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  Great Playing Record! Great Cover. Original UK PRESS Parlophone Labels

CAT NO:.... 

STEREO - PCS 3042  

LABEL PRESS DETAILS: 

This is the original 1963 issue of the Yellow and Black Parlophone label in great condition, with "The Parlophone Co. Ltd." printed on the rim print and No Tax credits. There is No "Recording first published 1963" statement or "Sold in the U.K." statement. There are the Dick James Music Co. credit and 'Northern Songs' credits,  and the ultra rare 33 1/3 credit. 

These points confirm this is an original 1963 pressing of the Yellow and Black label.      

1st Ever   -  1  1  Matrix version, MADE IN GT BRITAIN.

MATRIX NOs. ON RUN-OUT GROOVE 

Side 1: YEX 94 - 1    Side 2: YEX 95 - 1        

Side 1. ''  1     P '' 

Side 2. ''  1    G  ''

TRACK LISTING… 

Side 1;  I SAW HER STANDING THERE, MISERY, ANNA, CHAINS, BOYS, ASK ME WHY, PLEASE PLEASE ME. 

Side 2;  LOVE ME DO, PS I LOVE YOU, BABY IT'S YOU, DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET, A TASTE OF HONEY, THERE'S A PLACE, TWIST AND SHOUT.    

Please Please Me is the debut album by The Beatles. Parlophone rush-released the album on 22 March 1963 in the United Kingdom to capitalise on the success of singles "Please Please Me", which went to number one on most lists. Of the album's fourteen songs, eight were written by Lennon/McCartney, early evidence of what Rolling Stone later called "[their invention of] the idea of the self-contained rock band, writing their own hits and playing their own instruments." 

On Monday, 11 February 1963, The Beatles and George Martin started recording what was essentially their live act in 1963, and finished 585 minutes later (9 hours and 45 minutes). In three sessions that day (each lasting approximately three hours) they produced an authentic representation of the band's Cavern Club-era sound, with very few overdubs and edits. Optimistically, only two sessions were originally booked by Martin, with the evening session added later. George Martin initially contemplated recording the album live at the Cavern in front of the group's home audience and visited the Liverpool club on 9 December 1962 to consider the technicalities. When time constraints intervened, he decided to book them at EMI Studios in Abbey Road instead and record them virtually live. Martin said, "It was a straightforward performance of their stage repertoire — a broadcast, more or less."

The day ended with a cover of "Twist and Shout", which had to be recorded last because John Lennon had a particularly bad cold and Martin feared the throat-shredding vocal would ruin Lennon's voice for the day. This performance, captured first take, and generally regarded as a classic, prompted Martin to say: "I don't know how they do it. We've been recording all day but the longer we go on the better they get."

The song "Hold Me Tight" was recorded during these sessions, but was "surplus to requirements" and not included on the album. "Hold Me Tight" was recorded again on 12 September 1963 for With The Beatles. The whole day's session cost around £400. George Martin said: "There wasn't a lot of money at Parlophone. I was working to an annual budget of £55,000." This budget had to cover all of the artists on Martin's roster. Individually, under a contract with the Musicians' Union, each Beatle collected a seven pounds and ten shillings (£7.50) session fee for each three hour session.

George Martin, a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, thought that it might be good publicity for the zoo to have The Beatles pose outside the insect house for the cover photography of the album. However, the Zoological Society of London turned down Martin's offer, and instead, Angus McBean was asked to take the distinctive colour photograph of the group looking down over the stairwell inside EMI's London headquarters in Manchester Square. Martin was to write later: “We rang up the legendary theatre photographer Angus McBean, and bingo, he came round and did it there and then. It was done in an almighty rush, like the music. Thereafter, though, The Beatles' own creativity came bursting to the fore".

In 1969, The Beatles asked McBean to recreate this shot. Although the 1969 photograph was originally intended for the then-planned Get Back album, it was not used when that project saw eventual release in 1970 as Let It Be. Instead, the 1969 photograph, along with an unused photograph from the 1963 photo shoot, was used in 1973 for The Beatles' retrospective albums 1962–1966 and 1967–1970. Another unused photograph from the 1963 photo shoot was used for The Beatles (No. 1) (also released in 1963).

 Please Please Me hit the top of the UK album charts in May 1963 and remained there for thirty weeks before being replaced by With the Beatles. This was highly unusual as the UK album charts at the time tended to be dominated by film soundtracks and easy listening vocalists. The Beatles first album went on the become one of the highest selling and collectable LP’s of all time.

ALBUM PLAYED FOR GRADING: 

Yes – brilliant!  sound quality. This vinyl sounds amazing throughout! It would be hard to better for audio clarity.

For one of the rarest records in existence it is possibly the hardest to find with great clear audio. There are so few of these left in the world, and the vast majority were heavily played on heavy equipment that ruined the profile of the vinyl grooves and left the records heavily distorted and plagued by loud pops and clicks. 

