BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME" BLACK & GOLD MONO 1ST PRESS

£ 1,000

$ 1,325

£ 1000 Sold For

Mar 9, 2008 Sold Date

Feb 28, 2008 Start Date

£ 50 Start price

30 Number Of Bids

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BEATLES PLEASE PLEASE ME

ORIGINAL 1963 UK BLACK AND GOLD MONO 1ST PRESSING WITH DICK JAMES CREDITS.

BEATLES-64 ARE PROUD AND DELIGHTED TO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO OFFER FOR SALE POSSIBLY THE BEST EXAMPLE OF A BLACK AND GOLD MONO 1ST PRESSING I HAVE EVER SEEN.

PURCHASED ON THE DAY OF ITS RELEASE FROM BRIAN EPSTEINS OWN RECORD STORE IN LIVERPOOL BY A VERY DISCERNING BUYER, THIS ALBUM HAS RECEIVED JUST A FEW FIRST INITIAL PLAYS AND HAS THEN BEEN CAREFULLY STORED OVER THE YEARS.

PRESERVED THROUGHOUT IN SUCH REMARKABLE CONDITION AND COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL NEMS PLASTIC SLEEVE, PROVIDED AT TIME OF PURCHASE, AND A NEMS STICKERED SLEEVE. THIS COPY IS WITHOUT DOUBT A GENUINE UPGRADE EXAMPLE AND CERTAIN INVESTMENT ITEM.

A REMARKABLE VERY 1ST ISSUE WHICH CARRIES THE INCORRECT DICK JAMES CREDITS, MT TAX CODE , EARLY STAMPERS AND IS HOUSED IN ITS CORRECT E.J DAY SLEEVE WITH FAR RIGHT ANGUS MCBEAN CREDIT.

PMC 1202

XEX.422-1N-1N

STAMPERS M 1 G 1

MT TAX CODE TO SIDE TWO CENTRE LABELS.

THE BLACK AND GOLD LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. WHEN EXAMINED CLOSELY UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT LABELS HAVE NO SPINDLE TRAILS PRESENT TO EITHER SIDE. ALL LETTERING IS PERFECT, BRIGHT AND INTACT WITH ABSOLUTELY NO RUBBING AND DISPLAY A GENUINE UNBLEMISHED "LIKE NEW" APPEARENCE.

THE GLOSSY VINYL HAS CLEARLY ONLY RECIEVED A LIMITED NUMBER OF VERY CAREFUL PLAYS. WHEN VIEWED IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT THE VINYL PORTRAYS A MINT APPEARENCE AND ONLY CLOSE INSPECTION IN STRONG LIGHT REVEALS JUST VERY TINY AND WISPY SURFACE MARKS CAUSED BY THE VINYL BEING REMOVED FROM ITS SLEEVE. THE PERFECTLY FLAT, MIRROR FINISHED VINYL HAS NO FADING OR OTHER MARKS.

ONE CAREFUL PLAY BY MYSELF REVEALED A PERFECT AND PRISTINE AUDIO. THE STRONG MONO SOUND IS CLEAR AND CRISP THROUGHOUT AND PLAYS FROM START TO FINISH WITH AN UNRIVALLED CLARITY AND UNITERRUPTED SHARPNESS . ALL GROOVES ARE SILENT AND EVEN THE QUIET PARTS OF THE AUDIO ARE PERFECT WITH NO CRACKLE OR ANY OTHER DISTORTION PRESENT.

THE ORIGIANL HEAVY WEIGHT EMITEX INNER IS PRESENT AND IS IN STUNNING CONDITION, APART FROM THE INEVITABLE LIGHT CREASES WHERE THE VINYL HAS SAT IN THE INNER ,IT DISPLAYS VIRTUALLY NO OTHER SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING. IT IS STILL ITS TRUE WHITE COLOUR AND IS STILL VERY VERY CRISP.

THE OUTER AND CORRECT EARLY E.J DAY SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT+ CONDITION. THE LAMINATED FRONT DISPLAYS JUST A FEW EDGE WRINKLES AND ONE LIGHT CREASE TO BOTTOM LEFT. THE FRONT MAINTAINS ITS ORIGINAL DEEP GLOSS AND ALL COLOURS AND LETTERING ARE SHARP AND BRIGHT. THERE IS SOME VERY VERY MINOR EDGE AGEING TO TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES BUT THIS MORE FEELABLE THAN VISIBLE AND REALLY IS MINOR. THE INEVITABLE LIGHT CORNER BUMPS ARE EVIDENT BUT IN FAIRNESS THESE WILL HAVE BEEN CAUSED THROUGH STORAGE. THE OPENING EDGE IS PERFECTLY STRAIGHT AND TRUE. THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE IS A STUNNING BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR WITH VIRTUALLY NO HANDLING MARKS PRESENT. THE TOP AND BOTTOM SEAMS HAVE EACH SUFFERED SOME LIGHT CREASING TOWARDS SPINE EDGE AGAIN THIS HAS PROBABLY BEEN CAUSED THROUGH STORAGE AND WOULD BE MY ONLY CRITICAL POINT OF THE SLEEVE. THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE CARRIES A UNIQUE "NEMS ENTERPRISES LTD" STICKER TO THE TOP.

THE ORIGINAL AND RARE "NEMS" PLASTIC SLEEVE IS SUPERB. ONLY AVAILABLE FROM NEMS IN LIVERPOOL THIS PLASTIC PROTECTIVE SLEEVE HAS SURVIVED IN REMARKABLE CONDITION. APART FROM ONE VERY TINY "NICK" TO THE EDGE THE SLEEVE DISPLAYS VIRTUALLY NO OTHER SIGNS OF AGE. THE SLEEVE IS TOTALLY INTACT WITH NO SPLITS AND ALL THE FRONT LETTERING IS UNBLEMISHED AND BRIGHT.

AS PREVIOUSLY STATED THIS IS WITHOUT QUESTION THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THIS BLACK AND GOLD MONO I HAVE SEEN. CLEARLY ONLY PLAYED A FEW TIMES AND VERY CAREFULLY STORED THIS COPY WILL NO DOUBT APPEAL TO THE MOST DISCERNING COLLECTOR AND GIVEN ITS UNQUESTIONABLE CONDITION WITH CERTAINLY BE A TRUE INVESTMENT PIECE.

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