BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME" RARE UK 4th MONO DECCA PRESS

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$ 159

£ 120 Sold For

Aug 31, 2007 Sold Date

Aug 24, 2007 Start Date

£ 35 Start price

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BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME"

RARE UK DECCA CONTRACT PRESSING

ORIGINAL 1963 UK 4TH MONO DECCA CONTRACT PRESSING.

"PLEASE PLEASE ME" WAS RELEASED 22ND MARCH 1963 AND WAS THE BEATLES FIRST UK ALBUM RELEASE. ON MAY 8TH THE HIT NIMBER 1 IN THE UK CHARTS AND STAYED AT NUMBER 1 FOR A STAGGERING TWENTY NINE WEEKS. THE ALBUM EVENTUALLY SOLD OVER 500,000 COPIES IN THE UK AND IT HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE CONTINUOUS STAY AT NUMBER 1.

A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF THESE COPIES WHERE CONTRACTED OUT TO DECCA TO BE PRESSED, THESE COPIES ARE RECOGNISABLE BY THE RIDGE APPROXIMATELY 15MM FROM THE EDGE OF THE LABEL, ALSO DECCA PRESSINGS DO NOT HAVE ANY STAMPER LETTERS TO THE RUN OFF GROOVE.

IT IS BELEIVED THAT ONLY A VERY VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF "PLEASE PLEASE ME" WHERE CONTRACTED OUT TO DECCA AND THESE PRESSINGS ARE NOW REDICULOUSLY RARE AND VERY SELDOM SEEN FOR SALE, MANY CONSIDER THESE PRESSINGS RARER AND HARDER TO COME BY THAN A BLACK AND GOLD MONO!!!!!

PMC 1202

XEX.421/2-1N-1N

NO STAMPER LETTERS

MT TAX CODE

THE BLACK AND YELLOW PARLOPHONE LABELS ARE IN REALLY EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING. LABELS HAVE JUST VERY LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT. LABELS ARE CLEAN AND FREE FROM ANY WRITING E.T.C..... LABELS CARRY "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED" BUT NO "SOLD IN UK" TEXT.

THE GLOSSY HEAVY WEIGHT VINYL IS SUPERB WITH JUST VERY LIGHT BUT SUPERFICIAL SURFACE MARKS NONE ARE SEVERE AND THEY ARE REALLY ONLY VISIBLE UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT. VISUALLY THIS LOOKS VERY APPEALING..... THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING AND THERE IS NO NEEDLE LIFT WHEN PLAYED.

AUDIO IS STUNNING. THERE MAYBE A HINT OF CRACKLE TO RUN IN/OFF GROOVES BUT APART FROM THAT THE SOUND IS CLEAR AND CRISP. THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY SKIPS, POPS OR JUMPS.

THE ORIGINAL EMITEX INNER IS STUNNING WITH JUST VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING.... IT IS STILL ITS TRUE WHITE COLOUR AND QUITE CRISP. THE INNER IS FREE FROM ANY SPLITS E.T.C AND DISPLAYS NO BROWNING.

THE OUTER "E.J DAY" SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT. IT DOES DISPLAY SOME MINOR CORNER BUMPS AND SOME MILD EGDE WEAR AND CREASING. THE REAR IS STILL QUITE WHITE WITH SOME HANDLING MARKS.THE TOP LEFT CORNER SEAM HAS SOME VERY LIGHT DISTRESS (THIS ISNT SEVERE) THE SLEEVE IS INTACT AND FREE FROM WRITING E.T.C. THE SPINE IN STILL RIGID WITH NO WEAR..... STILL AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THIS E.J DAY SLEEVE.

OVERALL A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS VERY VERY RARE UK 4TH MONO DECCA CONTRACT PRESSING. AS PREVIOUSLY STATED THESE COPIES DO NOT SURFACE FOR SALE THAT OFTEN IN ANY CONDITION..THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE A VERY RARE ORIGINAL PRESSING ... THIS IS A REAL MUST FOR ANY BEATLES COMPLETIST

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