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

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THE BEATLES
PLEASE PLEASE ME
1ST PRESSING FROM MARCH 1963
MASTER MATRICES: 
XEX 421-1N / XEX 422-1N
VERY EARLY MOTHERS/ STAMPERS: 
SIDE 1 - 1 GA
SIDE 2 - 1 GA

CONDITION OF SLEEVE: 
GRADES AS VERY GOOD PLUS. NOT MANY COME ALONG AS CLEAN, NEAT, AND COMPLETELY INTACT AS THIS ONE IS. THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF TINY NICKS ALONG THE TOP/ BOTTOM EDGE AND CORNERS AND A COUPLE FAINT BLEMISHES ON THE REAR PANEL. FOLD-OVER FLAPS ARE INTACT AND CLEAN, THESE OFTEN HAVE TEARS AS THEY WERE ONLY MADE OF THIN PAPER ON THESE EARLY SLEEVES. THERE AREN'T ANY CREASES OR BUBBLING TO THE LAMINATION AND THERE IS HARDLY A HINT OF RECORD RING WEAR. THE OPENING SEAM IS TIGHT, AND THERE ARE NO SPLITS OR RIPS.
ALTHOUGH THE ANGUS MCBEAN CREDIT IS NOT OFFSET TO THE RIGHT AS ON THE VERY INITIAL PRINTS, THIS IS STILL AN EARLY SLEEVE; THE ICONIC PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BEATLES IS IN DARK CONTRAST. WHEN THE CHANGEOVER FROM GOLD SLEEVES TO STANDARD ONES OCCURRED, EJ DAY STARTED PRINTING IN LIGHTER TONES. THIS SLEEVE IS EVERY BIT AS RARE AS A GOLD SLEEVE, IT SEEMS TO BE A CHANGEOVER SLEEVE AS THE ANGUS MCBEAN CREDIT HAS BEEN MOVED OVER AS IN STANDARD SLEEVES, BUT THE CONTRAST REMAINS THE SAME AS ON THE GOLD SLEEVES, IVE ONLY SEEN THIS ONE LIKE THIS. THE 12TH PHOTOGRAPH IN THIS LISTING SHOWS A COMPARISON BETWEEN THIS SLEEVE (ON THE RIGHT) AND A STANDARD 1963 PLEASE PLEASE ME SLEEVE (ON THE LEFT).
THE INNER SLEEVE: 
THICK PAPER POLY LINED USE EMITEX INNER SLEEVE. VERY GOOD PLUS CONDITION. COMPLETELY INTACT INSIDE AND OUT AND ALONG ALL EDGES. JUST A FEW LIGHT MARKS.


THE VINYL IS FREE OF MAJOR GROOVE WEAR, IT IS BASICALLY SMOOTH RETAINING A VERY DECENT PRESSING SHEEN ON THE SURFACE AREA ON BOTH SIDES. GRADES AS GOOD PLUS, THERE IS A STYLUS HAIRLINE SCRATCH ON SIDE 2 OVER TRACKS 4/ 5 WHICH CAN BE FELT BY RUNNING A FINGER OVER BUT IT IS NOT DEEP, AND ON SIDE 1 THERE IS A FAIRLY LONG SCUFF LINE PARALLEL TO THE DEAD-WAX GROOVE ON TRACK 1, IT LIES ON THE SURFACE AND CAN NOT BE FELT. THE VINYL IS CLEAN, IT STILL PROJECTS A BRIGHT MIRROR-LIKE SHINE. HAS BEEN INSPECTED IT AT ALL ANGLES UNDER BRIGHT LIGHT AND ONLY FOUND TO BE GENERAL LIGHT SUPERFICIAL NON-SOUNDING, NON-FEELABLE HAIRLINES HERE AND THERE AND AN AREA OF TINY SCATTERING OF MARKS. THERE IS NO DULLING, NO LONG CLEANING OR SLEEVE INSERTION TRAILS. WAS PROBABLY PLAYED ALOT TO BEGIN WITH THEN PUT AWAY FOR DECADES. THIS IS A HEAVY SLAB OF VINYL THAT SITS PERFECTLY ON THE TURNTABLE, NO WARPS OR DINKS IN THE VINYL. THE LABELS HAVE FADED SOMEWHAT,  BUT REALLY NOT TOO BADLY, STILL COMPLETELY READABLE AND THE GOLD TEXT CONTRASTS WELL AGAINST THE BACKGROUND, AND THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A DECENT 1ST PRESSING.


THE AUDIO IS VERY GOOD. APART FROM TWO INSTANCES ON THIS WHOLE LP THERE IS HARDLY ANY BACKGROUND OR SURFACE NOISE EVEN, JUST A LITTLE STATIC IN THE DEAD-WAX BETWEEN TRACKS AND QUIETER PARTS OF WHICH THERE ARENT MANY, AND NOTHING DURING ANY SONG THAT SPOILS THE LISTEN. THERE ARE TWO DETRACTIONS TO NOTE; THE HAIRLINE NOTED CAUSES SOME CLICKS ON 'A TASTE OF HONEY',  AND THE SCUFF LINE CAUSES TWO JUMPS AT THE END OF 'I SAW HER STANDING THERE'. OVERALL GREAT DETAILED SOUND THROUGHOUT WITH CRISP HIGHS, AND LOUD MONO BASS LINE. NO BACKGROUND NOISE OVER ANY AUDIO, NO SKIPS, OR STICKS. STILL A GOOD PLAYABLE CLEAN COPY WHICH WONT DO HARM TO YOUR STYLUS, VERY LISTENABLE BEATLES PLEASE PLEASE ME LP ESPECIALLY FOR AN EARLY DICK JAMES CREDITS 1ST PRESSING.

THIS COPY HAS 1ST MOTHERS AND EARLY GA STAMPERS! IDENTICAL ON BOTH SIDES. THE BLACK AND GOLD PRESSINGS RAN FROM EARLY MARCH UNTIL THE END OF APRIL 1963. BY MY ESTIMATION THIS COPY WOULD HAVE BEEN PRESSED NO LATER THAN IN THE FIRST WEEK OF PRODUCTION.

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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