BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME"UK 4TH PRESS ***RARE DECCA***
  £   90
  $   119

 


£ 90 Sold For
Jul 30, 2008 Sold Date
Jul 23, 2008 Start Date
£   25 Start price
9   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
eBay Auctioned at
 
save auction  

Description

                                BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME"

                           RARE DECCA CONTRACT PRESSING

 

ORIGINAL 1963 UK MONO 4TH PRESSING DECCA CONTRACT.

OFFERED IN OVERALL EXCELLENT CONDITION IS THIS RARE AND ORIGINAL UK CONTRACT PRESSING.

WITH DEMAND FOR THE BEATLES FIRST ALBUM SO HIGH AND DUE TO EMI'S OTHER COMMITTMENTS A LIMITED NUMBER OF PRESSINGS OF "PLEASE PLEASE ME" WHERE CONTRACTED OUT TO DECCA.

THESE DECCA PRESSINGS ARE BELEIVED TO EXIST IN ONLY SMALL NUMBERS ARE NOW ONE OF THE ARREST VERSIONS OF THIS ALBUM TO OBTAIN.

FEATURING THE TRADEMARK DECCA GROOVE TO BOTH LABELS AND CARRYING NO STAMPER LETTERS TO THE RUN OFF GROOVE THIS CONTRACT PRESSING COMES HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL E.J DAY AND IS COMPLETE WITH ITS EMITEX INNER.

PMC 1202

XEX 421/2-1N-1N

NO TAX CODE.

THE BLACK AND YELLOW  "DECCA" GROOVED LABELS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, CLOSE INSPECTION REVEALS SOME LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS TO BOTH SIDES BUT NO SPINDLE WEAR. THE LABELS ARE CLEAN AND VIVID WITH NO BLEMISHES TO THE LETTERING AND THE LABELS STILL RETAIN THEIR DEEP BLACK COLOURING.

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS ALSO EXCELLENT... THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED AN DTHEREFORE IT DOES CARRY SOME LIGHT SURFACE MARKS AND THE ODD NEEDLE MARK, THERE IS ALSO A SMALL FEELABLE MARK O TRACK TWO, SIDE TWO WHICH CAUSES ABOUT FOUR VERY LIGHT CLICKS DURING PLAYBACK. THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING AND THERE IS NO DULLING TO THE PLAYING SURFACE.

THE VINYL DELIVERS AN OVERALL SUPERB PERFORMANCE, APART FROM THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED MILD CLICKS THE VINYL APPEARS TO PLAY WITH NO OTHER DISTORTION. THE SOUND IS STRONG AND CLEAR WITH NO OTHER INTERRUPTION AND AT NO POINT DOES THE AUDIO SKIP OR JUMP.... THIS WAS STILL A PLEASURE TO LISTEN TO.

THE ORIGINAL EMITEX INNER IS PRESENT AN DIS SUPERB WITH NOTHING MORE THAN LIGHT AND MINOR SIGNS OF AG EAND HANDLING.

THE OUTER AND CORRECT E.J.DAY SLEEVE IS A VERY STRONG AND RESPECTABLE EXAMPLE. THE VIBRANT FRONT DISPLAYS JUST TINY, LIGHT EDGE WRINKLES BUT NO CREASES. THERE ARE THE INEVITABLE CORNER BUMPS PRESENT BUT AGAIN THESE ARE NORT SEVERE. THE FRONT IS VERY CLEAN AND THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL STRAIGHT AND TRUE. THE REAR IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN WITH ALL FLIPBACKS INTACT. THERE IS SOME LIGHT CREASING VISIBLE TO THE BOTTOM FLIPBACK AND SOME MINOR CREASING TO BOTTOM, LEFT CORNER. THE REAR FEATURES VIRTUALLY  NO HANDLING MARKS AND IS STILL ITS BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR. THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY RIGID WITH ALL WORDING INTACT AND NO WEAR.

OVERALL A VERY DESIRABLE EXAMPLE OF THIS VERY RARE AND EXTREMLEY SOUGHT AFTER UK DECCA CONTRACT.

 

  

PLEASE READ......

HERE AT BEATLES-64 WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON OUR HONESTY AND INTEGRITY AND ARE COMMITTED TO DELIVERING A HIGH LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE. WE DO ENDEAVOUR TO DESCRIBE EACH AND EVERY ITEM THAT WE OFFER FOR SALE AS HONESTLY AND ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE.

WE DO HOWEVER ACCEPT THAT OUR DESCRIPTION IS, AFTER ALL, JUST OUR OPINION AND PEOPLES OPINIONS DO VARY, THEREFORE WE ACCEPT THAT ON A RARE OCCASSION SOME BUYERS MAY FEEL THAT AN ITEM THEY HAVE RECEIVED DOES NOT MATCH OUR DESCRIPTION. THIS IS TO BE EXPECTED AND IS WHY WE GLADY OFFER A FULL MONEY BACK GUARENTEE ON ALL ITEMS LISTED, ALL BUYERS CAN BE ASSURED THAT UPON RECEIPT OF ANY ITEM RETURNED BACK TO US THE REFUND WILL BE ISSUED...USUALLY THAT SAME DAY.

WE ALSO FURTHER ACCEPT THAT AT TIMES SOME ITEMS MAY NOT BE RECEIVED, SHOULD THIS SITUATION ARISE WE WILL DO OUR LEVEL BEST TO TRY TO TRACE THE PARCEL, DETERMINE ITS DELIVERY STATUS AND WORK WITH THE DELIVERY COMPANY TO ENSURE THAT THE PARCEL IS DELIVERED. SHOULD THIS NOT BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE PARCEL BEING DECLARED MISSING THEN AGAIN A FULL REFUND WILL BE ISSUED. 

