THE BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME" UK 1963 1st PRESS STAMPS 1 L 2 L EX COPY
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THE BEATLES
"PLEASE PLEASE ME b/w ASK ME WHY" PARLOPHONE 45-R 4983 ON THE ICONIC RED AND SILVER LABELS
RELEASED 11th JANUARY 1963 AND ONLY AVAILABLE IN THIS FORMAT WITH RED LABELS FOR APPROX THREE WEEKS AS THE BLACK LABEL 45-R 4983 WAS INTRODUCED AT THE VERY END OF JANUARY MAKING THIS THE RAREST OF THE TWO RED LABLE BEATLES SINGLES THE OTHER OBVIOUSLY BEING "LOVE ME DO"
STAMPERS L 1 L 2
MATRICES -1N -1N MPTK TAX CODE SIDE 1 PUSH OUT AND MPT IN THE RUN OUT GROOVES
THE LABELS HAVE "MADE IN GT BRITAIN" TEXT TO BOTH SIDES WITH "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED" AND THE EXTRA . AFTER CO. IN "DICK JAMES MUSIC CO. LTD."
ALL SIGNIFICANT WITH A FIRST PRESSING IN CONJUNCTION WITH SINGLE LETTER SINGLE NUMBER STAMPERS
THE VINYL RECORD IS IN NICE CLEAN CONDITION AND LOOKS EXCELLENT IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT AND SHOWS JUST LIGHT HANDLING MARKS ASSOCIATED WITH AGE AND USE UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT
IN PARTICULAR ON SIDE 2 THERE IS A SMALL REFLECTIVE SILVERY BLEMISH IN THE VINYL COULD BE FROM THE PRESSING PROCESS AND ON THE SAME SIDE THERE IS A TINY MARK ON THE VERY EDGE OF THE RUN IN BUT NONE OF THESE ISSUES SEEM TO AFFECT THE AUDIO WHICH IS CLEAN AND CLEAR
BOTH LABELS ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN THE CENTREHOLE IS UNWORN BUT THERE IS A TINY TINY PAPER LOSS MARK ON THE 'A' SIDE LABEL ON THE CENTREHOLE MOST LIKELY BEEN THERE FROM DAY 1
WE PLAY TEST ON A SIXTIES HI-FI FOR REVIEW SO PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT MORE MODERN EQUIPMENT CAN GIVE A DIFFERENT RESPONSE
RECORD COMES IN AN ORIGINAL COLOURED WAVY SLEEVE
VERY RARE PRESSING NOW 63 YEARS OLD AND WAS ALWAYS HARD TO FIND AND NOW EVEN HARDER TO FIND TODAY AS MOST COPIES ARE IN COLLECTIONS
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