Beatles Please Please Me *STEREO* UK LP 3rd Press MINT-

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THE MOST STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 3RD PRESS PLEASE PLEASE ME LP - STEREO PCS 3042

Title Of Disc

PLEASE PLEASE ME

Matrix Numbers

YEX 94-1 / YEX 95-1

Year Released

1963

Stamper Codes

1M / 1G

Catalogue Number

PCS 3042

LARGE 33 1/3RD & SMALL 33 1/3RD

Condition

MINT MINUS (STUNNING)

Extras

RARE 3RD PRESSING

THE FOLLOWING DETAILS FEATURE ONE OF THE BEST COPIES OF PLEASE PLEASE ME TO FEATURE ON EBAY. IT IS A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE RECORD, AND I MAKE NO APOLOGIES FOR USING THE SAME TERM OVER AND OVER.

THE VERY SHORT LIVED BLACK AND GOLD LABELS ARE PRESSINGS ONE AND TWO FOR PLEASE PLEASE ME, AND THESE AS YOU KNOW ARE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN STEREO, AND THEN EVEN MORE IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN ANY SORT OF CONDITION THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED ANYTHING LIKE MINT.

WHEN PARLOPHONE CHANGED THEIR LABEL TO THE BLACK AND YELLOW LABEL, WHICH INCIDENTALLY WAS ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AFTER THE INITIAL RELEASE ON THE GOLD LABEL, THEY ISSUED THE FIRST BLACK AND YELLOW LABEL AND ACCIDENTALLY OMITTED THE "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED" STATEMENT FOUND ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE LABEL. THIS LABEL WAS QUICKLY WITHDRAWN AND THE NEW AND CORRECT ONE WAS ISSUED. THIS IS KNOWN AS THE 4TH PRESSING AND IS IN FACT THE MOST COMMON OF ALL PPM LABELS (YELLOW AND BLACK) CERTAINLY THIS IS TRUE OF THE MONO ISSUE. ALL STEREO COPIES ARE HARD TO COME BY.

WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS THE GENUINE 3RD PRESSING WITHOUT THE RECORDING FORST PUBLISHED STATEMENT. THIS LABEL WAS I BELIEVE ONLY IN CIRCULATION FOR ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE IT WAS REPLACED MAKING IT THEREFORE ARGUABLY EVEN RARER THAN THE BLACK AND GOLD IN TERMS OF ITS AVAILABLILTY TO THE PUBLIC.

THE STAMPER CODES INDICATE THAT THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST LP'S OFF THE PRESS, AND WITH IT COMES THAT 1ST PRESS SOUND QUALITY.

THE SLEEVE

LAMINATED FRONT SIDE WHICH IS TOTALLY FREE FROM ANY CREASES. IT HAS THE LARGE STEREO WRITING ON THE TOP RIGHT CORNER, AND THE ANGUS MCBEANACCREDITATION BOTTOM RIGHT.

THE SPINE IS PERFECT..UNSQUASHED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THE BACK OF THE COVER HAS THE FLIPBACK DESIGN AND THE FLIPBACKS THEMSELVES ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION, THERE SURFACE IS VERY WHITE, AND WHILST THERE IS A LITTLE EXAMPLE OF SOME LIGHT SOILING IT IS VERY MINIMAL. THE BOTTOM OF THE SLEEVE IS THE ONLY AREA THAT HAS A LITTLE MARK. AGAIN VERY SMALL AND ON THE FRONT IS VIRTUALLY INVISIBLE. LOOK AT THE PICTURES AND DECIDE FOR YOURSELF/

THE INNER SLEEVE IS THE AUTHENTIC "PATENTS APPLIED FOR" POLY LINED EMI INNER, WHICH IS IN SUPERB CONDITION.

THE RECORD LABELS

STUNNING IN EVERY DETAIL. AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THIS LABEL DOES NOT HAVE THE RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED STATEMENT ON THE LABEL,THIS IS THE INDICATOR THAT IT IS A GENUINE 3RD PRESSING. THE LABEL ALSO SPORTS THE RARE LARGE 33 &1/3RD LOGO ABOVE THE YELLOW PARLOPHONE LOGO, AS WELL AS THE SMALL 33 & 1/3RD BY THE SIDE OF THE MATRIX NUMBER TO THE LEFT OF THE LABEL.

THE OUTER RIM HAS THE "PARLOPHONE CO" STATEMENT.

THE COLOURS ARE A DEEP JET BLACK WITH OUTSTANDING SILVER TYPESET WHICH IS IN IMMACULATE CONDITION, AND FINALLY THE YELLOW PARLOPHONE LOGO AND £ SIGN ARE ALSO PRISTINE

THERE IS NO SPINDLE HOLE WEAR WHATSOEVER, AND I CAN ONLY DETECT ONE OR TWO SPIDER LINES NEAR THE HOLE WHICH TELLS ME THAT THIS LP HAS NEVER BEEN PLAYED MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES IN ITS 41 YEARS. THE PREVIOUS OWNER CLEARLY KEPT THIS IMMACULATE WHICH IS AN ABSOLUTE RARITY IN ITSELF AS MOST COPIES WERE PLAYED TO DEATH. NATURALLY FOR THOSE FEW WHO COULD AFFORD A STEREO SYSTEM BACK IN 1963 THE VINYL WOULDHAVE BEEN MORE PRECIOUS, SO I NOT TOO SURPRISED TO FIND A TEREO COPY IN THIS AMAZING CONDITION.

THERE IS NO TAX CODE STAMPED ON THE LABEL.

THE STAMPER NUMBERS OF 1M AND 1G ARE SURE SIGNS THAT THIS WAS A FIRST OFF THE PRESS EXAMPLE, AS EMI USE 1 AND G AS THEIR 1ST PRESS INDICATORS.

THE WINNER OF THIS AUCTION WILL HAVE SOMETHING TRULY "SPECIAL" IN THEIR COLLECTION.

THE VINYL

IT IS SIMPLY STUNNING.AN ABSOLUTELY FIRST CLASS COLLECTIBLE GRADE LP. THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND IS TOTALLY CLEAN. I DETECTED ONLY ONE FEATHER TOUCH WHISP OF A MARK UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION, BUT THIS DOES NOT SOUND AT ALL.

THIS LP PLAYS TO A MINT MINUS STANDARD

I COULD EASILY GRADE THIS MINT, AS SURELY NO RECORD FROM 1963 SOUNDS THIS GOOD. YOU KNOW THAT EARLY SIXTIES VINYL WAS PRESSED FOR QUALITY AND THIS IN NO EXCEPTION. THE NEAR SILENT RUN IN GROOVE LEADS INTO THE COUNT IN FROM PAUL MCCARTNEY TO "I SAW HERE STANDING THERE".

THE AUDIO QUALITY IS JUST OUTSTANDING. I ALSWAY PUMP THE VOLUME UP REALLY HIGH LISTENING FOR ANY DISTORTION TO THE SOUND CAUSED BY A TOO HEAVY STYLUS, BEACUSE EVEN THE MOST IMMACULATE LOOKING DISC CAN STILL SOUND TERRIBLE WHEN ACTUALLY PLAYED. THIS VINYL AGAIN IS JUST OUTSTANDING. NO DISTORTION WHATSOEVER ANYWHERE ON THE ENTIRE ALBUM. EACH TRACK IS SPLIT BY TOTALLY SILENT LINKING GROOVES.

EACH TRACK IS SPECIAL BY IT'S OWN MERITS AND THERE IS NOT ONE THAT IN ANYWAY SOUNDS POOR OR HAS BACKGROUND CRACKLES.

BOTH SIDES ARE AS GOOD AS THE DAY THEY WERE NEW FROM THE RECORD SHOP, AND IT IS MY ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER SURELY "THE BEST EXAMPLE" ANYWHERE TODAY.

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