The Beatles PLEASE PLEASE ME UK LP 1ST Black/Gold 1G/1G

	£		310
	$		411

THE BEATLES -PLEASE PLEASE ME

• CAT PMC 1202
• MATRIX: XEX 421-1N / 422-1N 
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:1 G / 1 G
• E.J.DAY SLEEVE

I HAVE DECIDED TO SELL SOME OF MY OWN PERSONAL BEATLES COLLECTION. THESE ALBUMS THAT I WILL BE OFFERING UP FOR AUCTION OVER THE NEXT 10 DAYS OR SO HAVE SAT IN MY COLLECTION FOR YEARS AND IT HAS TAKEN ME MANY MANY YEARS TO GATHER THE BEST COPIES OF THESE RECORDS THAT I CAN FIND. THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE REGULARLY BOUGHT FROM ME WILL UNDERSTAND THAT I ONLY LIST RECORDS THAT ARE NEAR MINT OR MINT AND THAT IN THE MAIN INCLUDES ANY BEATLES ALBUMS THAT I LIST FROM TIME TO TIME. YOU CAN THEREFORE BE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT THESE ALBUMS THAT YOU WILL FIND UNDER MY NAME FOR THE NEXT TEN DAYS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION, AND WILL BE COPIES THAT ANY COLLECTOR WOULD BE PROUD TO OWN.

YOU MIGHT ASK WHY I AM SELLING. WELL FIRSTLY I AM NOT SELLING MY ENTIRE COLLECTION, AS I HAVE MANY PRESSES OF EACH TITLE, BUT I AM CHERRY PICKING SOME OF THE RARER AND MOST SOUGHT AFTER PRESSES BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING I WANT TO BUY THAT SELLING THESE GEMS WILL FUND.

THERE WILL BE SOME SUPERB COPIES UP FOR GRABS OVER THIS PERIOD WHICH WILL START TODAY AND CULMINATE ON TUESDAY 29TH WHEN I WILL BE LISTING MY MOST VALUABLE ALBUM THE BEATLES WHITE ALBUM 0000041 MONO. IF ANYONE WANTS TO MAKE ME A SENSIBLE OFFER ON THE WHITE ALBUM BEFORE I LIST IT THEN PLEASE FEEL FREE.

I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT THESE ALBUMS WILL BE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY POSSIBLE, AND THEREFORE I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE IF THE DESCRIPTIONS SOUND SIMILAR, IT'S REALLY BECAUSE THE RECORDS ALL ARE OF A SIMILAR QUALITY NEAR MINT OR MINT. I WILL OF COURSE DESCRIBE IN DETAIL THE SLEEVES, AND ANY MINOR DEFECTS THAT ARE VISIBLE.

SO GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOOSE TO GO FOR ANY OF THESE. I WILL BE SORRY TO PART WITH THEM, BUT AS I SAY I WANT SOMETHING ELSE THAT REQUIRES ME TO DO THIS.

This is a genuine 1G/1G first press Black and Gold Please please me, with the Dick James credits, changed to Northern Songs for the second pressing

THE RECORD

THE LABELS ARE IN EXTREMELY GOOD CONDITION. LOOK AT MOST ON EBAY AND YOU WILL SEE SIGNS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO THE DREADED AUTOCHANGER. THIS IS IN THE FORM OF SEVERE WHITE RING WEAR TO THE OUTER EDGE OF THE SPINDLE HOLE, WHICH IN MOST CASES SPREADS OUTWARD FROM THE HOLE AND COVERS A PORTION OF THE LABEL. HERE ON THIS COPY THERE IS NO SPINDLE HOLE WEAR WHATSOEVER.. THERE ARE NOT MANY SPIDER LINES EITHER WHICH INDICATES THE LP HAS NOT HAD THAT MANY PLAYS. THERE IS ONE NEAR INVISIBLE LIGHT SCRATCH ON SIDE TWO OF THE LABEL. THE GOLD LETTERING IS IN SUPERB CONDITION

THE SURFACE OF THE VINYL DOES HAVE LIGHT SURFACE  AND HANDLING MARKS WHICH IN THE MAIN ARE NON SOUNDING. IT IS NOT COVERED IN THESE AS SOME YOU WILL SEE ARE, BUT THERE ARE SOME FOR SURE. I SUSPECT THAT WHILST THE LP HAS NOT HAD THAT MUCH PLAY IT MAY HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE SLEEVE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THESE MARKS ARE NOT DEEP SCRATCHES I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT. I WOULD NOT HAVE IT IN MY COLLECTION IF THAT WAS THE CASE.

I AM OF THE OPINION THE RECORD HAS RECEIVED FEWER THAN 10 PLAYS

GENTLY LOWERING THE STYLUS ONTO SIDE ONE, THERE IS TOTAL RUN IN NEAR SILENCE!

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION WHATSOEVER TO ANY PART OF THE SOUND ON ANY TRACK OF THIS ALBUM, AND I WOULD HAVE NEVER HAD ANY ALBUM THAT SHOWED GROOVE WEAR IN MY COLLECTION. THIS OF COURSE WOULD HAVE BEEN OBTAINED IF THE RECORD HAD BEEN SUBJECTED TO A HEAVY OR WORN STYLUS.

THE ALBUM PLAYS BRILLIANTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES. NO FRYING BACON ANYWHERE ON EITHER SIDE.

EACH LINKING GROOVE ONCE AGAIN PROVES JUST HOW SPECIAL THIS ALBUM IS AS EACH TIME ONE TRACK ENDS THERE IS A NEAR SILENT GAP BETWEEN THE OLD AND NEW TRACK.

THERE IS SOME VERY VERY LIGHT STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND THROUGH THE QUIETEST PARTS OF THE ALBUM, AND SOME LIGHT POPS HERE AND THERE

THIS IS NOT A MINT COPY OF THIS ALBUM, BUT IT CERTAINLY WARRANTS AN EXCELLENT GRADE, AND I CAN PROMISE THE BUYER WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE QUALITY OF THIS ALBUM

THE SLEEVE

THE FRONT LAMINATED SURFACE OF THIS SLEEVE IS IN SUPER CONDITION. I CAN STATE THAT THERE ARE NO LARGE CREASES ANYWHERE AT ALL ON THIS SLEEVE. EVEN THE SMALL LAMINATE LINES USUALLY FOUND NEAR THE SPINE ARE CONFINED TO A TOTAL OF 3 NEAR INVISIBLE ONES. THERE IS ALSO NO RING WEAR. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF LIGHT THUMB LINES AS WELL.. THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE TOTALLY UNWORN, AND THE SPINE IS FLAT CLEAN AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE OPENING EDGE IS VERY VERY SHARP AND ADEQUATELY DEPICTS HOW FEW TIMES THE RECORD HAS ACTUALLY BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE.

THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION . THE FLIPBACKS ARE PERFECTLY STUCK DOWN ON THIS E.J.DAY COVER. FINALLY THE WHITE SURFACE IS VERY WHITE AND ONLY HAS SLIGHT HANDLING AGEING. CLEARLY THERE IS A NAME WRITTEN AT THE TOP OF THE SLEEVE

FULLY JUSTIFIES AN EXCELLENT PLUS GRADE

GOOD LUCK

GARRY