BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME" UK 1ST PRESS RED LABEL
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BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME"
ORIGINAL 1963 UK 1ST PRESSING RED LABEL.
RELEASED JANUARY 11TH 1963 "PLEASE PLEASE ME" WAS THE BEATLES SECOND UK SINGLE RELEASE. HAVING HAD NO REAL SUCCESS WITH THEIR FIRST SINGLE "LOVE ME DO" , "PLEASE PLEASE ME" PROVED A HIT AND WENT TO NUMBER 1 IN THE U.K WHERE IT STAYED FOR TWO WEEKS (OR NUMBER 2, DEPENDING ON WHICH UK CHART YOU FOLLOWED)...... AND THE REST AS THEY SAY IS NOW HISTORY.....
ORIGINAL 1ST ISSUES OF THIS SINGLE FEATURED THE SAME RED LABEL AS "LOVE ME DO".
WE ARE PLEASED TO OFFER FOR SALE THIS EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THIS ORIGINAL UK 1ST PRESSING WHICH FEATURES THE VERY 1ST PRESSED G1 STAMPERS AND WHICH CARRIES THE "MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN" TEXT.
R 4983
7XCE.17217-1N-1N
STAMPERS G 1 G1
MPT TAX CODE TO RUN OFF GROOVE ONLY.
"MADE IN GT BRITAIN" TEXT TO SIDE BOTH LABELS.
THE 1ST PRESSING RED PARLOPHONE LABELS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION TO BOTH SIDES. WHEN CLOSELY INSPECTED THERE ARE JUST VERY LIGHT AND TINY SPINDLE TRAILS VISIBLE TO EITHER SIDE. THE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE BRIGHT, CLEAN AND FRESH AND ALL THE SILVER LETTERING IS PERFECT WITH JUST A HINT OF AGE VISIBLE. LABELS RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL VIBRANT RED COLOUR AND ARE OF COURSE FREE FROM ANY UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING. THESE GREAT LABELS CARRY THE "MADE IN GT BRITAIN" TEXT TO BOTH SIDES.
THE GLOSSY VINYL HAS BEEN PLAYED YET DESPITE THIS IT ONLY DISPLAYS JUST VERY LIGHT AND WISPY SURFACE MARKS AND THE ODD VERY SMALL NEEDLE MARKS, ONE TINY MARK ON SIDE ONE, JUST AFTER THE RUN IN GROOVE IS JUST ABOUT FEELABLE BUT IT DOESNT APPEAR TO AFFECT THE AUDIO. THIS VINYL RETAINS A GREAT PLAYING SURFACE WITH NO BLAMISHES OR IMPERFECTIONS PRESENT. THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO DISHING OR WARPING AND HAS RETAINED ITS ORIGINAL BRIGHT AND GLOSSY APPEARANCE.
AUDIO IS EXCELLENT, SIDE ONE HAS SOME VERY LIGHT CRACKLE EVIDENT TO BOTH RUN IN OFF GROOVES AND SIDE TWO HAS SIMILAR CRACKLE WHICH DOES EXTEND SLIGHTLY INTO THE OPENING SECONDS OF THE AUDIO, THERE WAS ALSO APPROXIMATELY THREE VERY LIGHT POPS AGAIN TO THE START OF THE AUDIO, OTHER THAN THIS BOTH SIDES PLAY THROUGH FINE WITH NO OTHER PROBLEMS AND I DID NOT DETECT ANY JUMPS OR STICKS.
HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL AND CORRECT MULTI-COLOURED STRIPED PARLOPHONE SLEEVE. THE SLEEVE IS EXCELLENT WITH JUST VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE AND WEAR.
OVERALL AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THIS VERY 1ST UK PRESSING WHICH OFFERS THE VERY 1ST PRESSED AND ALWAYS HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER G1 STAMPERS TO BOTH SIDES.
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