THE BEATLES Love Me Do/PS I Love You Red Parlophone 1962 1G1M STAMPERSSO Early
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More Information to follow! But Please check out my other items! This week I have some of the very rarest Beatle's UK 7"s (more Rare Solid Centre Beatles singles than I've ever seen listed together before! Both the EMI AND The ORIOLE Solid Centre I Want To Hold Your Hand etc!), some of the rarest FREAKBEAT singles and PSYCH DEMOS (The Eyes, Mickey Finn, Linda Van Dyck, Stone Graphics etc etc etc.), plus Megarare Overseas Pressings Suck as The YARDBIRDS' Heart Full Of Soul German EP Original and the to my knowledge UNDOCUMENTED BEATLES' South Rhodesian Scroll Label/Tri Centre Ain't She Sweet with Sweet Georgia Brown on the B-side! I have loads of rarities, but this week, I'm pulling out a fair chunk of the Cream of the Crop for you! Bid with confidence! I'll ship to anywhere in the world, though if the item goes above the standard £20 insurance value, I insist on FULLY INSURED postage paid for by the winning bidder, so please bear this in mind! Please click here to check out my other items!
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Record Weight: 38.5g (Nice and Heavy early EMI pressing!) Conditions: Disc Visually: G/G+ ish! I don't generally bother grading things lower than VG- there are a fair few marks on this playing surface, and not really any of the lovely original gloss, however it plays and it's almost as early a UK Beatles pressing as is possible! Disc Audibly: VG-ish, please judge for yourself above (a fair bit of crackle during silence before/after tracks, and some errant crackle throughout, but certainly not unbearable!) Labels: VG-/VG, No writing/rips etc, a little bit of ring rub on the highest point, less noticeable on the A-side, A little spindle wear near the centre hole of the B-side, though much less than often is the case with this single. A few very slight marks/discolourations I've captured it pretty accurately in the photos, certainly not a bad example, and the central disc holds in strongly on all 4 prongs. Sleeve: EX- (of course this isn't the sleeve it came in, I don't think I even got it in a Parlophone one, but it's a very nice beach towel style, Parlophone sleeve correct for this release! With No Nicks/rips/wiritng etc, the tiniest discolouration dot about 2mm square just below the central die-cut hole of the front.)
The Beatles LOVE ME DO Red Parlophone Incredibly early stampers! 1G/1M!!!!
This is one of the very first copies of the very first UK single that THE BEATLES released, ever pressed!!! A quick guide to Stamper Numbers of EMI: The number at 9 o'clock (of the label) is the mother code, the letters at 3 o'clock are the stamper code. The stampers were changed between once every 300 and 1000 copies (ish), EMI is thought to be at the higher end of this. After this, it was deemed that the press wouldn't be clean enough to continue, and a new one would need to be used. The code they used at EMI at this time was GRAMOPHLTD, G=1, L=8… GM=4, RPP=266 etc… Let's say there were 1000 of each stamper code. (which is roughly what it is thought to be for EMI at this time), The amount of singles the Beatles sold doesn't even need to be thought about, suffice to say 3 digit stamper codes are common. 2 digit codes less so, and 1 digit codes very sought after. Then when I tell you that the codes on this copy of the Beatles very first UK release are… 1G 1M You have to admit that's exciting! 1G is the first stamper (after a very limited pre-release run of JR- Journalist Review copies) at all! 1M is the 4th stamper. Still Extremely early, with these stampers it has to be 1st day of pressing!!! The Spizer/Daniels Beatles Collecting Bible "Beatles For Sale On Parlophone Records" states that the very 1st copies of this single, had the WOZT tax code, however this copy having SUCH early stampers, almost certainly day 1! Makes me question this, as it has the straight ZT tax code, both embossed on the centre (ZT on the Love Me Do side), and ZT at 9 o'clock on both sides. Likewise, this throws into question the order of pressing, using the "Made In Gt. Britain" labels, or the ones that omit it (these omit it), though I have touched on this further down. Either way, this is an extremely early anomaly in those presumed chronological charts! The playing surface of this record has plenty of surface marks, a couple of faintly feelable ones too, and so audio is not perfect, though it plays through fine, from start to finish, with no skips/jumps/sticks or heavy distortion, just significant background noise throughout. However, really this is more of a collection piece being that it has SUCH early stampers etc. This is a little bit of history! The Labels, whilst a little bit rubbed etc, have no rips, or writing, (which is rare for these!), and the centre hasn't been dined and holds perfectly on all 4 prongs. The only fading of either label, is the area just around the centre hole of the B-side, and this, as you can see in the photos is pretty minor! For those of you who use the Spizer/Daniels delineation of labels, the A doesn't really line-up with any listed, it is in the PAR 4949.01B (as it has no Made In Gt. Britain text), though the "O" of "love me dO" is further right than 01Ai-iii/01Bi, yet further left than the remainder, though the publishing credit orientation is in keeping with 01Bi. I have slight issue with the book's "Probable Order Of Pressing" however, as it has this one down as the 4th variant, chronologically, after the first 3 variants WITH the "Made In Gt. Britain", text, with these stamper codes, it really would have to be VERY early… Though I bow down to any knowledge that other people have to the contrary, and of course am willing to learn!
These Red Label Love Me Do's are rare at the best of times, especially with the central disc still in strong-tact and fairly decent labels, but with these Stamper Codes… This is RARE! No Made In Gt. Britain Text Either side. ZT tax code above the mother number at 9 o'clock on both sides, and also embossed on the A-side central disc, rotated about 160 degrees from the matrices etc. The labels are both in line with each other, though shifted about 20 degrees from alignment with the deadwax info, Love Me Do 20 degrees clock-wise, P.S. I Love You, 20 degrees anti-clockwise...
