The Beatles PLEASE PLEASE ME 3rd *Stereo* Y/B With Gold 33 1/3rd LISTEN B4 U BID

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THEBEATLES - PLEASE PLEASE ME

 1963  1ST YELLOW AND BLACK PRESS IN 'STEREO'

THEIMPOSSIBLE TO FIND RARITY WITH THE GOLD LABEL 33 1/3RD

• CATALOGUE: PARLOPHONE PCS 3062
• MATRIX:YEX 94 / 95-1
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:1 P / 1 G 
• PARLOPHONE CO RIM WORDING - FIRST PRESS INDICATOR
• NO SOLD IN THE UK STATEMENT - FIRST PRESS INDICATOR
• SMALL 33 1/3RD

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THIS VERSION JUST HAS TO BE HARDER TO FIND THAN THE BLACK AND GOLD LABEL BECAUSE THEY ONLY TURN UP PERHAPS ONE COPY EVERY YEAR OR TWO, WHEREAS THE GOLD AND BLACK LABEL APPEARS FAR MORE OFTEN.

SO WHY SHOULD THIS BE?

WELL FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, THE GOLD AND BLACK LABEL FIRST APPEARED FOR THE ONE AND ONLY TIME ON THE BEATLES DEBUT ALBUM. THERE WERE TWO VERSIONS OF IT, KNOWN AS THE FIRST PRESS AND THE SECOND PRESS, BOTH ARE EQUALLY AS RARE AND THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE FIRST PRESS HAD SONGS INCORRECTLY CREDITED TO DICK JAMES, WHEREAS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN NORTHERN SONGS.

PARLOPHONE SHORTLY AFTER THE ORIGINAL RELEASE DECIDED TO CHANGE THE LABELS TO THE MORE COMMON YELLOW AND BLACK AND THUS APPEARED A VERY SHORT LIVED 3RD PRESS (1ST YELLOW AND BLACK)  THIS WAS ALSO QUICKLY CHANGED BECAUSE THE 'RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED' TEXT AT 9 0'CLOCK ON THE LABEL WAS OMITTED IN ERROR.

THE 4TH (NOW CALLED THE FIFTH)  PRESS IS THE ONE THAT SITS IN MOST PEROPLES COLLECTIONS.

ANYWAYBACK TO THE SHORT LIVED 3RD PRESS. A VERY LIMITED RUN OF THIS LABEL APPEARED WITH AN EXTRA 33 1/3 ON IT. THE PARLOPHONE YELLOW AND BLACK LABELS ALL HAVE A LARGE 33 1/3 ABOVE THE YELLOW 'PARLOPHONE' TEXT, BUT THIS 1ST BATCH CAME OUTWITH THE GOLD AND BLACK LABEL'S 33 1/3 (A VERY SMALL ONE) NEXT TO THE CATALOGUENUMBER AT 9 O'CLOCK. THERE WAS NO NEED FOR TWO NUMBERS AND SO THIS WAS IMMEDIATELY CHANGED TO A COPY THAT JUST HAD THE LARGE NUMBERS.

IT IS RECOGNISED THAT THE COPY WITH BOTH 33 1/3RDS WAS ISSUED IN SUCH SMALL NUMBERS AND IN PARTICULAR THE STEREO COPY. THERE CANNOT HAVE BEEN MORE THAN A HANDFUL IN EXISTANCE

HERE THEN IS A REALLY CLEAN EXAMPLE OF THIS ALBUM, ARGUABLY THE RAREST BEATLES ALBUM IN EXISTANCE. 

A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECT AN ALBUM THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO OBTAIN

THERECORDS

THELABELS

THE ORIGINAL YELLOW AND BLACK LABELS ARE IN REALLY GOOD CONDITION . THE JET BLACK BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE BARELY WORN SPINDLE HOLE.IT IS DEEP IN COLOUR AND DESPITE A COUPLE OF LINES ON THE SURFACE BOTH STILL LOOK BETTER THAN MOST EARLY BEATLES RECORDS YOU WILL FIND. THIS HAS MOST CERTAINLY NOT BEEN ON AN AUTOCHANGER

THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND UNRUBBED. THE YELLOW LOGO IS IN THE SAME EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. THERE ARE BETWEEN 10-15 SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE. 

