BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME" UK BLACK AND GOLD **MONO**
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BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME"
ORIGINAL 1963 UK BLACK AND GOLD UK MONO PRESSING.
RELEASED MARCH 22 1963 "PLEASE PLEASE ME" WAS THE BEATLES FIRST UK ALBUM RELEASE.
THERE ARE TWO VERSIONS OF THE BLACK AND GOLD MONO, THE FIRST VERSION INCORRECTLY CREDITS FOUR TITLES TO DICK JAMES MUSIC COMPANY ON THE CORRECTED ISSUES THIS WAS CHANGED TO NORTHERN SONGS....
THE LABEL SWITCH OCCURRED BECAUSE NORTHERN SONGS WAS FORMED MIDWAY THROUGH EMI'S FIRST PRINT RUN OF THE LABELS. SHORTLY BEFORE THE ALBUM WAS RELEASED DICK JAMES INFORMED EMI THAT THE FOUR TITLES IN QUESTION WOULD NO LONGER BE PUBLISHED BY HIS COMPANY BUT BY NORTHERN SONGS. EMI THEN PRESSED ANOTHER, SMALL BATCH OF LABELS WITH THE UPDATED COPTRIGHT DETAILS. AS THE FIRST PRESSINGS WERE ALREADY IN THE WAREHOUSES AWAITING RELEASE BOTH VERSIONS ENDED UP BEING ISSUED TO THE SHOPS.
THIS COPY IS THE RARER CORRECTED VERSION WITH THE "NORTHERN SONGS" LABELS
PMC 1202
XEX 421/2-1N-1N
STAMPERS GL 3 GM 1 3
MT TAX CODE
THE BLACK AND GOLD LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. LABELS DISPLAY SOME LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS AND A HINT OF VERY LIGHT SPINDLE "RUBBING" (NOT SEVERE ). THE LABELS ARE HOWEVER EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND BRIGHT AND FREE FROM WRITING E.T.C. ALL THE GOLD LETTERING IS STILL CRISP AND VIVID AND FREE FROM RUBBING E.T.C.. THE LABELS SHOW JUST VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF AGE.
THE GLOSSY HEAVY WEIGHT VINYL IS AGAIN EXCELLENT, HOWEVER IN KEEPING WITH A RECORD THAT HAS BEEN PLAYED IT DOES DISPLAY SOME LIGHT SURFACE MARKS AND SOME HAIRLINE NEDDLE MARKS, NONE ARE FEELABLE AND NONE ARE SEVERE AND SINCE THIS HEAVY WEIGHT VINYL CAN COPE WITH BEING PLAYED OVER AND OVER AGAIN NONE AFFECT AUDIO. THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT AND HAS NOT SUFFERED ANY DULLING OR OTHER IMPERFECTIONS.
THE AUDIO IS SUPERB.... THERE WAS SOME LIGHT CRACKLE TO RUN IN/OFF GROOVES BUT APART AND TO SOME TRACK GROOVES BUT APART FROM THAT THERE IS NO OTHER DISTORTION PRESENT. THE VINYL PLAYS THROUGH ON BOTH SIDES WITH NO SKIPS, JUMPS OF POPS AND THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO NEEDLE LIFT.
THE ORIGINAL EMITEX INNER IS SUPERB, IT HAS SOME LIGHT BUT EXPECTED CREASES BUT IS STILL CRISP AND VERY VERY WHITE, IT IS INTACT AND FREE FROM WRITING.
THE OUTER 1ST ISSUE E.J DAY SLEEVE (ANGUS MCBEAN CREDIT TO FAR RIGHT) IS EXCELLENT. THE FRONT LAMINATED PANEL DISPLAYS SOME LIGHT EDGE WRINKLES AND JUST TWO ACTUAL CREASES TOWARD THE BOTTOM BUT THESE ARE VERY LIGHT. ALL TEXT AND COLOURS ARE STILL BOLD AND BRIGHT AND UNSPOILT. THERE ARE THE EXPECTED CORNER BUMPS VISIBLE AND A TINY AMOUNT OF WEAR TO THE BOTTOM EDGE. THE REAR SHOWS SOME HANDLING MARKS (SEE PICTURE) AND THERE ARE SOME LIGHT CREASES EVIDENT TO THE SIDE FLIPBACK. THE BOTTOM FLIPBACK HAS SUFFERED SOME DISTRESS TO A SMALL SECTION (AGAIN SEE PICTURE) THE SPINE IS STILL PERFECTLY RIGID AND THE SLEEVE IS INTACT AND FREE FROM WRITING AND STILL VERY CLEAN...... A VERY RESPECTABLE EXAMPLE.
OVERALL A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER OF ALL BEATLES VINYL, OFFERED IN EXCELLENT CONDITION THROUGHOUT AND ONE WHICH DELIVERS A SUPERB MONO AUDIO.
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