The Beatles - Please Please Me LP 1st Press Black/Gold

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	$		119

The Beatles - Please Please Me (UK LP) 1st Pressing Black Gold

Band name or Artist: The Beatles

Title Of Album: Please Please Me

Pressing: 1st Pressing - With The Black And Gold Parlophone Label With Parlophone Co. Ltd Label Text But Without Sold In The U.K Label Text.With 'Dick James' Music Co Publishing Credit For Please Please Me, I Saw Her Standing There, Misery, Do You Want To Know A Secret And There's A Place. E J. Day Sleeve.

Label: Black And Gold Parlophone

Record Catalogue Number: PMC 1202

Matrix Numbers: Side 1 = XEX 421-1N / Side 2 = XEX 422-1N

Stamper Codes: Side 1 = 1L / Side 2 = 1GG

Tax Code: MT

Speed: 33 and 1/3 rpm

Mono or Stereo: Mono

Format: Vinyl LP Record

Genre Of Music: Beat/Rock 'N' Roll

Country of Manufacture: Great Britain (United Kingdom)

Vinyl Audio Grade & Date of Playtest: Play grade- Fair (Quite a strong and clear sound, some crackle throughout the main tracks, some background noise in between tracks, 2 jumps on the 1st track on side 1, 1 jump on track 3 on side 1, 1 jump on track 4 side 1, side 2 is all fine with no skips or jumps on any of the songs, there are some light pops and clicks throughout but these are reasonably scarce and are only slightly audible over the main songs, (Playtested 8th May 2007)

Vinyl Visual Grade: Fair (Looks very well played on both sides with lots of light superficial surface marks, there are also 8 or 9 or so raised feelable scratches on the record which do affect play slightly by causing some of the jumps detailed above and some of the light pops and clicks (also mentioned above), there is also some light scuffing to the records surface, quite a lot of spindle marks on the label, no major tears to the labels though, there is some wear around the spindle hole on side 1 and 2, the record is not warped in any way though, it is flat.)

Album Cover Grade: Fair (THIS SLEEVE HAS NOT BEEN SWAPPED AND IT IS THE ORIGINAL BLACK AND GOLD SLEEVE WITH THE photo credit OF Angus McBean ON THE bottom right of THE front cover to the extreme right VERY CLOSE TO THE SLEEVE OPENING. i nEVER SWAP SLEEVES AS I WANT THE SLEEVE AND THE RECORD TO REMAIN 100% AUTHENTIC.)  (corner creasing to the front corners, corner creasing to the rear corners, the sleeve has a spine split bang on the centre of the spine which is about 10cm in length, this means the title on the spine is no longer legible, the top edge has a 4 cm split on on the sleeve opening where someone has tried to force the record back in, the bottom edge also had a large split of about 18cm but this has been repaired from the inside so you can no longer tell and the split is no longer visible, you can still see the  rubbing/wear along the bottom edge but it has been repaired to a high standard, there is also a bit of rubbing rear to the top edge and spine but nothing major apart from the splits mentioned previous, a bit of corner rubbing, some ringwear on the front but it is more noticeable on the back on the unlaminated rear, there is some small pen marks/writing on the sleeve on the rear top top left with the words 'grant la chance alamo' and a slight squiggle wrote in blue biro, the rear sleeve has discolouration and staining on the unlaminated rear and also some cellotape residue just above the bottom flipback lip, the record also has 3 tiny 1cm tears on the sleeve opening, no serious lamintate lifting or peeling.

Record Collector 2008 Price Guide Book Price: £600 Mint

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MINT

The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. The cover and any extra items such as the lyric sheet, booklet or poster are in perfect condition. Records advertised as Sealed or Unplayed should be Mint.

EXCELLENT

The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality. The cover and packaging might have slight wear and/or creasing.

VERY GOOD

The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch. Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items, without any major defects, is acceptable.

GOOD

The record has been played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion and mild scratches. The cover and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discoloration, etc.

FAIR

The record is still just playable but has not been cared for properly and displays considerable surface noise; it may even jump. The cover and contents will be torn, stained and/or defaced.

POOR

The record will not play properly due to scratches, bad surface noise, etc. The cover and contents will be badly damaged or partly missing.

BAD

The record is unplayable or might even be broken, and is only of use as a collection-filler.