The Beatles Please Please Me 1st Stereo Gold Parlophone PCS 3042 UK
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The Beatles Please Please Me 1st Stereo Gold Parlophone PCS 3042 UK
THE BEATLES "PLEASE PLEASE ME"
VERY VERY FIRST UK GOLD - STEREO PRESS with " DICK JAMES " Credits
The Parlophone STEREO GOLD label is the First Ever STEREO OF THEM ALL..THIS IS THE ONE.
THIS IS WITHOUT DOUBT ONE OF THE MOST FABLED AND DESIRED OF ALL THE BEATLES' VINYL!.
WITH VERY FEW OF THESE RELEASED WITH THIS LABEL, IT IS USUALLY A STARTING POINT FOR ANY SERIOUS COLLECTOR.
ORIGINAL EARLY UK GOLD LP'S ARE ALWAYS SOUGHT AFTER (AND THEREFORE QUITE EXPENSIVE) AS SO FEW WERE PRESSED. THIS ONE IS FROM THE VERY VERY FIRST BATCH PRESSED WITH THE FIRST EVER STAMPERS.
PCS 3402
YEX 94/95-1-1
STAMPERS: 1G on side one & 1R on side two
FOR A MORE DETAILED NOTE ON THIS PLEASE SEE http://www.beatlebay.co.uk/stereo.html
THE HEAVY WEIGHT VINYL IS LOVELY AND LOOKS WELL PLAYED!
AS CAN BE SEEN, IT DOES HAVE QUITE A FEW VERY LIGHT PAPER MARKS AND OCCASIONAL LIGHT SCUFFING WHERE IT HAS LIVED WITHOUT IT'S SLEEVE FOR A WHILE, BUT AMAZINGALLY NO DEEP OR FEELABLE SCRATCHES AND PLAYS ABSOLUTELY FINE WITH NO JUMPS OR STICKS, AND APART FROM THE USUAL STATIC & OCCASIONAL POP BETWEEN TRACKS WHICH MAY DISAPEAR WITH A PLAY THROUGH OR TWO, IS VERY ENJOYABLE TO LISTEN TO.
THE GLOSSY VINYL IS PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING AND NO WRITING ETC.
ON LISTENING TO THIS, IT SOUNDS GREAT, AS DO THE BEATLES THEMSELVES, AND EVEN THOUGH I DO MAKE A POINT OF LISTENING TO ALL OR MOST THAT I LIST, I PLAY VERY CAREFULLY ON A CORRECTLY SET UP REGA PLANAR 3 (ie,GOOD RECORD PLAYER). THE AUDIO IS AS CLEAR AND VIBRANT AS WHEN IT WAS FIRST PRESSED NEARLY 50 YEARS AGO. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO GRADE AS AN EASY VG- TO VG AS THERE IS SOME CRACKLE THOUGH DOESN'T GET IN THE WAY OF THE MUSIC AT ALL.
THE CORRECT " E J DAY" GOLD SLEEVE IS ABOVE AVERAGE AND WERE NOTORIOUS FOR GRADUALLY FALLING TO PIECES AS THEY WERE SO FRAGILE. THIS ONE IS STILL PRESENTABLE AND WOULD FRAME WELL.
THE EMITEX "MADE IN ENGLAND" INNER IS PRESENT AND IS IN AN EXCELLENT SUPERB CONDITION ALSO WITH THE FIRST "PATENTS APPLIED FOR" WORDING.
WITH ONLY A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF COPIES TO HAVE BEEN PRODUCED AT THE VERY BEGINNING, THESE GOLD ALBUMS WERE USUALLY ALWAYS PLAYED TO DEATH BY 1964!.
FINDING ONE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION OR HIGHER IS BECOMING MORE DIFFICULT AND THIS PARTICULAR COPY IS IN A COLLECTABLE SHAPE. THIS HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN WELL PLAYED, BUT BECAUSE RECORDS WERE MADE SO WELL IN THOSE DAYS, THIS STILL SOUNDS FANTASTIC.
THE GOLD LABELS ARE CLEAR AND BRIGHT WITH JUST A BIT OF SCUFFING AROUND THE EDGES AND A FEW AGE MARKS WHICH CAN BE SEEN IN THE PHOTOS THOUGH THANKFULLY THERE IS NO WRITING OR INITIALS!
THOUGH NOT MINT (£14K+),THESE ARE ALWAYS ON THE WISH LIST AND THEREFORE DEMAND FOR ANY COPY IS HIGH. THIS MAYBE A CHANCE TO GET A MORE AFFORDABLE COPY AS I'VE PUT IT AS A 99P LISTING.
THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE ONE OF THE MOST COLLECTABLE BEATLES ALBUM OF ALL TIME.
Would prefer pick up, but will ship internationally. FedEx Insured Shipping costs to some parts of the world vary a lot, so I may ask for additional postage to the £4 quoted but will only be what it costs to send etc.
Usual methods, but will accept time payments for some of the bigger things. Please ask.
Shipping by FedEx Insured, Tracked Intl Priority when available.
I accept returns for all things except where stated clearly. Thank you
I am and have always considered myself a Beatlefreak and collector. I am not a dealer, but have many treasures I've collected over the years that I have now decided to part with.
beatlebay.co.uk@googlemail.com
On 21-Nov-12 at 22:11:50 GMT, seller added the following information:
