Beatles PLEASE PLEASE ME 1963 STEREO Y/B W/GOLD 33 1/3 PLAYS NEAR MINT HEAR

	£		832
	$		1,102

THE BEATLES - PLEASE PLEASE ME

 1963 1ST YELLOW AND BLACK PRESS IN 'STEREO'

THE IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND RARITY WITH THE GOLD LABEL 33 1/3RD

SUPERB CONDITION

• CATALOGUE: PARLOPHONE PCS 3062
• MATRIX:YEX 94 / 95-1
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:1 G / 1 M 
• PARLOPHONE CO RIM WORDING - FIRST PRESS INDICATOR
• NO SOLD IN THE UK STATEMENT - FIRST PRESS INDICATOR
• SMALL 33 1/3RD

• EVERY NOW AND THEN A RECORD SURFACES THAT HAS NO RIGHT TO EXIST. THIS IS ONE SUCH ALBUM. A NEAR PRISTINE 'STEREO' COPY OF THE BEATLES PLEASE PLEASE ME ONE  OF THE RAREST BEATLES ALBUMS ON THE PLANET!!

THIS COPY JUST HAS TO BE HARDER TO FIND THAN THE BLACK AND GOLD LABEL BECAUSE THEY ONLY TURN UP PERHAPS ONE COPY EVERY YEAR OR TWO, WHERAS THE GOLD AND BLACK LABEL APPEARS FAR MORE OFTEN.

SO WHY SHOULD THIS BE?

WELL FOR THOSE THAT DONT KNOW, THE GOLD AND BLACK LABEL FIRST APPEARED FOR THE ONE AND ONLY TIME ON THE BEATLES DEBUT ALBUM. THERE WERE TWO VERSIONS OF IT, KNOWN AS THE FIRST PRESS AND THE SECOND PRESS, BITH ARE EQUALLY AS RARE AND THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE FIRST PRESS HAD SONGS INCORRECTLY CREDITED TO DICK JAMES, WHERAS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN NORTHERN SONGS.

PARLOPHONE SHORTLY AFTER THE ORIGINAL RELEASE DECIDED TO CHANGE THE LABELS TO THE MORE COMMON YELLOW AND BLACK AND THUS APPEARED A VERY SHORT LIVED 3RD PRESS (1ST YELLOW AND BLACK)  THIS WAS ALSO QUICKLY CHANGED BECAUSE THE 'RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED' TEXT AT 9 0'CLOCK ON THE LABEL WAS OMITTED IN ERROR.

THE 4TH PRESS IS THE ONE THAT SITS IN MOST PEROPLES COLLECTIONS.

HERE THEN IS A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS ALBUM, ARGUABLY THE RAREST BEATLES ALBUM TO COLLECT. 

NOT MANY COLLECTORS GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECT AN ALBUM THAT IS THIS HARD TO FIND

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE ORIGINAL YELLOW AND BLACK LABELS ARE IN MAGIFICENT CONDITION . THE JET BLACK BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.IT IS DEEP IN COLOUR AND HAS NO RUBBING TO THE COLOUR

THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND UNRUBBED. THE YELLOW LOGO IS IN THE SAME EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. I SEE JUST A FEW TINY SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE. IT IS CLEAR BOTH FROM LOOKING AT THIS, AND THE CONDITION OF THE VINYL, THIS COULD NOT HAVE HAD MANY PLAYS

THE VINYL

A STUNNING CONDITION VINYL THAT HAS RETAINED EVERY BIT OF THE ORIGINAL SHEEN, AND LOOKS TOTALLY AS NEW.  IN DAYLIGHT IT IS FLAWLESS. EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER A MAGNIFYING LED HALO I CAN'T SEE ANY MARKS OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE ANY ISSUES. A COUPLE OF TINY PAPER WISPS AND TWO TOTALLY NON SOUNDING LIGHT HANDLING LINES ON LOVE ME DO, THATS ABOUT ALL

