Sold Date: November 6, 2024
Start Date: November 4, 2024
Final Price: £855.00 (GBP)
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This is the very first UK issue, available for just a few weeks after release in 1963 and identifiable by:- Black labels with gold print. Later pressings from mid-1963 onwards had black labels with yellow print and a revised label design.

- "Dick James Mus. Co." publishing credit on tracks A1, A2, B4 & B6. Subsequent issues credit Northern Songs instead.

- The "Photo: Angus McBean" credit on front cover was printed at the extreme bottom-right corner, starting where the 's' of "songs" end (see images). On later sleeves, this credit is printed approximately 1cm further to the left, aligned with the 'g' in "songs".

This pressing is from the 1st mother and the 12th (GR) stamper on side 1

and the 9th stamper (T) on side 2... so a very early pressing!

Lovely sheen to disc. Some marks on surface but light. Play grade is close to NM with some clicks within the track 'Love Me Do' which I originally only noticed from the waveform!

The iconic sleeve laminate is still shiny with some creasing and the rear has moderate ageing which is better than most!

Sleeve has a repair to the rear bottom flipback seam (not the bottom edge)

Inner may not be original and had split down one side