BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME" 1963 PARLOPHONE UK 1st BLACK & GOLD MONO PRESSING
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THE BEATLES
PARLOPHONE PMC 1202 " PLEASE PLEASE ME" RELEASED 1963 STAMPER NUMBERS 1 H 1 H MATRIX NUMBERS 421-1N 422-1N
THIS COPY IS IN THE FIRST PRESSING OF 25,000 WHICH HAVE DICK JAMES PUBLISHING CREDITS FOR "I SAW HER STANDING THERE" "MISERY" "DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET" & "THERES A PLACE"
THE PRINTERS PHOTO CREDIT TO ANGUS McBEAN IS 5mm IN FROM THE OPENING EDGE AND REAR PRINTING CREDIT IS TO ERNEST J DAY.
RECORD SLEEVE IS THE CORRECT "GOLD" SLEEVE WITH E.J DAY AND ANGUS McBEAN IN THEIR RESPECTIVE PLACES
THE SLEEVE FRONT HAS AN EXCELLENT PHOTO IMAGE ,BUT THE SURROUNDING SEAMS DO HAVE SOME WEAR AND CORNER BUMPS AND WEAR DOWN THE SEAM EDGE
SLEEVE REAR WHITE INNER PANEL TEXT IS ALL LEGIBLE BUT THE TOP AND BOTTOM SEAMS HAVE SOME LIGHT DISTRESS ( IT IS 55 YEARS OLD , IT IS THE BEATLES AND THERE ALBUMS DID GET HANDLED A LOT)
EMITEX INNER SLEEVE IS THE CORRECT ONE FOR THIS PRESSING AND IS IN CLEAN CONDITION
VINYL DISC STILL RETAINS A NICE GLOSSY SHEEN TO THE SURFACES WHICH DO HAVE LIGHT HANDLING AND NEEDLE MARKS AND SIDE TWO HAS ONE SLIGHTLY FEELABLE MARK ON THE THIRD TRACK " BABY ITS YOU" BUT NONE OF THE MARKS ARE VISIBLY AGGRESIVE AND THE DISC LIES FLAT ON THE TURNTABLE
ICONIC BLACK AND GOLD LABELS ARE ALL LEGIBLE AND ARE FREE FROM ANY WRITING OR STAINING THE CENTRE HOLE DOES SHOW SOME MINOR WEAR TO THE LABEL EDGE BUT THIS DOESN'T AFFECT THE TEXT
I HAVE PLAYED THE RECORD A NUMBER OF TIMES ON A PHILIPS SIXTIES HI-FI AND IT DOES SEEM TO PLAY THROUGH ON BOTH SIDES WITHOUT ANY UNDUE DISTRESS ALTHOUGH I MUST POINT OUT THAT SIXTIES RECORD SYSTEMS AND PLAYERS HAVE A HEAVIER PICK UP THAN TODAYS MORE MODERN LIGHTWEIGHT SYSTEMS SO PLEASE BEAR THIS IN MIND IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING BIDDING ON THE ITEM AS YOU COULD GET A DIFFERENT RESPONCE
(HAVING SAID THAT MOST BLACK AND GOLDS SEEM TO BE BOUGHT TO COLLECT NOT PLAY)
I THOUGH THE AUDIO WAS GREAT TO LISTEN TO THESE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL DISCS DO GIVE A GREAT RESPONSE EVEN AFTER 55 YEARS
ITS A LONG WRITE UP BUT ITS AN IMPORTANT ALBUM SO I'VE BEEN AS HONEST AS POSSIBLE
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