FOR INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT due to ebays revised " buyer " protection policy even more sellers will start to refuse to sell internationally. I however will still sell internationally but i reserve the right to not to complete any international transaction if the buyer has any bad or witheld feedback or for any other reason thaT I choose and this is especially so for items that sell for near to GBP 150 or higher. So if you are an international bidder and win one of my auctions and then find I have completed the transaction elsewhere this will be because the new ebay/paypal policy now makes it almost impossible for sellers to sell safely overseas, thank you

FOR BIDDERS WITH ZERO FEEDBACK THIS IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT...   I have recently been the victim of serveral spurious bids from several different members (usually based in the Russian Federation). Please note that if you win any of my items and have zero feedback I will ask you for immediate payment or for you to email and immediately confirm that you were a genuine bidder. Failiure to meet either of those critiera will result in the item being  offered to the next highest bidder without further delay. thank you. 

BLACK GOLD STEREO...BLACK GOLD STEREO... RARER ZMT TAX CODE, EARLIEST DICK JAMES CREDITS 1G 1R STAMPERS...........

NOT REALLY TOO MUCH NEEDS TO BE SAID ABOUT THIS AS THIS IS THE HOLY GRAIL FOR ALL BEATLES COLLECTORS...... A BLACK GOLD UK STEREO PRESSING AND AS A BONUS A FINE PLAYING COPY TOO WITH EARLIEST DICK JAMES MUSIC CREDITS, 1G 1R STAMPERS, RARER TAX CODE AND " GOLD " SLEEVE WITH ALL THREE FLIPBACKS TOTALLY INTACT !!! L@@K....

FOR THE RECORD ( NO PUN INTENDED !) IT'S BELIEVED ONLY 900 OF THESE EXSIST AND THIS FIGURE IS BACKED UP  BY THE EVIDENCE OF THE STAMPERS. ON THIS COPY THE STAMPERS ARE 1G ( 1ST 300 ) AND 1R (IST 600 ) BUT I HAVE ALSO SEEN 1G 1R STAMPERS ON EARLY YELLOW BLACK COPIES WHICH WOULD SUGGEST THESE LABELS WERE ALREADY BEING REPLACED AT PRE RELEASE AND SO IF YOU BOUGHT ONE NEW IN THE SHOPS ON DAY OF RELEASE YOU COULD POSSIBLY HAVE JUST AS EASILY GOT AN EARLY YELLOW BLACK COPY AS ONE OF THESE ULTRA RARE BACK GOLD ONES.

I UNDERSTAND THIS STEREO RELEASE CAME SOME WEEKS AFTER THE MONO ONE. EARLY BLACK GOLD MONO COPIES HAD DICK JAMES MUSIC CREDITS FOR ALL THE LENNON MCCARTNEY COMPOSITIONS BUT AFTER THE INCORPORATION OF NORTHERN SONGS THIS WAS CORRECTED FOR ALL THE TITLES OTHER THAN " PLEASE PLEASE ME " AND " ASK ME WHY " (AS WELL AS " LOVE ME DO " AND " PS I LOVE YOU " WHICH OF COURSE WERE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PUBLISHER ).

THESE EARLY UNCORRECTED LABELS ARE THE MOST SORT AFTER MONO BLACK GOLDS. INTERESTINGLY THE LABEL CHANGE TO NORTHERN SONGS MUST HAVE COME AT AROUND THE TIME OF THE STEREO RELEASE AS BLACK GOLD STEREO COPIES ALSO HAVE BOTH VARIATIONS ( AND ALSO SOME CROSSOVERS ) ALTHOUGH THE  EARLIEST  LABELS HAVE THE UNCORRECTED DICK JAMES CREDITS AND I AM HAPPY TO SAY THIS IS ONE SUCH EXAMPLE.

THIS ALSO CARRIES THE RARER ZMT TAX CODE....( I THINK IT SHOULD BE MT BUT I AM HAPPY TO TAKE FEEDBACK ON THAT..) 

I AM STARTING THIS LOW AND WITH NO RESERVE AS THIS SALE IS HIGHLY LIKELY TO GENERATE A GREAT DEAL OF INTEREST.

FOR UK BIDDERS PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO THOSE BIDDERS WHO CAN COLLECT IN PERSON AS I THINK IT WILL BE BEST TO TREAT THIS SALE LIKE THAT OF A CAR.

HOWEVER SHOULD THE WINNING BID COME OUTSIDE OF THE UK THEN I WOULD PROPOSE TO SEND THIS ONLY BY COURIER AT THE INSURED SALE VALUE. I CANNOT GIVE AN INDICATION OF COST FOR THIS UNTIL THE SALE IS COMPLETED BUT I WOULD EXPECT IT TO BE IN THE REGION OF GBP 50-100.