This is a stunning example and this great record plays with absolutely no skips, loud pops or distortion. Barely any surface sound between tracks, the sound is clean and crisp, absolutely wonderful. This great record plays way beyond the visual grading. it plays through with great power and clarity. The Tones are beautifully defined in this rare UK pressing has a great depth of sound with each channel being clearly defined with a warm rich sound, which is infinitely superior to the later pressings. 

Thick quality press with the wider, first pressed grooves, makes this audio really pack a punch.   Strong, undistorted sound free of any loud pops or clicks. Channels are clean and unstressed.   The record plays with staggering power, with a minimum of surface sound during the tracks.

Great audio with minimal interference to distract from the overall enjoyment of this great record. There is hardly any surface or static noise at all. I will give a detailed account below:

'I Saw Her Standing There' bursts in with superb clear audio. Bright loud sound, there are no pops or clicks, and certainly not a hint of distortion. Super bright and super loud, this is an astonishing clear audio performance. 'Misery' again plays with perfect separation and super clear sound. No pops or clicks and barely any detectable surface static at all. Leading into the quieter 'Anna', this track is the first real test for Please Please Me, with multi layering but also a sparseness, it plays superbly. The vocal clarity is incredible and the audio is just near perfect. Barely any light occasional static and no pops or clicks. Not a single static tic. 'Chains' sounds great, super clear with no obvious static, tics or pops. Unbelievable. 

'Boys' opens with a very clean intro, amazingly clear and bright. There is no detectable static and near silence between the tracks. Incredible. Still no pops or clicks, this would be very hard to better. The audio separation and clarity is near perfect. 'Ask Me Why' plays superbly. There is NO light static at the start, which is very unusual for any vinyl, especially one as rare and old as this one. Being ultra critical, I did hear a couple of very light tics between tracks only, (not during the music) and thats the first on the whole album, and they were pretty hard to hear. 

'Please Please Me', sounds great, again with no pops or clicks, just great music, all the sound effects that make up this track are sharp and clear, with some light static during parts of the track, but nothing intrusive, it rounds off side one and sounds wonderful with bright rockous audio. With absolutely no distortion what so ever, as this track is often prone to, it plays here with crystal clear audio, rounding off a brilliant side 1.

Side 2. begins with the classic upbeat 'Love Me Do'. It plays through brilliantly with no pops or clicks, and minimal static. That massive harmonica solo is crystal clear. Being very critical I did hear a couple of very light tics but they were pretty hard to hear. 'P.S. I Love You' plays beautifully, again with barely any detectable static, and no obvious sound interference's. There is a bit of light static between the tracks and a couple of tics, but nothing obtrusive or unusual for vinyl. 'Baby Its You'  and 'Do You Want To Know A Secret' sound great, with virtually NO light surface static at all, and no loud pops or other sound interruptions . There are two very light pops in the middle or the track, but they are not in any way obtrusive. The music really is crystal clear.

'A Taste of Honey' and the classic 'There's a Place' both sound superb, with bright clear sound and NO pops or clicks at all. 'A Taste of Honey' often plays with some light background distortion, but not here, not a hint, all the original recording effects are perfect. 

'There's a Place' plays on this great vinyl superbly, with amazingly clear loud sound. Being ultra critical, I did hear a couple of very light tics between the two tracks, but they were pretty hard to hear and not at all during the music.

Rounding off the album  with 'Twist and Shout', the track sounds great, with no pops or clicks. As with 'A Taste of Honey' there is none of the light background distortion often found on these early pressings,  the sound is just crystal clear, bright and loud. 

This is a great pressing of what is without doubt on of the RAREST versions of PLEASE PLEASE ME, and one of the rarest Beatles records in existence. One of the most vibrant pressings I have ever heard. It plays with no loud clicks or pops anywhere and certainly NO other dominant interference's. There is barely any light static, and I am being very critical, testing on very sensitive equipment. 

Great music with great clarity, and it is very hard to find vinyl with this type of sound. The music jumps out, with definition and clarity, particularly on the percussion instruments, and vocals which come through with tremendous power. As is the same with the bass guitar and drums, whilst the guitars come through crisp and clear.

I would happily give this great record a strict audio grading of  EXCELLENT to NEAR MINT. A superb all round example of this ultimate vinyl rarity. 

The Record

This is an exceptional pressing of PLEASE PLEASE ME. A superb piece of glossy vinyl, and a really thick heavy pressing. The record still has great shine, but does have a few very light small scratches, some light handling marks, paper removal marks and very light hairlines. It has been played but carefully and on sensitive equipment only, meaning there is no deterioration of the sound quality even though there are light surface marks.  This is a really stunning example, clear grooves that deliver absolutely amazing audio clarity. 

