THE BEATLES "LOVE ME DO" RARE 1963 UK 1st BLACK LABEL 1 STAMPERS MPTK TAX CODE
  £   205
  $   272

 


£ 205 Sold For
Dec 19, 2025 Sold Date
Dec 9, 2025 Start Date
38   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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THE BEATLES
 "LOVE ME DO b/w P.S. I LOVE YOU"
RELEASED 5th OCTOBER 1962
THIS LATER PRESSING WAS RELEASED IN MARCH 1963 WHICH WAS WHEN EMI DROPPED THE 45  PREFIX TO THE CATALOGUE NUMBER AND INTRODUCED THE BLACK AND SILVER LABELS FOR THIS PRESSING
THE CHART RUN FOR THE ORIGINAL RED AND SILVER COPIES OF 'LOVE ME DO' WAS FROM OCTOBER 6th 1962 TO THE END OF FEBRUAURY 1963 SO THE VAST MAJORITY OF 'LOVE ME DO' COPIES WERE RED AND SILVER MAKING THE BLACK LABEL COPIES DIFFICULT TO FIND AS BY THIS TIME THEY WERE BEING RELEASED MAINLY AS BACK ORDERS FOR RETAILERS IF REQUIRED AS 'PLEASE PLEASE ME' HAD BEEN ON RELEASE SINCE THE 11th JANUARY 1963
PARLOPHONE R 4949
STAMPERS    1         RH           1          RO
 MATRICES        -1N                        -1N MPTK  TAX CODE  SIDE 2 CENTRE ( RARE IN THE FOUR LETTER FORM ) WITH MPTZ IN THE RUN OUTS
"THE PARLOPHONE CO LTD" UPPER/LOWER CASE RIM TEXT WITH  "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED" LABEL TEXT
RARE UK FIRST BLACK AND SILVER LABEL PRESSING
   HISTORY DICTATES THAT THE BLACK AND SILVER PRESSING'S  WERE PRODUCED  IN SMALLER QUANTITIES FOR THE REASONS STATED ABOVE THAN THE FIRST PRESS RED AND SILVER COPIES WHICH IS REFLECTED BY THE FACT IT RARELY COMES UP FOR AUCTION ANYWHERE NEVER MIND EBAY
THIS VINYL RECORD THOUGH DOES HAVE A MULTITUDE OF HANDLING, LIGHT NEEDLE AND SLEEVE RETENTION MARKS OVER BOTH SIDES ( DOESN'T SHOW IN THE PICTURES )
A TEST PLAY PRODUCED  BACKGOUND NOISE AND POPS TO BOTH SDIES ALTHOUGH IT DOES PLAY THROUGH WITHOUT STICKING OR SKIPPING ,STRANGELY THE LABELS ARE CLEAN AND LEGIBLE AND EVEN MORE STRANGELY  THE SPINDLE MARKS ARE CONFINED TO THE PUSH OUT CENTRES AND NOT ALL OVER THE LABEL AND THE CENTREHOLE SHOWS VERY LITTLE WEAR
THER DOESN'T  SEEM TO BE ANY FEELABLE  MARKS ON THE VINYL
WE HAVE LISTED IT DUE TO ITS RARITY AND IT IS DEFINITELY RARER THAN THE RED AND SILVER PRESSING
RECORD COMES IN ITS ORIGINAL PARLOPHONE GREEN AND WHITE SLEEVE WHICH HAS BEEN ANOTATED BY THE  ORIGINAL OWNER SO THE SLEEVE AND RECORD HAVE BEEN TOGETHER A LONG TIME
A GOOD STARTER PRESSING FOR THE COLLECTOR OUT THERE


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