THE BEATLES - PLEASE PLEASE ME 1ST PRESSING DICK JAMES 1GA STAMPERS GOOD PLUS LP

	£		400
	$		530

                           THE BEATLES. ON PARLOPHONE MONO LP         VERY RARE 1ST PRESS  PLEASE,PLEASE ME.!!!!!!                                  GOLD ON BLACK PRINT
                          1ST PRESSING FROM MARCH 1963
                          MATRICES XEX 421 1N / XEX 422-1N
             VERY EARLY   MOTHER STAMPERS SIDE (1) 1GA                                                                              SIDE(2)  1GA THIS LP HAS FIRST MOTHERS AND EARLY GA STAMPERS,WHICH ARE IDENTICAL ON BOTH SIDES! THESE BLACK/GOLD PRESSINGS RAN FROM EARLY MARCH TO THE END OF APRIL 1963. THIS RECORD WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN PRESSED IN THE FIRST WEEK OF PRODUCTION IN MARCH.
THE RECORD SLEEVE, I WOULD GRADE AS VERY GOOD PLUS,AS NOT MANY COVERS THAT ARE FOR SALE DO NOT HAVE AS CLEAN A COPY AS THIS ONE. IT IS INTACT AND CLEAN,WITH ONLY A FEW TINY NICKS AND ALONG THE  TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES AND CORNERS. THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF FEINT BLEMISHES ON THE REVERSE OF THE COVER.
THE FOLD OVER FLAPS ARE INTACT AND CLEAN.
THESE EARLY SLEEVES OFTEN HAVE BLEMISHES OR MARKS/TEARS AS THEY WERE ONLY MADE OF THIN CARD/PAPER IN THE EARLY STAGES.THE BACK COVER HAS ONLY LAMINATE ON THE FLAPS,THE MAIN PART ON THE BACK COVER IS NON LAMINATED. IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY RING WEAR.
THE FRONT COVER IS LAMINATED WITH AN ICONIC  DARK CONTRAST PHOTO OF THE "FAB FOUR" AND IT IS A GREAT PICTURE. WHEN E J DAY TOOK OVER PRINTING,THE COVER WAS DONE IN LIGHTER TONES. THIS SLEEVE IS EVERY BIT AS RARE AS A GOLD SLEEVE.IT APPEARS THAT ON A CHANGE-OVER SLEEVE THE ANGUS McBEAN CREDIT WAS OFFSET A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE RIGHT AS IN STANDARD SLEEVES,BUT THE CONTRAST REMAINS THE SAME AS THE GOLD SLEEVE. PLEASE SEE THE PICTURES FOR COMPARISON BETWEEN THIS SLEEVE AND A LATER STANDARD SLEEVE. THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT(THIS SLEEVE) PICTURE ON THE LEFT  A 1963 STANDARD PICTURE .
THERE ARE NO CREASES OR RIPS/TEARS OR BUBBLING TO THE LAMINATE,AND NO RING WEAR. THE OPENING EDGE IS FULLY INTACT WITH NO RIPS OR TEARS.
THE ANGUS McBEAN CREDIT IS NOT OFFSET TO THE RIGHT AS IN THE EARLY INITIAL PRINTS,HOWEVER THIS IS STILL AN EARLY SLEEVE.
THE INNER SLEEVES. THICK POLY-LINED "USE EMITEX" SLEEVE IS IN VERY GOOD PLUS CONDITION. IT IS COMPLETELY INTACT,BOTH INSIDE AND OUT,AND ALONG THE EDGES.IT HAS ONLY A FEW LIGHT MARKS. TO PROTECT THE ORIGINAL SLEEVE I WILL SEND THE RECORD IN A NEW INNER SLEEVE.
THE VINYL. IT HAS NO MAJOR GROOVE WEAR,IT IS SMOOTH AND HAS A LOVELY BLACK PRESSING SHEEN ON BOTH SIDES . THERE IS A STYLUS HAIRLINE SCRATCH ON SIDE 2 ON TRACKS 4/5, YOU CAN FEEL THEM IF YOU RUN YOUR FINGER ACROSS THE TRACKS HOWEVER IT IS NOT DEEP. SIDE ONE ALSO HAS A FAIRLY LONG SCUFF MARK PARALLEL TO THE DEAD WAX GROOVE ON TRACK 1 IT'S ONLY ON THE SURFACE AND CANNOT BE FELT. THE VINYL IS CLEAN AND STILL GIVES A NICE MIRROR LIKE SHINE CONTRASTING WITH THE GOLD PRINT. THIS RECORD HAS BEEN CHECKED UNDER BRIGHT LIGHT AND HAS ONLY SHOWN VERY GENERAL LIGHT SUPERFICIAL MARKS THAT DO NOT SOUND.THERE ARE SOME LIGHT HAIR LINES THAT CANNOT BE FELT. PROBABLY THIS LP WAS MUCH PLAYED IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE BEATLES AND THEN HAS LAIN AWAY RESTING IN IT'S COVER FOR SOME CONSIDERABLE TIME. THIS IS A DECENT HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL THAT SITS PERFECTLY ON THE TURNTABLE WITH NO WARPS OR OTHER MARKS .
THE GOLD PRINT LABELS HAVE FADED SLIGHTLY,BUT NOT TOO BADLY AS CAN BE SEEN ON THE PICTURES,THEY ARE HOWEVER COMPLETELY READABLE. THIS RECORD IS NOW SOME 54 YEARS OLD(SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY!!)  THIS IS A VERY DECENT FIRST PRESSING. 
THE AUDIO ON THE WHOLE LP IS VERY GOOD EXCEPT FOR 2 INSTANCES MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY. THERE IS HARDLY ANY BACKGROUND OR SURFACE NOISE, ONLY A LITTLE STATIC IN THE DEAD WAX AND THE QUIETER PARTS OF WHICH THERE ARE ONLY A FEW.NOTHING THAT WOULD SPOIL THE CONTENT OF THE TRACK. I WOULD MENTION THAT THE HAIRLINE (PREVIOUSLY STATED) CAUSES A FEW CLICKS ON "A TASTE OF HONEY" AND A SCUFF LINE ON THE END OF THE TRACK "A TASTE OF HONEY"
ALL IN ALL THIS LP IS A VERY GOOD COPY.STILL GIVES GREAT MUSIC AND SONGS FROM THE EARLY DAYS,ESPECIALLY FOR AN EARLY DICK JAMES CREDITS 1ST PRESSING.
SO IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK DOWN MEMORY LANE TO THE DAYS OF THE "FAB FOUR" AND BEATLEMANIA THIS IS FOR YOU!! DON'T MISS IT.!!! ALSO COMES WITH AN ORIGINAL FLYER/ADVERT FOR A GARROD AUTOMATIC RECORD PLAYER WHICH IS DATED 18TH APRIL 1963. WHICH WAS IN THE INNER SLEEVE,WHICH TALLIES WITH THE RELEASE DATE 1963

THE LP WILL BE WELL PACKED WITH A NEW PLASTIC OUTER PROTECTOR  FOR TRANSIT IN POST .
POSTAGE IN UNITED KINGDOM WILL BE BY SPECIAL DELIVERY.
POSTAGE OVERSEAS WILL BE ON A SIGNED FOR BASIS ONLY. THIS IS TO PROTECT YOU THE BUYER AND MYSELF AS THE SELLER IN CASE OF LOSS,DAMAGE OR THEFT WHILST IN TRANSIT.
THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AND GOOD LUCK IN BIDDING.