Can strictly grade at least at VERY GOOD PLUS to EXCELLENT minus.

VINYL TESTED FOR ANY SIGNS OF WARPING: 

Yes, NONE visible what so ever when tested be sight and on a moving turntable.          

THE COVER 

The ultra Rare pressing come with the rarest Beatles cover - Printed and Made by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd. London with Angus McBean credit in the extreme right hand corner. Exactly the same cover that can be found with the Stereo Black Gold Label pressings. An ultimate Rarity!   

The front is EXCELLENT, with a great sheen. It is flat and crisp with little wear to the corners and minimal laminate creasing. Flip backs are largely intact with some light creasing. The Spine and spine text does show some wear but is intact with a couple of light creases and rub marks. Some light mottling, light yellowing and marks on the back only.

The opening edges are very square and totally un frayed and the corners are a bit rounded. There is some very slight staining to the rear but on the whole its still crisp and clean.  

A great solid example.   All round, this is a really nice cover! Grades at VERY GOOD PLUS.

THE LABELS 

deep colour with some light spindle traces only and a couple of light scratches. Famous 1st Yellow and Black labels in great Condition, with no writing or stains. Great all round examples.    

Grades at EXCELLENT.

THE INNER

Comes with The Original First Press Inner Sleeve with Polythene Lining, intact and in great condition. States: "USE EMITEX..." & "IMPORTANT - TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR MICROGROOVE RECORDS ...", as well as a replacement inner sleeve for added protection. EXCELLENT PLUS condition, - NO tears around the die cut opening, NO seem splits and NO wear at the top. Just some light discolouration. A great example that looks like new.      

RARITY

Early pressings of Please Please Me are getting very rare, and available issues are getting scarcer by the day. To find a pressing in this condition makes it highly collectable and fast becoming very difficult to find. There are a mixture of new and old formats being sold from the very early days of this albums release, without any doubt that these 1st press Yellow and Black label issues sold out fast. What is totally certain is the ratio of original format copies is only a tiny fraction compared to the many pressed and re-pressed later versions. 

Finding a 1  1 Yellow and Black Parlophone pressing in great condition is very rare indeed. The vinyl is so often played so much, heavily marked, scratched, with noisy, poor and distorted sound. Any Yellow and Black  examples with a record in this type of condition, that plays practically perfectly, is very rare. 

The cover is almost impossible to find without serious wear, even modestly worn examples are scarce and this one is one of the better examples. Finding a great GOLD cover like this, with a great piece of vinyl, and the ultra rare 33 1/3 credit makes this one of the rarest records in existence. fantastic!. 

  A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A GENUINE HOLY GRAIL OF 20th CENTURY VINYL. 

AN ULTIMATE PIECE OF MUSICAL HISTORY. 

GREAT COVERS WITH NO SEAM SPLITS, NO TEARS, NO WRITING, NO STICKERS.

GREAT VINYLS WITH NO LOUD CLICKS OR POPS, NO JUMPS OR REPEATS - GUARANTEED!

SCRUPULOUS EXAMINATION and TESTING; PLEASE NOTE:

This record has been play tested on highly sensitive equipment to ensure the sound quality and accuracy of description. I aim to give a precise and concise description of the sound quality, pointing out any defects so that you know what you are buying. I will not go into screeds of information about the nature of the songs, as I imagine that you already know them well. I aim to describe all items as accurately as possible, and offer a full refund on return if for any reason you are not completely happy with the item description.

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VINYL SOUND - PLEASE NOTE:

The highest quality vinyl with clear sound is rare, and is what I always aim for. I only sell records that play with TOP AUDIO performance, super clear sound uninterrupted by hiss or other interference. Even with the cleanest copies you will find occasional static sound or occasional light tics during playback, caused by a build of dust in the grooves. This is clearly different from the distortion, loud pops, repeating tics or clicks that are found on heavily played and worn pieces of vinyl. Any static build up will reduce when played, and I advise a light clean should be given between plays for optimal performance. 

VINYL

Large format art work covers with the original sound and mix unique to vinyl and of the highest quality audio. Vinyl record have always been loved and have become a great investment opportunity, with prices soaring over the last ten years, making classic pieces a great financial as well as a cultural investment.  

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IMAGES and INFORMATION

I only use my photographs taken with a high quality professional digital camera of the item for sale. The images are designed to be as clear as possible, giving an exact image of the item. I aim to give sufficient and accurate detail as possible, so that you know exactly what you are bidding on. Please let me know if you need any further information and I will be only to happy to oblige.

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ABOUT ME 

I am a visual artist, working internationally, a collector of art and rare objects including rare vinyl, which I have been collecting for over 25 years, and an art and music enthusiast. I specialise in the  highest quality rarest items, selling to collectors the world over. I want you to know what a great item you are bidding on. If there is anything that is unclear in the listing, or you have any questions about this or any other item, please feel free to get in touch. All the best to you.  