DEADWAX INFO/ MATRICES ETC:
Side 1: 7XCE 17144-1N ZT 1 G
Side 1: 7XCE 17145-1N ZT 1 M
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My Grading system:
Based on a slightly stricter version of the Record Collector, Rare Record Price Guide system.
I Don't believe in Mint, I almost only ever hear it from sellers who don't know the grading systems, therefore, you won't hear me using "MINT". If an Item is sealed I will state it as such, but still will only go as high as EX+.
EX+: Sealed, or seemingly NEVER played, if EX+ were to ever spill over to an item that may have been played a handful of times, but incredibly carefully, I will explain this thoroughly!
EX: The top end really, someone has very much cared for this record, else forgotten they've had it! Again only played with reverence, and not played much!
EX-: Very similar to EX, but slightly more realistic, many cared for collections may have a few EX- discs in them, though usually they'll be those James Last records your Auntie bought for you and (hopefully) you've never listened to since!
VG+: Again a very well looked after record, though with noticeable surface marks/hairlines when caught in the light, the worst one may hear is the lightest, very occasional background noise, often not even this on many players!
VG: Same as above, except more surface marks, and a little more audio background noise, though certainly not detracting from the listening experience. A good playing copy for someone who buys to play the record.
VG-: A little worse, still very listenable, and plays though fine, though might not be the end of the world, if someone drunkenly adds a few more surface marks to it one night! Background noise will be there in some form!
G+: "Good" doesn't really mean good does it?! G+ means it still plays though, though someone in the room, un-used to records (and probably born when minidiscs were already a thing of the past!), will probably make a comment about the crackliness.
G: You won't want to use your best stylus on this one probably! We're definitely in "filler" territory now, unless it's a particularly rare copy, this is a party copy, you shouldn't mind when this one gets a scratch, (you might not even notice!).
G-: If crackling gives vinyl it's "warm" sound, then this one is beginning to become a fire hazard! The likelihood is you won't catch me selling a record at this condition or less, unless there really is special cause (rarity/signed/mispressed etc.).
I often won't even grade things lower than a "decent playing copy" (VG-), though if they don't play through or are warped etc (even if they do play through), I will mention "JUMPS", "WARPED" etc. etc. either in the title, or near the beginning of the item's description, so there can be no doubt!
I endeavour to be as meticulous as possible when grading, and almost always play test the entirety of every LP and 7" I'm selling (often I make an MP3 back-up of it too... yes I know it's obsessive), but I'm sure one of these days I will overlook something, or someone will have reason to question my gradings (so far I have only had the honour of being told that I'm shooting myself in the foot by undergrading! If an honour, that is!), in which case please do contact me, and we will sort the issue out!
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Alittle about me!
I've collected records for about 20 years, and now have TONNES! I want to go travelling for as long as I can, and as such don't want to have too many possessions to have to store, I also need dosh to travel as freely as I'd like, and therefore selling the bulk of my collection seems the best of both worlds! I love records and will still keep buying them, I'm sure, but I really need to downsize in a big way! I do have some seriously RARE records to list over the next few months, and will price them to sell, so please do watch this space!
And if you're at all unsure, please check my previous feedback for tales of satisfied customers, many of whom return again and again!!
I will of course, if you aren't ENTIRELY happy with your item offer you a full refund upon a quick return of the item, in exactly the same condition I sent it out in, I wont however cover the postage costs- just in order to put off any time-wasters, I hope you understand. I do have here some REAL MEGA-RARITIES, and I understand perhaps your confidence in me might not be complete, as I haven't listed for a while, which is why I offer this offer of full re-embursment. However I am not a fan of the trend of people trying it on and asking to keep the item but want a partial re-fund, I haven't had it happen to me, and want to keep it that way, so please don't try that, I will happily offer your full winning bid money back upon the safe return of the item, and I think that's fair.
I am very strict with my grading, having been a collector myself for many years, and I try to include as much relavent information as possible on sales, however if you have any further questions please don't hesitate to ask, I will gladly resond as soon as I can.
One thing I would ask is that the winning bidders do leave feedback, as it's annoying when people overlook it.
I happily offer reductions of postage costs on multiple-items,
I try grade using direct sunlight which shows up more than anything (hence where poss I take my photos in direct sunlight too), however living in the Pennine Hills, contrary to popular rumour it isn't sunny here EVERY day! So when this isn't always possible, as a backup I also use a 100 Watt lightbulb, though when poss I try to use both.
I feel my grading system is stricter than many I see used, but the sellers I respect on Ebay and elsewhere seem to be of the same mind as me, I'd much prefer to be known as someone who undergrades and you can get a good record from, than someone you have to wonder, "actually is their VG+ quite what I'd expect from that?". Hope I can win you over!
(SOMETIMES I MAY COME ACROSS A RECORD OF SIGNIFFICANT RARITY/DESIRABILITY THAT MAY HAVE A JUMP/STICK IN IT. IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT THAT I THINK SOMEONE MAY WANT IT (EG. IT'S COVER'S IN GOOD NICK, OR IT'S A PRIVATE PRESSING/PROMO OF LIMITED AVAILABILITY) I'LL CLEARLY MARK THIS IN THE TITLE "JUMPS" OR "WARPED" ETC.)
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