THE BEATLES Please Please Me FIRST BLACK & GOLD MONO UK LP DICK JAMES PMC 1202
  £   600
  $   795

 


£ 600 Sold For
Feb 16, 2015 Sold Date
Feb 6, 2015 Start Date
1 Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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THE BEATLES

PLEASE PLEASE ME LP

RARE UK 1963 FIRST PRESS MONO BLACK AND GOLD PMC 1202
XEX 421-1N / XEX 422-1N MOTHERS ARE '1', STAMPERS ARE 'L' AND 'O' DICK JAMES CREDITS ON THE CORRECT SIX TRACKS (LATER CHANGED TO NORTHERN SONGS, WITH AN INTERMEDIATE LABEL PRESS) LARGE MONO EJ DAY SLEEVE CORRECT ANGUS McBEAN SLEEVE CREDIT BOTTOM RIGHT WITH PHOTO CREDIT ALIGNING WITH 'S' OF 'SONGS'.


VINYL


A GREAT PLAYBACK OF THE GREATEST (AT LEAST TO THESE EARS) DEBUT LP OF ALL TIME. THERE IS SOME BACKGROUND, BUT YOU MOSTLY ONLY HEAR IT ON SIDE RUN-INS/OUTS AND TRACK BREAKS - BUT PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THERE IS SOME BACKGROUND THERE. TO BE HONEST, ON MY LINN YOU DON'T HEAR MUCH BUT THE MUSIC WHEN THE ACTUAL TRACK'S PLAYING, AND THE CLARITY OF THE AUDIO DURING THE TRACK PLAYBACK IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL. THE BACKGROUND DOESN'T DETRACT FOR ME FROM A GREAT PLAY-THROUGH. AUDIO GRADED AT A NICE AND DYNAMIC VG++. THESE RARE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL FIRST PRESSINGS ARE FAMOUSLY ROBUST FOR PROVIDING AN EXCELLENT PLAYBACK - PROVED HERE!


VISUALLY, THE RECORD HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN PLAYED AND HANDLED, AND THERE ARE QUITE A FEW OBVIOUS STORAGE MARKS AND HANDLING HAIRLINES - WOULD GRADE VISUALLY AS A NICE CLEAN VG. CRUCIALLY THOUGH, YOU CAN'T FEEL ANY OF THEM, SO THE BACKGROUND IS GENERAL LOW-LEVEL AS DESCRIBED , WITH NO LOUDER 'TICS' OR 'POPS'.


SO THERE WE GO - A GREAT PLAYING AND GENUINE PIECE OF MUSICAL HISTORY, GETTING MORE SCARCE AS THE YEARS ROLL ON BY...


PLAY GRADED ON A LINN SONDEK LP12 WITH ITTOK LV II ARM AND LINN KLYDE CARTRIDGE. ALL GRADING AS PER RRPG GUIDELINES. PLEASE SEE OUR 'GRADINGS EXPLAINED' SHOP PAGE FOR MORE INFO.

SLEEVE

FRONT LAMINATED EJ DAY SLEEVE A NICE SOLID VG WITH SOME GENERAL STORAGE WEAR. MAIN POINT IS RUBBING TO EDGES AND CORNERS. CORRECT LARGE MONO, AND ANGUS MCBEAN CREDIT EXTREME BOTTOM RIGHT. NICE ORIGINAL 'USE EMITEX' INNER SLEEVE - VG++ WITH NO TEARS OR WRITING.
LABELS

BLACK AND GOLD LABELS NICE CLEAN VG BOTH SIDES, WITH SOME WEAR AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE. ALL WRITING AND CREDITS CLEAR AND LEGIBLE.
PAYMENT & PACKING
THE POSTAGE FOR THIS LP IS FOR UK AND INTERNATIONAL SIGNED-FOR AND FULLY INSURED.
POSTAGE FOR MULTIPLE PURCHASES WILL BE DISCOUNTED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

PAYMENT:
PAYPAL ONLY PLEASE. THE RECORD WILL BE POSTED OUT THE DAY FOLLOWING PAYMENT.


PACKING:
7"s: ALL OUR SINGLES AND EP'S COME SECURELY PACKED IN STURDY MAILERS AND CARDBOARD STIFFENERS. THE VINYL IS PUT INTO A NEW WHITE PAPER SLEEVE, AND THEN INTO A POLY OUTER SLEEVE ALONG WITH THE ORIGINAL SLEEVE.
LP'S: THE VINYL IS PUT INTO A NEW POLY INNER SLEEVE AND PACKED OUTSIDE THE ORIGINAL COVER TO AVOID RINGWEAR AND SEAM SPLITS. BOTH VINYL AND COVER ARE THEN HOUSED IN A NEW POLY OUTER SLEEVE FOR EXTRA PROTECTION BEFORE PACKING WITH MAILER AND STIFFENERS.


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