BEATLES Please Please Me LP 1963 BLACK&GOLD 1st Press

	£		620
	$		822

On offer here is a VERY RARE Black & Gold MONO UK 1963 1st Pressing called 'Please Please Me' on the 1st Press Black & Gold Parlophone label!!!! It is also the most sought after Black & Gold 1st Pressing with the 'Dick James' credits to BOTH labels!!!! THIS IS A MASSIVELY RARE LP IN EVERY RESPECT AND THE BEST CONDITIONED BLACK & GOLD 1ST PRESSING I HAVE SEEN FOR A VERY LONG TIME!!!!  BLACK & GOLD 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP ARE EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND AND INCREDIBLY SOUGHT AFTER!!!!  HOWEVER SADLY MOST BLACK & GOLD 1ST PRESSINGS OFTEN TURN UP IN TERRIBLE CONDITION - BEING OVERPLAYED AND WITH A BATTERED TERRIBLE LOOKING COVER.   BUT NOT THIS ONE!!!!  THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION AND IS ONE OF THE BEST CONDITIONED BLACK & GOLD 1ST PRESSINGS I HAVE SEEN FOR A VERY LONG TIME!!!!   THIS LP HAS AWESOME CONDITIONED BLACK & GOLD LABELS, A SUPERB MINT INNER SLEEVE, A STUNNING CONDITIONED COVER, AND A BRILLIANT RECORD!!!!  THIS LP IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO FIND IN THIS CONDITION!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND (ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS MASSIVELY RARE OPPORTUNITY!!!! This is the ORIGINAL MONO UK 1st pressing from 1963 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!! This is the ORIGINAL UK Black & Gold 1st pressing on the 1st Press Black & Gold Parlophone label (with the 1st Press 'Dick James' Credits), 'The Parlophone Company' edge text, NO 'Sold In The UK' text, NO 'First Published' text, LARGE Mono on the cover front, E.J.Day Flipback Laminated Cover, a ZT tax code, and 1st Press Polythene lined 'thicker paper' Emitex inner!!!! The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The matrix numbers are XEX 421-1N & XEX 422-1N. The stamper codes are 1/M & 1/A - SERIOUSLY early mother & stamper codes and showing that this LP was one of the first 900 ever pressed!!!!  Please also note that the Angus McBean is in the standard position in the bottom right of the cover.  This credit does vary from cover to cover - and there does seem to be some debate over exactly what it indicates.  However the UK main record guide states NOTHING regarding this credit - and I am of the opinion that it is simply a factory difference and certainly nothing to do with age!!!!  Afterall - EVERY cover was indivudually printed - and various other things on these early covers differ massively (especially for example the position of the large MONO at the top of the cover!). This particular LP came from a 1 former owner (who bought the LP from NEW) as part of a larger collection and it is VERY clear to me that this cover is DEFINITELY the cover this LP left the record shop with!!!! The Cat. No is PMC 1202 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Black & Gold Parlophone label (see picture) and is a MONO 1st pressing!!!! All the tracks are Pure quality Beatles at their best!!!! Any fan of The Beatles, or 60s music in general, will want to have this in their collection!!!!

The record labels are in AWESOME condition (see pictures) with NO writing, SUPERB sharp UNFADED Gold Print, STUNNING dark UNRUBBED black background, NO wear, and only a VERY few light spindle marks!!!! IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT condition!!!! Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, 1 EXTREMELY hard to see hairline type mark, only a VERY few light hairlines (only visible under EXTREME light), and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND HAS AN AWESOME SHINE!!!!  It is great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with only a few LIGHT clicks/pops right at the VERY beginning of the track 'Anna' (though these do NOT last long AT ALL - and are VERY low level), barely ANY clicks/pops elsewhere, NO sticking, NO jumps, NO hiss, and only the VERY slightest touches of background crackle in a VERY few places!!!!  Even many of the gaps are completely SILENT (MEGA rare on this LP)!!!!  There is NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good++ if not better - and it really is VERY hard indeed to find a Black & Gold MONO 1st Press record in this condition!!!! BRILLIANT RECORD!!!! The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press POLYTHENE lined Emitex inner sleeve which is in AWESOME condition!!!! The E.J.Day FLIPBACK Cover is in STUNNING condition!!!! It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour), only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking), shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!! The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!! Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in STUNNING condition with NO writing, NO grubbyness, barely ANY yellowing AT ALL (virtually NONE), and only an absolutely TINY rub to the VERY edge of a TINY part of the top flipback (rest of the flipbacks are PERFECT)!!!!  The cover must grade Excellent(Minus) if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS EXTREMELY RARE INDEED TO FIND IN THIS BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!!  THIS LP HAS AWESOME BLACK & GOLD LABELS, A MINT INNER SLEEVE, A STUNNING COVER AND A BRILLIANT RECORD - AND IS VERY HARD INDEED TO FIND LIKE THIS!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS MEGA RARE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

TAKE A LOOK AT PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE Beatles LP!!!! THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1963 UK BLACK & GOLD MONO 1ST PRESSING OF "PLEASE PLEASE ME" BY THE BEATLES, IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!! Dont forget to have a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World.  Paypal, IMOs, Cash, Cheques, and Post Orders accepted. Overseas MUST use either Cash, IMOs or Paypal. Thanks for looking . Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: