THE BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME" MONO 1963 3rd PRESS NO SIUK ,”ANGUS McBEAN”CREDIT
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£ 79 Sold For
Sep 24, 2024 Sold Date
Sep 17, 2024 Start Date
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THE BEATLES

"PLEASE PLEASE ME"

PARLOPHONE PMC 1202

RELEASED MARCH 22nd 1963


DEPENDING ON WHICH BOOK OR WEBSITE YOU CONSULT YOU CAN FIND CONFLICTING

ARGUMENTS FOR THESE EARLY PRESSINGS

OUR INTERPRETATION USUALLY GOES WITH BLACK AND GOLD LABELS ARE FIRST PRESSINGS

WITH LABEL VARIATIONS

THE SECOND PRESSING IS THE FIRST BLACK AND YELLOW LABEL WHICH HAS THE TINY EXTRA "33

1/3" WITHOUT "SOLD IN THE UK" AND WITHOUT

"RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED"


THE THIRD PRESSING HAS NO SMALL "33 1/3" NO

"SOLD IN THE UK" AND NO "RECORDING FIRST

PUBLISHED WHICH IS THIS PRESSING

ALL THESE FIRST THREE PRESSINGS USUALLY CAME IN E.J.DAY SLEEVES AND POLY LINED

EMITEX INNER SLEEVES


STAMPER NUMBERS 2 AO 4 00


MATRIX -1N AND -1N


MT TAX CODE SIDE-1 CENTRE.


THE “PHOTO : ANGUS McBEAN” CREDIT ON FRONT COVER PRINTED AT THE EXTREME BOTTOM-RIGHT CORNER, STARTING WHERE ‘S’ OF SONGS.


"PARLOPHONE CO LTD' RIM TEXT NO "SI.U.K" NO

"RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED"


LAMINATED FRONT E.J.DAY SLEEVE HAS THE SLIGHTLY DARKER IMAGE TO THE FRONT NOTICABLE ON EARLY PRINTED COPIES AND SLEEVE REAR HAS THE WIDER FOLDOVER SEAMS AND IS A THIN SLEEVE.


OVERALL SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CLEAN CONDITION WITH MINOR CORNER BUMPS AND THE ODD HANDLING LIGHT CREASE, SPINE IS UNCRUSHED AND OPENING EDGE IS CLEANLY

DEFINED

EMITEX INNER IS POLY LINED AND IN CLEAN AND EXCELLENT CONDITION


VINYL RECORD STILL RETAINS A GLOSSY FINISH TO THE SURFACES WITH SOME LIGHT HANDLING

MARKS NONE OF WHICH ARE FEELABLE AND RECORD LABELS ARE CLEAN AND LEGIBLE

CENTRE HOLE ON SIDE 1 DOES SHOW A LITTLE

WEAR WITH SLIGHTLY LESS ON SIDE 2, THE LABEI AREA AROUND THE HOLE WASN'T PRESSED AS CLEAN AS LATER COPIES SO DOES HAVE A SLIGHTLY RAISED AREA JUST AROUND THE CENTRE.



THERE ARE ONLY FAINT SPINDLE MARKS VISIBLE AND THEY ARE CONFINED TO THE RECORD CENTRE ON BOTH SIDES

I PLAY TEST FOR REVIEW ON A SIXTIES HI -FI AND THE AUDIO CAME OVER LOUD AND CLEAR WITH THE ODD LIGHT TINY POP BUT WAS A PLEASURE TO LISTEN TO

PLEASE REMEMBER THIS PRESSING IS NOW SIXTY YEARS OLD AND YOU CAN GET A DIFFERENT RESPONSE ON OTHER SYSTEMS WHEN PLAYED WE CAN ONLY VOUCH FOR WHAT WE HEAR


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