THE BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME" UK 1st PRESS STAMPS 1 & 2
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THE BEATLES
"PLEASE PLEASE ME b/w ASK ME WHY" PARLOPHONE 45-R 4983
RELEASED 11th JANUARY 1963 AND ONLY AVAILABLE IN THIS FORMAT WITH RED LABELS FOR APPROX THREE WEEKS AS THE BLACK LABEL 45-R 4983 WAS INTRODUCED AT THE VERY END OF JANUARY MAKING THIS THE RAREST OF THE TWO RED LABLE BEATLES SINGLES THE OTHER BEING "LOVE ME DO"
STAMPERS 2 GR 1 M MATRICES -1N -1N PT TAX CODE SIDE 2 CENTRE AND THE RUN OUT GROOVES
THE LABELS HAVE THE "MADE IN GT BRITAIN" TEXT TO BOTH SIDES WITH "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED" AND THE EXTRA . AFTER CO. IN "DICK JAMES MUSIC CO. LTD." ALL OTHER COPIES OF THIS SHORT RUN RED LABEL PRESSING SHOW "DICK JAMES MUSIC CO LTD. "
VINYL RECORD HAS A GLOSSY SHEEN TO THE SURFACES BUT DOES SHOW SOME HANDLING AND LIGHT NEEDLE MARKS ALTHOUGH NONE APPEAR FEELABLE AND RECORD PLAYS THROUGH ON BOTH SIDES WITH SOME LIGHT BACKGROUND NOISE ON THE INTRO'S BUT THE AUDIO IS GREAT TO LISTEN TO
THE RECORD ALSO DOESN'T SIT QUITE FLAT ON THE TURNTABLE AND SHOWS A VERY SMALL RISE ON ROTATION BUT DOESN'T AFFECT THE AUDIO
LABELS ARE CLEAN AND BRIGHT WITH ANY SPINDLE MARKS CONFINED TO THE RECORD CENTRES
RECORD COMES IN ITS ORIGINAL COLOURED WAVY SLEEVE AND IS IN NICE CLEAN CONDITION
VERY RARE PRESSING 62 YEARS OLD NOW AND WAS ALWAYS HARD TO FIND EVEN HARDER TODAY AS MOST COPIES ARE IN COLLECTIONS
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