BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME" VERY RARE UK 4TH PRESSING
  £   350
  $   464

 


£ 350 Sold For
Dec 4, 2009 Sold Date
Nov 27, 2009 Start Date
£   25 Start price
24   Number Of Bids
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                                         BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME"

                                                                  RARER UK 4th PRESSING

ORIGINAL 1964 RARE UK 4th PRESSING.

RELEASED JANUARY 11TH 1963 "PLEASE PLEASE ME" WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED ON THE RED LABEL (45-R4983), THEN ON THE NEWLY DESIGNED BLACK LABEL (45-R4983).  A THIRD PRESSING IN 1963 WAS A BLACK LABEL BUT WITHOUT THE "45"  PREFIX BUT WITH "THE PARLOPHONE CO" RIM TEXT IN UPPER/LOWER CASE AND "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1963"  AS PER THE PREVIOUS RED/ BLACK LABEL. 

IN 1964 A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF FOURTH & FIFTH PRESSINGS WHERE ISSUED. FOURTH PRESSINGS FEATURED "THE PARLOPHONE CO" IN UPPER/LOWER CASE , "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED" WITH NO "45" PREFIX AND THE ADDED ADDITION OF THE "SOLD IN UK" TEXT.

THE FIFTH PRESSING FEATURED ALL THE SAME CRITERIA AS THE FOURTH BUT HAD "THE PARLOPHONE CO" IN UPPER CASE ONLY. 

OFFERED FOR SALE IN PLAYED ONCE CONDITION IS AN ORIGINAL EXAMPLE OF A VERY RARE AND ELUSIVE UK 4TH PRESSING. 

R 4983

7XCE.17217-1N-1N

MPT TAX CODE TO RUN OFF GROOVE

THE PUSH-OUT CENTRE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN STUNNING AND NEAR MINT CONDITION. VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE ARE NO MORE THAN ONE VERY TINY SPINDLE MARK PRESENT TO EITHER SIDE. LABELS ARE CLEAN AND HAVE RETAINED THEIR DEEP BLACK COLOUR WITH VERY VIVID SILVER LETTERING.THE LABELS HAVE NOT SUFFERED FROM ANY FADING OR RUBBING AND DISPLAY AN AS NEW APPEARANCE.  

THE GLOSSY VINYL WHICH SHINES LIKE A MIRROR IS STUNNING. IT HAS JUST A FEW VERY LIGHT BUT WISPY SURFACE MARKS,CAUSED THROUGH HANDLING RATHER THAN PLAY, THIS REMARKABLE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING AND HAS NOT SUFFERED FROM ANY BLEMISHES TO THE PLAYING SURFACE AND HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN WELL CARED FOR AND STORED OVER THE YEARS.

AUDIO IS FLAWLESS AND DISTORTION FREE THROUGHOUT AND DELIVERS AN UNITERRUOTED PERFORMANCE. 

HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL  PARLOPHONE STRAIGHT CUT SLEEVE, WITH 6'-50' TOKEN ADVERT ON REAR, WHICH IS ALS0 IN SUPERB CONDITION.  

OVERALL A TRULY STUNNING AND  PLAYED ONCE EXAMPLE OF THIS VERY VERY  RARE, ELUSIVE AND HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER  UK 4TH PRESSING....A GENUINE MUST HAVE FOR ALL SERIOUS COLLECTORS WHICH I DOUBT WILL NEED UPGRADING!




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