THE VINYL

IN DAYLIGHT THE VINYL HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LOOKS SUPERB. THERE ARE NO SCRATCHES TO BEE SEEN IN THIS LIGHT. WHEN PLACED UNDER SPOTLIGHTS THERE ARE NUMEROUS SURFACE HANDLING LINES ON SIDE TWO AND JUST A FEW ON SIDE ONE. NO DULLING OF THE VINYL, NO SCRATCHES

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

THIS STEREO RECORD PLAYS SUPERBLY THROUGH OUT BOTH SIDES

THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF LISTENING TO THIS RECORD IS THE FACT THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO GROOVE WEAR WHATSOEVER. MANY BEATLES RECORDS WERE PLAYED ON A PLAYER THAT HAD A HEAVY OR WORN STYLUS, AND THIS EVENTUALLY CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE GROOVE AND CAN BE HEARD AS A HISS OR LIGHT CRACKLE ALL THROUGH THE PLAYING. I AM DELIGHTED TO SAY THAT THIS RECORD HAS ABSOLUTELY NONE AT ALL. A PERFECT DAMAGE FREE AUDIO ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES

DESPITE THE SURFACE LINES ON THE RECORD THE RECORD STILL PLAYS WITH VERY FEW FAULTS

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AT ALL, ANYWHERE, AND NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AT ALL, AND CERTAINLY NO LOUD CLICKS OR POPS.

THE RECORD PLAYS WITHOUT STICKING OR JUMPING

SIDE ONE PLAYS TO NEAR PERFECTION WITH JUST THE ODD SPECK OF LIGHT STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND IN A LINKING GROOVE OR TWO AND PERHAPS ONE OR TWO TINY LITTLE TICS. I WOULD SAY IT PLAYS TO A NEAR MINT STANDARD

SIDE TWO WITHOUT AND VINYL NOISE, BUT PLAYS TO A SLIGHTLY LOWER GRADE AS THERE ARE A FEW  RANDOM TICS AND POPS DURING THE PLAY. NOTHING TOO BAD, BUT NON THE LESS NOT QUITE AS CLEAN AS SIDE ONER. I WOULD SAY IT PLAYS TO AN EX GRADE

SO I WOULD SUGGEST SITTING BACK AND HAVING A LISTEN TO THE WHOLE RECORD AND JUDGING IT AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS. I DON'T THINK YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE AUDIO QUALITY AT ALL

THESLEEVE

FIRSTLY A WORD ABOUT IDENTIFYING THE VERY EARLY SLEEVES THAT HAD TO GO WITH THE EARLY ISSUE VINYLS.

THE FRONT COVER PICTURE WAS A PHOTO TAKEN BY ANGUS MCBEAN WHO'S NAME APPEARS AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE SLEEVE. BUT!!! ONLY ON THE VERY FIRST ISSUE SLEEVES DOES THE 'P' FROM PHOTO APPEAR DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH THE LETTER 'S' FROM THE WORD SONGS  ALL LATER ISSUES THIS ANGUS MCBEAN TEXT IS MOVED FURTHER LEFT DIRECTLY UNDER THE LETTER 'G' FROM THE WORD SONGS. THATS HOW TO TELL IF A SLEEVE HAS BEEN SWAPPED FOR A BETTER ONE

STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE. THE LAMINATE STILL HAS A DEEP SHEEN TO IT , AND THERE ARE NO TEARS OR SPLITS OR FOLDS OR BENDS TO IT

THE FOUR CORNERS HAVE SOME SHELF WEAR AND RUBBING

THERE ARE SOME LAMINATE PRESSURE LINES AROUND THE EDGES

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ALSO HAVE SHELF WEAR WITH THE FOUR CORNERS HAVING THE LAMINATE MISSING EXPOSING THE CARD UNDERNEATH

THE SPINE ALSO HAS RUBBING AND WEAR THE THE TOP AND BOTTOM, AND SOME CHIPS TO THE TOP PART OF THE LAMINATE. THE TEXT HOWEVER IS ALL STILL PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS SHARP WITH JUST A LITTLE BURRING

THE REAR SURFACE HAS SOME DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM FILPBACK, AND A COUPLE OF SMALL CHIPS OUT OF THE OTHER TWO. THERE IS A NAME INKED IN JUST BELOW THE TOP EDGE, AND THE WHITE SURFACE SHOWS HANDLING AND AGEING

THIS IS THE E.J DAY AND CO SLEEVE AS DENOTED ON THE BOTTOM FLIPBACK

THE ORIGINAL EMITEX RICE PAPER LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION. UNSPLIT A DN CREASE FREEI WOULD GRADE THE SLEEVE VG