THE BEATLES 'PLEASE PLEASE ME' 1963 UK MONO FOURTH PRESS LP SUPERB EX CLEAR PLAY

	£		52
	$		69

FULL AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION BELOW BUT FIRST PLEASE NOTE:

FOR YOUR PEACE OF MIND AND TO ENABLE YOU TO PURCHASE WITH CONFIDENCE, BEFORE TESTING THE RECORD IS PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED USING A VPI MW-1 CYCLONE VACUUM RECORD CLEANER, I THEN TEST PLAY ALL TRACKS TO BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD ON A REGA RP1 TURNTABLE FITTED WITH AN RB101 TONEARM AND BIAS 2 CARTRIDGE THROUGH SONOS PLAY 5 SPEAKERS, FURTHER MORE I GRADE ALL RECORDS STRICTLY IN LINE WITH THE RECORD COLLECTOR RARE RECORD GUIDE GRADINGS AS FOLLOWS:

MINT: THE RECORD ITSELF IS IN BRAND NEW CONDITION WITH NO SURFACE MARKS OR DETERIORATION IN SOUND QUALITY, THE COVER AND ANY EXTRA ITEMS SUCH AS THE LYRIC SHEET BOOKLET OR POSTER ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION. RECORDS ADVERTISED AS SEALED OR UNPLAYED SHOULD BE MINT.

EXCELLENT: THE RECORDS SHOWS SOME SIGNS OF HAVING BEEN PLAYED, BUT THERE IS VERY LITTLE LESSENING IN THE SOUND QUALITY, THE COVER AND PACKAGING MIGHT HAVE SLIGHT WEAR AND/OR CREASING.

VERY GOOD: THE RECORD HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN PLAYED MANY TIMES, BUT DISPLAYS NO MAJOR DETERIORATION IN SOUND QUALITY, DESPITE NOTICEABLE SURFACE MARKS, AND THE OCCASIONAL LIGHT SCRATCH. NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR ON THE COVER OR EXTRA ITEMS, WITHOUT ANY MAJOR DEFECTS, IS ACCEPTABLE.

GOOD: THE RECORD HAS BEEN PLAYED SO MUCH THAT THE SOUND QUALITY HAS NOTICEABLY DETERIORATED, PERHAPS WITH SOME DISTORTION AND MILD SCRATCHES, THE COVER AND THE CONTENTS SUFFER FROM FOLDING, SCUFFING OF EDGES, SPINE SPLITS, DISCOLOURATION ETC.

FAIR: THE RECORD IS STILL JUST PLAYABLE BUT HAS NOT BEEN CARED FOR PROPERLY AND DISPLAYS CONSIDERABLE SURFACE NOISE; IT MAY EVEN JUMP, THE COVER AND CONTENTS WILL BE TORN, STAINED AND/OR DEFACED.

POOR: THE RECORD WILL NOT PLAY PROPERLY DUE TO SCRATCHES, BAD SURFACE NOISE ETC. THE COVER AND CONTENTS WILL BE BADLY DAMAGED OR PARTLY MISSING.

BAD: THE RECORD IS UN-PLAYABLE OR MIGHT EVEN BE BROKEN, AND IS ONLY OF USE AS A COLLECTION FILLER.

SUPERB CLEAN CLEAR PLAY TO WHAT IS A RELATIVELY RARE EARLIER MONO PRESS, TO PUT THIS INTO CONTEXT AS STATED IN THE RRG APPROX 25,000 OF THESE WERE PRESSED, THE FIFTH AND SIXTH MONO PRESSES IT IS STATED APPROX 184,000 AND 250,000 WERE PRESSED.

