Beatles PLEASE PLEASE ME * STEREO GOLD & BLACK * NMINT

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 1963 GOLD & BLACK LABEL IN 'STEREO'

VERY FIRST PRESS WITH DICK JAMES CREDITS

INCREDIBLE, 'GOT TO HAVE THIS IN MY COLLECTION' CONDITION!!!

NEAR MINT MINUS SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE: PARLOPHONE PCS 3042

• MATRIX:YEX 94 / 95-1

• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:1 G / 1 R
• TAX CODE : ZMT 

• PARLOPHONE CO RIM WORDING - FIRST PRESS INDICATOR

• NO SOLD IN THE UK STATEMENT - FIRST PRESS INDICATOR
• SMALL 33 AND A THIRD ON THE LABEL 

• ALL DICK JAMES CREDITS
• CORRECT FIRST ISSUE ANGUS MCBEAN PLACEMENT

I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE THAT SHORTLY AFTER SELLING ONE OF THE BEST COPIES OF THIS EVER, ANOTHER ONE THAT IS WITHIN A WHISKER OF BEING AS GOOD SHOULD BE LOCATED.

YOU MAY BEGIN TO THINK I AM MAKING THEM, BUT HERE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS ANOTHER SIMPLY STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THIS SO SOUGHT AFTER VINYL

IF THE LAST ONE WAS A 9.9 THEN THIS ONE IS A 9.2

(JUST INCASE ANYONE THINKS IT'S THE SAME VINYL. THE MOTHERS AND STAMPERS ON THIS ONE ARE REVERSED FROM THE LAST ONE WITH SIDE A HAVING THE 1G STA,PER INSTEAD OF 1R AS THE PREVIOUS ONE DID, AND BESIDES THE OTHER ONE IS SITTING PROUDLY IN A COLLECTION IN SPAIN)

ONCE AGAIN THE CONDITION OF THE ALBUM JUST DEFIES TIME, AND THE SOUND QUALITY IS JUST STUNNING. THE PREVIOUS ONE HAD ONE TINY DUST POP IN ONE LINKING GROOVE, THIS ONE HAS A CLICK AND A TIC RIGHT AT THE VERY END OF TRACK ONE (MORE ABOUT THAT LATER)

THE BEATLES PLEASE PLEASE ME WAS ISSUED ONLY IN THE MOST MINUTE QUANTITIES IN STEREO, AND TO FIND A PRISTINE BLACK AND GOLD FIRST PRESS WAS JUST IMPOSSIBLE. BUT NOW HERE IS ANOTHER SUBLIME EXAMPLE

AS YOU MAY KNOW THIS RAREST OF ALBUMS WAS ISSUED ONLY FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS ON THIS GOLD AND BLACK LABEL, WHEREAFTER IT WAS SWITCHED TO THE MORE COMMON YELLOW AND BLACK, AND FOR THOSE THAT FOLLOW MY AUCTIONS YOU MAY RECALL I LISTED THE ULTRA RARE 3RD PRESS WITH THE EXTRA 33 AND A THIRD ON THE LABEL BACK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

THE FIRST AND SECOND PRESSES WERE BOTH RELEASED ON THIS GOLD AND BLACK LABEL BECAUSE ON THE VERY FIRST ISSUE THERE WAS AN ERROR ON THE CREDITS, WHERE FOUR TRACKS WERE MISTAKENLY ACCREDITED TO THE DISC JAMES MUSIC CO, WHEREAS THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN CREDITED TO NORTHERN SONGS, THUS THE LP WAS REPRESSED WITH THIS NEW INFORMATION

WHAT WE HAVE HERE HOWEVER IS THE GENUINE VERY FIRST PRESS WITH THE LABEL ERRORS

CONSIDER THIS. THERE CAN ONLY HAVE BEEN 300 COPIES OF THIS ALBUM MADE WITH THE FIRST MOTHERS AND STAMPERS AS THIS ONE HAS, AND HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE IN THE CONDITION THAT THIS ALBUM IS, AND WHAT ABOUT THE SLEEVE. HOW MANY OF THOSE PROPER FIRST ISSUE SLEEVES WITH THE CORRECT PLACEMENT OF 'ANGUS MCBEAN' CAN BE CONSIDERED TO BE IN A MINT MINUS STATE.

ALL THAT REMAINS FOR ME TO SAY IS READ THE DETAILED DESCRIPTION BELOW, AND TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES, AND THEN DECIDE IF YOU WANT TO BID ON MY SECOND COPY OF THE MOST 'SPECIAL' COPY OF THIS ALBUM THAT YOU ARE LIKELY TO EVER COME ACROSS

INCIDENTALLY I HAVE TAKEN ABOUT ANOTHER 30 MACRO PICTURES OF THE SLEEVE AND VINYL, YOU SHOULD EMAIL ME WITH YOUR PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS AND I WILL GET THEM SENT ACROSS TO YOU. THIS WAY YOU HAVE FAR MORE PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE AT YOUR DISPOSAL. 12 PICTURES CANNOT DO ENOUGH FOR BUYERS IN THIS CASE. BEAR IN MINT THESE IMAGES ARE MACRO AND THE HUMAN EYE IS FAR MORE FORGIVING.

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE ORIGINAL BLACK AND GOLD LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION . THE JET BLACK BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.I HAVE EXAMINED THE SPINDLE HOLE UNDER A MAGNIFYING GLASS, AND FIRSTLY CAN ASSURE EVERYONE IT IS NOT WORN, AND THERE ARE JUST A FEW MINUSCULE AND BARELY VISIBLE LITTLE SPIDER LINES.

THE GOLD LOGO AND LETTERING IS PRISTINE, VERY EASILY RUBBED THIS PAIR OF LABELS ARE JUST SUBLIME. THERE IS JUST THE TINIEST BIT OF LIGHT WEAR TO THE RIM WORDING ON SIDE TWO ON THE LAST WORD 'PROHIBITED' AT 3 O'CLOCK.

IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS ALBUM HAS NOT BEEN PLAYED MORE THAN A FEW TIMES

THE VINYL

A STUNNING VINYL THAT HAS RETAINED EVERY BIT OF THE ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LUSTRE, AND LOOKS TOTALLY AS NEW. IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS VIRTUALLY FLAWLESS. UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION A FEW NON SOUNDING HANDLING LINES ARE VISIBLE ( I HAVE TAKEN A COUPLE OF THE MACRO SHOTS IN THE EMAIL PACK WHICH DOES SHOW THE LARGEST.

SIDE ONE HAS TWO ONE INCH LINES AND A SMALLER ONE ON TRACK ONE. SIDE 2 HAS ONE FAIRLY LARGE RAINBOW LIKE LINE, AND TWO REALLY TINY ONES.

I REPEAT THESE ARE 100% NON SOUNDING AS YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TESTIFY TO WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THE ALBUM

THE ONLY MARK THAT SOUNDS IS RIGHT AT THE END OF TRACK ONE  SIDE ONE, WHERE THERE IS THE MOST MINUTE LITTLE SCRATCH WHICH IS VIRTUALLY INVISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE. THIS CAUSES THE CLICK AND TIC AT THE END OF THE TRACK THAT I MENTIONED ABOVE

SO OTHER THAN THESE HAIRLINES ETC, THERE ARE JUST A FEW RANDOM WISPY HAIRLINES FORM REMOVAL ETC

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 ALL OF THE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, 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, AND LETS FACE IT WITH THIS ONE IT'S VITAL!!

THIS STEREO FIRST PRESS PLAYS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES. I AM JUST BLOWN AWAY BY THE SUPERB SOUND GENERATED BY THIS DISC 

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. I HAVE EVEN RECORDED THE RUN OUT GROOVES RIGHT TO THE POINT AT WHICH THE GROOVE STOPS GOING FORWARD,THUS THE THUNK AFTER A FEW SECONDS AT THE END OF 'PLEASE PLEASE ME, AND TWIST AND SHOUT' AND EVEN THESE ARE JUST WHISPER QUIET

THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO VINYL NOISE AND NO CLICKS , TICS OR POPS

RIGHT AT THE END OF THE OPENING TRACK AS THE MUSIC IS WITHIN A NANO SECOND OF FINISHING THERE IS A CLICK, AND ONE TINY TIC IN THE LINKING GROOVE

