BEATLES "LOVE ME DO" UK 1ST PRESSING RED LABEL SUPERB
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BEATLES "LOVE ME DO"
ORIGINAL 1962 UK RED LABEL 1ST PRESSING.
RELEASED OCTOBER 5TH 1962 "LOVE ME DO" WAS THE BEATLES FIRST UK SINGLE RELEASE. IT ONLY REACHED A HIGH OF NUMBER 27 IN THE UK CHARTS AND WAS ONLY IN THE CHARTS FOR ONE WEEK!
THIS FABULOUS COPY CARRIES THE EARLY MPZT TAX CODE, DOES NOT CARRY THE "MADE IN GT BRITAIN" TEXT TO THE LABELS AND FEATURES EARLY STAMPERS, ALSO TO SIDE ONE THE VINYL CARRIES "AD" STAMPER LETTERS WHICH HAVE BEEN CROSSED OUT AND REPLACED WITH "GO" LETTERS
45-R 4949
7XCE.17144/5-1N-1N
STAMPERS G0 1 GD 1 (AD CROOSED OUT TO SIDE ONE)
MPZT TAX CODE
NO "MADE IN GT BRITAIN" TEXT
THE RED PUSH-OUT CENTRE LABELS ARE IN STUNNING CONDITION TO BOTH SIDES. VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE APPEARS TO BE NO MORE THAN THREE OR FOUR VERY TINY AND LIGHT LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO EITHER SIDE. ALL WORDING IS STILL BRIGHT AND CRISP WITH NO RUBING MARKS E.T.C., THE SILVER TEXT IS PERFECT AND UNSPOILT AND THE BRIGHT RED BASE COLOUR IS STILL VERY VIVID. LABELS DO NOT CARRY "MADE IN GT BRITAIN" TEXT....
THE GLOSSY VINYL IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED YET DESPITE THIS THE INYL CARRIES JUST LIGHT AND WISPY SURFACE MARKS AND THE ODD VERY LIGHT AND MINOR NEEDLE MARK BUT CERTAINLY NOTHING SERIOUS. THIS BEAUTIFUL VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO BLEMISHES OR OTHER IMPERFECTIONS.
AUDIO IS SUPERB, THERE IS SOME MILD CRACKLE EVIDENT TO BOTH RUN IN/OFF GROOVES BUT NOTHING THAT INTERFERES WITH LISTENING ENJOYMENT. THE VINYL PLAYS THROUGH PERFECTLY WITH NO DISTORTION PRESENT AND CERTAINLY NO POPS, STICKS OR JUMPS.
HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL AND RARER TYPE "B" PARLOPHONE SLEEVE (WITH JUST THE LARGER BOXED LOGO TO ONE SIDE) THE SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION. IT DISPLAYS VERY LITTLE SIGNS OF AGE OR HANDLING.
OVERALL SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS VERY 1ST AND EARLY BEATLES UK RELEASE. WHICH OFFERS VERY EARLY ISSUE STAMPERS AND TAX CODE, STUNNING LABLES AND VINYL .... A REALLY GREAT COPY !!
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