THE BEATLES:"PLEASE PLEASE ME".1963 BLACK/GOLD MONO+DICK JAMES CREDITS+M T CODE

	£		620
	$		822

ATTENTION THE BEATLES COLLECTORS AND RARE 1960s RECORD COLLECTORS!

  HERE IS AN ORIGINAL EARLIEST POSSIBLE 1ST MONO PRESSING OF THE GOLD PRINT LABEL EDITION OF THE BEATLES 1ST LP: "PLEASE PLEASE ME"-ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ITEMS FOR ANY SERIOUS BEATLES COLLECTION  BUT UNLIKE MOST COPIES THAT TURN UP THIS ONE HAS BEEN VERY WELL CARED FOR SINCE BOUGHT BY ONE PREVIOUS OWNER ON THE FIRST DAY OF RELEASE OVER 52 YEARS AGO! EASILY ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES TO BE SEEN ON EBAY FOR MANY MONTHS AND ONE OF THE BEST SOUNDING COPIES FROM THE VERY FIRST PRINT RUN YOU ARE EVER LIKELY TO FIND FOR A VERY LONG TIME!

PLEASE NOTE THIS EXAMPLE IS ONE OF THE UTMOST EARLIEST POSSIBLE PRESSINGS WITH THE VARIATIONS AS FOLLOWS:

1:THERE IS THE EARLIEST LABEL DESIGN WITH THE BLACK LABEL WITH GOLD PRINT WHICH WAS BEING CHANGED TO THE MORE COMMON YELLOW/BLACK LABEL WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS OF THIS LP BEING ISSUED BACK IN 1963.

2:THE "DICK JAMES" PUBLISHER CREDITS FOR THE FOUR BEATLES SONGS ON SIDE 1 AND TWO OF THE BEATLES ON SIDE TWO NOT ON LATER REISSUES.THE 2ND GOLD PRINT LABEL AFTER THE FIRST 25,000 COPIES HAD "NORTHERN SONGS". REMEMBER THAT 25,000 COPIES WOULD HAVE BEEN BOUGHT WITHIN THE FIRST FEW DAYS,PROBABLY  ON THE FIRST DAY GIVEN THE DEMAND FOR THIS IMPORTANT LP RELEASED SHORTLY AFTER THE BAND'S #2 HIT(#1 IN SOME CHARTS)OF THE TITLE TRACK.

3:THE RAISED PRINT "M T" TAX CODE ON THE SIDE ONE LABEL.

4:THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DEAD WAX STAMPERS ON SIDE ONE: "A" AT 3"0"CLOCK AND "1" AT 9"0"CLOCK. SIDE TWO HAS "1" AT 11"0"CLOCK AND "G R" AT 5"0"CLOCK.

5:THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE 1N/1N MATRIXES. 

6:THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE EMITEX POLYLINED INNER SLEEVE WITH THE "PATENTS APPLIED FOR" CREDIT.

7:THE LAMINATED FRONT COVER HAS THE "ANGUS McBEAN" CREDIT STARTING UNDER THE "S" IN SONGS AND PRINTED BY ERNEST J.DAY AND CO.

HERE IS SOME IN DEPTH INFORMATION ON THE RECORD ITSELF BEING LISTENED TO VERY CAREFULLY THREE TIMES TO ENSURE THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED! THE DISC LIES 100% FLAT ON THE TURNTABLE WITH VERY THICK VINYL.

 THE LABELS ARE BEAUTIFULLY CLEAN AND BRIGHT WITH NO FADING,STAINING,WRITING OR DEFACEMENT-HARDLY ANY SPINDLE WEAR AND STRICTLY NO "TOUCHING IN" OR "TIPPING" WHICH MANY DEALERS DO!  PLEASE SEE ALL THE CLOSE UP PHOTOS TO SEE THE LABEL CREDITS OF BOTH SIDES AND THE RAISED PRINT M T CODE ON SIDE 1.

THE DISC HAS HAD SOME CAREFUL PLAYS WITH SOME VERY LIGHT WISPY SURFACE MARKS,THE COVER REMOVAL TYPE BUT THESE ARE VERY LIGHT INDEED-NO NASTY DEEP "FEELABLE" MARKS AND STILL WITH A LOVELY SHEEN TO THE SURFACES! 

THERE IS NOT MUCH SURFACE NOISE-EVEN IN BETWEEN THE TRACKS-JUST THE SLIGHTEST CRACKLE HERE AND THERE WITH SOME DISTORTION AT SOME OF THE SOUND PEAKS SUCH AS ON "TWIST AND SHOUT" BUT MOST COPIES HAVE THIS-BEING THE LOUDEST TRACK AND RIGHT AT THE END OF THE DISC WHERE NORMALLY THERE IS A LESSER SOUND RANGE THAN THE START OF THE SIDE BUT THIS IS NOT TOO OBTRUSIVE AND GENERALLY THE SOUND IS GREAT THROUGHOUT-NO CLICKS,NO STICKS,NO JUMPS AND NO SWISHES!

