The Beatles Please Please Me UK PMC1202 Mono 1st Pressing Black Gold RARE

	£		102
	$		135

The Beatles Please Please Me UK PMC1202 Mono 1st Pressing Black Gold. 
LARGE MONO "Far right photo credit" EJ DAY sleeve Gold & Black Label (1st pressing with the Dick James credits) 
This copy comes with the original front-side laminated Ernest J. Day & Co flip-back sleeve with the Angus McBean photo credit placed in the bottom right corner on the front side. 
The vinyl has the extremely sought after 1st edition black labels with gold Parlophone logo and text and Dick James publishers credit for A1, A2, B4 & B5. Also included is an extremely rare Emitex inner sleeve with bold print and 'Patents applied for' text.
Serial number: PMC 1202 Matrix number: XEX 421 - 1N / XEX 422 - 1N Stamper codes: 1 GR / 1 GD Vinyl Weight: 165g
Visually the vinyl is OK. Several noticeable marks can be seen on both sides. There is a warp to one edge. The labels show signs of scuffing around the centre hole and the name 'PAT' can be seen on side 1. The front of the sleeve looks better than the reverse. The front retains a glossy finish with bright colours. There are several laminate ripples and some lift to the bottom edge. The rear has tape residue on three edge, signs of discolouration and an address written in ink. A section of flip-back is missing. It is still capable of comfortably holding a record. The spine, corners and edges show signs of storage wear.
The original polythene lined die-cut inner sleeve looks great. It is very clean, has minimal discolouration and shows only minor creasing. There are a couple of small tears to the open edge and the polythene lining has come unstuck on one side. 
Also included in the sale is an audiophile quality, anti-static inner sleeve to help protect and preserve the fantastic record.
Play tested 5/6/26: Side 1: No skips or jumps but has crackles and clicks and the warp gives background switch noise on the first few tracks.  Side 2: Same as side 1 except there are a couple of skips on one of the tracks: "Baby It's you". 

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GENERAL INFORMATION APPLICABLE TO ALL MY LISTINGS: ================================================== See pictures for condition of the sleeve, record(s) and labels. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Record comes in a clear polythene sleeve. The disk is in a brand new anti-static inner sleeve. The original inner is included too. (or at least the inner that came with the record when we acquired it - it may not be the original). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Record(s) has not been play tested UNLESS specifically mentioned above. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sold with NO RESERVE, LOW START PRICE. BID NOW TO GRAB A BARGAIN. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLEASE NOTE - COMBINED SHIPPING: I have now got no control over this as eBay now handles all the shipping labels, via it's "Simple Delivery" which is forced upon all my record listings. This is something I have no control over. For overseas, the shipping charge is out of my control and is handled by eBay's Global Shipping Program. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the Beatles items I am selling were catalogued by a family member who documented all the collection in a spreadsheet and the description above is from this original catalogue description, with any additional information we can add. If you think I have mis-described an item, please let me know and I will update the listing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is from a huge personal family collection of Beatles items which I will be listing and selling over the coming days, weeks, months, years. There is literally over 1,700 individual items in this collection, which has been assembled since the early 1960's, up until a few years ago. There are records, albums, singles, EP's. UK and overseas releases, Whole collections bought "as is" and some will be sold that way! Tapes, reel to reel, cassettes, 8-tracks, books, Films, DVDs, VHS, Toys, collectables, magazines. Pictures, photos, scrap books and more! Lots of copies of Red parlophone "Love me Do" and "Please Please Me". Fan Club Flexi-discs, Picture discs. Lots of solo lps and singles. There are Mono and a Stereo Black/Gold 1st Press copies of Please Please Me Album. The Stereo version is superb and highly sought after. There are also some rare 2nd and 3rd Pressings. There are also some fabulous condition examples of all of the other original UK albums. It is going to take us years to identify, list and sell all of this!