BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME" 1965 RARE 6th PRESS, STAMPS 1 & 5 SMALL MONO SLEEVE
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THE BEATLES
"PLEASE PLEASE ME" PARLOPHONE PMC 1202 THIS COPY RELEASED 1965
STAMPERS 1 RRP 5 O MATRICES -1N -2N KT TAX CODE SIDE 1 CENTRE
"THE GRAMOPHONE CO LTD" RIM TEXT WITH "SOLD IN THE UK" LABEL TEXT BUT NO "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED
FIRST SOME HISTORY ON THIS PRESSING
IT IS A SIXTH PRESSING FROM BETWEEN JULY 1965 TO AUGUST 1969 AND APPROXIMATELY 250,000 COPIES WERE PRESSED (DEMAND HAD EASED OFF BY THIS TIME) THE FOLLOWING DETAIL APPLIES "SOLD IN THE UK" LABEL TEXT ,"GRAMOPHONE CO LTD" RIM TEXT AND SIDE 2 MATRIX ENDING IN -2 ,LABEL TEXT IS SERIF TYPE
SMALL "MONO" CREDIT ON THE SLEEVE FRONT AND "GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE PATENTS PENDING" CREDIT ON THE REAR
LAMINATED SMALL MONO SLEEVE FRONT DOES HAVE RINGWEAR A SMALL AREA TOP AND BOTTOM ON THE FRONT BUT NONE OF IT AFFECTS THE TEXT OR THE IMAGES ,THERE IS CREASING AROUND THE EDGES AND CORNER BUMPS MORE PROMINENT ON THE OPENING EDGE
THE SLEEVE REAR INNER PANEL ALTHOUGH CLEAN AND LEGIBLE DOES HAVE SOME AGE FADING AND A SMALL NUMBER OF AGE SPOTS BUT ALL THE TEXT IS LEGIBLE
VINYL RECORD STILL RETAINS A GLOSSY SHEEN TO THE SURFACES BUT DOES HAVE SOME LIGHT HANDLING AND NEEDLE MARKS BUT THE RECORD PLAYS CONSISTENTLY WELL WITH QUIET RUN INS AND SPACES WITH JUST THE ODD LIGHT CRACKLE I ,AND AUDIO WAS GREAT TO LISTEN TO ,RECORD LABELS ARE CLEAN AND BRIGHT WITH VIRTUALLY NO WEAR TO THE CENTRE HOLE ( USUALLY A GOOD INDICATOR OF EXCESS PLAY)
AT THIS TIME MID SIXTIES PRESSINGS CAME IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE'S THIS IS A TYPICAL PATENT'S EMI WHITE PLAIN SLEEVE
A RARE PRESSING NOT SEEN MUCH THESE DAYS
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