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SOME EXAMPLES OF FEEDBACK –

BRILLIANT LP MINT CONDITION,AWESOME SELLAR,1ST CLASS PACKAGING, NO PROBLEMS A+

ITEM RECEIVED.. AS DESCRIBED... PACKED GREAT...MANY THANKS..RECOMMENDED.. A*******

Great LP from a great seller. Thanks !! Very well packaged. AAA+++

received today! great record!! thank you!!!

Item arrived quickly, well packaged and in excellent condition. Very pleased.

fast delivery, superb communication, good item, great ebayer AAAAA+++++

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RETURN POLICY:

100% Satisfaction Guaranteed ; - returns accepted with out question. If you are not happy then it can be returned, I cant say fairer that that!

I ONLY SELL RARE GOODS THAT ARE IN GREAT CONDITION, IF THERE IS ANY SLIGHT DEFECT, IT WILL BE CLEARLY STATED.

If in the unlikely event that you may want to return an item, or that I have missed something in the listing, I offer a no quibble return policy. Items must be returned within 12 Days of receipt, and returned in the same condition that they were sent out in. Return postage must be paid by buyer, unless there is a particular fault with the item, and then I will pay the full postage costs!

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MY RECORD GRADING SYSTEM IS AS FOLLOWS - (BASED ON RECORD COLLECTOR MAGAZINE U.K. )

MINT: Virtually unplayed. The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. Cover is pristine.

EXCELLENT: The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality. The cover and packaging might have slight wear and/or creasing.

V.G PLUS: The record will still be nice and shiny, but may have a few light marks, and will play well. Slight wear and tear on the cover.

V.G: The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and occasional light scratch. Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items.

GOOD: The record has been played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion and mild scratches. The cover and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, etc.

FAIR: Fair. It is noticeable that the record has been played so much that the sound quality has deteriorated very noticeably. The cover and contents are showing signs of folding, scuffing of edges etc.

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POSTAGE AND PAYMENT DETAILS : -

Items will be extremely well sealed and securely wrapped using the best possible packaging for safe handling and delivery. I send items all round the globe with 100% success! I sell top quality rare records to discerning buyers. I do not make money from the postage costs and aim to keep the prices at a reasonable rate, but please don't expect a cheap second rate service. 

IT IS AN ABSOLUTE PRIORITY THAT THE ITEMS YOU BUY GETS TO YOU IN PERFECT CONDITION. All RECORDS ARE REMOVED FROM THEIR MAIN COVER AND PLACED IN A BRAND NEW REPLACEMENT INNER SLEEVE TO AVOID ANY CHANCE OF EDGE SPLITS OR KNIFING. THEY ARE HELD SAFELY IN EXTRA THICK PLASTIC SLEEVES, AND THEN THEY ARE SECURED WITH SEVERAL EXTRA LAYERS OF REINFORCED CARD BOARD AND PADDING AND MAILED IN EXTRA STRONG PROFESSIONAL RECORD CONTAINERS TO ENSURE THEIR SAFE ARRIVAL. AS I HAVE STATED I HAVE A 100% SUCCESS RATE AND AIM TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.

Example of packaging used

UK - First Class Signed For Recorded Delivery with Insurance : = £5.00

UK Special Signed For Next Day Delivery with Insurance : = £8.90

EUROPE - International Airmail Signed For Recorded Delivery with Insurance : = £11.95

INTERNATIONAL, Non-Europe e.g. USA, Japan, Russia, Australia etc. International Airmail Signed For Recorded Delivery with Insurance : = £18.95

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MULTIPLE PURCHASE REDUCTION

Reduced postage of course for multiple items up to 30% off extra items.

POSTAGE WILL BE FIRST CLASS OR THE FASTEST AND SAFEST POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE, RECORDED WITH TRACKING AND INSURANCE. ALL ITEMS ARE FULLY INSURED AND COVERED FOR THE SAFEST DELIVERY POSSIBLE, AT NO EXTRA COST TO YOU. GUARANTEED!

POSTAGE RECEIPTS AND PROOF OF POSTAGE IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE. MANY THANKS.

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PAYMENTS 

Payments must be made within 3 days of purchasing unless an alternative arrangement has been agreed upon. Pay Pall ONLY for International buyers. We will accept Pay Pall, cheque or postal order within the UK, but no cash or bank transfers. Items sent out immediately on receipt of payment

Please Note: If no contact is made by the winning bidder following the mandatory Ebay 3 days, I will reserve the right to offer the item to the runner-up, unless prior notice of any delay is arranged beforehand.  Any bidder who has missed the chance to purchase an item from me can still email to make a priority second chance.