For Auction here is the UK LP ''  PLEASE PLEASE ME " 

ARTIST:  THE BEATLES

MONO/STEREO: STEREO

Cat. No : PCS 3042

LABEL: BLACK GOLD PARLOPHONE  

COUNTRY: UK

DATE: 1963

MATRICIES:  -1 -1

MOTHERS/STAMPERS :  1G 1R 

VINYL WEIGHT: 165g

THE CONDITION

SLEEVE:  OF ALL THE E J DAY'S PPM SLEEVES I HAVE EVER SEEN HERE ON EBAY I THINK I CAN COUNT ON THE FINGERS OF ONE HAND THOSE THAT HAVE HAD ALL THREE FLIPBACKS TOTALLY INTACT - LET ALONE A " GOLD " SLEEVE - AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM!!!

THESE EARLY EJ DAY SLEEVES WERE SO MUCH MORE FRAGILE THAN THEIR GARROD COUNTERPARTS AND USUALLY SUFFER TERRIBLY. AS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS WAY ABOVE THE AVERAGE FOR ONE OF THESE. SOME MINOR EDGE AND SPINEWARE AND MINOR DISCOLOURATION SO GRADES OFFICIALLY AS VG 

VINYL VISUAL :  BOTH SIDES DO SHOW SOME SURFACE MARKS AND SCUFFS, SIDE 2 MORE THAN SIDE ONE. BUT NO FEELABLE MARKS THAT I CAN DETECT SO I FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD GRADE BETTER THAN GOOD SO I WOULD GRADE VG-

VINYL PLAY: A JOY, IT NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME HOW THESE EARLY HEAVY DEEP CUT VINYL CAN PLAY EVEN WITH VISABLE SURFACE MARKING. IT PLAYED ON MY SYSTEM ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITH NO STICKS OR JUMPS!!! YES THERE IS SOME CRACKLE BUT THIS IS MOSTLY TOTALLY DROWNED OUT BUT THE DEEP CUT STEREO SOUND. OTHER THAN THAT JUST THE ODD POP AND CLICK, A VERY GOOD PLAYING COPY, ENJOY!  

LABELS:  NO WRITINGS OR LABELS OR TARES, GRADE EXCELLENT-

NO NEED TO SAY ANYMORE, THIS REALLY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS

(Please note that whilst I try to endeavour to adhere to strict RC gradings I will never describe ANYTHING AS MINT even when I think it to be so. As far as I am concerned any secondhand item by definition cannot be mint. However if I believe an item to be Mint  I will instead either use the terms Near Mint, mint minus, or in archive or vault condition. When I use these terms you know that in my opinion this is in effect a de-facto Mint grade )

INSURANCE INCLUDED IN P&P PRICE DEPENDING ON FINAL SALE VALUE...

Dont forget to take a look at my other items. Please feel free to contact me with any queries you may have.

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I ONLY DO A COUPLE OF RUNS A WEEK TO THE POST OFFICE BUT MY ITEMS ARE ALWAYS DISPATCHED WELL WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK OF PAYMENT BEING RECEIVED. I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE TO THOSE BUYERS WHO SEEM TO EXPECT THEIR ITEM TO ARRIVE THE NEXT DAY, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK WHEN AN ITEM WAS SENT JUST PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU!! (SOME PEOPLE DO MAKE YOU LAUGH, FOR ITEMS I BUY I ONLY NORMALLY GET CONCERNED AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND EVEN AFTER THAT THEN ONLY POLIETELY ENQUIRE IF AND WHEN THE ITEM WAS SENT).

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PAYMENTS BY PAYPAL ARE PREFERRED BUT I ALSO ACCEPT OTHER METHODS. I ALSO POST WORLDWIDE (PLS APPLY FOR RATES) BUT DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH A DISREPUTABLE BUYER IN JAPAN (EBAY WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO NAME THEM) , FOR ALL PAYMENTS MADE VIA PAYPAL THE ITEM WILL ONLY BE SENT BOTH TO THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY RECORDED OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY. THIS IS TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY ATTEMPT TO CLAIM BACK THE PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL EVEN AFTER ACTUALLY HAVING RECEIVED THE ITEM.

THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS HAD THE RESULT OF INCREASING MY COSTS FOR POSTING AND PACKING AND I AM VERY SORRY FOR THIS BUT PAYPAL OFFER NO PROTECTION FOR SELLERS UNLESS THERE IS PROOF OF DELIVERY!! PROOF OF POSTING WOULD SEEM INSUFFICIENT TO THEM AND I HAVE FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY..

DUE TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THIS SAME BUYER PAYPAL PAYMENTS WILL ALSO NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM BUYERS WHO DO NOT ALLOW THEIR FEEDBACK TO READ, SO IF YOU FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY PLEASE DO NOT BID ON MY ITEMS UNLESS YOU CAN PAY BY ANOTHER METHOD…….COST VIA INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR MAIL TO EUROPE FOR A SINGLE LP IS USUALLY GBP 8.99 AND TO THE USA/REST OF THE WORLD GBP 12.99 FOR A SINGLE LP AND 15.99 FOR A DOUBLE BASED ON A "DECLARED" VALUE OF UNDER GBP 50... 

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