WITH ALL THE ABOVE IN MIND WE FEEL THAT EACH AND EVERY TRANSACTION THAT WE CARRY OUT ON EBAY WILL BE A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE FOR THE BUYER. WE WILL DEAL WITH EACH AND EVERY CUSTOMER IN A CURTEOUS AND FREINDLY MANNER AND WILL ENSURE THAT ALL OUR CUSTOMERS, WETHER YOU BE OUR MANY REPEAT CUSTOMERS OR ARE A NEW CUSTOMER,WILL RECEIVE THE SAME LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE.

MANY OF YOU READING THIS WILL ALREADY BE AWARE THAT WE ARE REPUTABLE AND HONEST SELLERS AND THOSE OF YOU THAT WE BOTH DEAL WITH AND SPEAK TO ON THE TELEPHONE ON A REGULAR BASIS KNOW THAT WE ARE FREINDLY, OBLIGING PEOPLE WHO WILL ALWAYS TRY TO STAISFY AS AND WHEN CAN.  

IT IS OUR VIEW THAT WETHER IT BE AN ITEM NOT AS DESCRIBED, OR AN ITEM NOT RECEIVED ISSUE THAT ANY BUYER HAS WITH US WE WILL ENDEAVOUR TO ENSURE THAT THE ISSUE IS RESOLVED POSITIVELY, AMICABLY AND TO THE SATISFACTION OF BOTH PARTIES.... THEREFORE THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON FOR US TO RECEIVE A NEAGATIVE FEEDBACK INFACT THERE IS REALLY NO REASON FOR ANY BUYER TO EVEN FEEL IT NECESSARY TO OPEN A DISPUTE WITH US.

AS WE ALL KNOW EBAY RECENTLY CHANGED THE FEEDBACK SYSTEM AND IMPLEMENTED A SITUATION WHERE AS SELLERS CAN NO LONGER LEAVE NEGATIVE FEEDBACK FOR BUYERS. WHILST WE CAN SEE EBAY'S REASONS FOR DOING THIS IS WAS SADLY ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THIS NEW SYSTEM WAS ABUSED BY A SMALL MINORITY OF BUYERS. BUYERS ARE SUPPOSED TO LEAVE AN HONEST AND ACCURATE ASSESSMENT OF THE OVERALL TRANSACTION, WHICH SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE RECEIVED, SADLY AS WE HAVE DISCOVERED SOME BUYERS HAVE NOT YET GRASPED THIS POLICY.

WE VERY RECENTLY ENCOUNTERED A BUYER WHO FELT THE ITEM THEY RECEIVED WAS NOT AS DESCRIBED. WE IMMEDIATLEY ADVISED THE BUYER TO RETURN THE ITEM WITHOUT QUESTION AND ACCEPTED FULL RESPONSIBLILTY FOR THE ERROR. THE BUYER RETURNED THE ITEM THAT SAME DAY AND WE RECEIVED IT BACK THE FOLLOWING DAY AND INSTANTLY ISSUED A FULL REFUND INCLUDING RETURN POSTAGE COSTS (WHICH I WOULD POINT OUT WE ARE NOT OBLIGED TO DO UNDER EBAY'S POLICY), THE BUYER THEREFORE RECEIVED A REFUND IN LESS THAN 48HRS AFTER RECEIVING THE ITEM THEMSELVES.... WE BELIEVE THAT WAS EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE OVERALL TRANSACTION WAS POSITIVE AND NOT REALLY OPEN TO CRITICSM.... HOWEVER THIS BUYER DECIDED THAT WE AND OUR SERVICE MERITED A NEGATIVE FEEDBACK..WE STRONGLY DISAGREE AND WE KNOW THAT 99.9% OF BOTH SELLERS AND BUYERS WOULD AGREE WITH THIS. 

ALSO UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL WE BE HELD TO RAMSOM BY BUYERS WHO THREATEN US WITH NEGATIVE FEEDBACK UNLESS WE MEET THEIR UNREALISTIC DEMANDS, MOST OF WHICH CONFLICT WITH EBAYS POLICIES....AGAIN FURTHER ABUSE OF THE NEW SYSTEM.

I SHOULD RIGHT NOW BE CONCENTRATING ON LISTING ITEMS FOR SALE BUT INSTEAD I AM HAVING TO DEFEND MYSELF AGINST THE ACTIONS OF A SMALL MINORITY WHO ARE GRASPING EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO ABUSE A NEW SYSTEM AND DISCREDIT REPUTABLE SELLERS.AS PREVIOUSLY STATED FEEDBACK SHOULD BE AN HONEST AND ACCURATE APRAISAL OF THE WHOLE TRANSACTION BUT SADLY TRYING TO EDUCATE THE UNEDUCATED IN THIS FACT WILL ,I FEEL, BE AN ENDLESS TASK.

WE KNOW THAT MOST OF YOU WILL IGNORE ANY NEGATIVE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE AND WILL REALISE THAT NEGATIVE FEEDABCKS HAVE BEEN LEFT BY  SPITEFUL, DISHONEST AND UNSCRUPULOUS PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO UNDERSTANDING OF HOW A FEEDBACK SYSTEM WORKS,(THESE PEOPLE ARE THANKFULLY IN THE MINORITY..BUT SADLY WE HAVE TO ENCOUNTER THEM OCCASSIONALY) AND THE MAJORITY OF OUR VALUED CUSTOMERS WILL KNOW THAT ANY NEGATIVE FEEDBACK RECEIVED IS NOT A TRUE REFLECTION OF BEATLES-64.

THANK YOU.            


price rating