NOT ONLY A MEGA RARE YELLOW BLACK STEREO PRESSING WITH FACTORY SAMPLE STICKER AND MEGA EARLY MOTHER STAMPERS OF 1P1P AND IN A STEREO " GOLD " SLEEVE BUT ALSO THE RAREST OF THE RARE SMALL EXTRA 33 1/3RD LABELS, RARER EVEN THAN A STEREO BLACK AND GOLD !! 

IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT ONLY 900 OR SO STEREO BLACK AND GOLD LABELS WERE EVER MADE AND THAT THE FIGUE FOR THIS LABEL MAY BE AS LOW AS 300...WHATEVER THE NUMBERS THIS LABEL VARIATION IS INCREDIBLY RARE IN MON, AND TRUELY IMPOSSIBLY RARE IN STEREO !!

WHEN EMI CHANGED THEIR LABEL STYLES AROUND MAY 1963 TO REFLECT A MORE " CORPORATE STYLE " THEY MADE AN ERROR IN THAT THEY KEPT THE SMALL 33 1/3RD AS WELL AS THE NEW LARGE 33 1/3 ELSEWHERE ON THE LABEL. THIS 33/1/3RD WAS SWIFTLY REMOVED BUT THERE WOULD ALSO BE ONE FURTHER LABEL CHANGE BEFORE EMI WERE HAPPY WITH THINGS, THEY DECIDED TO ADD THE " RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED DATE TO THE LABELS, THE FIRST TIME EMI HAD DONE THIS AS IT DID NOT EXIST ON THE OLD LABELS 

THESE ERRORS OR CHANGES MAY NOT BE JUST SPECIFIC TO PARLOPHONE, I KNOW OF BLUE/BLACK 1963 COLUMBIA LABELS WITHOUT THE RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED TEXT, BUT I HAVE YET TO SEE THEM WITH THE ADDITIONAL SMALL 33 1/3RD BUT I SUSPECT THERE ARE SOME OUT THERE

IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT IN 1963 HARDLY ANY PRESSINGS OF THESE WERE MADE IN STEREO, YET TO FIND ONE LIKE THIS IS INCREDIBLE. ALSO IN ITS MUCH MUCH RARER FOR THIS LP LARGE STEREO " GOLD SLEEVE " WITH THE ANGUS McBEAN CREDIT LOWER DOWN AND IN LINE WITH THE S IN SONGS, THIS WOULD SWIFTLY BE RE-ALIGNED WITH THE G IN SONGS

BUT LOOK AT THE PICTURES SEE HOW GOOD THIS LOOKS !!

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For Auction here is the UK LP ''  PLEASE PLEASE ME " 

ARTIST:  THE BEATLES

MONO/STEREO: STEREO

Cat. No : PCS 3042

LABEL:  PARLOPHONE 

COUNTRY: UK

DATE:   AROUND MAY 1963 

TRACK LISTING  ( STOCK PICTURE )  :

 

MOTHER STAMPERS : 1P 1P 

 MATRICIES:  -1-1  

VINYL WEIGHT: 155g

THE CONDITION :

 

VINYL VISUAL : STILL RETAINS A LOT ITS FIRST PRESSED SHEEN, BUT MARKS ARE VISABLE SO  GRADES VG-

LABELS NO WRITINGS OR STICKERS SAVE FOR THE FACTORY SAMPLE WHICH IS PARTLY DISCOLOURED, SPINDLE TRACES BOTH SIDES AND WARE AROUND THE HOLE  AND INITIALS ON SIDE TWO SO GRADE VG

   

SLEEVE:  UK  LARGE STEREO FLIPBACKED SLEEVE EASILY ONE OF THE BETTER FRAGILE EJ DAY ONES, SOME MINOR STRESSING TO SOME OF THE FLIPS BUT THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE CLEANEST " GOLD " SLEEVES I HAVE EVER SEEN - THIS IS WORTH HAVING FOR THE SLEEVE ALONE , A COUPLE OF HEAVY CORNER CREASES SO GRADES VG TO VG+

 

ONE OF THE RAREST BEATLES VARIANTS EVER, ACTUALLY RARER THAN A BLACK AND GOLD STEREO AND WITH THAT GOLD SLEEVE, - GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS !!

NON UK BUYERS PLEASE NOTE MY COMMENTS REGARDING INTERNATIONAL MAIL BELOW...RETURNS POLICY ONLY APPLICABLE TO UK..RETURNS OUTSIDE UK BUYER WILL HAVE TO COVER ALL POSTAGE COSTSFurthermore international bidders please also note that due to ebays new "buyer protection " policy many sellers now refuse to sell internationally anymore. I am not one of those sellers yer but please note I do now reserve the right to refuse to complete a sale to any international bidder that may have low or bad feedback or for any other reason and this is especially so if the item sells for over GBP 100, like I say this is purely a result of ebay/paypals new policy that make it now even harder for sellers to  trade safely internationally. Please bare this in mind if you win an item but find that it has been offered first instead to a domestic UK Bidder.

