The Beatles PLEASE PLEASE ME * STEREO ONE BOX EMI 1969* PLAYS EXCELLENT PLUS

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THE BEATLES - PLEASE PLEASE ME

 1969 ONE BOX EMI LABEL IN 'STEREO'

PLAYS EXCELLENT PLUS

EXCELLENT PLUS  SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE: PARLOPHONE PCS 3042
• MATRIX:YEX 94 / 95-1
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:2 MP / 1 MG
• GRAMOPHONE CO RIM WORDING - FIRST PRESS INDICATOR
• NO SOLD IN THE UK STATEMENT -
• ONE BOX EMI LABEL
• CORRECT FIRST ISSUE ANGUS MCBEAN PLACEMENT

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE ORIGINAL BLACK AND SILVER LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION . THE JET BLACK BASE COLOUR IS RICH AND VIBRANT AND FULLY STRETCHES INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE.

THE SILVER TYPEFACE IS PRISTINE AND UNRUBBED, AND THERE ARE JUST 4-5 SMALL SPIDER LINES NEXT TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING THAT THIS 1969 VINYL HAS BARELY BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE

THE VINYL

ROCK SOLID HEAVYWEIGHT DISC THAT HAS KEPT ALL OF THE ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LUSTRE.IN DAYLIGHT THE VINYL LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS,  UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE SOME WISPY HAIRLINES AND SOME ULTRA FINE SURFACE HANDLING LINES

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED ALL OF THE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR IN FULL WHAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING BIDDING ON. A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS.

THIS STEREO  PRESS PLAYS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES. I AM JUST BLOWN AWAY BY THE SUPERB SOUND GENERATED BY THIS DISC. IT IS TO ME AS CLEAR AS THE ORIGINAL 1963 FIRST PRESSES 

I GUARANTEE THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION TO THE MAGNIFICENT STEREO REPRODUCTION AT ANY POINT, NOT EVEN ON THE VULNERABLE 'ANNA' NOTHING IT'S JUST REALLY CLEAN AND CRISP ALL THE WAY THROUGH

THERE IS NO HEAVY CRACKLING, NOR ARE THERE ANY LOUD CLICKS ANYWHERE

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE , BUT YOU WILL HEAR SOME LOW LEVEL STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND ON OCCASION

THERE ARE ALSO SOME RANDOM LITTLE DUST POPS AND STATIC TICS

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS EXCELLENT PLUS

PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

 THE SLEEVE

THERE ARE SIX SMALL LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE,THREE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, SEVEN ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE AND A THUMB LINE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE FOUR CORNER TIPS HAVE THE LIGHTEST BIT OF RUBBING TO EACH WITH THE LAMINATE RUBBED FROM THE ABSOLUTE TIP ENDS, BUT UNUSUALLY NO TEARS OR SPLITS TO ANY OF THE CORNERS.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE THE LAMINATE FULLY PROTECTING THEM APART FROM THE TIPS AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED TIPS

THE SPINE IS   PRISTINE!!!  TOTALLY UNSQUASHED. ALL OF THE LAMINATE PERFECTLY INTACT. EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP AND SHOWS JUST THE TINIEST SPECK OF BURRING TO THE FRONT EDGE

TURNING THE SLEEVE OVER REVEALS A STILL REALLY WHITE EXAMPLE OF THIS REAR SURFACE. YOU KNOW THAT MOST ARE BATTERED AND STAINED, AND HAVE TORN FLIPBACKS. BUT THIS ONE IS WAY BETTER THAN MOST

IT IS STILL VERY WHITE WITH JUST SOME LIGHT HANDLING TO THE OPENING EDGE, AND A VERY VERY LIGHT SHADOW OF AGEING TO THE WHITENESS OVERALL.

EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECT, AND THERE IS NO RUBBING TO THE REAR SURFACE AT ALL. THE FLIPBACKS ARE ALL STILL PERFECTLY ADHERED, NO TEARS OR SPLITS,

THIS IS THE GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE PATENTS PENDING SLEEVE AS DENOTED ON THE BOTTOM FLIPBACK

THE ORIGINAL EMI ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. STILL TOTALLY FLAT AND UNCREASED AND NO SPLITS TO ANY OF THE SEAMS

I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THIS SLEEVE GRADES  EXCELLENT PLUS

MY BEST WISHES AND GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT