Beatles Please Please Me UK 1965 STEREO LP *NEAR MINT*
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Description
THE BEATLES - 'PLEASE PLEASE ME'
1965 UK *STEREO* PRESSING LP
This NEAR MINT UK STEREO pressing dates from 1965 and is on the black & yellow Parlophone label: PCS 3042
Both labels carry the 'Sold in UK..' text & have 'Gramophone Co..' rims.
The 'KT' tax/price code is visible in the centre of the side 2 label.
Housed in a heavy card stock front laminated, tri-flipback 'Garrod & Lofthouse' printed cover with a 'small' stereo front indicator.
Complete with its original 'Use Emitex..' rice-paper lined inner-sleeve.
Matrix numbers: YEX 94-1 & YEX 95-1
Stamper numbers: 1/AO & 1/AA
Disc weight: 145g
CONDITION
Disc
Labels: NEAR MINT
An immaculate pair with just a single, barely visible spindle trail to the side 2 centre hole but no other blemishes or wear.
Visual: EXCELLENT +
Both surfaces of this beautiful copy are unmarked & 'as new' when viewed in strong daylight with absolutely no surface marks or scratches to either playing surface. Close examination beneath my halogen desk lamp reveals just a sparkling rainbow gloss & some wispy inner-sleeve paper hairlines from inner-sleeve removal, but no other visual blemishes. As a result of careful storage throughout its life, both sides of this exquisite disc lie 100% flat on the turntable with no signs of dishing or warping.
Play: EXCELLENT +
This disc has clearly been barely played and show no signs of any groove/play wear throughout just sparkling stereo reproduction on every track. Apart from an occasional light tick on the bands between some tracks my careful play check at volume detected no other audible faults or distractions. Very hard to upgrade this copy.
Cover
NEAR MINT
Hard to believe that this cover is 44 years old - it look as if it could have been bought this morning.
The front panel is pristine with a totally unscratched and undamaged high.gloss front panel laminate which bears no 'thumbnails' spine bends or any other traces of wear whatsoever.
In fact apart from the tiniest of bruising to the lower corner this could grade 'MINT'.
Both opening edges are completely unworn and the rear panel is perfectly clean & snow-white with no yellowing, marks or blemishes anywhere.
All flipbacks both seams and the spine are in perfect 'as new' and unworn condition. You will not find a better example.
Inner-sleeve
EXCELLENT +
Clean & crisp with unavoidable faint storagewear creasing, but no writing, tears or splits.
- Strict & grading under strong daylight & directly beneath a halogen desk lamp to UK 'RECORD COLLECTOR' standards.
- I carefully play every record I sell on an EMT 950 transcription turntable at volume and list all visual and audible faults.
- All the photos in this listing have been taken by myself and are of the actual items for sale.
- All records are professionally & securely in custom-made record mailing boxes with the disc removed from the cover.
- Please visit my About Me page for more details about how we grade & pack records. All text & images © Bright Field Music 2009
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