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WE HAVE A 100 POSITIVE FEEDBACK RATING AND A 100 TRACK RECORD OF OFFERING GREAT PRODUCTS, SERVICE, COMMUNICATION AND DELIVERY GUARANTEED THE BEATLES - PLEASE PLEASE MEOriginal 1963 MONO UK 1st PRESSING with GOLD Parlophone Labels and Rare E J Day Cover.
This is an exceptional pressing of Please Please Me in very clean condition that plays brilliantly from start to finish.
There is virtually no static to report anywhere on this record, and that is unbelievably rare for any vinyl, let along one that s fifty years old.
This is without doubt one of the rarest and most sought after record in the world.
The first ever Beatles album with only extremely small amounts pressed, it is no surprise that collectors and Beatles fans all over the world want this record in their collection.
This is an extremely unusual vinyl as it has a rim pressing on Label two and not on the Label on side one, making it a unique pressing of this ultimate rarity Great Playing Record Great Cover.
Original UK PRESS GOLD Parlophone Labels CAT NO:....
Mono - PMC 1202 LABEL PRESS DETAILS: This is an original 1st Ever Stereo 1963 issue of the Holy Grail of record collecting GOLD label, in great condition, with The Parlophone Co.
Ltd.
printed on the rim print and Z T Tax credits.
No Recording first published 1963 statement and Credited: Dick James Music Co.
With No Sold in the U.K.
statement.
These points confirm it is an original 1963 pressing of the 1st GOLD label that has the 33 1/3 text next to the Catalogue number.
1st GOLD MONO 1 N / 1 N Matrix version, MADE IN GT BRITAIN.
MATRIX NOs.
ON RUN-OUT GROOVE Side 1: XEX 421 - 1 N Side 2: XEX 422 - 1 N MOTHER STAMPERS: Side 1.
1 L Side 2.
1 H TRACK LISTING Side 1 I SAW HER STANDING THERE, MISERY, ANNA, CHAINS, BOYS, ASK ME WHY, PLEASE PLEASE ME.
Side 2 LOVE ME DO, PS I LOVE YOU, BABY IT S YOU, DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET, A TASTE OF HONEY, THERE S A PLACE, TWIST AND SHOUT.
An exceptional pressing in very clean condition that plays great from start to finish.
Original 1963 rare GOLD pressing of one of The Beatles most sought after LP s.
Please Please Me is the debut album by The Beatles.
Parlophone rush-released the album on 22 March 1963 in the United Kingdom to capitalise on the success of singles Please Please Me , which went to number one on most lists.
Of the album s fourteen songs, eight were written by Lennon/McCartney, early evidence of what Rolling Stone later called their invention of the idea of the self-contained rock band, writing their own hits and playing their own instruments.
On Monday, 11 February 1963, The Beatles and George Martin started recording what was essentially their live act in 1963, and finished 585 minutes later 9 hours and 45 minutes .
In three sessions that day each lasting approximately three hours they produced an authentic representation of the band s Cavern Club-era sound, with very few overdubs and edits.
Optimistically, only two sessions were originally booked by Martin, with the evening session added later.
George Martin initially contemplated recording the album live at the Cavern in front of the group s home audience and visited the Liverpool club on 9 December 1962 to consider the technicalities.
When time constraints intervened, he decided to book them at EMI Studios in Abbey Road instead and record them virtually live.
Martin said, It was a straightforward performance of their stage repertoire a broadcast, more or less.
The day ended with a cover of Twist and Shout , which had to be recorded last because John Lennon had a particularly bad cold and Martin feared the throat-shredding vocal would ruin Lennon s voice for the day.
This performance, captured first take, and generally regarded as a classic, prompted Martin to say: I don t know how they do it.
We ve been recording all day but the longer we go on the better they get.
The song Hold Me Tight was recorded during these sessions, but was surplus to requirements and not included on the album.
Hold Me Tight was recorded again on 12 September 1963 for With The Beatles.
The whole day s session cost around 400.
George Martin said: There wasn t a lot of money at Parlophone.
I was working to an annual budget of 55,000.
This budget had to cover all of the artists on Martin s roster.
Individually, under a contract with the Musicians Union, each Beatle collected a seven pounds and ten shillings 7.50 session fee for each three hour session.
George Martin, a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, thought that it might be good publicity for the zoo to have The Beatles pose outside the insect house for the cover photography of the album.
