The Beatles Please Please Me 1st Northern Songs Gold/Black UK vinyl LP album

	£		800
	$		955

The Beatles Please Please Me - 1st [Northern Songs] - UK vinyl LP Mono album

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Parlophone PMC1202

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The matrices are:?Side One: XEX 421-1N?Side Two: XEX 422-1N

Mother stamper look to be 1 G P and 1 2 G H

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THE BEATLES Please Please Me - Rare 1963 UK first press second variant 14-track mono vinyl LP on the legendary black & gold Parlophone label, with 'Northern Songs Ltd' label publishing credit for the songs I Saw Her Standing There, Misery, Do You Want To Know A Secret & There's A Place, & "Dick James Mus. Co" credit for Please Please Me.

This is an early sample with the original 'factory sample' label sticker.

Housed in the Ernest J Day front laminated flipback picture sleeve with large mono logo on the top right hand corner of the sleeve & 'Photo: AngusMcBean' credit to the far bottom right [no overlap with the print above].

This legendary debut Beatles album was released on Friday 22nd March 1963 on the Parlophone label. It topped the charts on 11th May 1963 where it stayed for 30 weeks until it was knocked off the number one spot by 'With The Beatles'. Much of the album was recorded in just one day, under the guidance of George Martin. Unusually the mono edition was issued six weeks before the stereo copies. At the time of release of the album the design of the Parlophone label was in a transition period. The label was being changed from a black and gold design to a black and yellow design. Very few mono copies of Please Please Me were issued with the black and gold labels and have become highly sought after by collectors and when found they are usually in average condition at best due to the amount of parties they were taken to.??The Beatles FIRST official L.P. release. For the only time, the mono version was issued six weeks BEFORE the stereo version.??This album contained the 'A' and 'B' sides of their first two singles, plus ten new songs, all recorded in one incredible session at Abbey Road. The session cost just £400 and lasted sixteen hours.??The album took exactly six months to pass the sales figure of 250,000, and went on to sell over half a million in the UK, with world sales of almost two million.?It still holds the record for the longest continuous stay at Number One in the UK album charts.??The cover photo was taken at EMI's Manchester Square headquarters by Angus McBean, and the sleeve notes are by Tony Barrow.??Whilst trying to think of catchy names for their first album release, George Martin offered the title, 'Off The Beatle Track', but this was bypassed. ?Mr. Martin clearly liked the name, and used it himself in 1964.

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Sleeve - ??The "Emitex" inner is present & correct, and EX. ??The front of the Ernest J Day laminated flipback picture sleeve is in nice condition with rich, vibrant colours and minimal fading. It features a large MONO logo on the far right hand side of the sleeve & the 'Angus McBean' photo credit starting under the second 's' in 'songs'. There are some areas of very mild laminate creasing, but nothing too obtrusive. The four corners show scuff marks. The flipbacks are secure. There are a few hairline marks, with little discolouring & there is no writing which is remarkable for this particular album's jacket. An EX example.??The vinyl is visually in VG+ condition. The vinyl has a bright sheen and there are several scuffs and light hairlines, with one more prominent. However, due to the deep grooves and superior quality of the 1960's vinyl pressings, their is no effect when played. Playback revealed is mostly clean and with some light surface crackle and background noise in quieter sections.????Tracklisting :-?01. I Saw Her Standing There?02. Misery?03. Anna (Go To Him)?04. Chains?05. Boys?06. Ask Me Why?07. Please Please Me?08. Love Me Do?09. P.S. I Love You?10. Baby It's You?11. Do You Want To Know A Secret?12. A Taste Of Honey?13. There's A Place?14. Twist And Shout