Beatles Please Please Crossover 3rd Pressing Very Good+

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THE BEATLES FIRST ALBUM "PLEASE PLEASE ME"!!!! 3rd PRESS MONO CROSSOVER  YELLOW & BLACK PARLOPHONE LABELS PMC1202.

THESE ARE VERY DIFFICULT ALBUMS TO LOCATE IN THIS VERY GOOD CONDITION!!!!

ON OFFER HERE IS A VERY RARE AND COLLECTABLE ALBUM BY THE BEATLES CALLED "PLEASE PLEASE ME" ON THE NOW FAMOUSLY KNOWN CROSSOVER  LABEL!!!! THIS ALBUM WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON THE BLACK & GOLD LABEL FROM WHICH THERE WERE TWO PRESSES!!!! THEN THERE WAS THE 3rd PRESSING WHICH WAS PRESSED ON THE YELLOW AND BLACK PARLOPHONE LABELS!!!! WHEN THE YELLOW AND BLACK LABEL WAS FIRST USED THERE WAS AN ERROR IN THE PRINTING, IF YOU LOOK ABOVE THE YELLOW WRITING YOU WILL SEE 33 1/3 RPM IN BOLD LETTERING  THIS WAS NOT EVIDENT ON THE BLACK & GOLD ALBUM AND WAS PRINTED IN TINY LETTERING BESIDE THE MATRIX NUMBER. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE YELLOW AND BLACK LABELS AS IT WAS ALREADY PRESENT IN BOLD TEXT!!!! BUT ON SOME OF THE VERY FIRST COPIES THIS WAS LEFT ON UNTIL NOTICED BY AN EMI EMPLOYEE AND THE MISTAKE WAS QUICKLY RECTIFIED. THE RUMOUR IS THAT ONLY A FEW HUNDRED WERE PRESSED ON MOMO AND STEREO BEFORE THE CORRECT LABELS CAME ALONG. IF THAT IS THE CASE THEN THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY LESS OF THESE THAN THE ACTUAL BLACK & GOLD LABEL!!!!

THIS LITTLE KNOWN FACT ONLY EXPLODED ONTO THE SCENE A FEW YEARS AGO AND THE ALBUM QUICLY BECAME KNOWN AS THE CROSSOVER OR TRANSISIONAL 3rd PRESSING!!!!!

THIS IS AN ORIGINAL MONO UK 3rd PRESSING ON THE "YELLOW AND BLACK" PARLOPHONE LABELS", IT HAS THE "PARLOPHONE COMPANY" EDGE TEXT.

THIS ALBUM CONTAINED THE "A" & "B" SIDES TO THEIR FIRST TWO SINGLES, PLUS 10 NEW SONGS. ALL RECORDED IN ONE INCREDIBLE SESSION AT ABBEY ROAD!!!! THE SESSION COST JUST  £400 AND LASTED 16 HOURS. JUST IMAGINE BEING THERE. IT STILL HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE LONGEST CONTINUOUS STAY AT NUMBER 1!!!!

THE MATRIX, MOTHER & STAMPER NUMBERS IN THE RUN OUT GROOVES ARE:

SIDE ONE: MATRIX "XEX 421-1N"  MOTHER & STAMPER NUMBERS ARE 1 & GR.

SIDE TWO: MATRIX "YEX 422-1N" MOTHER & STAMPER NUMBERS ARE 1 & N.

CONDITION!!!!

SIDE ONE: THE LABELS ARE IN AT LEAST VERY GOOD+ CONDITION WITH NUMEROUS SPINDAL MARKS AND WHEN HELD TO A LIGHT THERE ARE A FEW SPOTS THIS SADLY ALSO SPILLS OVER ONTO THE RECORD BUT DOES NOT AFFECT THE PLAYBACK IN ANYWAY. I HAVE LOOKED THEM OVER BUT HAVE NOT GOT A CLUE WHAT CAUSED THEM, BUT AS STATED THESE CAN ONLY BE SEEN WHEN HELD UNDER BRIGHT LIGHT. THE RECORD ITSELF DOES HAVE SEVERAL LOOKING MARKS BUT NONE ARE SRATCHES AND THEY CERTAINLY DO NOT AFFECT PLAYBACK. I TESTED THIS ALBUM ON A LINN SONDEK LP12 THROUGH A LINN SYSTEM  AND THE SOUND WAS IMMENSE. IF IT LOOKED ANYWHER AS GOOD AS IT SOUNDED I WOULD HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING IT AS EXCELLENT. AS IT IS IT MUST GRADE AS AT LEAST VERY GOOD ++!!!!

SIDE TWO: THE LABELS ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN WITH NUMEROUS SPINDAL MARKS BUT WITH NO SPOTS LIKE SIDE 1. THE PLAYING SURFACE AGAIN HAVE SEVERAL MARKS BUT THEY DO NOT AFFECT THE SOUND!!!! THE PLAYBACK IS SUPERB AND MUST GRADE AS EXCELLENT !!!! BUT BECAUSE OF THE MARKS I WILL GRADE IT AS VERY GOOD ++!!!!

SLEEVE

THE COVER PHOTO WAS TAKEN AT EMI's FORMER HEADQUATERS AT MANCHESTER SQUARE BY ANGUS McBEAN ON THE 5th OF MARCH 1963. THE SLEEVE NOTES ON THE REAR OF THE COVER ARE BY TONY BARROW. THE SLEEVE WAS PRINTED AND MADE BY ERNEST J. DAY & CO LTD LONDON. HOW A SLEEVE CAN SURVIVE ALL THESE YEARS IN THIS VERY NICE CONDITION REALLY DOES AMAZE ME, APART FROM A COUPLE OF VERY SLIGHT LAMINATE CREASES THE FRONT IS NEAR PERFECT!!!! THE SPINE IS ALSO IN DECENT ORDER APART FROM A SMALL SPLIT TO THE TOP RIGHT AND A TINY PINCH TO THE BOTTOM. THOUGH THE BACK DOES HAVE A COUPLE OF DIRTY STAINS AND A COUPLE OF VERY LIGHT BLUE PEN MARKS. I WOULD AGAIN GRADE THE SLEEVE AS VERY GOOD +!!!!

THE ORIGINAL EMITEX INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO NEAR PERFECT WITH JUST THE NORMAL RECORD CREASES!!!!

SADLY AS YOU CAN SEE MY PHOTOGRAPHY LEAVES A LOT TO BE DESIRED AND THE PICTURES REALLY DO NOT DO THE RECORD JUSTICE!!!!

SO FEEL CONFIDENT TO BID ON THIS INCREDIBE BEAUTIFUL GEM AS I CAN ASSURE YOU, YOU WILL NOT SEE THIS TOO OFTEN IN THIS VERY NICE CONDITION!!!!

PLEASE KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR MY AUCTIONS TO SEE IF I HAVE ANYTHING OF INTEREST TO YOU.

THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AND GOOD LUCK IF BIDDING!!!!

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AUCTION.

SHOULD THE WINNING BIDDER FOR SOME REASOM NOT BE HAPPY WITH MY DESCRIPTION I WILL OFFER A FULL REFUND MINUS ALL POSTAGE COSTS!!!! THAT IS HOW CONFIDENT I AM THAT THE PURCHASER WILL BE MORE THAN PLEASED WITH THIS ALBUM!!!!