BEATLES "LOVE ME DO" 1962 UK 1ST PRESS FACTORY SAMPLE
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BEATLES "LOVE ME DO"
VERY RARE FACTORY SAMPLE WITH RARE ZT TAX CODE STICKER
ORIGINAL 1962 UK RED LABEL 1ST PRESSING.
RELEASED OCTOBER 5TH 1962 "LOVE ME DO" WAS THE BEATLES FIRST UK SINGLE RELEASE. IT ONLY REACHED A HIGH OF NUMBER 27 IN THE UK CHARTS AND WAS ONLY IN THE CHARTS FOR ONE WEEK!
THIS COPY CARRIES THE ZT TAX CODE WHICH IDENTIFIES THIS AS PRESSED SOMETIME AFTER 10 APRIL 1962 BUT BEFORE THE 26TH NOVEMBER 1962.
45-R 4949
7XCE.17144/5-1N-1N
STAMPERS T 1 H 1
ZT TAX CODE
"MADE IN GT BRITAIN" TEXT
THE RED PUSH-OUT CENTRE LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE APPEARS TO BE JUST VERY LIGHT BUT VERY MINIMAL SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO EITHER SIDE. ALL WORDING IS STILL BRIGHT AND CRISP WITH NO RUBING MARKS E.T.C. LABELS ARE FREE FROM WRITING AND ARE VERY VERY CLEAN. LABELS CARRY "MADE IN GT BRITAIN" TEXT.... SIDE ONE CARRIES THE UNIQUE "FACTORY SAMPLE NOT FOR SALE" STICKER AND SIDE TWO CARRIES THE VERY RARE "ZT" TAX CODE STICKER
THE GLOSSY VINYL SHINES LIKE A MIRROR AND LOOKS STUNNING!!! AGAIN WHEN VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE ARE MINOR AND SUPERFICIAL SURFACE MARKS PRESENT AND TOW OR THREE HAIRLINES (THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED) HOWEVER NONE ARE SEVERE OR FEELABLE AND MOST ARE ONLY VISIBLE IN STRONG LIGHT...THIS LOOKS VERY APPEALING!!!!
THE AUDIO IS TRULY EXCELLENT.... RUN IN/OFF GROOVES ARE SILENT.
HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL PARLOPHONE TYPE "C" MULTICOLOURED SLEEVE WHICH IS ALSO IN SUPERB CONDITION. IT DISPLAYS VERY LITTLE SIGNS OF AGE OR HANDLING.
OVERALL A TRULY STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THIS VERY 1ST BEATLES UK RELEASE. WHICH OFFERS VERT 1ST ISSUE STAMPERS AND TAX CODE, SUPERB LABLES AND VINYL AND FABULOUS AUDIO..AND WHICH HAS THE ADDED BENEFIT OF BEING AN ORIGINAL FACTORY SAMPLE EXAMPLE...THE NEXT BEST THING TO A DEMO!!!!... A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY .... A BETTER COPY WILL BE HARD TO FIND!!!!!!!!!
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