BEATLES Please Please Me BLACK n GOLD

	£		700
	$		928

YOU ARE BIDDING ON A BLACK AND GOLD 1963 PRESSING OF "PLEASE PLEASE ME" IN MONO!!! ON THE RARE BLACK AND GOLD VARIATION WITH 'NORTHEN SONGS' CREDITS

THIS WILL BE A JEWEL IN ANY BEATLES FANS COLECTION.  THE RECORD ITS SELF IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ONLY SOME MINOR SURFACE MARKS WHICH DOES NOT ALTER THE QUALITY OF THIS SUPERB SOUNDING ALBUM. THE COVER IS ALSO IN AN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ONLY A VERY MINOR STAIN IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER (SEE SCAN) WHICH DOES NOT ALTER THE FACT THAT THIS IS A VERY HARD AND RARE TO COME BY ALBUM. IT STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL POLYTHENE LINED INNER SLEEVE WHICH HAS SOME VERY SLIGHT CREASING BUT WHAT DO YOU EXPECT AFTER FORTY ONE YEARS IN SERVICE.

IF YOU ARE BIDDING ON ANY OTHER PLEASE PLEASE ME ALBUM ON THIS SITE THEN YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THIS IS PROBABLY ONE (IF NOT THE ONLY)   BEST CONDITON OF PLEASE PLEASE ME THAT YOU WILL HAVE SEEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME (IF NOT EVER)

AS STATED THIS IS A VERY RARE AND HARD TO COME BY ALBUM. IT IS AN ORIGINAL MONO UK PRESSING FROM 1963 IN AN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE BLACK AND GOLD LABEL MAKE IT RARE ENOUGH BUT TO HAVE NORTHERN SONGS CREDITS ON IT MAKES IT EVEN RARER. THE MATRIX NUMBERS ARE XEX 421-1N & XEX 422-1N. THE CAT NO IS PMC1202 AND THE STAMPER CODES ARE 1/PM AND 2/GO. THE MARKS THAT APPEAR ON THE LABELS AND RECORD MAKE THIS ONE OF THE FIRST ALBUMS EVER TO HAVE BEEN PRESSED.  I CAN QUITE HONESTLY SAY WITH MY HAND ON HEART THAT YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED IF YOU ARE THE WINNIG BIDDER. THE TAX CODE PRESSED ONTO SIDE ONE OF THE ALBUM IS MT. YOU CAN FIND MORE INFO ON TAX CODES AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE

YOU WILL PROBABLY ONLY GET ONE OPPORTUNITY TO BID ON A BLACK AND GOLD PRESSING OF PLEASE PLEASE ME IN THIS STATE. I HAVE LOOKED AT THE OTHER ALBUMS ON THIS PAGE OF SIMILAR STANDING AND HAVE NOT SEEN ANY WITH A COVER IN AS GOOD NICK AS THIS. THIS ALSO HAS THE NORTHERN SONGS CREDITS ON THE LABEL AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE THERE HAVE ONLY EVER BEEN A HANDFULL SOLD WHICH MAKES THIS ALBUM EVEN RARER

THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO BUY THIS RECORD IN SUCH AN EXCELLENT CONDITION. NOT MANY HAVE BEEN SEEN ON EBAY AND WHEN THEY DO THE FINAL BID SPEAKS FOR ITS SELF. PLEASE ONLY BID IF YOU ARE SERIOUS AND E-MAIL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. WINNING BIDDER MUST REPLY WITHIN 3 DAYS FROM THE CLOSE OF AUCTION.  ALL PAYMENTS TO BE MADE WITHIN 7 DAYS FROM THE CLOSE OF AUCTION. THE WINNER WILL PAY POSTAGE AND PACKING (AND INSURANCE IF REQUIRED) AND ALL PAYPAL FEES. UK POSTAGE AND PACKING WILL BE £4 AND CAN PAY WITH PAYPAL, CHEQUE, OR CASH.  OVER SEAS POSTAGE AND PACKING WILL BE £8 AND CAN PAY BY PAYPAL OR CASH ONLY.

GOOD LUCK

IT HAS JUST BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THIS COULD BE AN EVEN RARER COPY OF 'PLEASE PLEASE ME', DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT HAS NORTHERN SONGS CREDITS FOR SONGS 1 AND 2 ON SIDE ONE AND WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE NORTHERN SONGS CREDITS ON SIDE 2  FOR THE SONG 'DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET' IN ITS PLACE IT HAS 'DICK JAMES MUS. CO.'.  NOW I AM NOT A BIG COLLECTOR OF THE BEATLES AND NOR HAVE I EVER BOASTED TO BE, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE PERSON THAT I RECEIVED THE INFORMATION OFF IS.  IF YOU ARE STILL IN ANY DOUBT THEN ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT THE SCANS. 

SO ONCE AGAIN I HAVE TO STATE THAT YOU ARE BIDDING ON A COPY OF 'PLEASE PLEASE ME' WITH NORTHERN SONGS CREDITS ON SIDE ONE, ON SONGS 1 AND 2, WITH DICK JAMES CREDITS FOR SONG FOUR ON SIDE 2

DONT MISS OUT ON THIS EBAY ITEM BECAUSE THIS IS DEFINATELY THE LAST TIME YOU WILL SEE ANTHING LIKE THIS ON EBAY FOR A LONG TIME!!!!!!

This item is being relisted due to non payment.  If you have no intention paying for an item then please do not bid

EMI letter codes

1939 saw the outbreak of World War Two.  One year on,  and the British Government  could not foretell a conclusion to the conflict.  Someone was going to  have to pay for the  draining resources,   so it was decided to introduce a levy on "luxury goods"  of which  phonographic records would be included. Purchase Tax came into force,  starting at a rate of 1/3 rd.   This was added onto the wholesale price, which, obviously was passed on to the consumer via the retail price.   So from October 1940,  EMI, DECCA & PHILIPS Record Companies used a 2-letter Purchase Tax code.  Each time the government changed the percentage rate,  a different code was employed.  EMI labels had theirs embossed adjacent to the center hole on one side of the disc.  "T" was always used as the 2nd letter of the 2. The period of interest to most, for obvious reasons is post 1962:

From                                 Begins
10 April 1962........................ZT 
26 November 1962................PT
 1 January 1963...................MT
 1 July 1963.........................KT
 1 January 1969 on..............None

However, confusion can arise when:
1. There are no letters near the center - can usually be found within the run-off adjacent to label.
2. There are 3 letters! Within the actual changeover period during a revised tax rate, it was not effective to discard the recent pressing plates (stampers),   so the new (1st) letter  is added.    Sometimes,  a Stamp with the updated code can be found  adhered to the label or sleeve.  The purpose of adding the new letter immediately, was so that retailers who returned unsold stock of records to the wholesaler, would be credited with the same amount of tax that as paid for said records!

THANKS TO PETERRICE.COM FOR THE INFO ON TAX CODES