BEATLES PCS 3042 STEREO "PLEASE PLEASE ME" 2nd BLACK/YELLOW PRESSING G1 P1 STAMP
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BEATLES PCS 3042 "PLEASE PLEASE ME" STEREO COPY STAMPERS 1 P 1 G MATRICES YEX 94-1 YEX 95-1 MT TAX CODE SIDE 2 CENTRE "PARLOPHONE CO LTD" RIM TEXT
SOME HISTORY FIRST ( WHICH MOST OF YOU WILL KNOW ANYWAY)
RELEASED ORIGINALLY ONLY IN MONO IN MARCH 1963 AND THEN IN STEREO IN APRIL 1963 APPROX FIVE WEEKS APART
THERE WERE TWO BLACK AND GOLD STEREO PRESSING OF THIS ICONIC ALBUM ONE WITH DICK JAMES CREDITS AND ONE WITH NORTHERN SONGS CREDITS
THEN IN LATE SPRING POSSIBLY MAY EMI CHANGED THE LABEL DESIGN TO BLACK AND YELLOW
THE FIRST OF THESE PRESSINGS STILL RETAINED THE SMALL 33'1/3 FROM THE BLACK AND GOLD LABELS
THE SECOND OF THESE PRESSINGS DISPENSED WITH THIS IMAGE AND ALSO STILL HAD NO "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED" OR "SOLD IN THE UK" LABEL TEXT
THIS COPY HAS THESE DETAILS ON THE SIDE ONE LABELS HOWEVER SIDE TWO LABEL DOES HAVE "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED " TEXT SO IN EFFECT ITS A CROSSOVER PRESSING FROM WHEN THE LABELS WERE UPGRADED AGAIN.
I HAVE LISTED IT DUE TO ITS LABEL CROSSOVER RARITY(BUT MOST EARLY STEREO COPIES ARE RARE ANYWAY)
ITS NOT THE BEST OF COPIES BEING A ONE FAMILY PURCHASE FROM NEW AND HAS BEEN WELL PLAYED THROUGH THE SIXTIES AND ONLY NOW HAS ITS RARITY BEEN APPRECIATED
FIRST THE GOOD NEWS THE LABELS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION VERY LIMITED WEAR TO THE CENTRE HOLE HAS NOT BEEN RETOUCHED AT ALL AND THERE IS NO WRITING OR STAINING AND AMAZINGLY NO MASSES OF SPINDLE MARKS ALSO PLASTIC LINED EMITEX INNER IS IN REASONABLE CONDITION AS WELL
THE VINYL DISC STILL HAS A DECENT GLOSSY FINISH TO THE SURFACES BUT DOES HAVE LOTS OF HANDLING AND NEEDLE MARKS WHICH CAN BE SEEN IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT ,I HAVE HANDLED THE DISC AND ON SIDE ONE I CAN'T FEEL ANY OF THE MARKS ,AND WHEN PLAYED THROUGH THE AUDIO IS STILL GOOD TO LISTEN TO BUT IS POPPY AND CRACKLY IN THE QUIET MOMENTS
SIDE TWO IS IN SIMILAR GLOSSY CONDITION BUT HAS A COUPLE OF MORE PRONOUNCED NEEDLE MARKS , WHICH ARE ACROSS THE TRACKS ONE OF WHICH IS FEELABLE BUT AUDIO AT THAT POINT WHEN PLAYING SEEMS UNAFFECTED
HOWEVER ON THE TRACK "THERE'S A PLACE" THERE ARE TWO SMALL SKIPS UNFORTUNATELY ,I KNOW SOME PEOPLE CAN WORK MIRACLES WITH COCKTAIL STICKS AND COTTON BUDS SO IT COULD POSSIBLY BE RECTIFIED IN THE RIGHT HANDS
EMI USED ITS SECONDARY PRINTER ERNEST J DAY FOR ALL ITS INITIAL COPIES OF THIS RELEASE OF WHICH THIS IS ONE OF THEM TO CONFIRM ITS A THIRD PRINT SLEEVE USING THE ANGUS McBEAN CREDIT THE "A" IN ANGUS IS JUST BELOW THE "S" IN SONGS ABOVE IT
THE SLEEVE HAS THE LARGE STEREO TOP RIGHT AND THE AFOREMENTIONED ANGUS McBEAN CREDIT BUT THE EDGES OF THE SLEEVE DO HAVE SOME DISTRESS ALL THE WAY ROUND AND THE CORNERS AND EXTERNAL SEAMS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED, THE INTERNAL SEAMS HAVE BEEN REINFORCED SYMPATHETICALLY WITH TAPE THE ACTUAL FRONT PANEL AND REAR PANEL ARE ALL REASONABLY CLEAN AND LEGIBLE INCLUDING THE IMAGES AND THE TEXT
I HAVE TRIED TO BE AS HONEST AS POSSIBLE LISTING THIS RECORD AS IT IS A RARE ITEM BEING AN EARLY 1 STAMPER STEREO COPY WITH CROSSOVER LABELS
I WILL START LOW ON THE BIDS AND THERE IS NO RESERVE
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