THE BEATLES PLEASE PLEASE ME 1963 MONO UK LP RARE TAX CODE MKT label Type 2b EX

	£		51
	$		68

THE BEATLES -  PLEASE  PLEASE  ME

PARLOPHONE UK LP PMC 1230

Original MONO 5th Press / 4th Press 1963 

Parlophone (Yellow and Black label, 'Sans Serif' font, Type 2b label.)

5th Press MONO, summer 1963 - January 1964

STAMPED ONLY 'K' tax code MKT (side 1) - ULTRA RARE AT THIS POSITION (see pic. ? 9)

Matrix: XEX 421-N & XEX 422-N

Mothers& Stampers: Side 1: 1,5 / GRM and Side 2: 4 / GGM (very early side 2 stampers for this edition!)

Vinyl weight: 168 GR THICKER HEAVY Vinyl!

The vinyl record is in EXCELLENT condition!

Fifth (Fourth pressing), early summer 1963 until January 1964. Cover sleeve is front laminated 'Ernest J.Day & Co.' or 'Garrod& Lofthouse Ltd.', with large “mono” on front. Label is black with yellow logo and silver print capital letters “THE  PARLOPHONE CO. LTD.” at the start perimeter.  Print, “Recording first published 1963? and without “Sold in UK…” text. Tracing-paper-lined “Use Emitex” die-cut inner sleeve or Polythene-lined "Use Emitex" die-cut sleeve type-2. The first design inner sleeves used for Beatles records had a center die-cut and a clear inner lining. The die-cut inner sleeves “Use Emitex” housing Beatles albums is printed by 'Harrison and Sons Ltd'. This sleeves was made in a  thinner material than type-1. For the first press are predominating 'KT' tax code on the label. Rare pressing has 'MT' or 'MKT' tax code. Matrix numbers Side 1: XEX 421-1N & Side 2: XEX 422-1N. "with thanks to thebeatles-collection.com for the information"

By reason of not dividing a period of time as separate presses, with small prefix 33 1/3 & removed index of small 33 1/3 of the first black yellow label (the 3rd label), for a long this label was usually known as the 4th Label. After splitting the 3rd label as two separate presses, this label has established itself as the 5th press. In practice, now there are known 2 types of 5th press labels. The first, with the "Recording First Pub.1963" in line with the (XEX.421) and with the side index 1 (or 2) were the norm for most of 1963 and as such are the most common along with type 2. So, for the collections there are opportunities to be filled with records of both variants, the second has 6 different types  (a-f).!!! "with thanks to beatlebay.co.uk for the information"

CONDITIONS

COVER SLEEVE: Sleeves for the iconic debut Feb Four album "Please Please Me" (mono) did two London’s of printing house: 'Ernest J. Day & Co Ltd.' and 'Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.' This issue has a sleeve made by 'Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd'. The early covers from 'Ernest J. Day' were made in a thicker material. Wrap-around cover. Straight-cut corner.  "Photo: Angus McBean" credit was moved to the left, compared to the first 'Gold' type cover. The word "mono" is large type. The front laminated 'Ernest J. Day & Co Ltd.' is intact and clear, without any signs and tears, showing light signs of wear in some places: there are a few marks of wear around the edges at the corners (most visibly in the upper right front corner). Rear panel of the  Sleeve is intact and clear, and it still retains natural light color, without any signs, (slight discoloration in the upper back left corner) with well-preserved inscription 'Ernest J. Day & Co Ltd. London'. Catalog No. "PMC 1202" was printed on upper right corner of the back cover. Spine is excellent, very clear legible, edges are strong and laminated, no wear damages. ( see pics.) EXCELLENT condition.

VINYL RECORD:

VISUAL: This is the original thicker, heavier chunky slab of vinyl, only found like this on the earliest 1st original pressings, from the earliest period of 1960s. (Later press are much more flimsier and less robust). It has remained very dark and glossy and ‘looks’ as if it has received little play. The vinyl itself is in excellent visual condition, glossy surface, without any deeper scratches in result, that it has been most probably stored and played very carefully. Also there is a couple very light marks and hardly visible light scuffs, that do not affect audio quality. Some minor traces of insertion and removal of records from the bag, they usually has and best preserved records of the inner sleeve use. The record lays flat on the turntable. Near excellent visual condition. For better precision: EXCELLENT(-) !!!
AUDUO: On both sides of the vinyl it plays fantastic from start to finish, crystal, clear deep MONO sound with NO any deterioration. NO skips/jumps, NO repeats! There is occasionally between some songs very light clicks, some of them very likely as a result of 'static' reason. Sound quality is precise EXCELLENT !!!

LABELS: 5th Press - type 2b. Black and Yellow Parlophone Type-3 label with silver print with Recording Published Credit. (A recent one to come to light.) This ran alongside type 2a and was pressed on a spare machine that produced stampers 1,7 GAO / 4,5 GRA. Still very early side 2 stampers for this edition. Just a very small change in the line up of the first 3 lines (side 1) gives this pressing away as another set of stampers and a very rare set at that! (see pic.?2). Index of side 1 and side 2 are almost abutting under to "Recording First Pub.1963". The bold name PARLOPHONE across the top would be made in bright yellow, on bright yellow logo of PARLOPHONE, side 2, has faded scribbles in blue. This 52-year old original issue is intact and clear, has light spindle marks, but has no serious spindle hole wears! No corrections. EXCELLENT conditions.

INNER SLEEVE: Tracing-paper-lined “Use Emitex” die-cut inner sleeve. "Use Emitex" Sleeve Type-3 (1963 --1966). The words "PATENTS APPLIED FOR" was removed from the sleeve. NEAR MINT CONDITION.

EXCELLENT LP RECORD, QUITE RARE IN THIS CONDITION !!!  DO NOT MISS THIS VERY RARE 'Type 2b' LABEL RECORD WITH WRONG EMBOSSED 'K' TAX CODE, PROBABLY INSTEAD THE CORRECT RARE '???' ?!