BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME" UK 1ST PRESSING RED LABEL
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BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME"
ORIGINAL 1963 UK 1ST PRESSING RED LABEL.
RELEASED JANUARY 11TH 1963 "PLEASE PLEASE ME" WAS THE BEATLES SECOND UK SINGLE RELEASE. HAVING HAD NO REAL SUCCESS WITH THEIR FIRST SINGLE "LOVE ME DO" , "PLEASE PLEASE ME" PROVED A HIT AND WENT TO NUMBER 1 IN THE U.K WHERE IT STAYED FOR TWO WEEKS...... AND THE REST AS THEY SAY IS NOW HISTORY.....
ORIGINAL 1ST ISSUES OF THIS SINGLE FEATURED THE SAME RED LABEL AS "LOVE ME DO" BUT A LABEL CHANGE HAD OCCURRED AND THE LABELS NOW CARRIED THE "MADE IN GT BRITAIN" TEXT.
R 4983
7XCE.17217-1N-1N
STAMPERS GD 1 GL2
MPT TAX CODE TO RUN OFF GROOVE.
"MADE IN GT BRITAIN" TEXT.
THE 1ST PRESSING RED PARLOPHONE LABELS ARE IN NEAR MINT CONDITION TO BOTH SIDES. WHEN CLOSELY INSPECTED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE ARE NO MORE THaN ONE OR TWO VERY LIGHT AND TINY SPINDLE TRAILS TO EITHER SIDE . THE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE BRIGHT, CLEAN AND FRESH AND FREE FROM ANY RING MARKS AND ALL THE SILVER LETTERING IS PERFECT WITH NO RUBBING. LABELS RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL VIBRANT RED COLOUR AND ARE OF COURSE FREE FROM ANY UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING..... TRULY SUPERB.
THE GLOSSY VINYL HAS CLEARLY ONLY RECEIVED A LIMITED NUMBER OF VERY CAREFUL PLAYS AND HAS BEEN CAREFULLY HANDLED OVER THE YEARS. AGAIN WHEN VIEWED UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THE VINYL DISPLAYS MOSTLY LIGHT AND TINY WISPY MARKS WHICH WILL HAVE MAINLY BEEN CAUSED BY THE VINYL BEING REMOVED FROM ITS SLEEVE,THESE ARE MINIMAL . THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO DISHING OR WARPING.
ONE CAREFUL PLAY REVEALS A FLAWLESS AUDIO... BOTH RUN IN/OFF GROOVES ARE SILENT AND THE AUDIO IS VIBRANT, CRISP AND CLEAR THROUHOUT WITH NO DISTORTION PRESENT TO EITHER SIDE.
HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL AND CORRECT MULTI-COLOURED "DIAMOND" SHAPED PARLOPHONE SLEEVE. THE SLEEVE IS COMPLETELY INTACT AND FREE FROM ANT WRITING. IT IS STILL QUITE CLEAN WITH SOME LIGHT AGE MARKS BUT ALL THE COLOURS ARE STILL BRIGHT AND FRESH.
OVERALL A TRULY STUNNING AND BARELY PLAYED EXAMPLE OF THIS VERY EARLY 1ST UK PRESSING, WHICH OFFERS 1ST STAMPS, STUNNING LABELS AND VINYL, MINT AUDIO AND THIS COPY HAS BEEN CAREFULLY STORED OVER THE YEARS WHICH HAS HELPED TO PRESERVE THIS IN ITS ORIGINAL AS NEW CONDITION.... THIS IS POSSIBLY THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THIS SINGLE WE HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE TO OFFER FOR SALE ANY WINNING BIDDER WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS ONE AND I DOUBT THIS WILL NEED UPGRADING!!
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