THE BEATLES 'PLEASE PLEASE ME' 1963 UK GOLD LABEL FIRST UK PRESS LP FAIR/POOR

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Ok sorry about that, rant over just wanted to make it clear where I'm coming from, description of the record below

HAVING REFERRED TO RRG DESCRIPTION THIS COPY DOES NOT CONFORM TO EITHER FIRST OR SECOND PRESSING OF THIS EARLY EDITION OF THIS RECORD, THE GUIDE STATES AS FOLLOWS:

1ST PRESS HAS DICK JAMES MUSIC CREDIT FOR 'I SAW HER STANDING THERE' 'MISERY' DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET' AND THERE'S A PLACE'

2ND PRESS HAS NORTHERN SONGS CREDIT FOR THE ABOVE.

THIS PARTICULAR EDITION HAS NORTHERN SONGS CREDIT FOR 'I SAW HER STANDING THERE' AND 'MISERY' BUT DICK JAMES CREDIT FOR 'DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET' AND 'THERE'S A PLACE'

SO AS FAR AS RRG IS CONCERNED NOT DOCUMENTED, I'M SURE OTHER EDITIONS WERE RELEASED AT THE TIME AND THIS APPEARS TO BE SOME SORT OF CROSSOVER, BUT NOT JUST A LABEL CROSSOVER AS THIS IS NOT THE CASE AS THE ERRORS ARE PRESENT TO SAME LABELS. ANYWAY THERE YOU HAVE IT.

Cat No - PMC 1202

Matrix No - XEX 421 - 1N/EXE 422 - 1N

Stampers - 2 GH/?? NOT VISIBLE IF PRESENT EVEN UNDER HALOGEN MAGNIFIER

SLEEVE - FAIR CORRECT TYPE 1 ORIGINAL E. J DAY SLEEVE WITH PHOTO CREDIT FOR ANGUS MCBEAN ALIGNED WITH 'S' IN 'SONGS' ABOVE, CLEARLY SEEN BETTER DAYS, ALTHOUGH FRONT LAMINATED SLEEVE HAS NUMEROUS LAMINATE CREASING AND A 9CM STRIP OF LAMINATE AND THE PAPER BENEATH WORN DOWN TO BROWN CARD BENEATH APPROX 1CM WIDE, AND TO MIDDLE  OF OPENING EDGE, PHOTO HOWEVER IS STILL CLEARLY VISIBLE WITH JUST THE AFOREMENTIONED DAMAGE MARRING THE FRONT PANEL, MATT REAR PANEL ITSELF PRESERVED OK WITH AGE WEAR AND BROWNING HOWEVER TRACK LISTING AND SLEEVE NOTES STILL CLEAR AND READABLE, 15MM BROWN TAPE RESIDUE ALONG OPENING EDGE, LAMINATED TRIFOLD FLIP BACKS STILL PRESENT TO BOTTOM AND SPINE EDGE, AND E.J .DAY CREDIT STILL PRESENT AND READABLE. HALF OF TOP EDGE MISSING TOWARDS OPENING EDGE, BOTH TOP AND BOTTOM EDGE ARE SPLIT FROM OPENING TO SPINE EDGE, SPINE ITSELF HAS LITTLE WEAR AND TEXT STILL VISIBLE AND READABLE.

INNER SLEEVE EX - CORRECT AND ORIGINAL EMITEX POLY LINED INNER, HOWEVER I SUSPECT THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A RECENT REPLACEMENT ALBEIT IS CLEARLY ORIGINAL AND CONTEMPORARY, JUST MINOR HANDLING CREASING WITH THE ODD LIGHT AGEING STAINING.

LABELS - G/G ORIGINAL ICONIC GOLD PARLOPHONE LABELS, AS YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SEE FROM THE PHOTO SPINDLE MARKING WEAR AND PITTING TO INNER CIRCLE AROUND CENTRE HOLE, THE ODD SCRATCH AND MARK TO OUTER LABELS TO EACH SIDE, GOLD TEXT IS STILL CLEARLY READABLE HOWEVER TO BOTH SIDES APART FROM THE ALBUM TITLE WHICH IS NEAREST THE CENTRE HOLE.

VINYL VISUAL - FAIR/POOR CAREFUL INSPECTION OF BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD REVEAL TO SIDE 1 VISIBLE AND NOTICEABLE SURFACE SCRATCHING OVERALL THE PLAYING SURFACE, HOWEVER FOR ALL THIS MAY STILL PLAY TO AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL, AGAIN I NEED TO REMIND YOU THAT THIS IS A VISUAL DESCRIPTION ONLY AND THESE EARLY EMI PRESSES WERE QUALITY AND IT'S SURPRISING WHAT WILL PLAY WITHOUT JUMPING BUT THEIR IS NO DOUBT THIS RECORD HAS NOT BEEN WELL LOOKED AFTER, IF ANYTHING SIDE 2 PLAYING SURFACE LOOKS SLIGHTLY BETTER HOWEVER THE MAIN ISSUE LARGE CHIP TO RUN IN AREA APPROX 5 O.CLOCK POSITION, AND EXTENDS TO TRACK ONE BY ABOUT 3MM SO WILL CLEARLY NOT BE PLAYABLE AT LEAST FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE RECORD,  VINYL LIES COMPLETELY FLAT WITH NO DISHING OR WARPING.

AS A LIFE LONG BEATLES COLLECTOR, WHILE IT PAINS ME TO SEE SUCH AN ICONIC ALBUM DEFACED IN SUCH A WAY IT IS WHAT IT IS, A COLLECTION FILLER, SO PLEASE BEAR IN MIND ALL THE ABOVE BEFORE BIDDING, SHOULD YOU REQUIRE FURTHER INFORMATION OR PHOTOS PLEASE CONTACT ME.

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