THIS EXAMPLE HAS CLEARLY NOT BEEN OVERPLAYED WITH CLEAN CLEAR PLAY TO BOTH SIDES WITH NO EVIDENCE OF GROOVE WEAR OR DETERIORATION WHATSOEVER AND ONLY LOW LEVEL STATIC AUDIBLE TO DEAD WAX AREAS AND QUIETER PASSAGES OF PLAY, WILL NOT DISAPPOINT, THE VINYL SURFACES RETAIN MUCH OF THE ORIGINAL DEEP GLOSS FACTORY SHEEN TO THE HEAVYWEIGHT QUALITY EARLY EMI VINYL OF THE TIME AND GROOVES REMAIN CLEARLY DEFINED AND BEAR NOTHING MORE THAN THE ODD FAINT HAIRLINE REMOVAL TYPE MARK, THE PARLOPHONE YELLOW AND BLACK LABELS ARE NR PRISTINE AND CLEAN WITH NO MARKS OR WRITING JUST 2 OR 3 FAINT SPINDLE TRAILS VISIBLE ON CLOSER SCRUTINY AND LITTLE IF ANY SPINDLE WEAR, STILL PRESENT IS THE ORIGINAL AND CORRECT SEPIA LINED DIE CUT EMITEX ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE AGAIN IN NR PRISTINE CONDITION LITTLE IN THE WAY OF AGEING OR INDEED HANDLING OR STORAGE, JUST LIGHT DISC IMPRESSION, AND CERTAINLY NO SPLITS OR TEARS, THE FRONT LAMINATED E. J. DAY TRI FOLD FLIP BACK SLEEVE HAS LIGHT STORAGE WEAR TO THE FRONT PANEL WITH A FAINT HANDWRITTEN NAME IN BLUE BIRO TO BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE SOME LIGHT SMALL AREAS OF SHELF WEAR WITH MINOR CORNER BUMPWEAR, THE OPENING EDGE HAS ONLY LIGHT WEAR AS DOES THE SPINE WITH THE TITLE TEXT STILL CLEAR AND READABLE, THE ONLY ISSUE TO THIS SET OVERALL IS THE REAR PANEL YOU WILL NO DOUBT SEE FROM THE PHOTOS, THE EDGES OF THE TOP AND BOTTOM LAMINATED FLIP BACKS HAVE STATED TO LIFT AT THE EDGES IN PLACES AND ARE STARTING TO WEAR, IN ADDITION TO SOME BIRO BRACKETS HANS DRAWN TO CREDITS, AS WELL AS GENERAL DISC WEAR AND AGE TONING, THE SLEEVE NOTES AND TRACK LISTING STILL ALL OF COURSE REMAIN CLEAR AND READABLE, THIS SHOULD NOT DIVERT AWAY FROM THE FACT THIS IS A FINE EARLY MONO PRESS EXAMPLE GETTING HARDER TO SOURCE AND IN SUPERB MIN PLAY CONDITION.

CAT No - PMC 1202

MATRIX No - XEX 421-1N/XEX 422-1N

STAMPERS - 2 MO/1 AM

SLEEVE - VG-

INNER SLEEVE - EX

LABELS - EX/EX

VINYL VISUAL - EX/EX

VINYL PLAY - EX/EX

AFTER PURCHASE:

THIS MONTH I AM LISTING MORE NEW TITLES ORIGINAL AND FIRST PRESS ALBUMS INCLUDING OTHER ORIGINAL BEATLES ALBUMS, SO WHY NOT TAKE A LOOK IN MY EBAY SHOP 

I carry out one postal run per week every Wednesday, providing cleared funds are released by Tuesday evening your item will be dispatched on time.

All records are carefully packaged in custom made sturdy mailers.

Please contact me if you wish for the added protection of insured or certified shipping and I will be happy to quote for this.

For further piece of mind I am pleased to offer offer the following refund policy:

I would very much like to retain, and indeed add to my 100% feedback rating so please In the unlikely event any purchaser of any item from me feels that the item is not as described and/or is unhappy with the item, provided I am advised of the issue within 7 days of receipt of the item I will refund in full with no arguments once I have received the item back. Please contact me for any issues that you have rather than just leave a negative rating, I am open and willing to sort any issues out to every ones satisfaction, again as a buyer for a long time myself I know how disappointing it can be if things are not as they appear once received, in addition if their is any item you wish to query or any aspect of the item you want more info on again contact me and I will be happy to answer any questions where I can. 

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