THE BEATLES "LOVE ME DO" UK RARE 1st BLACK LABEL 45 EXCELLENT VINYL AND AUDIO
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THE BEATLES
"LOVE ME DO b/w P.S. I LOVE YOU"
RELEASED 5th OCTOBER 1962 THIS LATER PRESSING IN MARCH 1963 WHICH WAS WHEN EMI DROPPED THE 45 PREFIX TO THE CATALOGUE NUMBER
PARLOPHONE R 4949
STAMPERS 1 RD 1 GP
MATRICES -1N -1N KT TAX CODE SIDE 2 CENTRE
"THE PARLOPHONE CO LTD" UPPER/LOWER CASE RIM TEXT WITH "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED" LABEL TEXT
RARE UK FIRST BLACK AND SILVER LABEL PRESSING HISTORY DICTATES THAT THE BLACK AND SILVER PRESSING'S WERE PRODUCED IN SMALLER QUANTITIES THAN THE FIRST PRESS RED AND SILVER COPIES WHICH IS REFLECTED BY THE FACT IT RARELY COMES UP FOR AUCTION ANYWHERE NEVER MIND EBAY
VINYL RECORD IS IN SUPERB CLEAN GLOSSY CONDITION WITH JUST VERY LIMITED LIGHT SLEEVE RETENTION MARKS TO THE SURFACES AND CLEAN LEGIBLE LABELS WITH LIGHT LIMITED SPINDLE MARKS SHOWING TO EITHER SIDE AND CONFINED TO THE RECORD CENTRE WHICH APPEARS TO SHOW LITTLE OR NO WEAR
UNUSUALLY ON THIS PRESSING THE CENTRE HAS A ROUGH FINISH TO IT SIMILAR TO 'CBS' 'ORIOLE' AND 'PYE' CONTRACT PRESSINGS
A TEST PLAY PRODUCED EXCELLENT CLEAN AND CLEAR AUDIO
RECORD COMES IN PARLOPHONE GREEN AND WHITE SLEEVE
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