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Vinyl: BEATLES Please Please Me LP 1963 BLACK & GOLD MONO 1st Press! DICK JAMES! RAREST VERSION EVER! DUAL CREDITS! AMAZING RARITY!
Hello! Please note, that this auction will end on late Tuesday February 6th UK time. Of course, I usually end my auctions on Sundays. However, as I have a large amount of AWESOME extra LPs, I will be doing 2 AMAZING sets of listings this week!!!! So don't forget to check back before Tuesday February 6th UK time - to see some incredible items! Please read on about this AMAZING item below, and GOOD LUCK if you decide to bid:-
On offer here is an ORIGINAL Black & Gold MONO UK 1963 1st Pressing called "Please Please Me" by The Beatles, on the 1st Press Black & Gold Parlophone labels!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!! THIS WAS THE BEATLES FIRST & RAREST LP EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!! JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!! IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT LPs ON THE PARLOPHONE LABEL, AND IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!! BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL - IS THAT IT IS A 100% GENIUNE UK 1ST PRESSING ON THE ULTRA RARE BLACK & GOLD PARLOPHONE LABEL - AND IS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE!!!! AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!! AND NATURALLY AS THIS LP IS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE - IT HAS ALL THE CORRECT (AND ULTRA RARE!) 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS CHARACTERISTICS!!!! FIRSTLY THIS LP HAS 1ST PRESS 'DICK JAMES' CREDITS!!!! SECONDLY THE MATRIXES ARE THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESS MATRIXES - BEING XEX 421-1N & XEX 422-1N (LATER ONES DONT!)!!!! 3RD THE 'EMITEX' INNER SLEEVE IS 'POLY LINED' AND HAS 'PATENTS APPLIED FOR' TEXT IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER (LATER ONES DONT!)!!!! AND LASTLY & MOST IMPORTANTLY THE MOTHER & STAMPER CODINGS ARE ONE OF THE VERY EARLIEST EVER USED - BEING '1/T & '1/H'!!!! AND INCREDIBLY, THIS MAKES THIS LP ONE OF THE EARLIEST & RAREST 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE!!!! AND THESE ULTRA RARE '1/T' & '1/H' MOTHER & STAMPER CODINGS VERY CLEARLY SHOW THAT THIS LP WAS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE (WAY BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE!), AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST 2100 COPIES EVER MADE!!!! SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS AMAZING LP EVER MADE!!!!
BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP EVEN RARER STILL - IS THAT THIS LP IS THE ALL TIME RAREST BLACK & GOLD 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - WITH ONLY A FEW HUNDRED COPIES EVER BEING MADE LIKE THIS ONE!!!! FIRSTLY IT HAS A 'GROOVED' LABEL TO THE SIDE 2 LABEL (MOST DID NOT!). AND SECONDLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY - IT HAS 'DUAL LABEL CREDITS'!!!! INCREDIBLY THE SIDE 1 LABEL HAS 'DICK JAMES' CREDITS, WHILST THE SIDE 2 LABEL HAS 'NORTHERN SONGS' CREDITS ASWELL!!!! BARELY ANY 1ST PRESSINGS EXIST WITH 'DUAL LABEL CREDITS' AND THEY TRULY ARE THE RAREST OF THE RARE!!!! QUITE LITERALLY ONLY A FEW HUNDRED COPIES WERE EVER MADE LIKE THIS ONE - AND IT IS VERY WELL DOCUMENTED, THAT THIS IS THE ALL TIME RAREST AND MOST DESIRABLE 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE (BECAUSE BARELY ANY EXIST!)!!!!
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THIS LP IS IN GREAT CONDITION - WITH AN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT COVER, A SUPERB INNER SLEEVE, VERY NICE UNFADED 'GOLD PRINT', AND A VERY BRIGHT & SHINY LOOKING RECORD!!!! JUST LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!! IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THE 'ANGUS McBEAN' CREDIT IS IN THE STANDARD POSITION IN THE BOTTOM FAR RIGHT CORNER (SEE PICTURES). THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1963 UK MONO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS BLACK & GOLD PARLOPHONE LABELS, 1ST PRESS 'DICK JAMES' LABEL CREDITS, RAREST POSSIBLE 1ST PRESS 'DUAL LABEL CREDITS', 1ST PRESS 'PARLOPHONE COMPANY' LABEL EDGE TEXT, 1ST PRESS 'PATENT APPLIED FOR' EMITEX 'POLY LINED' INNER SLEEVE, 1ST PRESS 1N/1N MATRIXES, AND 'E.J.DAY' FLIPBACK LAMINATED MONO COVER (WITH 'ANGUS McBEAN' CREDIT IN THE STANDARD POSITION IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER)!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!! This is the ORIGINAL UK MONO 1st Pressing from 1963, and is in GREAT condition!!!! The matrix numbers are XEX 421-1N & XEX 422-1N!!!! The Cat. No is PMC 1202 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Black & Gold Parlophone label (see picture) and is a UK MONO 1st Pressing!!!! All the tracks are Pure quality Beatles at their best!!!! Any fan of The Beatles, or 60s music in general, will want to have this in their collection - especially in this condition!!!!
The record labels (see pictures) have NO writing, NO sticker marks, VERY nice unfaded Gold Print, NO sticker tears, some 'touched in' wear around the centre holes, NO annotations, and only some spindle markings to either label!!!! A VERY NICE SET OF BLACK & GOLD LABELS INDEED!!!! The vinyl is in GREAT condition!!!! Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO nasty concentric marks AT ALL, NO scufflines, only 2 or 3 VERY small hairline type marks (NOT feelable with a fingertip!), NO nasty 'tick' marks AT ALL, only a few VERY light hairlines, only 2 or 3 ULTRA faint 'bag sweat' traces, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!! THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK!!!! It is great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO skips, only a few VERY light clicks (though mostly NONE!), NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!! There is some background sound on this record - but the music is VERY loud and punchy and this is lost WAY behind it!!!! The record must grade Very Good(Minus) (PROPERLY graded, NOT trashed!) if not Very Good - and is still a very VERY decent record indeed!!!! The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Patents Applied For' Emitex 'Poly Lined' inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!! The 'E.J.Day' Flipback Laminated Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!! It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear (SUPERB flat & straight spine with PERFECT side words!), only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), NO rips, NO tears, only some VERY minor evidence of 'tipping in' to the bottom corners, NO stickers, NO splits, only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking!), VERY shiny laminate, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!! The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!! Even the unlaminated back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, NO residue marks, VERY nice flipbacks (NO damage AT ALL!), NO flipback loss AT ALL, NO ringwear, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL (virtually NONE!), and NO writing!!!! The cover must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!! BRILLIANT COVER!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE (ESPECIALLY AS THE RAREST POSSIBLE 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!
TAKE A LOOK AT PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE Beatles LP!!!! THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1963 UK BLACK & GOLD MONO 1ST PRESSING OF "PLEASE PLEASE ME" BY THE BEATLES, IN GREAT CONDITION!!!! Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. Postal discounts for multiple buys are always available - and I guarantee to ALWAYS undercharge on postage! Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!--ooOOoo--
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On 05-Feb-18 at 23:04:56 GMT, seller added the following information:
I have had a few questions regarding the position of the Angus McBean credit on the cover. Well I thought this was clear enough in the pictures plus I mentioned it clearly twice in the description! But for those who want to know - it starts at the beginning of the 'S' in Songs (some start at the end some start at the beginning and some start in a different position altogether - this one is at the beginning). I have been very very clear on this fact, and I hope this clears everything up.