The Beatles "PLEASE PLEASE ME" Album Parlophone Stereo 1963

$

100

THE BEATLES - PLEASE PLEASE ME

 1963  YELLOW AND BLACK PRESS IN 'STEREO'

• CATALOGUE: PARLOPHONE PCS 3062
• MATRIX:YEX 94
• Yex 94-1 stamped on record
• RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED AT 9 O'CLOCK

BEATLES PLEASE PLEASE ME PCS 3042 STEREO PRESSING FROM 1963

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 PRESS IS THE ONE THAT SITS IN MOST PEOPLES COLLECTIONS.

ANYWAY BACK 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 OUT WITH THE GOLD AND BLACK LABEL'S 33 1/3 (A VERY SMALL ONE) NEXT TO THE CATALOGUE NUMBER 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 HAS FINALLY BEEN RECOGNISED AS A GENUINE PRESSING OF IT'S OWN WHICH HAS MEANT THAT ALL OF THE PRESSINGS HAVE HAD TO BE PUT BACK ONE NUMBER MEANING  THE MOST COMMON PRESS MOVES FROM 4TH TO 5TH

HERE THEN IS AN NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS 4TH / 5TH PRESS ALBUM.

THIS ALBUM WILL WITHOUT A DOUBT GRACE SOMEONES COLLECTION

This album is part of an estate find. The information above was found on-line. I have no experience in grading these albums. I will give you my best description with little knowledge of the history of this album.

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