BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME" UK BLACK & GOLD MONO 1ST

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                                       BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME" 

ORIGINAL 1963 UK BLACK AND GOLD UK MONO 1ST 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.

WE ARE THRILLED TO OFFER FOR SALE THIS TRULY STUNNING AND VERY IMPRESSIVE EXAMPLE OF THIS ORIGINAL AND VERY 1ST ISSUE UK BLACK AND GOLD MONO.

FEATURING STUNNING AND UNSPOILT LABELS AND NEAR MINT HEAVY VINYL THIS SUPERB COPY IS HOUSED IN A TRULY EXCELLENT IST ISSUE "GOLD" SLEEVE.

PMC  1202

XEX 421/2-1N-1N

STAMPERS       A 1      T 1 

MZT TAX CODE CLEARLY VISIBLE TO SIDE SIDE ONE CENTRE LABEL.

THE BLACK AND GOLD "DICK JAMES" LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN STUNNING CONDITION. CLOSE INSPECTION REVEALS ABSOLUTLEY NO SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO EITHER SIDE!! THIS IMPRESSIVE SET OF "GOLD" LABELS STILL RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL AND AS PRESSED DEEP BASE COLOUR WITH NO FADING OR RUBBING. THE LABELS ARE SPOTLESSLY CLEAN AND BRIGHT AND FREE FROM WRITING E.T.C. ALL THE GOLD LETTERING IS STILL CRISP AND VIVID AND ARE ALSO FREE FROM RUBBING E.T.C.. THE LABELS DO NOT SHOW ANY SIGNS OF AGE.

 THE GLOSSY HEAVY WEIGHT VINYL IS STUNNING, THIS HAS ONLY RECEIVED A LIMITED NUMBER OF VERY CAREFULL PLAYS AND THEREFORE THE VINYL DISPLAYS JUST LIGHT AND WISPY, HANDLING SURFACE MARKS AND JUST ONE VERY TINY HAIRLINE MARK TO THE RUN OFF GROOVE ON SIDE ONE, OTHER THAN THIS THE VINYL IS PERFECT WITH AN VERY IMPRESSIVE AS NEW APPEARANCE. THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO FAULTS WHATSOEVER. 

THE AUDIO IS FLAWLESS.... THERE WAS NOT EVEN ANY LIGHT CRACKLES EVIDENT TO RUN IN/OFF GROOVES OR TRACK GROOVES ,THERE WAS NO  DISTORTION PRESENT AT ANY POINT. THE DEEP AND CLEAR MONO AUDIO PLAYS THROUGH PERFECTLY ON BOTH SIDES WITH NO SKIPS, JUMPS OF POPS....  

THE ORIGINAL, THICK AND HEAVY EMITEX INNER IS SUPERB, IT HAS SOME LIGHT BUT EXPECTED IMPRSSIONS FROM THE VINYL SITTING IN THE SLEEVE 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 A SUPERB EXAMPLE. THE FRONT LAMINATED PANEL DISPLAYS SOME LIGHT EDGE WRINKLES AND JUST TWO THREE ACTUAL SMALL CREASES TOWARDS THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER BUT THESE ARE VERY LIGHT.ALL TEXT AND COLOURS ARE STILL BOLD AND BRIGHT AND UNSPOILT. THERE ARE JUST THE MILDEST HINTS OF CORNER BUMPING VISIBLE. THE REAR SHOWS JUST THE ODD MILD HANDLING MARK. ALL THREE FLIPBACKS ARE COMPLETE AND MY ONLY REAL CRITICAL POINT OF THIS SLEEVE IS THE BOTTOM FLIPBACK WHICH HAS SUFFERED FROM SOME CREASING BUT IN FAIRNESS THIS IS NOT SEVERE.THE REAR STILL DISPLAYS A LIGHT SHEEN WHEN ANGLED. THE SPINE IS STILL PERFECTLY RIGID AND TOTALLY UNSPOLIT AND THE SLEEVE IS INTACT AND FREE FROM WRITING...... A VERY IMPRESSIVE EXAMPLE.

OVERALL A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER OF ALL BEATLES VINYL, OFFERED IN TRULY STUNNING AND BARELY PLAYED CONDITION THROUGHOUT AND ONE WHICH DELIVERS A FLAWLESS MONO AUDIO..... THESE COPIES IN THIS CONDITION DO NOT SURFACE FOR SALE THAT OFTEN AND IAM CERTAIN THAT THIS EXAMPLE WILL BE AN UPGRADE FOR MANY COLLECTORS.