Beatles PLEASE ME 1st UK Mono Press BLACK GOLD Dick James 1G 1R Ex+ Audio+Visual
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5,101
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Description
Complete & original heavyweight vinyl 1st UK pressing of ‘The Beatles - Please Please Me’ from the 22nd March 1963 on the short-lived black & gold Parlophone labels, briefly used before the classic black & yellow labels were issued a couple of months later.
The 1st pressing can be identified by the four tracks - ‘I Saw Her Standing There’ & ‘Misery’ on side one, and ‘Do You Want To Know A Secret’ & ‘There’s A Place’ on side two - incorrectly credited to ‘Dick James Mus. Co.’ due to an earlier mistake by George Martin, before being corrected to“Northern Songs Ltd” for the 2nd press shortly after.
The 1st press ‘Gold’ sleeve printed by Earnest J. Day Co. Ltd, can be identified by the"Photo: Angus McBean" credit alignment on the front bottom right corner, which begins where the "s" of songs end. On the second issue sleeves, the credit was moved further to the left aligning with the “g”.
Serial number: PMC 1202
Matrix number: XEX 421-1N / XEX 422-1N
Stamper codes: 1 G / 1 R
Tax code: MT, side 2
Condition:
Absolutely stunning condition! Deep-sheen glossy clean vinyl, with only very light signs of use in good natural light and under strong direct halogen spotlight, EXCELLENT PLUS! The disc sits completely flat on the turntable and has no warping. The playback is as good as the visual and that big, punchy 1st-press sound hits you straight away. Lead-ins to each side are nice and quiet and each track plays without issue, there are no pops, repeat clicks, and clearly no skips/sticks with this grade, nice and quiet between tracks, EXCELLENT PLUS! The cover is also in standout condition, glossy clean front with ringer or stains. The spine is sharp, clean and fully-readable and without wear. The back is really nice and clean also, no stains, rubbing, pen, or dirty marks, light light signs of handling only, EXCELLENT! Complete with its original tracing-paper Emitex inner sleeve which is clean without splits, EXCELLENT PLUS! This comprises a fantastic listening & collectors condition complete 1st UK mono press of The Beatles debut album from its original release date of March 22nd 1963, hot of the press from day 1!
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