The Beatles PLEASE PLEASE ME * STEREO GOLD & BLACK * PLAYS EXCELLENT PLUS

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THE BEATLES - PLEASE PLEASE ME

 1963 GOLD & BLACK LABEL IN 'STEREO'

VERY FIRST PRESS WITH DICK JAMES CREDITS

NEAR MINT MINUS SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE: PARLOPHONE PCS 3042
• MATRIX:YEX 94 / 95-1
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:1 R / 1 G
• TAX CODE : ZMT 
• PARLOPHONE CO RIM WORDING - FIRST PRESS INDICATOR
• NO SOLD IN THE UK STATEMENT - FIRST PRESS INDICATOR
• SMALL 33 AND A THIRD ON THE LABEL 
• ALL DICK JAMES CREDITS
• CORRECT FIRST ISSUE ANGUS MCBEAN PLACEMENT

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE ORIGINAL BLACK AND GOLD LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION . THE JET BLACK BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.

I DON'T SEE ANY SPIDER LINES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SPINDLE HOLE

THERE IS SOME VERY MILD WEAR TO TINY BITS OF THE GOLD LETTERING, AS YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SPOT FROM THE PICTURES, BUT THIS IS VERY MINIMAL AND DON'T FORGET MY PICTURES ARE TAKEN ON A MACRO SETTING WHICH IS FAR LESS FORGIVING THAN THE HUMAN EYE

THE VINYL

ROCK SOLID HEAVYWEIGHT DISC THAT HAS KEPT ALL OF THE ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LUSTRE.THERE ARE THREE VERY LIGHT HANDLING MARKS ON THE DISC WHICH AS YOU CAN HEAR ARE NON SOUNDING. I HAVE TAKEN A PICTURE OF THE WORST ONE.

UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS A SPATTERING OF VERY WISPY HAIRLINES

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED ALL OF THE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR IN FULL WHAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING BIDDING ON. A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS, AND LETS FACE IT WITH THIS ONE IT'S VITAL!!

THIS STEREO FIRST PRESS PLAYS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES. I AM JUST BLOWN AWAY BY THE SUPERB SOUND GENERATED BY THIS DISC 

I GUARANTEE THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION TO THE MAGNIFICENT STEREO REPRODUCTION AT ANY POINT, NOT EVEN ON THE VULNERABLE 'ANNA' NOTHING IT'S JUST REALLY CLEAN AND CRISP ALL THE WAY THROUGH

THERE IS NO HEAVY CRACKLING, NOR ARE THERE ANY LOUD CLICKS ANYWHERE

THERE IS SOME VERY LIGHT BACKGROUND (STATIC LIKE) WHICH YOU CAN HEAR IN THE LINKING GROOVES AND THE QUIETER PASSAGES

THERE ARE SOME TINY DUST POPS AND TICS HERE AND THERE, BUT NOTHING TO MAR THE SUPERB REPRODUCTION OF THIS ALBUM.

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SUPERB DISC EXCELLENT PLUS!!!

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

 THE SLEEVE

FIRSTLY A WORD ABOUT IDENTIFYING THE VERY EARLY SLEEVES THAT HAD TO GO WITH THE EARLY ISSUE VINYLS.

THE FRONT COVER PICTURE WAS A PHOTO TAKEN BY ANGUS MCBEAN WHO'S NAME APPEARS AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE SLEEVE. BUT!!! ONLY ON THE VERY FIRST ISSUE SLEEVES DOES THE 'P' FROM PHOTO APPEAR DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH THE LETTER 'S' FROM THE WORD SONGS (SEE PICTURE) ALL LATER ISSUES THIS ANGUS MCBEAN TEXT IS MOVED FURTHER LEFT DIRECTLY UNDER THE LETTER 'G' FROM THE WORD SONGS. THAT'S HOW TO TELL IF A SLEEVE HAS BEEN SWAPPED FOR A BETTER ONE

STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE. THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR AND THERE IS NOT ONE  HEAVY CREASE OR CREASE LINE ON IT ANYWHERE.

THERE AREFIVE MINUSCULE LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, 2 SIMILAR ALONG THE TOP EDGE, AND FOUR ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE.

REMARKABLY NOT ONE THUMB LINE ANYWHERE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE OR ANYWHERE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER

THE FOUR CORNER TIPS HAVE THE LIGHTEST BIT OF RUBBING TO EACH WITH THE LAMINATE RUBBED FROM THE ABSOLUTE TIP ENDS, BUT UNUSUALLY NO TEARS OR SPLITS TO ANY OF THE CORNERS.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE THE LAMINATE FULLY PROTECTING THEM APART FROM THE TIPS AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED TIPS, AND THE ONLY OTHER THING WORTH A MENTION IS A COUPLE OF ROUGH LINES AS I RUN MY FINGER ALONG THEM BOTH

THE SPINE IS  NEAR PRISTINE!!!  TOTALLY UNSQUASHED. ALL OF THE LAMINATE PERFECTLY INTACT,WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ALREADY MENTIONED TIP ENDS.

THE SPINE IS FLAT AND UNSQUASHED AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL SUPER SHARP AND JUST HAS A COUPLE OF REALLY TINY BURRS

TURNING THE SLEEVE OVER REVEALS A STILL REALLY WHITE EXAMPLE OF THIS REAR SURFACE. YOU KNOW THAT MOST ARE BATTERED AND STAINED, AND HAVE TORN FLIPBACKS. BUT THIS ONE IS WAY BETTER THAN MOST

IT IS STILL VERY WHITE WITH JUST SOME LIGHT HANDLING TO THE OPENING EDGE, AND A VERY VERY LIGHT SHADOW OF AGEING TO THE WHITENESS OVERALL.

EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECT, AND THERE IS NO RUBBING TO THE REAR SURFACE AT ALL. THE FLIPBACKS ARE ALL STILL PERFECTLY ADHERED, NO TEARS OR SPLITS, JUST ONE MINUSCULE NICK TO THE BOTTOM ONE IN THE MIDDLE

THIS IS THE E.J DAY AND CO SLEEVE AS DENOTED ON THE BOTTOM FLIPBACK

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED EMITEX INNER SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. STILL VERY WHITE WITH JUST A LITTLE AGEING, AND ONLY A SLIGHT WRINKLE TO THE OP RIGHT CORNER.

NO SPLITS TO ANY OF THE SEAMS

I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THIS SLEEVE GRADES  NEAR MINT MINUS!!!!

MY BEST WISHES AND GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

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GARRY