BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME" UK THIRD PRESSING IN N.E.M.S SLEEVE STAMPS 2 & 2
  £   277
  $   367

 


£ 277 Sold For
Apr 4, 2018 Sold Date
Mar 25, 2018 Start Date
£   15 Start price
37   Number Of Bids
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BEATLES PARLOPHONE PMC 1202 "PLEASE PLEASE ME" THIRD PRESSING STAMPERS    2    AO      2   AA MATRICES        -1N         -1N
FIRST SOME HISTORY WHICH YOU PROBABLY ALL KNOW ANYWAY
UK FIRST PRESSINGS OF THIS ALBUM CAME ON BLACK AND GOLD LABELS WITH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT VARIATIONS MAINLY MUSICAL CREDITS 
UK SECOND PRESSINGS CAME ON BLACK AND YELLOW LABELS WITH A SMALL  EXTRA 33 1/3 ,AND NO "SOLD IN THE UK". OR "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED"
UK THIRD PRESSING'S OF WHICH THIS IS ONE HAD ELIMINATED THE EXTRA SMALL 33 1/3 BUT STILL HAD NO "SOLD IN THE UK" OR "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED"
THE SLEEVE IS THE CORRECT ERNEST J DAY  CREDIT WHICH IS SHOWN ON THE REAR AND THE PHOTO CREDIT OF ANGUS MCBEAN ON THE FRONT SHOWS THE "A" OF ANGUS UNDER THE SECOND LETTER "S" OF "SONGS" ABOVE IT 
HISTORICAL PRESSING ESTIMATES FOR THIS VERSION OF "PLEASE PLEASE ME" ARE ONLY AROUND 25,000 COPIES
AS MENTIONED EARLIER IT IS AN EJ DAY FRONT LAMINATED SLEEVE ,SLEEVE FRONT IS VERY CLEAN AND GLOSSY ALL IMAGES AND TITLES ARE UNDISTURBED THE ONLY CREASING IS LIMITED AND AROUND THE EDGES ,BOTTOM SEAM EDGE HAS VERY MINOR WEAR THROUGH HANDLING
SLEEVE REAR AGAIN IS NICE AND CLEAN FREE FROM ANY WRITING OR OBVIOUS STAINING ,  THE THREE FOLDOVER SEAMS DO HAVE A LITTLE OUTER EDGE WEAR THROUGH STORAGE AND HANDLING BUT ARE ALL INTACT 
THE BASE OF THE SLEEVE ON THE OPENING EDGE AT THE FRONT HAS A SMALL ( ABOUT AN INCH) TAPE REINFORCEMENT INTERNALLY ,BUT NOT NOTICEABLE  UNLESS POINTED OUT THERE ARE SOME MINOR CORNER BUMPS ALSO TO THE SLEEVE
CORRECT POLY LINED EMITEX INNER IS ALSO IN NICE CLEAN CONDITION AND FREE FROM ANY DISTRESS
VINYL DISC STILL RETAINS A DEEP GLOSSY SHEEN TO THE SURFACES AND THERE ARE NO FEELABLE MARKS ON EITHER SIDE THERE ARE HANDLING MARKS ( C'MON ITS THE BEATLES  ITS 55 YEARS OLD IT WILL HAVE BEEN PLAYED ) ONLY REALLY DISCERNABLE UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT APART FROM MAYBE A COUPLE OF LIGHT NEEDLE MARKS IN THE RUNOUT GROOVE ON SIDE 1
BLACK AND YELLOW LABELS ARE AGAIN VERY CLEAN AND FREE FROM ANY WRITING OR STAINING JUST SOME VERY LIGHT PAPER LOSS AT THE CENTRE HOLE THROUGH USE   ALL THE ABOVE COMES ENCLOSED IN AN ORIGINAL NEMS  PLASTIC RECORD SLEEVE WHICH WERE SUPPLIED  IN THE 1960's FROM BRIAN EPSTEINS RECORD SHOPS WITH EVERY LP PURCHASED
I HAVE PLAYED THE RECORD ON A SIXTIES HI-FI SYSTEM WHICH APART FROM THE ODD POP AND VERY LIGHT CRACKLE  THE AUDIO WAS FIRST CLASS FOR A PRESSING OF THIS VINTAGE AND DID NOT DISAPPOINT  YOU MAY GET A DIFFERENT RESPONSE ON A MORE MODERN SYSTEM . AS EVER  I'VE TRIED TO COVER ALL ISSUES  IN THE WRITE UP AND BE AS HONEST AS POSSIBLE   


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