However, the Zoological Society of London turned down Martin s offer, and instead, Angus McBean was asked to take the distinctive colour photograph of the group looking down over the stairwell inside EMI s London headquarters in Manchester Square.
Martin was to write later: We rang up the legendary theatre photographer Angus McBean, and bingo, he came round and did it there and then.
It was done in an almighty rush, like the music.
Thereafter, though, The Beatles own creativity came bursting to the fore .
In 1969, The Beatles asked McBean to recreate this shot.
Although the 1969 photograph was originally intended for the then-planned Get Back album, it was not used when that project saw eventual release in 1970 as Let It Be.
Instead, the 1969 photograph, along with an unused photograph from the 1963 photo shoot, was used in 1973 for The Beatles retrospective albums 1962 1966 and 1967 1970.
Another unused photograph from the 1963 photo shoot was used for The Beatles No.
1 also released in 1963 .
Please Please Me hit the top of the UK album charts in May 1963 and remained there for thirty weeks before being replaced by With the Beatles.
This was highly unusual as the UK album charts at the time tended to be dominated by film soundtracks and easy listening vocalists.
The Beatles first album went on the become one of the highest selling and collectable LP s of all time.
ALBUM PLAYED FOR GRADING: Yes brilliant sound quality throughout.
This vinyl has been a barely played and sounds great throughout For one of the most sought after records in existence it is also one the hardest to find with great clear audio.
There are so few of these left in the world, and the vast majority were heavily played on heavy equipment that ruined the profile of the vinyl grooves and left the pieces heavily distorted and plagued by loud pops and clicks.
This great vinyl plays with absolutely no skips, loud pops and no distortion.
There is barely any surface sound between tracks, the sound is clean, crisp and absolutely wonderful.
This great record plays beyond the visual grading.
It plays through with great power and clarity.
The tones are beautifully defined in this first UK pressing, with a great depth of sound and each channel being clearly defined, with a warm rich sound which is infinitely superior to the later pressings.
A thick quality pressing with the wider, first pressed grooves, make this vinyls audio really pack a punch.
It has strong, undistorted sound free of any loud pops or clicks, the channels are clean and unstressed.
The record plays with staggering power, with a minimum of surface sound during the tracks.Great audio with minimal interference to distract form the overly enjoyment of this great record and hardly any surface or static noise between the tracks.
I will give a detailed account below: I Saw Her Standing There bursts in with superb clear audio.
Bright loud sound, there are no pops or clicks, and certainly not a hint of distortion.
Super bright and super loud, this is an brilliant clear audio performance.
Misery again plays with great separation and super clear sound.
Thee are a few tics between tracks and some light occasional surface static.
Leading into the quieter Anna , this track is the first real test for Please Please Me, with multi layering but also a sparseness, it plays superbly.
The vocal clarity is incredible.
There is very little light static and no loud pops or clicks.
Chains sounds great, super clear with no obvious static, tics or pops.
Superb.
Boys opens with a very clean intro, amazingly clear and bright.
Still no loud pops or clicks, this is a great performance.
The audio separation and clarity is bright and sharp.
Ask Me Why plays superbly.
There are three tics between tracks and some light static at the start and in the middle but its in no way intrusive or dominant, or even that noticeable.
There are four tics at the very end of the track but no loud pops or clicks.
Please Please Me , sounds great, with great music, all the sound effects that make up this track are sharp and clear, with some very light occasional static during parts of the track, but nothing intrusive, it rounds off side one and sounds wonderful with bright rockous audio.
With absolutely no distortion what so ever, as this track is often prone to, it plays here with bright, clear audio, rounding off a brilliant side 1.
Side 2.
begins with the classic upbeat Love Me Do .
It plays through brilliantly with no loud pops or clicks.
There is some static during the run ins, and occasionally during the track, but it is not obvious during the music.
That massive harmonica solo is crystal clear.
P.S.
I Love You plays really, again with little static, and no obvious sound interference s.
There is some static between the tracks but nothing unusual.
Baby Its You and Do You Want To Know A Secret sound great, with just a little very light surface static, and no loud pops or other sound interruptions.
The music really is bright and clear.
A Taste of Honey plays with bright, loud sound and very little static in a few parts of the track, it plays with no pops or clicks.
The classic There s a Place sounds superb, with bright clear sound and NO pops or clicks at all.
I would say that there is the lightest hint of background static on this track, but it is very faint indeed, the kind you would find on any vinyl, even unplayed pieces.
