BEATLES PLEASE PLEASE ME BLACK AND GOLD MONO 1ST PRESS
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BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME"
ORIGINAL 1963 UK BLACK AND GOLD UK MONO 1ST PRESSING.
RELEASED MARCH 22 1963 "PLEASE PLEASE ME" WAS THE BEATLES FIRST UK ALBUM RELEASE.
THERE ARE TWO VERSIONS OF THE BLACK AND GOLD MONO, THE FIRST VERSION INCORRECTLY CREDITS FOUR TITLES TO DICK JAMES MUSIC COMPANY ON LATER ISSUES THIS WAS CHANGED TO THE CORRECT NORTHERN SONGS....
THE LABEL SWITCH OCCURRED BECAUSE NORTHERN SONGS WAS FORMED MIDWAY THROUGH EMI'S FIRST PRINT RUN OF THE LABELS. SHORTLY BEFORE THE ALBUM WAS RELEASED DICK JAMES INFORMED EMI THAT THE FOUR TITLES IN QUESTION WOULD NO LONGER BE PUBLISHED BY HIS COMPANY BUT BY NORTHERN SONGS. EMI THEN PRESSED ANOTHER, SMALL BATCH OF LABELS WITH THE UPDATED COPTRIGHT DETAILS. AS THE FIRST PRESSINGS WERE ALREADY IN THE WAREHOUSES AWAITING RELEASE BOTH VERSIONS ENDED UP BEING ISSUED TO THE SHOPS.
THIS COPY IS THE ORIGINAL 1ST ISSUE WITH TEH INCORRECT DICK JAMES CREDITS,
PMC 1202
XEX 421/2-1N-1N
THE BLACK AND GOLD LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION. LABELS DISPLAY SOME LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS AND A HINT OF VERY LIGHT SPINDLE "RUBBING" (NOT SEVERE). LABELS ARE HOWEVER EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND BRIGHT AND FREE FROM WRITING E.T.C. ALL THE GOLD LETTERING IS STILL CRISP AND VIVID AND FREE FROM RUBBING E.T.C..
THE GLOSSY HEAVY WEIGHT VINYL IS AGAIN EXCELLENT, HOWEVER IN KEEPING WITH A RECORD THAT HAS BEEN PLAYED IT DOES DISPLAY SOME LIGHT SURFACE MARKS AND THE ODD HAIRLINE, NONE ARE FEELABLE AND NONE ARE SEVERE AND SINCE THIS HEAVY WEIGHT VINYL CAN COPE WITH BEING PLAYED OVER AND OVER AGAIN NONE AFFECT AUDIO.
THE AUDIO IS NEAR FLAWLESS.... THERE MAY BE A HINT OF CRACKLE TO RUN IN/OFF GROOVES BUT APART FROM THAT THERE IS NO OTHER DISTORTION PRESENT. THE VINYL PLAYS THROUGH ON BOTH SIDES WITH NO SKIPS, JUMPS OF POPS AND THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO NEEDLE LIFT.
THE ORIGINAL EMITEX INNER IS SUPERB, IT HAS SOME LIGHT BUT EXPECTED CREASES BUT IS STILL CRISP AND VERY VERY WHITE, IT IS INTACT AND FREE FROM WRITING.
THE OUTER 1ST ISSUE E.J DAY SLEEVE (ANGUS MCBEAN CREDIT TO FAR RIGHT) IS EXCELLENT. IT DOES DISPALY SOME LIGHT CREASING TO THE FRONT AND SOME CORNER AND EDGE WEAR. THE REAR SHOWS SOME HANDLING MARKS (SEE PICTURE) AND THERE ARE SOME LIGHT CREASES EVIDENT TO THE SEAMS. THE SPINE IS STILL PERFECTLY RIGID AND THE SLEEVE IS INTACT AND FREE FROM WRITING AND STILL QUITE CLEAN.
IF THAT WASNT DESIRABLE ENOUGH THIS ALBUM ALSO COMES HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL AND ALSO RARE "NEMS" RED FLASHED SLEEVE. THESE RARE SLEEVES WHERE GIVEN WITH ANY ALBUM PURCHASED DIRECTLY FROM BRIAN EPSTEINS RECORD STORE IN LIVERPOOL. MOST DIDNT SURVIVE OR WHERE DISCARDED, THIS NEMS SLEEVE HAS SURVIVED REALLY WELL AND IS IN SUPERB CONDITION WITH JUST LIGHT BUT EXPECTED CREASES.
OVERALL A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS UK MONO 1ST ISSUE WHICH IS COMPLETE WITH ITS RARE ORIGINAL NEMS SLEEVE.
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