BEATLES Please Please Me LP 1963 BLACK&GOLD 1st Press

	£		560
	$		742

On offer here is a VERY RARE Black & Gold MONO UK 1963 1st Pressing called 'Please Please Me' on the 1st Press Black & Gold Parlophone label!!!! It is also a 100% GENIUNE 1963 'Earliest' Black & Gold 1st Pressing with the 'Dick James' credits to BOTH labels (unlike the later and more common pressings which have 'Northern Songs' credits)!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ALSO THE BEST CONDITIONED BLACK & GOLD 1ST PRESSING I HAVE SEEN FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  BLACK & GOLD 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP ARE VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AND INCREDIBLY SOUGHT AFTER!!!!  HOWEVER SADLY MOST BLACK & GOLD 1ST PRESSINGS OFTEN TURN UP IN TERRIBLE CONDITION - WITH HORRIBLE WORN FADED LABELS AND A BATTERED TERRIBLE LOOKING COVER.  BUT NOT THIS ONE!!!!  THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION AND IS ONE OF THE BEST CONDITIONED BLACK & GOLD 1ST PRESSINGS I HAVE SEEN FOR A VERY LONG TIME!!!!  THIS LP HAS AWESOME CONDITIONED BLACK & GOLD LABELS, A SUPERB CONDITIONED INNER SLEEVE, A BRILLIANT CONDITIONED COVER, AND A BRILLIANT RECORD!!!!  THIS LP IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO FIND LIKE THIS!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL 1963 UK Black & Gold 1st pressing on the 1st Press Black & Gold Parlophone label (with the 1st Press 'Dick James' Credits), 'The Parlophone Company' edge text, NO 'Sold In The UK' text, NO 'First Published' text, a LARGE 'MONO' on the cover front, 1st Press Emitex inner, and 1st Press 'E.J.Day' Flipback Laminated Cover!!!!  The 'Angus McBean' credit is in the far right corner in the bottom right of the cover.  This credit does vary from cover to cover (and I have always been of the opinion that this has nothing to do with the age of the cover) - but in this case it is as far right as it possible to have and starts after the 'S' in the word 'Songs' in the bottom right hand corner.  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The matrix numbers are XEX 421-1N & XEX 422-1N. The stamper codes are 1/P & 1/L - SERIOUSLY early mother & stamper codes and BOTH from the 1st mother ever used!!!!  Naturally this shows that this LP was pressed WELL before the release date!!!!  The Cat. No is PMC 1202 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Black & Gold Parlophone label (see picture) and is a MONO 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 AWESOME condition (see pictures) with NO writing, SUPERB sharp UNFADED Gold Print, STUNNING dark UNRUBBED black background, NO wear, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  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 2 or 3 light hairlines, only 2 or 3 VERY light scufflines, 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 record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO nasty loud pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some EXTREMELY low level background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The record must STRICTLY grade Very Good++ if not better - and it EXTREMELY rare indeed to find a Black & Gold MONO 1st Press record in this condition!!!!  BRILLIANT RECORD!!!! The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press Emitex inner sleeve!!!! The 1st Press 'E.J.Day' Flipback Laminated Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!! It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour), only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking), VERY shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!! The opening edge is beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!! Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO writing, NO grubbyness, only VERY slight yellowing!!!! The only VERY small things to mention is some minor staining to the edges of the top/bottom flipbacks (NONE on the spinal flipback), and an absolutely TINY and virtually UNNOTICEABLE repair to the extreme bottom right flipback!!!!  This cover has NO splits, NO rips, NO tears, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good+!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!

TAKE A LOOK AT 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 MEGA RARE Beatles LP!!!! THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1963 UK BLACK & GOLD MONO 1ST PRESSING OF "PLEASE PLEASE ME" BY THE BEATLES, IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!!   Dont forget to take a look at all my other items 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, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

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