating to early 1963.

Matrix numbers: XEX 421-1N & XEX 422-1N

Stamper codes: 2/PP & 4/OP (early double digit mono stampers)

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CONDITION

Disc

Visual: Side one VG+ to EXC- Side two EXCELLENT-

The vinyl still retains its original high gloss sheen and is undulled. Side one falls somewhere between very good+ and excellent minus with some visible marks in daylight, however none are feelable or effect play. Side two has a higher visual grading and grades at excellent minus. The heavy duty vinyl lies 100% flat on the turntable.

Labels: Side one EXCELLENT Side two EXCELLENT+

A truly excellent set of the newly designed 1963 yellow and black Parlophone labels which superseded the older black & gold labels. Side one has visible spindle trails but little to no wear around the spindle hole itself. Side two has far fewer spindle trails and it would appear that side two has not been played that much. The KT tax code is visible on side one. Very tough to get labels as nice as this on a 1963 UK issue of Please Please Me.

Audio: EXCELLENT+

The audio on this early 1963 vinyl has all the dynamism and power of a 1963 ‘black & gold’ pressing and must have been pressed close to the end of the black & gold pressing cycle; evidenced by the early double digit stampers and thick heavy duty vinyl. There is some surface noise audible on some of the quieter passages and in some of the gaps but there is no playwear or distortion to any of the music signals which are all crystal clear; retaining all the subtleties of the original recording such as the background echo to the vocals which were subsequently ‘cleaned up’ on later re-mastered versions. The opening track I saw Her Standing There has great analogue audio as do the entire rosta of tracks. The easily damaged inner most track Please Please Me plays superbly as does Do you Want to Know a Secret and A Taste of Honey. There are no loud pops and ticks and the record does not jump or stick.

Cover

EXCELLENT+

An original 1963 EJ Day cover with the Angus McBean credit in the corrected position. This is a fabulous example of a very early 1963 cover. What struck me when I first inspected it was the completely unworn corner by the Angus McBean photo credit. It is virtually impossible to get a bottom right hand corner as sharp and unworn as this on such an early cover. The front panel retains its original high gloss laminate sheen and is free from any thumbnail creasing. The front panel grades at near MINT. The rear panel is free from any unwanted writing or personalization. There is however some very mild areas of ageing and disclouration but having seen many hundred of these early EJ Day covers it is still remarkably clean and unsoiled. All flipbacks are intact, the rear panel grades at excellent. The spine is in pristine condition still retaining its characteristic rounded shape, only really seen on these early EJ Day covers. Overall a great example and tough to get in this condition.

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This record has been strictly and conservatively graded to ‘UK RECORD COLLECTOR' standards.

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