The Beatles PLEASE PLEASE ME UK LP 1st YELLOW & BLACK ALL NEAR MINT - LISTEN

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• THE BEATLES - PLEASE PLEASE ME

   1963 1ST YELLOW AND BLACK PRESS IN 'MONO'

  THE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND RARITY WITHOUT THE 'RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED' STATEMENT

  MAGNIFICENT NEAR MINT AUDIO

                                                      STUNNING NEAR MINT SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE: PARLOPHONE PMC 1202
• MATRIX:XEX 421-1N / 422-1N
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:2 MG / 1 MG 
• PARLOPHONE CO RIM WORDING - FIRST PRESS INDICATOR
• NO SOLD IN THE UK STATEMENT - FIRST PRESS INDICATOR
• NO  RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED STATMENT - FIRST PRESS INDICATOR

 TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

THIS COPY JUST HAS TO BE HARDER TO FIND THAN THE BLACK AND GOLD LABEL BECAUSE THEY ONLY TURN UP PERHAPS ONE COPY EVERY YEAR OR TWO, WHERAS THE GOLD AND BLACK LABEL APPEARS FAR MORE OFTEN.

SO WHY SHOULD THIS BE?

WELL FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, THE GOLD AND BLACK LABEL FIRST APPEARED FOR THE ONE AND ONLY TIME ON THE BEATLES DEBUT ALBUM. THERE WERE TWO VERSIONS OF IT, KNOWN AS THE FIRST PRESS AND THE SECOND PRESS, BOTH ARE EQUALLY AS RARE AND THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE FIRST PRESS HAD SONGS INCORRECTLY CREDITED TO DICK JAMES, WHERAS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN NORTHERN SONGS.

PARLOPHONE SHORTLY AFTER THE ORIGINAL RELEASE DECIDED TO CHANGE THE LABELS TO THE MORE COMMON YELLOW AND BLACK AND THUS APPEARED A VERY SHORT LIVED 3RD PRESS (1ST YELLOW AND BLACK)  THIS WAS ALSO QUICKLY CHANGED BECAUSE THE 'RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED' TEXT AT 9 0'CLOCK ON THE LABEL WAS OMITTED IN ERROR. ON THE VERY FIRST TRY AT THE NEW YELLOW AND BLACK LABELS THEY ACTUALLY LEFT THE SMALL 33 1/3RD NEXT TO THE MATRIX NUMBER BEFORE REMOVING IT. SOME WILL SAY THAT THEREFORE THE ONE WITH THE SMALL 33 1/3RD IS THE 3RD PRESS AND THIS IS THE 4TH, AND THEY MAY WELL BE RIGHT, BUT FOR SO MANY YEARS THIS WAS CONSIDERED THE 3RD PRESS AND THE STANDARD FULLY CORRECTED COPY WAS THE 4TH.

ALL VERY CONFUSING BUT WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IS THAT BOTH THE ONE WITH THE SMALL 33 1/3RD AND THE ONE WITHOUT ARE BOTH VERY RARE EXAMPLES OF THE 1ST YELLOW AND BLACK PLEASE PLEASE ME, DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY WERE BOTH INCORRECT LABELS AND VERY VERY QUICKLY CHANGED, MAKING THE INCORRECT COPIES FEW AND FAR BETWEEN AND VERY RARE

ANYWAY BACK TO THE SHORT LIVED 3RD PRESS. A VERY LIMITED RUN OF THIS LABEL APPEARED WITH AN EXTRA 33 1/3 ON IT. THE PARLOPHONE YELLOW AND BLACK LABELS ALL HAVE A LARGE 33 1/3 ABOVE THE YELLOW 'PARLOPHONE' TEXT, BUT THIS 1ST BATCH CAME OUT WITH THE GOLD AND BLACK LABEL'S 33 1/3 (A VERY SMALL ONE) NEXT TO THE CATALOGUE NUMBER AT 9 O'CLOCK. THERE WAS NO NEED FOR TWO NUMBERS AND SO THIS WAS IMMEDIATELY CHANGED TO A COPY THAT JUST HAD THE LARGE NUMBERS.

HERE THEN IS AN NEAR MINT EXAMPLE OF THIS ALBUM, ARGUABLY ONE OF THE THE RAREST BEATLES ALBUM IN EXISTENCE. AND IT HAS A SLEEVE THAT IS ALSO IN THE MOST SPECIAL OF CONDITIONS.

A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECT A RARE BEATLES ALBUM THAT IS IN SUPERB COLLECTIBLE CONDITION

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE ORIGINAL YELLOW AND BLACK LABELS ARE IN MAGIFICENT CONDITION . THE JET BLACK BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.

THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND UNRUBBED. THE YELLOW LOGO IS IN THE SAME EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. THERE ARE ONLY A FEW NEAR INVISIBLE TINY SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE. IT IS CLEAR BOTH FROM LOOKING AT THIS, AND THE CONDITION OF THE VINYL, THIS COULD NOT HAVE HAD THAT MANY PLAYS

THE VINYL

A STUNNING CONDITION VINYL THAT HAS RETAINED EVERY BIT OF THE ORIGINAL SHEEN, AND LOOKS TOTALLY AS NEW. THERE IS NOT ONE MARK ON IT AND IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS,AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE SMALLEST AND WISPIEST SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL HAIRLINES , AND ONLY A COUPLE OF THE TINIEST LITTLE HANDLING LINES (ALL SURFACE ONLY)

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE WHOLE LP FROM START TO FINISH IN MONO, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR IN FULL WHAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING BIDDING ON. A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THIS MONO RECORD PLAYS THROUGH TO NEAR PERFECTION. THE FIRST THING THAT IS APPARENT IS THE INCREDIBLE MONO MIX. A CLARITY OF SOUND THAT YOU ONLY EVER GOT ON THESE EARLIEST OF BEATLES PRESSINGS.

THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT ONE OF THE THE CLEANEST BEATLES MONO PLEASE PLEASE ME YOU ARE EVER LIKELY TO COME ACROSS.

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION TO THE MAGNIFICENT STEREO REPRODUCTION AT ANY POINT, NOT EVEN ON THE VULNERABLE 'ANNA' NOTHING IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE

THE LINKING GROOVES ARE NEAR SILENT WITH JUST THE BAREST MOST LOW LEVEL STATIC HEARD IN A FEW AND ONE OR TWO OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES.

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLING WHATSOEVER, ANYWHERE ON ANY TRACK OR ANY OF THE LINKING GROOVES. 

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE EITHER

THERE ARE NO CLICKS OR DUST POPS AND I AM CERTAIN I HEARD NO MORE THAN ONE TINY STATIC LIKE TIC DURING THE WHOLE PLAY

THIS VINYL PERFORMS VIRTUALLY AS GOOD NOW AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED AND IT JUST HAS TO GRADE NEAR MINT!!!

BUT DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, TAKE A LISTEN TO THE LP AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

FIRSTLY A WORD ABOUT IDENTIFYING THE VERY EARLY SLEEVES THAT HAD TO GO WITH THE EARLY ISSUE VINYLS.

THE FRONT COVER PICTURE WAS A PHOTO TAKEN BY ANGUS MCBEAN WHO'S NAME APPEARS AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE SLEEVE. BUT!!! ONLY ON THE VERY FIRST ISSUE SLEEVES DOES THE 'P' FROM PHOTO APPEAR DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH THE LETTER 'S' FROM THE WORD SONGS (SEE PICTURE) ALL LATER ISSUES THIS ANGUS MCBEAN TEXT IS MOVED FURTHER LEFT DIRECTLY UNDER THE LETTER 'G' FROM THE WORD SONGS. THATS HOW TO TELL IF A SLEEVE HAS BEEN SWAPPED FOR A BETTER ONE

ALSO THERE WERE TWO MANUFACTURERS OF EARLY BEATLES SLEEVES (GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE & E. J DAY) IT IS RECOGNISED THAT THE E.J.DAY SLEEVES ARE THE EARLIEST AND THIS SLEEVE IS THE REAL DEAL E. J DAY FRONT LAMINATED AND FLIP BACK REAR NON LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE

STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE. THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR AND IS FULLY INTACT. NO PEEL, LIFT OR FLAKE, AND THERE IS NOT ONE HEAVY CREASE OR CREASE LINE ON IT 

THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE AND THE FOUR CORNERS ARE STILL PRETTY WELL SHARP AND SQUARE WITH JUST A LITTLE RUB ABD WEAR TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP AND A TINY LINE ACROSS THE TOP RIGHT TIP END. THERE IS ALSO IN TINY LITTLE DENT JUST ON THE TOP EDGE IN THE MIDDLE

THERE ARE JUST TWO TINY LAMINATE STRESS LINES AGAINST THE SPINE. SIX SMALL ONES ALONG THE TOP EDGE, SEVEN ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

IT IS VERY CLEAR THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN KEPT BOLT UPRIGHT AND INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FOR MOST OF ITS LIFE TO PROTECT IT FROM ANY HARM MAN MADE OR OTHERWISE. IT IS FLAT AND DOESN'T BEND AT THE TOP OR BOTTOM ENDS LIKE SOME

THE TOP EDGE IS FULLY LAMINATED AND SMOOTH TO THE TOUCH ALL THE WAY ACROSS WITH JUST A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE CORNER TIP ENDS.

THE BOTTOM EDGE IS SIMILAR WITH ONE TINY SCUFF IN THE MIDDLE AND A SPECK OF RUB TO THE LEFT CORNER TIP AND A LITTLE TINY BIT OF WEAR TO THE RIGHT CORNER TIP END WHERE THE PAPER IS SPLIT

THE SPINE IS SUPERB!!  TOTALLY UN-SQUASHED. ALL OF THE LAMINATE PERFECTLY INTACT, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PRISTINE! A MINASCULE SPECK OF RUB TO THE TIP ENDS ONLY

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP WITHOUT AND BURRING THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO FIND ON THIS SLEEVE AND NO THUMB NAIL NICKS EITHER. CLEARLY SHOWS THAT THE LP HAS NOT BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE VERY OFTEN

I HAVE SAVED THE BEST TILL LAST. TURNING THE SLEEVE OVER REVEALS ONE OF THE MOST SPECIAL EXAMPLES OF THIS SLEEVE I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. IT IS STILL TOTALLY BRILLIANT WHITE WITH NOT ONE SPECK OF DIRT OR GRUBBINESS ANYWHERE OTHER THAN THE THINNEST SLIVER OF HANDLING AT THE OPENING EDGE. NO WRITING, NO SOILING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO MAR THIS INCREDIBLE SURFACE

EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECT. AND THE FLIPBACKS WHICH ARE ALWAYS DAMAGED SOMEWHERE ARE ON THIS COPY IN MINT!!! CONDITION

THIS IS THE E.J DAY AND CO SLEEVE AS DENOTED ON THE BOTTOM FLIPBACK

THE ORIGINAL EMITEX POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION. STILL VERY WHITE  AND UNSPLIT WITH JUST SMALL CREASE LINES ON THE CORNERS

THIS SUPERB SLEEVE HAS TO GRADE VERY CLOSE TO MINT MINUS

SO THERE IT IS. ONE OF THE RAREST ALBUMS EVER MADE AND IN WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS NEAR PERFECT CONDITION. 

MY BEST WISHES AND GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

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IF YOU NEED MORE DESCRIPTION... JUST ASK

GARRY