THE BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME" UK 1st PRESS STAMPS L 1 & L 2 CLEAN AUDIO
  £   113
  $   150

 


£ 113 Sold For
Oct 15, 2025 Sold Date
Oct 5, 2025 Start Date
18   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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THE BEATLES
"PLEASE PLEASE ME b/w ASK ME WHY" PARLOPHONE 45-R 4983
RELEASED 11th JANUARY 1963 AND ONLY AVAILABLE IN THIS FORMAT WITH RED LABELS FOR APPROX THREE WEEKS AS THE BLACK LABEL 45-R 4983 WAS INTRODUCED AT THE VERY END OF JANUARY MAKING THIS THE RAREST OF THE TWO RED LABLE BEATLES SINGLES THE OTHER BEING "LOVE ME DO"
STAMPERS     1        L           2         L
MATRICES       -1N                    -1N PT TAX CODE SIDE 1 CENTRE AND MPT RUN OUT GROOVES  
THE LABELS HAVE THE "MADE IN GT BRITAIN" TEXT TO BOTH SIDES WITH "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED" AND THE EXTRA . AFTER CO. IN "DICK JAMES MUSIC CO. LTD."  ALL OTHER COPIES OF THIS SHORT RUN RED LABEL PRESSING'S SHOW "DICK JAMES MUSIC CO LTD. "
VINYL RECORD HAS  AN UNUSUAL FINISH  TO THE SURFACES ITS GLOSSY BUT THE TRACKS SEEM MORE VISIBLE THAN NORMAL AND  THERE ARE SOME LIGHT HANDLING MARKS  NONE APPEAR FEELABLE AND RECORD PLAYS THROUGH ON BOTH SIDES WITH SOME LIGHT BACKGROUND NOISE ON THE INTRO'S BUT THE AUDIO PLAY BACK IS REALLY GREAT TO LISTEN TO
LABELS ARE CLEAN AND BRIGHT WITH ANY SPINDLE MARKS CONFINED TO THE RECORD CENTRES
THE LOVE ME DO SIDE HAS A SMALL LETTER 'A' IN THE CENTRE ,THE RECORD CAME FROM A DJ COLLECTION ORIGINALY APPARENTLY IT WAS A PRACTICE THEY HAD FOR VIEWING RECORDS IN POOR LIGHTING

RECORD COMES IN ITS ORIGINAL COLOURED WAVY SLEEVE AND IS IN NICE CLEAN CONDITIONWITH JUST A LITTLE AGE FADING TO THE OPENING EDGE

VERY RARE PRESSING 62 YEARS OLD NOW AND WAS ALWAYS HARD TO FIND EVEN HARDER TODAY AS MOST COPIES ARE IN COLLECTIONS


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