FOR BIDDERS WITH ZERO FEEDBACK THIS IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT...   I have recently been the victim of serveral spurious bids from several different members (usually based in the Russian Federation). Please note that if you win any of my items and have zero feedback I will ask you for immediate payment or for you to email and immediately confirm that you were a genuine bidder. Failiure to meet either of those critiera will result in the item being  offered to the next highest bidder without further delay. thank you. ALL MY RECORDS ARE USUALLY SOLD ON VISUAL GRADINGS ONLY, THEREFORE, WITH THE SINGULAR EXCEPT ON THOSE RARE OCCASSIONS WHERE I DO STATE THEY HAVE BEEN PLAY GRADED, AS ALL DISCS ARE 2ND HAND ANY PLAYING DEFECTS ARE THEREFORE CAVIAT EMPTOR AND SO NON REFUNDABLE. I ONLY REFUND  WHERE AN ACTUAL GRADING OF MINE IS DISPUTED

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DOMESTIC UK RECORDED DELIVERY  INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE SEE MY NOTE BELOW.

(Please note that whilst I try to endeavour to adhere to strict RC gradings I will never describe ANYTHING AS MINT even when I think it to be so. As far as I am concerned any secondhand item by definition cannot be mint. However if I believe an item to be Mint  I will instead either use the terms Near Mint, mint minus, or in archive or vault condition. When I use these terms you know that in my opinion this is in effect a de-facto Mint grade )

 

INSURANCE INCLUDED IN P&P PRICE DEPENDING ON FINAL SALE VALUE...

Dont forget to take a look at my other items. Please feel free to contact me with any queries you may have.

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I ONLY DO A COUPLE OF RUNS A WEEK TO THE POST OFFICE BUT MY ITEMS ARE ALWAYS DISPATCHED WELL WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK OF PAYMENT BEING RECEIVED. I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE TO THOSE BUYERS WHO SEEM TO EXPECT THEIR ITEM TO ARRIVE THE NEXT DAY, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK WHEN AN ITEM WAS SENT JUST PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU!! (SOME PEOPLE DO MAKE YOU LAUGH, FOR ITEMS I BUY I ONLY NORMALLY GET CONCERNED AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND EVEN AFTER THAT THEN ONLY POLIETELY ENQUIRE IF AND WHEN THE ITEM WAS SENT).

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PAYMENTS BY PAYPAL ARE PREFERRED BUT I ALSO ACCEPT OTHER METHODS. I ALSO POST WORLDWIDE (PLS APPLY FOR RATES) BUT DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH A DISREPUTABLE BUYER IN JAPAN (EBAY WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO NAME THEM) , FOR ALL PAYMENTS MADE VIA PAYPAL THE ITEM WILL ONLY BE SENT BOTH TO THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY RECORDED OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY. THIS IS TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY ATTEMPT TO CLAIM BACK THE PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL EVEN AFTER ACTUALLY HAVING RECEIVED THE ITEM.

 

THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS HAD THE RESULT OF INCREASING MY COSTS FOR POSTING AND PACKING AND I AM VERY SORRY FOR THIS BUT PAYPAL OFFER NO PROTECTION FOR SELLERS UNLESS THERE IS PROOF OF DELIVERY!! PROOF OF POSTING WOULD SEEM INSUFFICIENT TO THEM AND I HAVE FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY..

 

DUE TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THIS SAME BUYER PAYPAL PAYMENTS WILL ALSO NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM BUYERS WHO DO NOT ALLOW THEIR FEEDBACK TO READ

 

COST VIA INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR MAIL HAS JUST BEEN INCREASED BY THE UK POST OFFICE SO TO EUROPE FOR A SINGLE LP IS USUALLY GBP 9.99 NOW AND TO THE USA/REST OF THE WORLD GBP 13.99 FOR A SINGLE LP AND 16.99 FOR A DOUBLE...FOR COMBINED POSTAGE EACH ADDITIONAL LP AFTER THE FIRST WILL USUALLY BE AND EXTRA G 2.00 PER EACH ADDITIONAL LP 

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On 07-Mar-13 at 08:06:29 GMT, seller added the following information:

ERRATUM : THE SIDE TWO STAMPER IS ACTUALLY 1G !!!!! THIS IS EVEN EARLIER OF COURSE THAN 1P AS 1G IS THE EARLIEST MOTHER STAMPER POSSIBLE !