The Beatles Please Please Me Gold Mono 1st press Type 1a 1H /1H 50's Label WOTZ
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599
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The Beatles Please Please Me 1st dick James press type 1a.
Another rarer than rare record you are ever likely to see for sale,
Featured on the newly updated site www.beatlebay.co.uk , as a first press Type 1a , this copy was pressed on an even older machine that was typically last used in the late 50's.
The difference here, is the indented pressing outer rings which are consistent all the way around and on both sides. The Stampers for these are always 1H /1H and the usual tax code seen is WOTZ which makes it earlier than any 1G standard copy. These were in fact released before them and were the very first editions to be pressed. The 1H / 1H stampers are in fact the default setting on this particular pressing machine, more info can be found on my website.
These are incredibly rare and only now are people realizing their significance in the scheme of things!
VERY VERY VERY hard to get and mint ones I don't think exist, as in fact I've never seen one. It is hard enough to get one in Good+ condition and luckily this is better than good as plays all the way through without any sticks or jumps. Yes there is crackle and clicks throughout but it is the labels that is what it is all about here and the fact it plays well is a bonus.
I estimate there were less than 100 of these ever pressed and I think they were hand manually pressed rather automatically pressed with what happened with the advent of the GRAMOPHLTD setup.
I have only ever seen around 5 or 6 in all my years of looking for these things!
Last one on here went for £5000+.
Cover is graded Ex-/VG+ as it nice on the front, but has a slight issue at the back thou the flipbacks are complete and not torn etc
Comes complete with correct Patent pending EMITEX inner Sleeve.
Considering not many if any of you out there that collect labels have this label..
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