THE BEATLES Please Please Me UK 1st Press, Black & Gold Label, Dick James Credit
£
340
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451
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Description
First press copy of Please Please Me on the black and gold Parlophone label.
Only a first and second press appear on this style of label and you can spot the first press very easily as I Saw Her Standing There, Misery, Do You Want To Know A Secret and There’s A Place all have the incorrect Dick James Mus. Co. publishing credit – this was corrected to Northern Songs from the second press onwards.
The matrix numbers are XEX 421-1N and XEX 422-1N and the mothers are 1 and 1 and the stampers are GR on side 1 and poss a T on side 2 ( I can't make it out).
The record itself has obviously been played a lot in it's lifetime and comes with lots of marks as you’d expect but they are mostly light (apart from one on side 2). It plays through really well with no skips, sticks or jumps – there is crackle throughout but, apart from quieter moments and between tracks, the power of the music does a good job of masking it. I did notice some ticks here and there though they too weren't overpowering. The labels are free of any writing though side 1 is a lot feinter than side 2.
A solid example of one of the rarer Beatles records.
Please ensure you've read the above and studied the pictures before considering buying.
UK only - Will be sent signed for in record mailer with stiffener
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