BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME" 1969 STEREO 1 BOX PRESS STAMPS 1 & 2
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THE BEATLES
"PLEASE PLEASE ME"
PARLOPHONE PCS 3042 STEREO PRESSING
RELEASED 1963 ( THIS PRESSING 1969) STAMPERS 2 MP 1 MG MATRICES YEX 94-1 YEX 95-1
WITH "THE GRAMOPHONE CO LTD" RIM TEXT AND NO "SOLD IN THE UK"
THE 1963 to 1969 STEREO PRESSING'S APPEAR TO BE THE MOST DESIRABLE FOR COLLECTORS THE BLACK AND GOLD STEREO FOR OBVIOUS REASONS ( A RARITY OF 900 COPIES SUPPOSEDLY ) AND THIS 1969 ONE BOX PRESSING AVAILABLE FROM AUGUST 1969 FOR APPROX 12 MONTHS MAKES THEM TWO OF THE RAREST STEREO PRESSINGS FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END OF THE 1960's ,ALTHOUGH ALL SIXTIES STEREO'S ARE COLLECTABLE
BY 1969 EMI PARLOPHONE HAD DROPPED THE STEREO DESIGNATION FROM THE SLEEVE AS ONLY STEREO WERE BEING PRESSED AND YOU COULD PLAY THE VINYL ON A MONO PLAYER , AT A LATER DATE DUE TO THE BEATLES HUGE SUCCESS AND FURTHER DEMAND MONO WAS REINTRODUCED SO THE SLEEVES WENT BACK TO MONO / STEREO DESIGNATIONS WHICH YOU WILL FIND ON LATER 1970's 1980's PRESSINGS
THE STEREO PRESSING ALSO HAS THE ANOMALY OF JOHN SINGING DIFFERENT WORDS IN ONE LINE OF "PLEASE PLEASE ME" WHICH IS DIFFERENT TO THE MONO VERSION HE SINGS "I KNOW I NEVER EVEN TRY GIRL" ON THE STEREO LP INSTEAD OF "I KNOW YOU NEVER EVEN TRY GIRL" ON THE MONO VERSION LP
THE SLEEVE HAS THE LAMINATED FOLDOVER SEAMS WHICH ALL THE SIXTIES SLEEVE CARRIED AND IS IN CLEAN CONDITION ALL THE TEXT IS LEGIBLE WITH SOME CREASING TO THE OPENING EDGE AND AROUND THE SEAMS ,THE REAR INNER PANEL IS ALSO CLEAN AND LEGIBLE WITH SOME FOXING TO THE EDGES AND STILL CARRIES THE "GARROD AND LOFTHOSE PATENTS PENDING " TEXT AT THE BOTTOM
THE ADVERTISING INNER IS ALSO IN CLEAN LEGIBLE CONDITION BUT AGAIN HAS SOME AGE FADING / FOXING TO THE EDGES
VINYL RECORD HAS THE ONE BOX EMI LABELS WHICH WERE ONLY AVAIABLE FOR A SHORT TIME APPROX 12 MONTHS AND WHEN EMI INTRODUCED THE 1970'S PRESSING THE FORMAT HAD CHANGED TO TWO EMI BOXES FROM THEN ON
RECORD STILL RETAINS A GLOSSY SHEEN TO THE SURFACES AND LOOKS NICE AND CLEAN IN NORMAL DAYLIGHT ,UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE ARE THE USUAL WHISPY HANDLING / LIGHT NEEDLE MARKS BUT NONE THAT APPEAR TO BE FEELABLE
THE RECORD PLAYS THROUGH ON BOTH SIDES WITHOUT ANY ILL EFFECTS BUT DOES HAVE THE ODD LIGHT POP AND CRACKLE ON SOME TRACKS IN THE QUIET MOMENTS
LABELS ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN AND THE CENTRE HOLE IS UNWORN
WE PLAY TEST ON A SIXTIES HI-FI SYSTEM SO YOU COULD GET A DIFFERENT RESPONSE ON MORE MODERN EQUIPMENT
A RARE FIND THESE DAYS ONE BOX STEREO PRESSINGS
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