"PLEASE PLEASE ME" BEATLES FIRST UK CASSETTE RELEASE - OCT 1970
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Description
The very first musicassette UK release of The Beatles "Please Please Me" album in October 1970. In very good condition and plays perfectly. No writing, marks or damage. Inlay crisp and clean. Minor bubbling to lime green paper label (which looks yellow in the photo)
Very rarely will you see this (or any other first release Beatles UK cassette albums) for sale on E Bay. You will see similar REissues from 1972 onwards with the all-gold inlays and white paper labels, but not this. So what distingushes it from the reissues and identifies it as a first release, only available from late 1970 up to the end of 1971. Significantly rarer than the vinyl counterpart, Beatles cassettes were only introduced in small numbers into the market place by a wary EMI at this time, until it became clear that the cassette had mass market, "music on the move" appeal from 1972 onwards.
The lime green paper label, the circular 1&7/8ths inches per second logo on the spine, the presence of the cat no TC-PCS 3042 on the spine AND the front inlay, the tracklisting on the inside of the inlay, the other Beatles music advertising on the foldover, the album front cover picture extending to the very bottom of the inlay, the elementary "newspaper-like" design and artwork of the inlay, the grey cassette shell. Look under my other items for a Beatles first release UK cassette guide 1968-71 for further detailed info. Upon request, a copy will be sent free with the purchased item.
See my other first release Beatles cassettes under my other items.
This cassette paper label is one where the EMI/Parlophone logo is present - others were made without the logo, due to the expense and shortage of letterpress blocks.
Posting in the UK and worldwide.
