THE BEATLES - PLEASE PLEASE ME 1ST MONO GOLD PMC 1202 RARE PRESSING VG+/ G LP
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THE BEATLES
PLEASE PLEASE ME
PMC 1202
1963 1st PRESSING DICK JAMES CREDITS GOLD TYPEFACE LABEL
A particularly rare 1st issue here having being pressed on an old EMI pressing machine from the mid-1950's. We can tell this from the unusual dual concentric indented inner ring on Side 1 and the unusual full outer ring on Side 2 together with the 'punched out' inner ring, and comparing to other mid-1950's releases such as Adam Faith LP's. These particular versions are only ever found the Mother/ Stamper combination 1H and 12 GP, or 2 GO and 1H (this version being the latter) meaning only around 600 were ever pressed using this particular machine, and rarely come up for sale. Most likely pressed to meet demand levels, and by my own research originated from the Liverpool area - probably Brain Epstein's NEMS.
The sleeve is the 1st issue Gold version manufactured by E. J. Day and having the Angus McBean photo credit being aligned to the far right starting under the last 's' in songs. The edges and opening sides are a bit ruffled from storage wear and the top and bottom rear fold-overs have cello-tape residue, but are in fact still well adhered to the card underneath. the lamination has a few well defined creases. I would grade it around the Good mark because despite its appearance it retains its structural integrity, and there is no writing and it is generally clean.
The inner sleeve is the correct one - a thin type outer paper with a poly-inner and 'Made In Great Britain' text with Emitex advertising info. It is in Very Good Plus condition with no major faults.
The vinyl itself is actually very respectable and better than most 1st issues which come up for sale. I grade this as Very Good Plus. There are couple of long non-feelable hairlines and a few smaller non-feelable ones but no other blemishes other than a couple of feint scuff lines. No needle drops, scratches, warping or groove wear, and nothing at all feel-able. It retains a mirror-like jet black glossy pressing sheen and lies perfectly flat on the turntable.
The labels I also grade as Very Good Plus as the gold leaf has been well retained and the black paper is still glossy. There are no marks or writing or scuffing. There is a minor amount of spindle point wear and only a couple of line traces around it. Has the MT tax code which I think would place it around the middle of the pressing cycle for these early Gold's.
The audio is astounding. It plays clearly and lucidly all of the way through with very very little audible detractions. I only detected a few static-type tics but certainly nothing overpowering. A few of the track change grooves have a few louder tics, but I'm confident it won't cause disappointment. The is no background interference (or very little discernible), certainly no pops, or skips, or sticks etc. I would grade as Excellent, and is great to hear such depth to the bass from this particular pressing machine.
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I use the record collector grading guide and have very rarely ever had any disagreement over my grading from buyers.
The record will be extremely well protected using a professional LP mailer with a stiffener, and I add extra outer padding for overseas orders.
The vinyl will be removed from the original inner sleeve, placed in a new generic one and placed next to the main sleeve and will all be housed in a best on the market thumb-weld glass sleeve.
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