AS FOR GRADING THIS INCREDIBLE VINYL, WELL MY FIRST THOUGHT IS THAT THIS IS A 1963 PRESS THAT IS NEARLY 50 YEARS OLD, AND TO BE THIS QUIET ALL THE WAY THROUGH IS JUST IMPOSSIBLE, AND EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE THOSE TWO UNWANTED NOISES, I CANNOT HELP BUT GRADE THIS PLAYTHROUGH AS MINT MINUS OR NEAR MINT IF YOU WANT TO BE REALLY HARSH

BUT WHATEVER I SAY IT IS YOU THE PROSPECTIVE BIDDER THAT HAS TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION, SO PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, SIT BACK, TURN UP THE VOLUME AND LISTEN TO THE RAREST ALBUM ON THE PLANET AND YOU!! BE THE JUDGE OF WHAT SPECIAL SOUNDS LIKE

 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. THAT'S HOW TO TELL IF A SLEEVE HAS BEEN SWAPPED FOR A BETTER ONE

WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT THIS SLEEVE?   IT IS ALMOST AS BRILLIANT AS THE LAST ONE WAS. FAR FAR FAR SUPERIOR TO MOST OTHER EXAMPLES OF THIS SLEEVE THAT COME UP FOR AUCTION.

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

THERE ARE 5 TINY LAMINATE LINES RUNNING UP FROM THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND ONE LARGE LAMINATE LINE RUNNING IN FROM THE OPENING EDGE PARALLEL WITH 'LOVE ME DO TEXT' AND STOPS JUST BEFORE THE 'O' OF 'DO'

THE FOUR CORNER TIPS HAVE THE LIGHTEST BIT OF RUBBING TO EACH WITH THE BOTTOM RIGHT, SHOWING THE MOST, AND EVEN THIS IS VERY MILD IN COMPARISON TO MOST

THE TOP EDGE IS 100% FREE FROM ANY LAMINATE CHIPS AR FLAKE, WHILST THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS ONE PIN PRICK OF WHITE SHOWING THROUGH.

THE SPINE IS  NEAR PRISTINE!!!  TOTALLY UNSQUASHED. ALL OF THE LAMINATE PERFECTLY INTACT,WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THREE  ALMOST INVISIBLE LITTLE CHIPS JUST BELOW THE TITLE OF THE LP. AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PRISTINE! EVEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS ARE STILL IN TOP CONDITION WITH JUST A PIN PRICK OF RUBBING TO THE BOTTOM TIP

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL SUPER SHARP AND JUST HAS A COUPLE OF REALLY TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS ALONG IT, SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THE LP HAS BEEN OUT OG THE SLEEVE.

TURNING THE SLEEVE OVER REVEALS A STUNNING WHITE EXAMPLE OF THIS REAR SURFACE. YOU KNOW THAT MOST A BATTERED AND STAINED, AND HAVE TORN FLIPBACKS. JUST LOOK AT THIS ONE IT IS NEAR PERFECT.

IT IS STILL TOTALLY BRILLIANT WHITE WITH JUST TWO FINGER MARKS ON THE RIGHT HAND TEXT PANEL, AND THE ABSOLUTE BAREST TOUCH OF HANDLING NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECT.

THE FLIPBACKS SHOW THE ONLY SLIGHT DAMAGE TO THE COVER IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, BUT EVEN THIS IS STILL PERFECTLY STUCK IN PLACE. THE REST ARE ALSO CORRECTLY ADHERED, CLEAN AND SHINY

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

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED EMITEX INNER SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. TOTALLY WHITE AND UNSOILED, AND IMPORTANTLY UNSPLIT!!

THE TOP EDGE IS UNDAMAGED AS IS THE DIE CUT HOLE, AND THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF LIGHT WRINKLES TO THE BOTTOM CORNERS, AND A VERY LIGHT RIPPLING TO THE TOP HALF. A TINY LETTER 'Z' IN PEN HAS BEEN INKED IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER

I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THIS SLEEVE GRADES  NEAR MINT MINUS!!!!

SO THERE YOU HAVE IT IN PICTURES, WORDS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY IN AUDIO FORM, A COMPREHENSIVE DESCRIPTION OF THE RAREST VINYL ON THE PLANET

IGNORE THE POSTAL CHARGES AS WE WILL COME TO A JOINT DECISION ON THE BEST AND MOST SECURE WAY FOR THIS LP TO REACH THE WINNER

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

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GARRY