THE TEST PLAY

THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT ONE OF THE THE CLEANEST BEATLES STEREO PLEASE PLEASE ME YOU ARE EVER LIKELY TO COME ACCROSS. I GUARANTEE THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION TO THE MAGNIFICENT STEREO REPRODUCTION AT ANY POINT, NOT EVEN ON THE VULNERABLE 'ANNA' NOTHING IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE

 THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLING WHATSOEVER, ANYWHERE ON ANY TRACK 

THERE ARE NO CLICKS NOTHING!! NO POPS OR TICS

I JUST ABOUT HEARD A FEW MINUSCULE SPECKS OF STATIC LIKE BACKGOUND IN A FEW OF THE LINKING GROOVES. BARELY AUDIBLE EVEN THEN

THIS VINYL IS VIRTUALLY AS GOOD NOW AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED AND IT JUST HAS TO GRADE NEAR MINT FOR THE LOOK AND THE AUDIO

BUT DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, TAKE A LISTEN TO THE LP AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF 

THE SLEEVE

FIRSTLY A WORD ABOUT IDENTIFYING THE VERY EARLY SLEEVES THAT HAD TO GO WITH THE EARLY ISSUE VINYLS.

THE FRONT COVER PICTURE WAS A PHOTO TAKEN BY ANGUS MCBEAN WHO'S NAME APPEARS AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE SLEEVE. BUT!!! ONLY ON THE VERY FIRST ISSUE SLEEVES DOES THE 'P' FROM PHOTO APPEAR DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH THE LETTER 'S' FROM THE WORD SONGS (SEE PICTURE) ALL LATER ISSUES THIS ANGUS MCBEAN TEXT IS MOVED FURTHER LEFT DIRECTLY UNDER THE LETTER 'G' FROM THE WORD SONGS. THATS HOW TO TELL IF A SLEEVE HAS BEEN SWAPPED FOR A BETTER ONE

STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE. THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR .

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR BENDS OR FOLD LINES ANYWHERE

THE FOUR CORNERS ARE STILL NICELY SQUARE WITH JUST A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE TIP ENDS

THERE ARE FOUR SMALL PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINE. FIVE ON THE TOP EDGE, TWELVE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND TWO ON THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP EDGE IS FULLY LAMINATED WITH ONLY THE RIGHT CORNER TIP HAVING A DOT OF RUB

THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS SOME TINY CHIPS ON THE SURFACE AND A SPECK OF RUB ON THE CORNER TIP ENDS

THE SPINE IS  TOTALLY UNSQUASHED.  EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PRISTINE. THERE IS A TINY BOT OF RUB NEAR THE BOTTOM TIP AND A TINY BIT OF RUB ON THE BOTTOM END

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP . THIS IS ENTIRELY DUE TO THE ORIGINAL OWNER HAVING TAPED THE OPENING EDGE AS MANY DID BACK IN THE DAY. I HAVE CAREFULLY REMOVED IT AND THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF IT ON THE FRONT SURFACE. IT IS VISIBLE INSIDE THE SLEEVE AND A SLIGHT  LINE ON THE REAR COVER (SEE PICS)

THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE FIRSTLY HAS PERFECTLY ADHERED FLIPBACKS, NO MISSING BITS LIKE ON MANY

THIS IS THE E.J DAY AND CO SLEEVE AS DENOTED ON THE BOTTOM FLIPBACK

THE OPENING EDGE HAS A VERY THIN PALE LINE WHERE THE EDGE OF THE TAPE ONCE SAT, AND A LITTLE SQUARE OF RESIDUE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER

THE SURFACE IS STILL VERY WHITE WITH VIRTUALLY NO HANDLING

THERE IS A SMALL NUMBER HANDWRITTEN IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER

THE ORIGINAL EMITEX POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN NICE ORIGINAL CONDITION.  UNSPLIT WITH JUST THE A COUPLE OF CREASE LINES ON THE CORNERS

MY BEST WISHES AND GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

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GARRY