  BOTH SIDES OF THIS GROUND BREAKING LP SOUNDING MAGNIFICENT IN THE POWERFUL AND BASS FILLED MONO MIXES! THE SOUNDS LEAP OUT OF THE SPEAKERS WITH EQUAL EXCITEMENT THAT IS LACKING ON THE STEREO VERSIONS! THE DISC PLAYS SUPERB! VERY SERIOUSLY STRICT GRADING VERY NEAR EXCELLENT CONDITION. MANY WOULD STATE EXCELLENT BUT I AM ALLOWING FOR THE OVERALL GRADE TO INCLUDE THE COVER (WHICH HAS SOME FAULTS AND WEAR-SEE FURTHER DOWN) AND WANT THE WINNING BIDDER TO CONSIDER IT IS "BETTER THAN EXPECTED" OR AT THE VERY LEAST THAT IT IS HONEST AND CAREFULLY GRADED FROM A DEALER WHO HAS ALSO BEEN A BEATLES COLLECTOR AND FAN WITH LONG TERM SATISFIED CUSTOMERS INCLUDING SOME OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST AND MOST RESPECTED BEATLES COLLECTORS SUCH AS MY FRIEND BRUCE SPIZER IN THE USA!

THE LAMINATED FRONT COVER HAS SOME CREASES-MOSTLY AT THE EDGES AND CORNERS,A LITTLE EDGE WEAR(MAINLY AT THE BOTTOM EDGE),SOME PEN TICKS AGAINST FOUR OF THE LISTED TRACKS AT THE BACK BUT NO ACTUAL WRITING,RIPS AND NO REPAIRS FOR ONCE! IT IS STILL VERY PRESENTABLE FOR 52 YEARS OLD.

THE POLYLINED "EMITEX" INNER SLEEVE IS VERY CLEAN INDEED WITH NO WRITING OR REPAIRS.JUST A FEW CREASES AND A TINY TEAR AT ONE OF THE CENTRE HOLES. DON'T FORGET THIS HAS THE "PATENTS APPLIED FOR" TEXT-NOT ON LATER INNERS AND THE ORIGINAL ONE AS SUPPLIED WITH THIS LP!  DURING THE 1960s,RECORDS WERE OFTEN PLAYED A LOT USUALLY USING ANCIENT,HEAVY AND AWFUL EQUIPMENT,SOMETIMES TAKEN TO PARTIES RESULTING IN ALL KINDS OF DAMAGE!-THIS ONE IS BETTER THAN THE MAJORITY OF COPIES THAT SURVIVE!

A LOW AND REALISTIC £100 STARTING PRICE BUT BE PREPARED FOR KEEN BIDDING ON THIS EXCITING BIDDING! DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO BID FOR ONE OF THE RAREST EVER BEATLES LPs! NATURALLY THIS LP WILL ONLY BE SENT SPECIAL DELIVERY OR INTERNATIONAL DELIVERY WITH NO EXCEPTIONS APART FROM PERSONAL COLLECTION FROM MY SHOP IN NORWICH AT A MUTUALLY CONVENIENT TIME.

THE RECORD WILL HAVE PLENTY OF SOLID PACKING AND BASED ON NEARLY 29 YEARS AS A DEALER WITH FEEDBACK THAT DEMONSTRATES THIS RELIABILITY!

PAYMENT MUST BE COMPLETED WITHIN 7 DAYS OF THE AUCTION ENDING SO PLEASE BID WITH RESPECT.

YOU MIGHT FIND CHEAPER COPIES BUT I DOUBT THEY WILL BE AS GOOD AS THIS EXAMPLE! 

YOU'LL LOVE IT FOR YEARS AND HOPEFULLY WILL RETURN TO ME AGAIN!   

SUPERB MONO SOUND PLUS THE ADDED ADVANTAGE OF THE BASS THAT CANNOT BE MATCHED ON CD!!

The previous owner was not a smoker and so this item doesn't stink of that dreadful stale smoke!!!!Lovely pressing!! Warm sound!!.

 I test on a lightweight pickup of approx 2 grammes and listen with the treble full on and no filtering or mono switch used.

As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!! .  

I WILL POST ANYWHERE!THICK CARD USED-LOOK AT THE FEEDBACK!

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BID WITH 100% CONFIDENCE FROM A DEALER THAT OTHER DEALERS LOOK TOWARDS FOR INSPIRATION AND FREQUENTLY COPY!

THIS COULD BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET THIS RARE LP AS GOOD AS THIS!!

NO, NOT"IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND"AS STATED OVER AND OVER ELSEWHERE ON EBAY, BUT IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE MIGHT WELL BE THE CASE!!

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