PLEASE PLEASE ME EARLY 1ST PRESSING DICK JAMES BLACK & GOLD PMC 1202 - FAIR+ LP
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THE BEATLES
PLEASE PLEASE ME
1ST PRESSING FROM MARCH 1963
MASTER MATRICES:
XEX 421-1N / XEX 422-1N
EARLY MOTHERS/ STAMPERS:
SIDE 1 - 1 A
SIDE 2 - 1 T
CONDITION OF SLEEVE:
GRADES AS GOOD PLUS - CERTAINLY BETTER CONDITION THAN THE AVERAGE ... THE SLEEVE STILL HAS A BRIGHT GLOSSY FRONT PICTORIAL OF THE FAB FOUR. IT HAS NO SPLITS APART FROM A SMALL HALF INCH ALONG TOP EDGE WHICH ISN'T CAUSING PROBLEMS AS IT HAS BEEN RE-SEALED. HAS TINY NICKS IN THE LAMINATE ALONG THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGE, AND SCUFFS TO CORNERS. THE OPENING SIDE IS NEAT AND TIGHT. SPINE COMPLETELY INTACT AND READABLE WITH NEAT LAMINATE. REAR FLIP BACK FOLDS ALL INTACT, OFTEN NOT THE CASE AS MADE OF THIN PAPER. ERNEST J DAY PRINTING CREDITS ARE PRESENT AND READABLE. TRUE GOLD SLEEVE WITH PHOTO IN DARK HUE CONTRAST AND ANGUS MCBEAN OFFSET TO THE FAR RIGHT.
NO HANDWRITING OR WRITING IMPRINTS AND GENERALLY CLEAN WITHOUT MARKS.
THE INNER SLEEVE:
HAS AN ORIGINAL 'USE EMITEX INNER' LIGHT OUTER PAPER AND POLY LINED INTERIOR. VERY GOOD CONDITION. COMPLETELY INTACT INSIDE AND OUT AND ALONG ALL EDGES WITH NO FRAYING TO THE INNER OPENING TOP SEAM. VERY GOOD PLUS CONDITION 'MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN' TEXT - THE EARLIEST ONES FOUND WITH PLEASE PLEASE ME.
THE LP RECORD:
GRADES AROUND FAIR+ CONDITION. THE VINYL IS FREE OF SCUFFS AND WARPS, IT IS FOR THE MOST PART SMOOTH, AND STILL RETAINS A SOLID LOOK AND BRIGHT BLACK FINISH ON BOTH SIDES. HAS BEEN INSPECTED AT ALL ANGLES UNDER BRIGHT LIGHT AND FOUND TO BE GENERAL SUPERFICIAL NON-SOUNDING, NON-FEELABLE SUPERFICIAL HAIRLINE SCRATCHES OF VARYING LENGTH HERE AND THERE, ALONG WITH GENERAL LIGHT WISPY COVERAGE, AND TWO FEELABLE SCRATCHES ON EACH SIDE, ONE IS A TWO TO THREE CENTIMENTRE LONG 'z' TYPE SHAPE THROUGH 'LOVE ME DO', AND THE FEW OTHER FEELABLE SCRATCHES ARE MUCH FAINTER. THERE IS NO DULLING, NO NEEDLE DROP MARKS, NO SCUFFS, NO DINKS, NO WARPING.
THIS IS A HEAVY SLAB OF ORIGINAL PARLOPHONE VINYL THAT SITS PERFECTLY ON THE TURNTABLE BUT HAS SEEN BETTER DAYS. IT IS HOWEVER CLEAN, AND FOR THE VAST MAJORITY GROOVE WEAR IS NOT EVIDENT OTHER FROM THAN AFOREMENTIONED. AFTER A SHORT WHILE THEY DO ADD TO THE CHARM OF THIS ORIGINAL BEATLES LP! AND MOST SONGS PLAY WELL.
THE LABELS:
GRADE AS VERY GOOD. THE LABEL BACKGROUND DISPLAYS LIGHT SCRATCHES FROM AN AMBITIOUS STYLUS ARM, AND IN ONE OR TWO SECTIONS FROM SLEEVE REMOVAL, BUT REALLY NOT TOO BADLY, STILL COMPLETELY READABLE AND THE GOLD TEXT HAS NO FADING AND CONTRASTS WELL AGAINST THE BACKGROUND. SPINDLE PERIMETER WEAR IS EVIDENT BUT NOT ANY HEAVY SPINDLE LINES VISIBLE. EARLY MZT TAX CODE EMBOSSED.
THE AUDIO:
THE AUDIO WOULD PASS AS GOOD PLUS. NOT AN AUDIOPHILE COPY BUT THE FORE OF THE AUDIO STILL SHINES THROUGH CLEAR, DESPITE SURFACE CONDITION THE LP PLAYS BETTER THAN IT LOOKS, WITH DETAIL AND CLEAR REPRODUCTION. NO HISS WITH CRISP HIGHS , AND LOUD MONO BASS WITH NO POPS. PLAYS THROUGH FROM START TO FINISH ON BOTH SIDES WITH VARIOUS AUDIBLE DETRACTIONS; BACKGROUND CRACKLE IS CONSTANT THROUGHOUT, HOWEVER THIS BECOMES LESS NOTICEABLE TOWARDS THE LAST FEW SONGS. IT HAS JUMPS THROUGH 'LOVE ME DO' (THE STYLUS SCRATCH THERE IS QUITE DEEP BUT SMOOTH MEANING A MODERN STYLUS WILL PLAY OVER IT WITHOUT STICKING, AND HAS BEEN TESTED ON MODERN EQUIPMENT WITH LIGHT-WEIGHT STYLUS), A FEW OTHER SONGS HAVE TICKS BUT NOTHING MORE OBTRUSIVE. STILL A LISTENABLE COPY WHICH WILL LAST INTO THE FUTURE AND SOUNDS EVEN THE BETTER KNOWING THAT IT WOULD'VE BEEN PRESSED WITHIN THE FIRST FEW DAYS BEING 1A/ 1T STAMPERS!
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THIS COPY WAS PRESSED FROM 1ST MOTHER PLATES ON BOTH SIDES AND 3RD AND 9TH STAMPERS. VERY EARLY PRESSING OF PLEASE PLEASE ME WITH VERY CLOSE PROGENY TO THE STUDIO MASTER. THE BEATLES COMPOSITIONS TEXT HAD NOT YET BEING CHANGED TO THEIR OWN PUBLISHING COMPANY OF NORTHERN SONGS, AND INSTEAD APPEAR AS DICK JAMES, AND IT WAS SEVERAL WEEKS LATER THIS WAS MODIFIED. THE 1ST AND 2ND GOLD PARLOPHONE TEXT FOR PLEASE PLEASE ME RAN FROM 22ND MARCH 1963 UNTIL END MAY 1963, GOING THROUGH AROUND A DOZEN NUANCED LABEL LAYOUT VARIATIONS AND LATER MOTHERS/ STAMPERS ARE NORMALLY FOUND. THIS LP HAS ALL THE HALLMARKS OF BEING ONE FROM THE FIRST FEW DAYS PRODUCTION, 1A STAMPER SIGNIFIES THAT THIS COPY BEGAN OUT AS ONE OF THE FIRST 900 OFF THE PRESS.
WILL BE DELIVERED IN A PROTECTIVE PROFESSIONAL LP MAILER WITH STIFFERNERS
WILL BE SENT MAINTAINED IN A BRAND NEW 180 GSM PVC SLEEVE.
SIGNED FOR POSTAGE WITHIN UK IS INCLUDED
OVERSEAS DELIVERY WILL BE TRACKED
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