The Beatles PLEASE PLEASE ME UK LP Decca Press MINT-

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THE BEATLES - PLEASE PLEASE ME

• PMC 1202
• MATRIX: XEX 421-1N / 422-1N
• RARE DECCA CONTRACT PRESS

I HAVE FOR OFFER THIS WEEK SOME ABSOLUTELY STAGGERING BEATLES LP'S. EACH ONE IS JUST MAGNIFICENT AND WILL NEVER EVER NEED TO BE UPGRADED. IN ADDITION THERE ARE 3 SUPER RARITIES. A LOUD CUT RUBBER SOUL, A VERY VERY LOW NUMBER BEATLES WHITE ALBUM, AND THIS SOUGHT AFTER DECCA CONTRACT PRESS.

I HAVE OFFERED MANY MANY BEATLES ALBUMS OVER THE 8 YEARS I HAVE BEEN DOING EBAY, BUT NEVER EVER HAVE I HAD A COLLECTION ALL TOGETHER THAT JUST DEFY THEIR AGES. I HAVE TEST PLAYED ALL OF THE LP'S AND CAN HONESTLY SAY I HAVE NEVER HEARD THEM SOUND ANY BETTER THAN THIS LOT. I WILL OF COURSE DESCRIBE EACH ONE IN DETAIL.

PLEASE PLEASE ME WHEN RELEASED IN 1963 SOLD SO MANY COPIES IN SUCH A QUICK TIME, THAT EMI HAD TO SEEK HELP FROM OTHER SOURCES TO HELP THEM MATCH THE DEMAND FROM THE PAYING PUBLIC. THEY TURNED TO DECCA WHO PRODUCED A LIMITED RUN OF PLEASE PLEASE ME TO ENSURE THE DEMANDS COULD BE MET. USING THE PARLOPHONE LABELS WAS ONE THING, BUT THE DECCA VINYL IS DIFFERENT TO THE EMI VINYL IN THAT IT HAS A DEEP GROOVE ABOUT 2 INCHES FROM THE SPINDLE HOLE RUNNING ROUND THE LABEL. SO YOU ENDED UP WITH A DECCA VINYL LOOKING LIKE A PARLOPHONE DISC. DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN BUT THE PICTURES WILL SHOW YOU WHAT I MEAN.

I WANT TO START WITH THE SLEEVE, WHICH IS A SUPER EXAMPLE OF THIS COVER. FIRSTLY IT IS MADE BY ERNEST J DAY AND CO LTD, MAKING IT ONE OF THE HEAVIER SLEEVES, BEFORE THE SWITCH TO GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS VERY VERY FLAT AND CLEAN AND TOTALLY FREE OF ANY HEAVY CREASES OR BENDS. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE, BUT VIRTUALLY INVISIBLE. THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE TOTALLY UNWORN, AND THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND FREE FROM ANY LAMINATE LOSS. AND NOW HERE IS THE FIRST SUGGESTION THAT THIS LP HAS HARDLY EVER BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE. THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND SHOWS NO SIGNS OF ANY FRAYING OR DAMAGE WHERE A THUMB NAIL MIGHT HAVE CAUGHT IT.

THE REAR SURFACE IS BEAUTIFULLY WHITE, WITH JUST A TOUCH OD AGEING WEAR TO THE WHITENESS. THE FLIPBACKS ARE NICELY STUCK IN PLACE , WITH JUST A COUPLE OF LITTLE NICKS TO THE VERY EDGES.

I AM PERFECTLY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE EXCELLENT PLUS.

