BEATLES Please Please Me 1964 GERMAN EXPORT ZTOX

	£		180
	$		239

On offer here is a very rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Beatles called 'Please Please Me' and is a 1964 Stereo German 1st EXPORT (see below) pressing!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE!!!!  I HAVE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS LP TO WORK OUT WHERE THIS FITS IN WITH THE GERMAN RELEASE ON THIS LP.  AND I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THE RAREST VERSION OF THIS LP PRESSED IN GERMANY AND IS MASSIVELY RARE!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN:- MOST 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP IN GERMANY WERE PRESSED FOR THE GERMAN MARKET ON THE STANDARD RED 'HOR ZU' LABELS IN 1964.  HOWEVER (ALSO IN 1964 - OR EVEN EARLIER) A VERY FEW COPIES OF THIS LP (AND ONLY FOR A VERY SHORT TIME ONLY) WERE PRESSED ON THIS WHITE ODEON LABEL WITH A ZTOX CAT NUMBER!!!!  THEY ARE OF COURSE FAR FAR HARDER TO FIND THAN THE STANDARD 'HOR ZU' DOMESTIC GERMAN PRESSINGS AND WERE ONLY PRESSED IN TINY QUANITIES.  WHY THEY WERE PRESSED IS A DIFFERENT MATTER.  I HAVE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH INTO THIS AND IT SEEMS THAT THEY WERE PRESSED FOR EXPORT (MOSTLY FOR THE SWISS MARKET).  ONE THING IS ALSO CERTAIN AND THAT IS THESE WERE NOT MADE FOR THE GERMAN DOMESTIC MARKET AND WERE ONLY PRESSED IN ABSOLUTELY TINY QUANITITIES!!!!  THIS LP PRESSED ON THIS CAT NUMBER IS MASSIVELY RARE AND EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND AND HAS TO BE REGARDED AS THE RAREST GERMAN PRESSING OF THIS LP!!!!  FINDING THIS LP ON A WHITE ODEON LABEL WITH A ZTOX CAT NUMBER IS INCREDIBLY RARE!!!!  ANOTHER INTERESTING POINT IS THAT SOME SOURCES QUOTE THIS LP AS ONLY EXISTING WITH A UK COVER - YET THIS ONE HAS A GENIUNE 'ZTOX' GERMAN EXPORT 1ST PRESS COVER!!!!  THIS IS A SUPERB OPPORTUNITY TO OWN ONE OF THE VERY RAREST GERMAN VARIATIONS OF THIS LP - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS MASSIVELY RARE OPPORTUNITY!!!  This is an ORIGINAL GERMAN Export 1st Pressing with a White/Gold Odeon label, a ZTOX Cat number, Original inner sleeve, and ORIGINAL 'ZTOX' German Cover!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is ZTOX 5550 on the ORIGINAL White/Gold Odeon label (see picture) and is a STEREO German Export 1st pressing!!!! All the tracks are Pure quality Beatles at their best!!!! Any fan of The Beatles, or 60s music in general, will want to have this in their collection!!!!

The record labels are in STUNNING condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and only a few light spindle marks!!!!  The vinyl is in BRILLIANT condition!!!! Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, only a VERY few light hairlines/scufflines, a VERY few light and NON sounding surface marks, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!! THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK!!!!  It is great to find that the playing of the record is as STUNNING (if not better) as the visual!!!! It plays with NO nasty loud pops, only a VERY few occassional clicks (barely ANY), NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only the VERY faintest touch of background noise on the occassional gap and run grooves (MEGA low level)!!!!  There is NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good+ if not better!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!! I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!! The record also comes in its ORIGINAL inner sleeve!!!! The ORIGINAL German ZTOX Export Cover is in GREAT condition!!!! It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only slight corner wear, VERY shiny laminate, only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking on the cover front) and NO writing!!!! The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!! Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in GREAT condition with NO writing, NO grubbyness, and barely ANY yellowing AT ALL!!!!  However whilst the cover front is VERY flat looking - the cover back is a little uneven - though there is NO water damage and NO staining!!!!  The only other thing to mention is that on the reverse of the cover (NOT affecting any text) there are a few small patches of wear - though these DO NOT affect any text (all the text is sharp and clear) and as ALL are on white parts of the reverse of the cover (white on white so this dont show much - see pictures) they are NOT immediately noticeable and this cover certainly has a VERY presentable and nice looking cover back (see pictures)!!!!  and There is also NO splits, NO rips, and NO tears!!!! The cover must grade Very Good (PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed) if not better!!!! THIS LP IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND WITH A 'ZTOX' CAT NUMBER AND IS A MASSIVELY RARE GERMAN EXPORT 1ST PRESS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS MEGA RARE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this RARE Beatles LP!!!! THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1964 STEREO GERMAN EXPORT 1ST PRESSING OF "PLEASE PLEASE ME" BY THE BEATLES, IN GREAT CONDITION!!!! Dont forget to have a look at all my other auctions including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World.  Paypal, IMOs, Cash, Cheques, and Post Orders accepted. Overseas MUST use either Cash, IMOs or Paypal. Thanks for looking . Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: