The Beatles PLEASE PLEASE ME 1965 UK STEREO 6TH PRESS Superb EX+ Example
  £   80
  $   106

 


£ 80 Sold For
Apr 21, 2022 Sold Date
Apr 14, 2022 Start Date
10   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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Description

THE BEATLES -  PLEASE PLEASE ME

OUTSTANDING EX+  AUDIO

EX+ SLEEVE

 FULLY TEST PLAYED PRIOR TO LISTING

  • CATALOGUE: PARLOPHONE PCS 3042

  • MATRIX:YEX 94-1 / 95-1
  • MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 AR / 1 AR

  • GRAMOPHONE CO RIM WORDING
  • SOLD IN THE UK STATEMENT ACROSS THE MIDDLE

 


THE RECORDS

 

THE LABELS

THE BLACK AND YELLOW  LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION.  THE BASE COLOUR IS JUST PERFECT. NO MARKS OR STAINS, OR SIGNS OF HANDLING, 

 THE SILVER LOGO'S AND TYPEFACE ARE ALL PRISTINE AND UNRUBBED. THE SPINDLE HOLE IS TOTALLY UNWORN. JUST 4-5 TINY SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE

 

THE VINYL

ABSOLUTELY GLEAMING PRISTINE VINYL. HAS A MIRROR LIKE FINISH TO IT, AND LOOKS AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED. 

THERE ARE NO MARKS AT ALL ON THE DISC, AND IN DAYLIGHT APPEARS FLAWLESS

UNDER SPOTLIGHTS THERE ARE SOME WISPY SLEEVE WITHDRAWEAL HAIRLINES AND THREE OR FOUR HAIRLINES HANDLING LINES



THE TEST PLAY

SIDE ONE PLAYS WITH ABSOLUTE CLARITY

CLEAN AND LOUD POWERFUL STEERO AUDIO THAT IS FREE FROM ANY CRACKLE OR CLICKS

THERE IS A SPECK OF VERY LIGHT STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND HEARD IN A FEW OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES / LINKING GROOVES, BUT THIS IS HARDLY AUDIBLE

THE ONLY ONE THING I HEARD WAS THE VERY LAST NOTE OF 'MISERY' HAS A SPLIT SECOND SCUFF NOISE

THERE ARE NO MORE THAN 2 OR 3 RANDOM LITTLE STATIC TICS ON SIDE A. AGAIN WELL BEHIND THE AUDIO

SIDE TWO IS EVEN BETTER WITH ALMOST NOTHING TO REPORT OTHER THAN A FEW SPECKS OF LOW LEVEL STATIC IN A LINKING GROOVE / SILENT PASSAGE OR TWO

A DUST POP OR TWO

A VERY VERY CLEAN AND OUTSTANDING STEREO ALBUM

THIS EASILY GRADES EX++

THERE ARE LONG PATCHES OF MUSIC WHERE YOU CANNOT HEAR IT, AND THERE IS MORE ON SIDE TWO THAN SIDE ONE

THIS IS STILL A VERY ENJOYABLE LP TO LISTEN TO


I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS PLAY GRADE AS EX

 

THE SLEEVE

 

LAMINATED FRONT SURFACE, NON LAMINATED REAR WITH FLIPBACKS

GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE

THE FRONT SURFACE HAS A VERY GLOSSY LAMINATE WHICH HAS NO LIFT, PEEL OR FLAKE

THERE IS NO RING WEAR  JUST A LIGHT SHADOW OD RECORD SHAPE WHEN ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT

THERE ARE EIGHT SMALL PRESSURE LINES NEXT TO  THE SPINE. FOUR ALONG THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES, AND THREE THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE .

THE TOP EDGE HAS PERFECT LAMINATE WITH A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE RIGHT TIP ENDS

THE BOTTOM EDGE IS IDENTICAL

THE SPINE HAS PRISTINE LAMINATE AND TYPEFACE

THE OPENING EDGE IS  SHARP WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY SPECKS OF ROUGHNESS

THE REAR SURFACE HAS PERFECT FLIPBACKS, AND A VERY WHITE SURFACE. THERE IS A LIGHT SHADOW OF HANDLING TO THE OPENING EDGE



I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE EX+

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY


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