BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME" 1963 MONO PRESS SUPERB VINYL & AUDIO EX CLEAN SLEEVE
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£ 35 Sold For
Apr 23, 2023 Sold Date
Apr 13, 2023 Start Date
11   Number Of Bids
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THE BEATLES
 "PLEASE PLEASE ME" PARLOPHONE PMC 1202 MONO PRESSING  
 RELEASED ONLY IN MONO ON 22nd MARCH 1963,AND AS REPORTED EVERYWHERE RECENTLY NOW SIXTY (60) YEARS OLD  
 DEPENDING ON THE PUBLICATION YOU READ THIS IS EITHER A FOURTH OR A FIFTH PRESSING I TEND TO GO WITH FOURTH
RESEARCN SUGGESTS ABOUT 180,000 COPIES OF THIS PRESSING WERE RELEASED IN AN EJ DAY SLEEVE WITH THE 'A' IN ANGUS McBEAN UNDER THE LETTER 'G' IN SONGS ABOVE
  
 FIRST PRESSING ARE THE TWO LABEL VARIATIONS OF BLACK AND GOLD SECOND PRESSING IS BLACK AND YELLOW LABELS WITH A SMALL 33 1/3
 THIRD PRESSING IS BLACK AND YELLOW LABELS WITHOUT SMALL 33 1/3 FOURTH PRESSING IS AS ABOVE BUT "WITH RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1963" TEXT
STAMPERS   1/7    GMM      4/0  GPG MATRICES          -1N                 -1N KT TAX CODE SIDE 1 CENTRE
"PARLOPHONE CO LTD" RIM TEXT WITH "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1963" LABEL TEXT CONSISTENT WITH A FOURTH PRESSING
E.J DAY LAMINATED FRONT AND FOLDOVER SEAM RECORD SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CLEAN CONDITION WITH JUST ONE SMALL ISSUE  
 LAMINATED SLEEVE FRONT IS SUPERB JUST  LIGHT EDGE CREASE'S AND ONE SMALL CREASE TO THE OPENING EDGE WHICH INCIDENTALY IS SHARP AND CLEAN ( USUALLY WELL THUMBED ON THESE SLEEVE'S ) THE SEAM EDGE IS ALSO IN SIMILAR CONDITION UNCRUSHED AND UNMARKED .SLEEVE HAS JUST ONE TINY CORNER BUMP BOTTOM RIGHT
THE SLEEVE REAR WHITE INNER PANEL IS FIRST CLASS BRIGHT AND CLEAN NO FOXING OR YELLOWING AND ALL TEXT IS LEGIBLE AND ANY RINGWEAR IS HARD TO MAKE OUT  
 ALL FOUR LAMINATED FOLDOVER SEAMS ARE PRESENT WITH SOME LIGHT CREASES TOP AND BOTTOM  
 HOWEVER THERE IS A SMALL PIECE OF THE BOTTOM SEAM LAMINATE MISSING IN THE CORNER RIGHT AND AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE SAME SEAM THERE ARE SOME PAPER MARKS TO THE SEAM BUT IT IS ALL PRESENT
THE OPENING EDGE AS POINTED OUT EARLIER IS IN FIRST CLASS CONDITION ( SEE PICTURE) NO WEAR OR DISCOLOURING AND LIES COMPLETELY FLAT AN EXCELLENT SIXTY YEAR OLD EXAMPLE
EMITEX POLY LINED INNER IS ALSO IN  EXCELLENT CLEAN CONDITION WITH SOME LIGHT RINGWEAR SHOWING AND NO EDGE REPAIRS
VINYL RECORD IS IN SUPERB CLEAN CONDITION GLOSSY VINYL SURFACES WITH PRISTINE CLEAN LABELS ,CENTRE HOLE IS UNWORN AND WITH JUST VERY LIMITED SPINDLE MARKS REALLY HARD TO MAKE OUT IN THE PICTURES  
 THE KT TAX CODE SHOWING ON SIDE ONE IS STILL BLACK IN COLOUR AND BEING A HIGH POINT ON THE VINYL USUALLY WEARS AWAY FIRST TO A WHITE PAPER COLOUR WHEN PLAYED OFTEN
A TEST PLAY OF THE RECORD  WAS FIRST CLASS WITH QUIET RUN INS AND SPACES AND CLEAN AND CLEAR AUDIO
WE DO PLAY TEST ON A SIXTIES HI-FI FOR REVIEW SO YOU CAN GET A DIFFERENT RESPONSE ON MORE MODERN EQUIPMENT WE CAN ONLY REPERT WHAT WE HEAR
PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT THIS RECORD IS NOW SIXTY YEARS OLD AND WAS PRESSED IN A DIFFERENT ERA TO TODAY


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