BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME" UK BLACK & GOLD ***MONO***

	£		205
	$		272

                                                 BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME"

                                                 UK  BLACK AND GOLD MONO.

               RARE DICK JAMES/NORTHERN SONGS CROSSOVER FACTORY SAMPLE

OFFERED FOR SALE IS AN ORIGINAL UK BLACK AND GOLD MONO WHICH FEATURES A RARE LABEL VARIANT AND IS ALSO A GENUINE FACTORY SAMPLE VERSION.

AS YOU ALL KNOW ORIGINAL 1ST PRESSING OF THIS ALBUM CARRY THE INCORRECT "DICK JAMES" LABEL CREDITS WHICH WAS LATER CORRECTED TO "NORTHERN SONGS" ON 2ND PRESSINGS, HOWEVER THERE IS ALSO AN UNDOCUMENTED LABEL VARIATION OF THIS ALBUM WHICH EXISTS WHICH FEATURES THE INCORRECT LABELS TO ONE SIDE AND THE CORRECTED LABELS TO THE OTHER...THE EXACT NUMBER OF THESE LABEL VARIATIONS THAT EXISTS IS UNKNOWN BUT CERTAINLY IT IS BELEIVED THAT THE NUMBERS ARE EXTREMLEY LOW.  

IT IS ALSO KNOWN THAT SOME BLACK AND GOLD COPIES WHERE PRESSED WHICH FEATURE PARLOPHONE RIDGED LABELS (SIMILAR TO DECCA PRESSINGS), THESE RIDGES LABELS HAVE APPEARED AS EITHER TO BOTH LABELS OR TO ONE LABEL ONLY AND AGAIN THESE RIDGED VERSIONS ARE BELEIVED TO EXIST IN ONLY LIMITED NUMBERS.

OFFERED FOR SALE IS AN ORIGINAL LABEL CROSSOVER PRESSING OF THIS ALBUM WHICH ALSO FEATURES THE PARLOPHONE RIDGE BUT TO ONE SIDE ONLY!  

SIDE ONE CARRIES THE 1ST PRESSING "DICK JAMES" LABEL CREDITS BUT SIDE TWO CARRIES THE CORRECTED " NORTHERN SONGS" CREDITS AND ALSO FEATURES THE RIDGE TO THE LABEL.!!!

ADDED TO THAT THIS COPY IS ALSO AN ORIGINAL FACTORY SAMPLE VERSION.      

PMC 1202

XEX 421/2-1N-1N

STAMPERS    T 1      M 1

MT TAX CODE.

THE BLACK AND GOLD LABELS WHICH FEATURE THE INCORRECT "DICK JAMES" CREDITS TO SIDE ONE AND THE CORRECTED "NORTHERN SONGS" TO SIDE TWO ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. BOTH SIDES DO CARRY SOME SPINDLE MARKS AND THERE IS SOME MINOR RUBBING IN PLACES, HOWEVER LABELS ARE CLEAN AND ALL LETTERING IS INTACT. SIDE TWO FEATURES THE RIDGE TO THE OUTER OF THE LABEL AND ALSO THE UNIQUE "FACTORY SAMPLE" STICKER.

THE HEAVY WEIGHT VINYL HAS CLEARLY BEEN WELL PLAYED OVER THE YEARS AND IT DOES DISPLAY VISIBLE SURFACE MARKS AND SCRATCHES WHICH ARE VISIBLE IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT, HOWEVER NONE ARE FELLABLE. THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING AND THERE IS NO DULLING TO THE STILL GLOSSY SURFACE. 

AUDIO IS EXCELLENT.... THERE IS LIGHT CRACKLE TO BOTH THE RUN IN/OUT GROOVES AND TO SOME TRACK GROOVES AND SOME MILD CRACKLE COULD BE HEARD DURING THE QUIETER PARTS OF THE AUDIO, YET DESPITE THE SURFACE MARKS THE VINYL PLAYED THROUGH COMPLETELY WITH NO STICKS, POPS OR JUMPS AND STILL SOUND REALLY GREAT.    

THE CORRECT HEAVY WEIGHT 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  SLEEVE IS ALSO EXCELLENT EXAMPLE. FEATURING THE CORRECT LARGE "MONO" LOGO AND OFFERING A VIBRANT AND EXTREMLEY GLOSSY FRONT LAMINATED PANEL WHICH DISPLAYS SOME EDGE WRINKLES AND LIGHT CREASES,THERE IS A SMALL DEEPER CREASE TOWARDS THE THE TOP LEFT CORNER. THE OPENING EDGE SHOWS MINIMAL SIGNS OF HANDLING AND IS STILL STRAIGHT. THERE ARE THE INEVITABLE CORNER BUMPS PRESENT, AND SOME LIGHT EDGE WEAR. THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE DOES DISPLAY SOME HANDLING AND AGE MARKS.  ALL THREE FLIPBACKS ARE INTACT WITH JUST THE ODD LIGHT CREASE AND SOME MINOR LIFTING IN PLACES, . THE SPINE IS RIGID WITH NO CREASES BUT THE CORNER BUMPS HAVE EXTENDED TO BOTH END OF THE SPINE.ALL WORDING IS READABLE.

ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT A PERFECT COPY (PLEASE BEAR THAT IN MIND BEFORE BIDDING) THIS IS STILL A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE A MOST COLLECTABLE BLACK AND GOLD MONO WHICH FEATURES TWO RARE LABEL VARIATIONS (LABEL CREDITS AND RIDGE) AND ALSO HAS THE  ADDED APPEAL OF BEING A GENUINE UK FACTORY SAMPLE VERSION.