BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME" UK 3RD PRESS **MONO**
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BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME"
RARE UK 3RD MONO PRESS .
CONSIDERED AN ESSTENTIAL ADDITION TO ANY BEATLES COLLECTION, AN ORIGINAL UK 3RD PRESSING MONO, WITH ONLY AN EXTREMLEY LIMITED NUMBER OF COPIES REPUTED TO HAVE BEEN PRODUCED THESE ELUSIVE ALBUMS RARELY SURFACE FOR SALE AND THEREFORE DEMAND FOR ANY COPY IS WITHOUT DOUBT UNPRECEDENTED BY ANY STANDARDS. MANY CONSIDER THIS VERSION TO BE AS RARE AS THE BLACK AND GOLD MONO.
WE ARE THEREFORE PLEASED TO OFFER FOR SALE THIS VERY RARE UK 3RD MONO PRESSING OF "PLEASE PLEASE ME" WHICH FEATURES EARLY, EARLY MT TAX CODE AND IS HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL FIRST ISSUE MONO E.J DAY "GOLD" SLEEVE.
PMC 1202
XEX 421/422-1N-1N
STAMPERS MD 1 MP 2
MT TAX CODE.
THE BLACK AND YELLOW LABELS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. CLOSE INSPECTION UNDER A STRONG LIGHT REVEALS JUST LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS TO EITHER SIDE. THE LABELS ARE BRIGHT AND VIVID WITH NEAR PERFECT LETTERING BOTH LABELS ARE CRISP AND CLEAN AND FREE FROM ANY FADING. SIDE TWO LABEL FEATURES THE EMBOSSED "MT" TAX CODE.
THE HEAVY WEIGHT VINYL IS EXCELLENT... THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED AND THEREFORE IT DOES DISPLAY SOME LIGHT WISPY MARKS AND THE ODD NEEDLE MARK, THERE IS ALSO A FEELABLE MARK VISIBLE TO SID ETWO TRACK THREE, THIS MARK DOES CAUSE SOME MILD CLICKS DURING PLAYBACK BUT CERTAINLY DOES NOT CAUSE THE VINYL TO STICK OR JUMP (BUT DO BEAR THIS IN MIND BEFORE BIDDING), T HE LIGHT CLICKS DO NOT SPOIL THE LISTENING ENJOYMENT . THE GLOSSY VINYL IS PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING AND THERE IS NO NEEDLE LIFT WHEN PLAYED. THE BRIGHT PLAYING SURFACE HAS SUFFERED NO DULLING OR OTHER IMPERFECTIONS.
AUDIO IS SUPERB.... ONE CAREFUL PLAY BY MYSELF REVEALED A CLEAR AND CRISP PERFORMANCE. THERE IS SOME MILD CRACKLE TO BOTH RUN IN/OFF GROOVES AND TO THE ODD TRACK GROOVE AND ALSO THE ABOVE MENTIONED MILD CLICKS, THE VINYL DOES PLAY THROUGH WITHOUT ANY STICKS OR JUMPS. THE MONO AUDIO IS STRONG AND VIBRANT AND WAS A REAL PLEASURE TO LISTEN TO.
THE CORRECT EMITEX INNER IS PRESENT AND IS SUPERB. IT DOES SHOW THE INEVITABLE LIGHT CREASES CAUSED BY THE VINYL SITTING IN THE INNER OVER THE YEARS BUT THIS IS NOTHING MAJOR. THERE IS ONE TINY HANDLING MARK TO ONE SIDE. THE INNER IS CRISP, INTACT AND STILL ITS BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR.
THE OUTER AND ORIGINAL EARLY E.J DAY "GOLD" SLEEVE IS A SIMPLE STUNNING EXAMPLE EXAMPLE. FEATURING THE CORRECT LARGE "MONO" LOGO AND OFFERING A VIBRANT AND EXTREMLEY GLOSSY FRONT LAMINATED PANEL WHICH DISPLAYS JUST LIGHT EDGE WRINKLES BUT NO ACTUAL CREASES.THE OPENING EDGE SHOWS VIRTUALLY NO SIGNS OF HANDLING AND IT IS STILL STRAIGHT. THERE ARE JUST MINOR CORNER BUMPS PRESENT. THERE IS NO EDGE WEAR PRESENT .THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE IS EXTREMLEY CLEAN AND BRIGHT AND FEATURES JUST THE ODD HANDLING MARK (FAR LESS THAN WOULD NORMALLY BE ACCEPTABLE). ALL THREE FLIPBACKS LIE PERFECTLY WITH NO CREASES OR WEAR AND ALL TEXT I SPERFECT AND UNFADED.THE SPINE IS PERFECT AND RIGID WITH ABSOLUTLEY NO WEAR OR CREASES AND ALL WORDING IS PERFECT. THE SLEEVE OVERALL IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN WITH BRIGHT DEEP COLOURS AND PERFECT TEXT AND HAS REMAINED FIRM, STRONG AND UNAGED. THE SLEEVE IS OF COURSE FREE FROM WRITING AND IT TOTALLY INTACT.
THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE ONE OF THE MOST COLLECTABLE BEATLES ALBUM OF ALL TIME.
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