A Taste of Honey often plays with some light background distortion, but not here, not a hint, all the original recording effects are clear and true.
Rounding off the album with Twist and Shout , the track sounds great, with no pops or clicks.
As with A Taste of Honey there is none of the light background distortion often found on this track, the sound is just incredibly bright, loud and clear.
This is a great pressing of one of the rarest versions of PLEASE PLEASE ME.
It plays with no distortion and certainly no other obvious interference s.
There is barely any static between tracks, and very little during the music.
Any static that is there is very occasional and very much in the background.
Great music with great clarity, and very hard to find with this type of sound.
The music jumps out, with definition and clarity, particularly on the percussion instruments, and vocals which come through with tremendous power.
As is the same with the bass guitar and drums, whilst the guitars come through crisp and clear.
A superb all round example of this ultimate vinyl rarity and a really great listen.
I would easily give this great record a strict audio grading of EXCELLENT to NEAR MINT.
THE RECORDThis is an exceptional pressing of PLEASE PLEASE ME.
A superb piece of glossy vinyl, and a really thick pressing.
The record still has great shine, with no scratches, minimal handling marks and minimal paper removal marks.
In daylight Side 1.
looks largely un marked, and on side 2.
there are only the faintest tiny handling marks only and a few light short hairlines.
This is a stunning example, clear grooves that deliver absolutely amazing audio clarity.
Graded at EXCELLENT to EXCELLENT PLUS.
VINYL TESTED FOR ANY SIGNS OF WARPING: Yes, NONE visible what so ever when tested be sight and on a moving turntable.
THE COVER This is the correct 1st ever pressing version, printed and made by Ernest J.
Day Co.
Ltd.
London, with Angus McBean credit close to the opening edge, aligned correctly with the credit aligned above the end of the word Songs , as only the first press covers have.
The front cover is in great condition with a great sheen.
It is flat and crisp with little wear to the corners and minimal laminate creasing.
On the rear the flip backs are intact with some light creasing.
There is some light mottling, light yellowing and marks on the back only.
The spine and spine text is totally intact and the spine is undamaged, although there are a couple of light creases.
The opening edges are very square and totally un frayed.
This is a great example and an all round really nice cover Graded at EXCELLENT to EXCELLENT PLUS.
THE LABELS Famous 1st GOLD labels in great condition, with no scratches or writing.
Great all round examples.
Deep colour with some no spindle traces at all, there are an incredible factory fresh set of labels.
Graded at NEAR MINT to MINT.
THE INNERComes with The Original First Press Inner Sleeve with Polythene Lining, intact and in great condition.
States: USE EMITEX...
IMPORTANT - TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR MICROGROOVE RECORDS ...
, as well as a replacement inner sleeve for added protection.
EXCELLENT PLUS condition, - NO tears around the die cut opening, NO seem splits and NO wear at the top.
A great example.
RARITYWithout doubt one of the rarest records in the world, and a Holy Grail for Beatles and vinyl Collectors.
There are very few of these left in the world, and most are in pretty poor condition.
To find a pressing in this great all round condition makes this an incredible and genuine rarity.
Finding an original and complete GOLD Parlophone pressing in great condition is virtually unheard of.
The vinyl is so often played so much, heavily marked, scratched, with noisy, poor and distorted sound.
The labels are nearly always heavily worn, with the gold seriously faded and the covers are usually trashed.
Any GOLD examples with a record in this type of condition, that plays with super clear audio is unbelievably rare.
The cover is almost impossible to find without serious wear, even modestly worn examples are scarce.
A great cover like this, with a great piece of vinyl, makes this a truly unique opportunity A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A GENUINE HOLY GRAIL OF 20th CENTURY VINYL.
AN ULTIMATE PIECE OF MUSICAL HISTORY.
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We only sell records that play with TOP AUDIO performance super clear sound uninterrupted by hiss or other interference.
Even with the cleanest pressing you will find occasional static or occasional light tics during playback, caused by a build of dust in the grooves.
This is clearly different from the distortion, loud pops, repeating tics or clicks that are found on heavily played and worn pieces of vinyl.
Any static build up will reduce when played, and we advise a light clean between plays for optimal performance.
.IMAGES and INFORMATIONWe only use photographs of the item for sale taken with professional digital cameras.
The images are designed to be as clear as possible, giving an exact representation of the item.
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Cover is pristine.EXCELLENT: The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality.
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The cover and contents are showing signs of folding, scuffing of edges etc..
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