THE BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME" UK 1st PRESS RED LABEL STAMPS 1 L 2 GG
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THE BEATLES
"PLEASE PLEASE ME b/w ASK ME WHY" PARLOPHONE 45-R 4983 RELEASED 11th JANUARY 1963
UK FIRST PRESSING WITH THE ICONIC RED AND SILVER LABELS ON THIS PARTICULAR PRESSING THE RED LABELS WERE ONLY AVAILABLE BETWEEN JANUARY 11th AND VERY LATE FEBRUARY / EARLY MARCH OF 1963 GIVING A SUGGESTED PRESS RUN HISTORY OF APPROXIMATELY FIVE WEEKS
THE LATER PRESSINGS WERE THE BLACK AND SILVER COPIES WITH THE 45 PREFIX AND WITHOUT
STAMPERS 1 L 2 GG MATRICES -1N -1N MPT TAX CODE IN THE RUN OUT GROOVES
"MADE IN GT BRITAIN" TO BOTH LABELS
THIS PRESSING HAS THE EXTRA DOT ON THE LABEL "DICK JAMES MUSIC CO. LTD. TO BOTH SIDES ( THE EXTRA DOT IS AFTER CO )
THIS IS A WELL PLAYED PRESSING SIDE 1 MORE THAN SIDE 2 AND RECORD SURFACES HAVE MANY HANDLING AND SLEEVE RETENTION MARKS NONE OF WHICH ARE AGGRESIVE AND NOT REALLY FEELABLE
THE LABELS HAVE AN OBLIGATORY NAME ON THE 'A' SIDE EXTREMELY COMMON PRACTICE IN THE 1960's THERE IS ALSO A STICKER MARK ON THE 'B' SIDE ,AND A SMALL CROSS ,BUT APART FROM THAT ALL THE TEXT IS LEGIBLE
THE RECORD LIES FLAT AND PLAYS THROUGH WITH A CRACKLY RUN IN ON BOTH SIDES ALTHOUGH SIDE 2 APPEARS TO PLAY BETTER THAN SIDE 1 ,BUT ONCE THE AUDIO STARTS IT IS A LISTENABLE RECORD
RECORD COMES IN THE STRIPEY COLOURED SLEEVE AVAILABLE AT THE TIME
A RARE PRESSING IN ANY CONDITION AND VERY COLLECTABLE SO WILL START AUCTION DUE TO CONDITION WITH A LOW ENRTY POINT
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