BEATLES PLEASE PLEASE ME STEREO Y/B W GOLD 33 1/3 MINT
  £   8,300
  $   9,906

 


£ 8300 Sold For
Mar 22, 2011 Sold Date
Mar 15, 2011 Start Date
£   19 Start price
42   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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 1963 1ST YELLOW AND BLACK PRESS IN 'STEREO'

THE IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND RARITY WITH THE GOLD LABEL 33 1/3RD

VAULT CONDITION!!!

STUNNING MINT MINUS SLEEVE

  • CATALOGUE: PARLOPHONE PCS 3062

  • MATRIX:YEX 94 / 95-1

  • MOTHERS/STAMPERS:1 P / 1 G 

  • PARLOPHONE CO RIM WORDING - FIRST PRESS INDICATOR

  • NO SOLD IN THE UK STATEMENT - FIRST PRESS INDICATOR

  • SMALL 33 1/3RD

 

  • EVERY NOW AND THEN A RECORD SURFACES THAT HAS NO RIGHT TO EXIST. THIS IS ONE SUCH ALBUM. AN ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE 'STEREO' COPY OF THE BEATLES PLEASE PLEASE ME ONE  OF THE RAREST BEATLES ALBUMS ON THE PLANET!!

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 DONT 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, BITH 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.

THE 4TH PRESS IS THE ONE THAT SITS IN MOST PEROPLES COLLECTIONS.

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.

IT IS RECOGNISED THAT THE COPY WITH BOTH 33 1/3RDS WAS ISSUED IN SUCH SMALL NUMBERS AND IN PARTICULAR THE STEREO COPY. THERE CANNOT HAVE BEEN MORE THAN A HANDFUL IN EXISTANCE

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

A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECT AN ALBUM THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO OBTAIN

THIS ALBUM IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE MOST MAGNIFICENT COPY I HAVE EVER SEEN, WITH A SLEEVE TO MATCH

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.IT IS DEEP IN COLOUR AND DESPIT A FEW FLECKS OF WHITE SHOWING THROUGH ON SIDE ONE STILL RANKS AS MINT MINUS

THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND UNRUBBED. THE YELLOW LOGO IS IN THE SAME EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. I COUNT ONE TINY SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE. IT IS CLEAR BOTH FROM LOOKING AT THIS, AND THE CONDITION OF THE VINYL, THIS COULD NOT HAVE HAD MORE THAN A COUPLE OF PLAYS

THE VINYL

A MINT CONDITION VINYL THAT HAS RETAINED EVERY BIT OF THE ORIGINAL SHEEN, AND LOOKS TOTALLY AS NEW. THERE IS NOT ONE MARK ON IT ANYWHERE, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO SEE. JUST A FEW OF THE SMALLEST AND WISPIEST HAIRLINES POSSIBLE

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 RECENTLY DECIDED TO RECORD IN FULL ALL OF THE LP'S THAT I LIST FOR AUCTION, 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 STEREO RECORD PLAYS THROUGH AS IF IT HAD JUST BEEN PUT ONTO A TURNTABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. THE FIRST THING THAT IS APPARENT IS THE INCREDIBLE STEREO MIX. A CLARITY OF SOUND THAT YOU ONLY EVER GOT ON THESE EARLIEST OF BEATLES PRESSINGS.

THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE CLEANEST BEATLES STEREO PLEASE PLEASE ME YOU ARE EVER LIKELY TO COME ACCROSS. I GUARANTEE 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 DEATHLY SILENT. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLING WHATSOEVER, ANYWHERE ON ANY TRACK OR ANY OF THE LINKING GROOVES. EVEN THE RUN OUT IS SILENT

THIS ALBUM HAS JUST NOT BEEN PLAYED!!!!

THERE ARE NO CLICKS NOTHING!! I HEARD ONE DUST POP IN ONE OF THE LINKING GROOVES ON SIDE 2 AND THAT IS BEING AS PICKY AS I POSSIBLY CAN BE

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

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

 

 

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

WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT THIS SLEEVE?   IT IS TRULY MAGNIFICENT, AND THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THIS SLEEVE I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS

STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE. THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR AND THERE IS NOT ONE CREASE OR CREASE LINE ON IT ANYWHERE. NOT EVEN THOSE SMALL LAMINATE LINES THAT YOU GET NEAR THE SPINE.

THREE OF THE FOUR CORNERS ARE ABSOLUTELY SQUARE AND MINT WHILST THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER HAS THE BAREST SLIVER OF RUBBING TO IT

IT IS VERY CLEAR THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN KEPT BOLT UPRIGHT AND INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER TO PROTECT IT FROM ANY HARM MAN MADE OR OTHERWISE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR OR LAMINATE FLAKE

THE SPINE IS MINT!!!  TOTALLY UNSQUASHED. ALL OF THE LAMINATE PERFETLY INTACT, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PRISTINE!

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NHICKS TO SHOW WHERE THE VINYL WAS REMOVED A COUPLE OF TIMES

I HAVE SAVED THE BEST TILL LAST. TURNING THE SLEEVE OVER REVEALS THE MOST MINT EXAMPLE 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. 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 RICE PAPER LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION. TOTALLY WHITE AS NEW AND UNSPLIT WITH JUST THE BAREST CREASE LINE ON TWO CORNERS

THIS IMPOSSIBLE SLEEVE HAS TO GRADE MINT MINUS!!!!

SO THERE IT IS. ONE OF THE RAREST ALBUMS EVER MADE AND IN WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS VAULT CONDITION. THE QUESTION IS WILL IT END UP IN YOUR COLLECTION???

 

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

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GARRY

 





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