The Beatles PLEASE PLEASE ME STEREO Y/B W/ GOLD 33 1/3 ONE PLAY EVER 100% MINT

	£		2,655
	$		3,518

THE BEATLES - PLEASE PLEASE ME

 1963 1ST YELLOW AND BLACK PRESS IN 'STEREO'

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

PLAYS TO A 100% MINT GRADE!!!

STUNNING NEAR MINT MINUS SLEEVE

• 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

ON OFFER HERE AND ABSOLUTELY MINT!!! CONDITION BEATLES PLEASE PLEASE ME WITH THE EXTRA 33 AND A THIRD. I AM CONVINCED THAT THIS PRESSING SHOULD ACTUALLY BE RARER THAN THE GOLD AND BLACKS.

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 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 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 EXISTENCE.

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 THAT THIS RARITY IS NOW THE THIRD PRESS AND THE MOST COMMON PRESS MOVES FROM 4TH TO 5TH

HERE THEN IS AN ABSOLUTELY MINT EXAMPLE OF THIS ALBUM, ARGUABLY THE RAREST BEATLES ALBUM IN EXISTENCE. AND IT HAS A SLEEVE THAT IS ALSO IN THE MOST SPECIAL OF CONDITIONS.

A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECT AN ALBUM THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO OBTAIN

THIS ALBUM WILL WITHOUT A DOUBT GRACE SOMEONES COLLECTION

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE ORIGINAL YELLOW AND BLACK LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION .I HAVE NEVER SEEN A BETTER CLEANER, AND MORE MINT EXAMPLE OF BEATLES LABELS.

 THE JET BLACK BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.IT IS DEEP IN COLOUR AND UNLIKE MANY COPIES HAS NO FINGERMARK'S, WHITE FLECKS, RUBBING ETC.

THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND UNRUBBED. THE YELLOW LOGO IS IN THE SAME EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. 

A CLOSE INSPECTION WITH A MAGNIFYING GLASS REVEALS JUST ONE MICROSCOPIC SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE HOLE. I HAVE TAKEN A MACRO SHOT OF THE HOLE SO YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT.

THE VINYL

A MINT CONDITION VINYL THAT HAS RETAINED EVERY BIT OF THE ORIGINAL SHEEN, AND LOOKS TOTALLY AS NEW. THERE IS NOT ONE MARK ON IT ANYWHERE,AND IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS.

AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO SEE. JUST A FEW OF THE SMALLEST AND WISPIEST HAIRLINES POSSIBLE

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.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE TH BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

BESIDES THAT WITH A RECORD OF THIS VALUE AND RARITY, WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD PAY A LOT OF MONEY FOR SOMETHING THEY COULDN'T HEAR?

SO HIT THE BUTTON AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, TURN YOUR VOLUME UP REALLY LOUD AND ENJOY!!!

EVEN IF YOU DON'T DECIDE TO MAKE A BID YOU CAN STILL HAVE THE THRILL OF HEARING A GENUINE TRUE STEREO BEATLES PLEASE PLEASE ME

THIS STEREO RECORD PLAYS THROUGH AS IF IT HAD JUST BEEN PUT ONTO A TURNTABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. THE FIRST THING THAT IS APPARENT IS THE INCREDIBLE STEREO MIX. A CLARITY OF SOUND THAT YOU ONLY EVER GOT ON THESE EARLIEST OF BEATLES PRESSINGS.

THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE CLEANEST BEATLES STEREO PLEASE PLEASE ME YOU ARE EVER LIKELY TO COME ACROSS. I GUARANTEE THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION TO THE MAGNIFICENT STEREO REPRODUCTION AT ANY POINT, NOT EVEN ON THE VULNERABLE 'ANNA' NOTHING IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE

THE LINKING GROOVES ARE DEATHLY SILENT. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLING WHATSOEVER, ANYWHERE ON ANY TRACK OR ANY OF THE LINKING GROOVES. EVEN THE RUN OUT IS SILENT

THIS ALBUM HAS JUST NOT BEEN PLAYED!!!!

THERE ARE NO CLICKS NOTHING!! AND I CAN'T EVEN SAY THAT I HEARD ANY DUST POPS WHATSOEVER

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

THE ONLY THING YOU MAY DETECT IF YOU SIT RIGHT ON THE SPEAKERS IS A MILLISECOND OF STATIC IN A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES

THIS VINYL IS AS GOOD NOW AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED AND IT JUST HAS TO GRADE MINT!!!

BUT DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, TAKE A LISTEN TO THE LP AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF 

THE SLEEVE

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 (SEE PICTURE) 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 GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR AND THERE IS NOT ONE HEAVY CREASE OR CREASE LINE ON IT ANYWHERE. NO BENDS OR FOLDS EITHER.

THERE ARE JUST TWO TINY LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, ONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE. NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE.

THERE IS A MICRO THIN SLIVER OF LAMINATE LIFT ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND A TINY SHIP TO THE SURFACE ON THE OPENING EDGE JUST BELOW THE WHITE BORDER. ALSO TWO MINUSCULE CHIPS TO THE TOP EDGE JUST ABOVE THE WORD PLEASE

THERE IS A TINY SPECK OF BURRING TO THE CORNERS AND THE BOTTOM LEFT TIP END HAS A MINUSCULE DING

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 90% FREE FROM ANY WEAR AND THE COLOUR RUNS FULLY FROM TIP TO TIP, WITH JUST SOME LIGHT RUB TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT TIP AND A SMALL CHIP TO THE LAMINATE. WHILST THE LAMINATE AT THE LEFT TOP CORNER HAS FLAKED VERY VERY SLIGHTLY

THE SPINE IS MINT!!!  TOTALLY UNSQUASHED. ALL OF THE LAMINATE PERFECTLY INTACT, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PRISTINE! ONLY THE TOP TIP END SHOWS A SPECK OF RUBBING

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS TO SHOW WHERE THE VINYL WAS REMOVED A COUPLE OF TIMES

THE REAR SURFACE HAS THREE PERFECTLY ADHERED FLIPBACKS ON THIS E.J.DAY AND CO SINGLE SLEEVE. NO CREASES TO THEM AND NO DAMAGE WHATSOEVER

EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECT. AND THE POROUS WHITE SURFACE IS STILL INCREDIBLY WHITE WITH JUST A VERY VERY TINY SPECK OF VERY MILD HANDLING TO THE PERIMETERS, PLUS A FEW PIN PRICK GLUE AGE MOTTLES

THE ORIGINAL EMITEX RICE PAPER LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION. TOTALLY WHITE AS NEW AND UNSPLIT WITH JUST THE BAREST SHADE OF RECORD IMPRESSION

THIS SLEEVE HAS TO GRADE NEAR MINT MINUS!!!!

SO THERE IT IS. ONE OF THE RAREST ALBUMS EVER MADE AND IN WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS VAULT CONDITION. THE QUESTION IS WILL IT END UP IN YOUR COLLECTION???

MY BEST WISHES AND GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

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GARRY