THE BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME" ORIGINAL 1963 STEREO E.J.DAY SLEEVE (SLEEVE ONLY)
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THIS AUCTION IS FOR A RARE 1963 "PLEASE PLEASE ME" STEREO SLEEVE (THE SLEEVE ONLY)
ON MARCH 22nd 1963 PARLOPHONE PMC 1202 "PLEASE PLEASE ME" WAS RELEASED IN MONO ONLY
ON APRIL 26th 1963 PARLOPHONE PCS 3042 "PLEASE PLEASE ME" WAS RELEASED IN STEREO
THE FIRST STEREO SLEEVES WERE PRINTED BY 'Ernest J. Day & Co Ltd London' or E.J.DAY AS WE KNOW THEM AS TODAY
TWO VERSIONS WERE ISSUED WITH LARGE 'STEREO' ON THE FRONT ,BOTH WITH LAMINATED FRONTS AND FOLDOVER SEAMS WITH PRINTERS CREDIT ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT REAR SEAM
ON THE FRONT COVER THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE SLEEVE HAD THE PHOTOGRAPH CREDIT 'Angus McBean' PRINTED TO THE FAR RIGHT OF THE SLEEVE USUALLY WITHIN 5mm OF THE OPENING EDGE
THE SECOND ISSUE (WHICH THIS IS ) HAS THE 'Angus McBean' CREDIT WITH THE 'A' IN Angus UNDER THE 'S' IN SONGS ABOVE IT
THE FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE WAS USUALLY FOUND WITH THE BLACK AND GOLD LABEL STEREO PRESSINGS
THE SECOND ISSUE NORMALLY WITH THE FIRST YELLOW AND BLACK LABEL PRESSINGS BUT THEY ARE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN MIXED UP
SLEEVE FRONT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION FLAT AND CLEAN WITH SOME LIGHT EDGE CREASES AND SMALL CORNER BUMPS
SLEEVE REAR DOES HAVE THE ODD LIGHT STAIN / FOXING TO THE WHITE INNER PANEL AND AN ATTEMPTED REPAIR TO THE TOP RIGHT FOLDOVER SEAM
ALTHOUGH THERE ARE PROJECTED NUMBERS FOR THE MONO VERSION OF THIS SLEEVE APPROX 25,000 THERE APPEAR TO NONE FOR THE STEREO ,RECORDS SHOW THAT STEREO SALES AT THE TIME ACCOUNTED FOR 10% OF THE MARKET SO ESTIMATES FOR THIS ALBUM SLEEVE WOULD BE ABOUT 2,500
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