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

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                  BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME"

   BLACK AND GOLD MONO.... SIGNED BY MCCARTNEY & IN  ORIGINAL NEMS SLEEVE!!.

ORIGINAL 1963 UK 1ST BLACK AND GOLD MONO PRESSING.

RELEASED MARCH 22ND 1963 "PLEASE PLEASE ME" WAS THE BEATLES VERY FIRST UK ALBUM RELEASE. SEVEN WEEKS AFTER ITS RELEASE, 11TH MAY 1963, IT HIT THE NUMBER ONE SPOT IN THE U.K WHERE IT STAYED FOR A STAGGERING 30 WEEKS.

THE VERY 1ST ISSUES OF "PLEASE PLEASE ME" WHERE ISSUED ON THE NOW FAMOUS BLACK AND GOLD LABELS. THESE PRESSINGS WHERE ONLY AVAILABLE FOR APPROXIMATELY EIGHT WEEKS BEFORE THE LABLES CHANGED TO THE BLACK AND YELLOW VERSION.

ON THE VERY SAME DAY THAT THEIR DEBUT ALBUM HIT NUMBER ONE IN THE U.K THE BEATLES WHERE PERFORMING AT THE IMPERIAL BALLROOM, NELSON, LANCASHIRE. IT WAS AT THIS VERY CONCERT THAT THE AUTOGRAPH OF PAUL MCCARTNEY WAS OBTAINED ON THE ALBUM SLEEVE.

PMC 1202

XEX.421/2-1N-1N

STAMPERS    O 1       M 1

ZT TAX CODE.

DICK JAMES CREDITS FOR.... PLEASE PLEASE ME, I SAW HER STANDING THERE, MISERY, DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET AND THERES A PLACE.... ALL THIS SIGNIFIES A VERY FIRST AND EARLY PRESSING.

THE BLACK AND GOLD LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE APPEARS TO BE NO SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT!!!!! BOTH SIDES ARE SPOTLESSLY CLEAN AND ARE FREE FROM ANY MARKS OR WRITING. ALL THE GOLD LETTERING IS CLEAR AND SHARP WITH NO FADING OR RUBBING. SIDE TWO CARRIES EMBOSSED ZT TAX CODE.... I CANT EMPHASISE JUST HOW GOOD THESE LABELS REALLY ARE. THEY ARE WITHOUT DOUBT THE BEST I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME.

THE GLOSSY HEAVY WEIGHT VINYL IS AGAIN STUNNING. THE VINYL DOES HAVE SOME SURFACE MARKS BUT IT MUST BE STRESSED THAT THESE ARE ONLY VISIBLE UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT AND NON AFFECT AUDIO...VISUALLY THIS LOOKS SUPERB AND VERY VERY APPEALING.

AUDIO IS FLAWLESS. BOTH RUN IN/OFF GROOVES ARE SILENT AS ARE THE TRACK GROOVES. THE AUDIO IS CLEAR AND SHARP WITH NO DISTORTION WHATSOEVER.

THE ORIGINAL EMITEX INNER IS EXCELLENT. IT HAS A SMALL BLACK MARK TO ONE SIDE BUT APART FROM THAT SHOWS VERY LITTLE SIGNS OF AGE. IT IS INTACT AND STILL QUITE CRISP.

THE OUTER AUTOGRAPHED E.J. DAY FLIPBACK SLEEVE IS ALSO EXCELLENT GIVEN ITS AGE. THE SLEEVE CARRIES THE LARGE "MONO" TO THE FRONT AND THE "ANGUS MCBEAN" CREDIT TO THE FAR RIGHT, WHICH SIGNIFIES A FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE. THE FRONT DOES DISPLAY SOME CREASES (MAINLY TO THE EDGES) BUT NO LAMINATE LIFT. THE OPENING EDGE HAS SOME LIGHT BUT EXPECTED WEAR AND THERE IS SOME MINOR CORNER WEAR PRESENT BUT NOTHING MAJOR.THE SPINE IS STILL RIGID WITH NO WEAR.THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE AGAIN DISPLAYS SIGNS OF HANDLING AND AGE AND THE BOTTON SEAM HAS SUFFERED SOME DAMAGE (see picture) HOWEVER THE REAR IS FREE FROM MARKS OR WRITING EXCEPT FOR THE TOTALLY ACCEPTABLE PAUL MCCARTNEY AUTOGRAPH ( lets be honest if your going to own a sleeve with writing on it what better than one of the Beatles signatures).

ALL THIS COMES HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL "RED FLASHED" NEMS PLASTIC SLEEVE. ANY RECORD BOUGHT FROM BRIAN EPTEIN'S RECORD STORE IN LIVERPOOL WAS ISSUED IN A "NEMS" PLASTIC SLEEVE. OFTEN THESE SLEEVES WHERE DICARDED OR JUST DIDNT SURVIVE THAT WELL MAKING THEM NOW VERY RARE.  THIS ONE HAS SURVIVED AND HAS SURVIVED EXCEPTIONALLY WELL. THE SLEEVE IS IN STUNNING CONDITION AND IS "LIKE NEW".... TO FIND ONE IN THIS CONDITION IS A ONE OFF IN ITSELF!!!!!

OVERALL THIS HAS TO BE CONSIDERED A UNIQUE AND ULTRA RARE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN AN ORIGINAL UK 1ST PRESSING BLACK AND GOLD LABEL ALBUM WHICH CARRIES VERY 1ST STAMPERS, HAS STUNNING LABELS AND VINYL AND COMES WITH ITS ORIGINAL "NEMS" SLEEVE AND IF THAT IS NOT ENOUGH IT IS HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL SLEEVE WHICH CARRIES PAUL MCCARTNEY'S AUTOGRAPH, WHICH AS PREVIOUSLY STATED WAS OBTAINED ON THE EXACT SAME DAY THAT THIS ALBUM REACHED NUMBER 1.... AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS WILL PROBABLY NOT COME ALONG AGAIN FOR A VERY LONG TIME....... THIS IS ONE NOT TO BE MISSED AND HAS TO BE CONSIDERED A REAL INVESTMENT FOR THE SERIOUS COLLECTOR.