BEATLES PLEASE PLEASE ME BLACK AND GOLD MONO 1ST PRESS
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BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME"
ORIGINAL 1963 UK BLACK AND GOLD UK MONO 1ST PRESSING.
RELEASED MARCH 22 1963 "PLEASE PLEASE ME" WAS THE BEATLES FIRST UK ALBUM RELEASE.
THERE ARE TWO VERSIONS OF THE BLACK AND GOLD MONO, THE FIRST VERSION INCORRECTLY CREDITS FOUR TITLES TO DICK JAMES MUSIC COMPANY ON LATER ISSUES THIS WAS CHANGED TO THE CORRECT NORTHERN SONGS....
THE LABEL SWITCH OCCURRED BECAUSE NORTHERN SONGS WAS FORMED MIDWAY THROUGH EMI'S FIRST PRINT RUN OF THE LABELS. SHORTLY BEFORE THE ALBUM WAS RELEASED DICK JAMES INFORMED EMI THAT THE FOUR TITLES IN QUESTION WOULD NO LONGER BE PUBLISHED BY HIS COMPANY BUT BY NORTHERN SONGS. EMI THEN PRESSED ANOTHER, SMALL BATCH OF LABELS WITH THE UPDATED COPTRIGHT DETAILS. AS THE FIRST PRESSINGS WERE ALREADY IN THE WAREHOUSES AWAITING RELEASE BOTH VERSIONS ENDED UP BEING ISSUED TO THE SHOPS.
THIS COPY IS THE ORIGINAL 1ST ISSUE WITH THE INCORRECT DICK JAMES CREDITS
PMC 1202
XEX 421/2-1N-1N
STAMPERS T1 R1
MT TAX CODE (EMBOSSED TO SIDE ONE)
THE BLACK AND GOLD LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. LABELS DISPLAY SOME LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS BUT THESE ARE MINIMAL AND A HINT OF SPINDLE WEAR. THE LABELS ARE HOWEVER EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND BRIGHT AND FREE FROM WRITING E.T.C. ALL THE GOLD LETTERING IS STILL CRISP AND VIVID AND FREE FROM RUBBING E.T.C..
THE GLOSSY HEAVY WEIGHT VINYL IS EXCELLENT, THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED AND IN KEEPING WITH A RECORD THAT HAS BEEN PLAYED IT DOES DISPLAY SOME LIGHT SURFACE MARKS AND THE ODD HAIRLINE, NONE ARE FEELABLE AND NONE ARE SEVERE AND SINCE THIS HEAVY WEIGHT VINYL CAN COPE WITH BEING PLAYED OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING AN DTHERE IS NO NEEDLELIFT WHEN PLAYED.
THE AUDIO IS SUPERB.... THERE MAY BE A HINT OF CRACKLE TO RUN IN/OFF GROOVES AND THE ODD TRACK GROOVE BUT APART FROM THAT THERE IS NO OTHER DISTORTION PRESENT. THE VINYL PLAYS THROUGH ON BOTH SIDES WITH NO SKIPS, JUMPS OF POPS AND IS STILL A REAL JOY TO LISTEN TO!!!.
THE ORIGINAL EMITEX INNER IS SUPERB, IT HAS SOME LIGHT BUT EXPECTED CREASES BUT IS STILL CRISP AND VERY VERY WHITE, IT IS INTACT AND FREE FROM WRITING.
THE OUTER 1ST ISSUE E.J DAY SLEEVE IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE... . IT DOES DISPLAY SOME LIGHT CREASING TO THE FRONT AND SOME CORNER AND EDGE WEAR. THE REAR SHOWS THE ODD LIGHT HANDLING MARK (SEE PICTURE) AND THERE ARE SOME LIGHT CREASES EVIDENT TO THE SEAMS BUT NONE OF THIS IS SEVERE. THE SPINE IS STILL PERFECTLY RIGID AND THE SLEEVE IS INTACT AND FREE FROM WRITING AND STILL VERY CLEAN.
OVERALL A VERY DESIRABLE EXAMPLE OF THIS UK MONO 1ST ISSUE WHICH IS OFFERED IN OVERALL EXCELLENT CONDITION.
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