With The Beatles RARE DECCA Pressing 7N/7N

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Nov 25, 2010 Sold Date

Nov 18, 2010 Start Date

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With The Beatles

Rare DECCA Pressing

This was the Beatles' second official release, following their hugely popular Please Please Me. This record was released on the 30th November 1963 and went to the number 1 position (knocking of their own Please Please Me lp) on the 7th of December. Staying at number 1 for 21 weeks! As a little note: they had already sold 250,000 copies before the release and so accepted a silver disc BEFORE release!

With such volume of sales, Parlophone couldn't keep up with demand, so instead got Decca to press a small amount.

Once again, Parlophone just couldn't keep up with demand, so contract pressings were sought from DECCA. Only for a short time, was this done, so these DECCA pressing copies of Beatles records are becoming increasingly rare.

Catalogue number: PMC 1206

Matrix Numbers Side 1: XEX 447-7N

Matrix Numbers Side 2: XEX 448-7N

Mothers:

Side 1: 3 9

Side 2: 8

The vinyl is recognised as a Decca pressing with the inner groove on the label and the absence of a letter stamped into the run-off groove at 3 O'clock.

Vinyl: VG. Just played her all the way through-WITHOUT SKIPS OR JUMPS! Yes, there's some background noise, with light pops n clicks, but nothing to worry about, really. A good clean and I am sure it'll upgrade. Plenty of light marks to her.

Lovely and RAW...got me jiggin'!

Labels: VG. The increasingly RARE DECCA pressing inner groove, gorgeously prominant.

"The Parlophone..." rim text

Also "Recording First Published" text

Not a great deal of hole wear at all and only the spindle marks are visible when angled towards the light.

There are the initials of "TC" in black pen to side 2 but not very visible at all-see if you can spot them in the pics.

Cover: EX-. Gorgeously glossy cover. NO WRITING!

"Really Gotta Hold On Me" track 3 credit on the back.

Just a small amount of feathering to the opening and discolouration to the back card...other than that:

SOLID corners

SOLID spine

SOLID Garrod & Lofthouse flipbacks

VERY nice example.

Inner: EX. Plain white inner in fine condition-just creases.

This copy would make a display piece or make a very good filler for the completist out there.

Postage:

12" Single or LP

Double LP

£2

£2.50

£3.50

£4.00

Europe

£2.35

£3.00

£4.50

£5.00

USA and Canada

£3.60

£3.80

£7.50

£8.50

ROW

£3.85

£4.00

£8.50

£9.50

Note on grading: 'Mint' means I have just stepped out of the record shop in the 60's, never opened the record and kept it in fantastic dry and warm condtitons...unlikely isn't it!!

I am selling a lot more records and will give discounts on postage for more than 1 purchase.

Please feel free to email me with further questions, but do remember to include your email if you would like further images.

Thank you and good luck.

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