BEATLES "LOVE ME DO" UK RED LABEL EARLY 1 STAMPER PRESS SUPERB VINYL & AUDIO
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THE BEATLES
"LOVE ME DO b/w P.S. I LOVE YOU" PARLOPHONE 45-R 4949 RELEASED 5th OCTOBER 1962
STAMPERS 1 GD 1 GA MATRICES -1N -1N
MPZT TAX CODE IN BOTH RUN OUT GROOVES
VERY EARLY PRESSING WITH THE ICONIC RED AND SILVER LABELS WITH NO "MADE IN GT. BRITAIN" AND JUST "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1962" LABEL TEXT
THIS PARTICULAR PRESSING ALSO HAS OFF CENTRE CREDITS FOR 'LOVE ME DO' WITH (LENNON - McCARTNEY) MOVED TO THE LEFT AND EVEN RARER THE MISSING BRACKET FROM ( LENNON - McCARTNEY ON 'P.S. I LOVE YOU'
A FURTHER ANOMALLY IS THE ARDMORE AND BEECHWOOD CREDIT ON THE 'B' SIDE IS VERY CLOSE TO THE SILVER LINE BELOW IT AND NOT CENTERED
RECORD SURFACES ARE SUPERB, WITH DEEP GLOSSY VINYL AND JUST ODD VERY LIGHT SLEEVE RETENTION MARK'S ONLY VISIBLE UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT AND DO NOT AFFECT THE AUDIO
LABELS ARE VIBRANT AND CLEAN WITH SOME VERY LIGHT CRIMPING AROUND THE 'A' SIDE CENTREHOLE FROM THE PRESSING PROCESS ,CENTREHOLE IS CLEAN AND UNWORN WITH JUST VERY LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS CONFINED TO THE RECORD CENTRE
'A' SIDE LABEL DOES HAVE A COUPLE OF VERY LIGHT NEEDLE MARKS ON THE PAPER BETWEEN THE CATALOGUE NUMBER ABD THE 'LOVE ME DO' TITLE BUT I'M PROBABLY BEING A BIT FUSSY AND THEY ARE VERY HARD TO SEE
AUDIO IS FIRST CLASS WITH QUIET RUN INS AND RUN OUTS AND CLEAN AND CLEAR AUDIO DEFINITELY NOT SEEN MANY PLAYS OVER THE LAST SIXTY TWO YEARS
RECORD COMES IN AN ORIGINAL PARLOPHONE STRIPED SLEEVE AVAILABLE AT THE TIME AND IS ALSO IN EXCELLENT CLEAN CONDITION
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