BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME" UK 1st PRESS 1 STAMPERS NO "MADE IN GT BRITIAN"
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THE BEATLES
"PLEASE PLEASE ME b/w ASK ME WHY" PARLOPHONE 45-R 4983 RELEASED 11th JANUARY 1963
STAMPERS 1 GD 1 A MATRICES -1N -1N
MPT TAX CODE IN THE RUN OUT GROOVES
NO "MADE IN GT. BRITAIN" ON THE LABELS ONLY ON VERY FIRST PRESSINGS
AS MENTIONED EARLIER THIS WAS RELEASED ON THE 11th JANUARY 1963 BY THE END OF THAT SAME MONTH THE BLACK AND SILVER LABLES WERE INTRODUCED, SO THIS EARLY PRESSING WAS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR PROBABLY THREE WEEKS IN TOTAL SO MAKING IT MUCH RARER THAN THE RED LABEL "LOVE ME DO"
HOWEVER IN THAT TIME PERIOD THEY STILL MANAGED TO PRODUCE TWO DIFFERENT "PLEASE PLEASE ME" RED LABELS ONE WITHOUT "MADE IN GT.BRITAIN" ( THE FIRST VARIATION ) AND ONE WITH ( THE SECOND VARIATION)
NOW I KNOW YOU GOING TO POINT OUT THE NAME WRITTEN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD UNFORTUNATELY THIS WAS STANDARD PRACTICE BACK IN THE EARLY 1960's WHEN MOST TEENAGERS WENT TO THEIR FRIENDS HOMES OR TO PARTIES TO PLAY RECORDS ON THE FAMILY "DANSETTE" AND TO GUARANTEE RETURNING HOME WITH THE RECORDS YOU TOOK YOU WROTE YOUR NAME ON THEM ,I SUPPOSE YOU COULD SAY ITS 1960's PATINA
THIS VINYL RECORD IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT STILL HAS A NICE GLOSSY SHEEN TO IT AND SHOWS JUST ONE SLIGHTLY PRONOUNCED NEEDLE MARK TO EITHER SIDE WHICH I DON'T THINK ARE FEELABLE UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE ARE WHISPY HANDLING MARKS THAT YOU SEE ON MOST RECORDS FROM THIS TIME
A PLAY TEST OF THE RECORD COMES WITH RELATIVELY QUIET RUN INS AND THE AUDIO WAS GREAT TO LISTEN TO WITH JUST THE ODD POP AND CLICK WHICH THE SOUND MAINLY COVERS , THE LABELS APART FROM THE NAME ON EITHER SIDE ARE CLEAN BRIGHT AND LEGIBLE
WE PLAY TEST ON A SIXTIES HI-FI FOR REVIEW SO PLEASE REMEMBER MORE MODERN EQUIPMENT CAN GIVE A DIFFERENT RESPONSE ,ALSO BEAR IN MIND THESE PRESSINGS WILL BE SIXTY YEARS OLD IN LESS THAN SEVEN WEEKS TIME
RECORD COMES IN ITS ORIGINAL STRIPED EMI SLEEVE WHICH DOES HAVE A LITTLE AGE FADING
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