THE ORIGINAL "USE EMITEX" INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED AND IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION

THE RECORD

STARTING WITH THE ALL IMPORTANT LABELS. AS MENTIONED THE GROOVE THAT RUNS AROUND THE INNER SECTION OF THE LABEL DEFINES THIS AS A DECCA ISSUE. NEXT AND IMPORTANTLY THERE IS NO SPINDLE HOLE WEAR AT ALL ON EITHER SIDE OF THE HOLE, AND THIS IS A FURTHER INDICATION THAT THE LP HAS NOT HAD MUCH PLAY, WHICH IS AMAZING WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ALBUMS OF ALL TIMES. TO FIND ON THAT HAS BEEN PROPERLY CARED FOR, AND ONLY EVER PLAYED ON HI FBI EQUIPMENT IS INDEED A RARITY. ALSO CAREFULLY EXAMINING THE LABEL FOR SPIDER LINES THERE ARE BUT 1-2, AND COLLECTORS OUT THERE WILL REALISE WHAT THIS MEANS, THAT THERE IS A HUGE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE LP HAS HAD FEWER THAN 3 PLAYS SINCE 1963. JUST AN AMAZING  SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT BROUGHT THIS COLLECTION TO THE FORE. PLEASE CHECK OUT THE OTHERS, BECAUSE IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO UPGRADE YOUR BEATLES COLLECTION THEN YOU WILL NEVER EVER GET A BETTER OPPORTUNITY THAN WITH THESE ALBUMS.

ONE SIDE OF THE LABEL HAS A DARKER PATCH ON THE TOP HALF, BUT I HAVE EXAMINED IT VERY CLOSELY AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO IT BY MAN, SO I CAN ONLY ASSUME IT WAS PRESSES THIS WAS, PARTICULARLY AS THE YELLOW PARLOPHONE LOGO THAT STRETCHES ACROSS IT IS UNBLEMISHED. WEIRD, BUT THERE IT IS

THE VINYL GLEAMS LIKE A BRAND NEW ALBUM, AND I CAN SAY WITHOUT ANY FEAR THAT UNDER NORMAL LIGHT THERE IS NOT ONE BLEMISH ANYWHERE, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION IT GETS NO WORSE. IT LOOKS MINT, AND I AM CONVINCED IT WILL PLAY MINT.

GENTLY LOWERING THE STYLUS ONTO SIDE ONE

SILENCE!!!

THE RUN IN GROOVE HAS NO BACKGROUND NOISE WHATSOEVER !

THE OPENING BARS TO I SAW HERE STANDING THERE BURSTS OUT IN CRYSTAL CLEAR MONO SOUND, AND AS I PUSH THE VOLUME RIGHT UP, THERE IS NOT ONE HINT OF DISTORTION, SOME THING THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A WORN OR TOO HEAVY STYLUS BEING USED ON THE DISC. THERE IS NOT ONE JOT OF BACKGROUND ANYWHERE AT ALL. NO CLICKS, NO POPS, NO CRACKLES OR EVEN ANY STATIC. THE LINKING GROOVES TO EACH TRACK ARE TOTALLY SILENT, AND EVEN THE RUN OUT GROOVE ON EACH SIDE IS SILENT. SIDE 2 IS EXACTLY THE SAME, AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY I HAVE NEVER EVER HEARD A BETTER EXAMPLE OF THIS ALBUM.

I SAY THIS WITH NO FEAR OF CONTRADICTION "THIS VINYL WILL NEVER EVER NEED UPGRADING, AND I BELIEVE IT TO BE THE FINEST EXAMPLE OF PLEASE PLEASE ME OUT THERE ON THE MARKET.

IT PLAYS MINT WITHOUT A DOUBT, AND I AM PREPARED TO OFFER A FULL REFUND IF THE BUYER DOES NOT AGREE (UPON SAFE RETURN OF THE RECORD)

IT IS RARE IN THIS DAY AND AGE TO REALLY FIND SOMETHING THIS SO FANTASTIC TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THE COLLECTOR, AND THE TEMPTATION TO ADD IT TO MY ALREADY BULGING BEATLES COLLECTION IN IMMENSE.

SO I WILL SIGN OFF BY SAYING THAT YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT THE OTHER MAGNIFICENT LP'S THAT I AM OFFERING THIS WEEK. THEY SHOULD ALL BE UP BY THURSDAY, AND I MAY ONLY GET A COUPLE ON EACH DAY. BUT I ASSURE YOU THEY WILL BE WORTH THE WAIT. IN PARTICULAR THE BEATLES WHITE ALBUM MONO LOW NUMBER WHICH IS JUST MAGNIFICENT

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

REGARDS

GARRY