THE BEATLES PLEASE PLEASE ME NO DATE FAR RIGHT PHOTO CREDIT MONO 63 ORIGINAL
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THE BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME"
4TH PRESS Y/B PARLOPHONE WITH NO "recording first published 1963"
ERNEST J. DAY SLEEVE
1ST RUN SLEEVE WITH ANGUS MCBEAN CREDIT ALIGNED TO THE FAR RIGHT.
-1/-1 MATRICES
2/AR 1/RL MOTHER/STAMPERS.
NO TAX CODE
FOR AUCTION HERE IS WHAT IS NOW CONSIDERED TO BE A FOURTH PRESSING OF THE BEATLES FIRST ALBUM RELEASE. MOST WILL HAVE SEEN THIS MONTHS RECORD COLLECTOR MAGAZINE (MAY 2012 NO.401) WHICH HAS AN EXCELLENT ARTICLE ON THE COMPLEX ISSUE OF THE RELEASE HISTORY OF THIS RECORD.
WITHOUT GOING THROUGH IT ALL, SUFFICE TO SAY THAT THIS ITEM APPEARS TO BE A FOURTH PRESSING, ONE OF ONLY 25,000, AS IT HAS THE SAME SONG CREDITS AS THE BLACK AND GOLD VERSION 2, NO SMALL 331/3 AFTER THE MATRIX NUMBER ON THE LABEL, NO "recording first published 1963" AND NO "SOLD IN THE UK....." TEXT.
ACCORDING TO THE RC ARTICLE, THIS RECORD COULD COME IN THE FIRST OR SECOND VERSION OF THE SLEEVE. THIS ITEM IS IN THE FIRST VERSION, WITH THE "PHOTO: ANGUS MCBEAN" CREDIT ALIGNED FAR TO THE RIGHT STARTING DIRECTLY UNDER THE "S" OF "SONGS" AND LESS THAN 6MM FROM THE EDGE. THIS IS THE SLEEVE THAT ALL BLACK AND GOLD VERSIONS WERE ISSUED WITH.
ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE, THE MOTHER/STAMPER MARKINGS COULD BE MIXED UP ALL OVER AMONGST PRESSINGS. SUFFICE TO SAY THAT WHILST THESE MARKINGS ARENT 1G/1G THEY ARE AT LEAST LOW, BEING 2/AR 1R/L.
CONDITION.
THE SLEEVE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. THE FRONT IS NICE AND SHINY, THE CORNERS ARE FRAYED AND BUMPED, THERE IS A MANUFACTURING CREASE UNDER THE LAMINATE AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT. SPINE IS CLEAR AND READABLE, SMALL BROWN RING STAIN BETWEEN A AND T IN "BEATLES", SOME SLIGHT DINGS AND SCRATCHES. OVERALL IT IS CLEAN, CLEAR, READABLE, AND THERE ARE NO RIPS, TEARS, STICKERS OR WRITING.
THE BACK IS IN GOOD CONDITION, OFF WHITE, WITH SOME STAINING AT THE OPENING EDGE, A BROWN WATER STAIN MARK AT TOP LEFT, SOME MINIMAL RINGWEAR AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF PAPER LOSS OF THE BOTTOM FLIPBACK, JUST AFTER THE ERNEST J. DAY PRINTING CREDIT, AND OF THE FAR RIGHT UPPER FLIPBACK. ALL TEXT IS CLEAR AND READABLE AND THERE ARE NO RIPS, OR TEARS, STICKERS OR PEN MARKINGS.
PLEASE STUDY THE PHOTOS CAREFULLY, ITS A GOOD SLEEVE AND MAY COME ACROSS AS NOT SO GOOD AFTER THE ABOVE DESCRIPTION, I'M JUST TRYING TO BE THOROUGH AND HONEST IS ALL!
ORIGINAL INNER.
VINYL
THE VINYL IS THE ORIGINAL HEAVY SLAB, SHINY, WITH SEVERAL SURFACE MARKS ON BOTH SIDES, BUT NO SCRATCHES THAT CAUSE IT TO SKIP, JUMP OR STICK. SIDE 1 HAS A COUPLE OF NOTICEABLY LONG HAIRLINE MARKS FROM OUTER TO INNER WHICH DONT AFFECT PLAY. IT PLAYS THROUGH BOTH SIDES WITH THE USUAL BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND THE ODD CLICK, BUT IT CAN BE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED. THE LABELS ARE CLEAN AND BRIGHT, AND THERE ARE NO STICKERS OR PEN MARKINGS. THERE IS MINIMAL WEAR ON THE LABEL AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE, AND SOME "SPIDERING"
THE MATRICES AND MOTHER/STAMPERS ARE AS FOLLOWS
SIDE 1 XEX 421-1N 2/AR SIDE 2 XEX 422-1N 1/RL
THERE YOU GO THEN, ONE OF THE MORE COLLECTIBLE RELEASES OF THIS ALBUM, BEING THE VERSION WHICH HAS NO "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1963" ON THE LABEL, FAIRLY LOW MOTHER/STAMPERS, AND HOUSED IN THE MUCH MORE DESIRABLE FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE WITH PHOTO CREDIT ALIGNED TO THE FAR RIGHT. CONDITION, WHILST CERTAINLY NOT MINT, IS PRETTY GOOD, AND THE HEAVY VINYL PLAYS THROUGH FROM START TO FINISH ON MY TECHNICS SL 1210 MKII WITH NO PROBLEM.
READ MY 100% FEEDBACK AND BID WITH CONFIDENCE, RECORD WILL BE SENT SECURELY AND WITH TRACKING.
UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO SCAMMERS AND POOR OVERSEAS POSTAL SERVICES, THIS IS ONLY BEING SOLD AND POSTED WITHIN THE UK, SORRY.
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