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The Beatles Please Please Me Vinyl LP 1963 Mono 1st BY label McBean far right

Sold Date: November 27, 2023
Start Date: November 17, 2023
Final Price: £67.00 (GBP)
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The Beatles Please Please Me Vinyl LP 1963 Mono MT 1st press BY label 1st sleeve
3rd Pressing (Type B), Summer 1963

This version is the rare third Mono pressing without the small 33⅓ at 9 o'clock on the labels.

Black and Yellow Parlophone label with silver print.
The name "THE PARLOPHONE CO. LTD.(capital letters)" on the outer rim
"RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1963" statement not yet added.
Without the small "33 1/3" print on the labels.
The word "mono", on upper right of the front cover, is large.
 Angus McBean credit to the far right of the front sleeve.
Condition:
Sleeve - A bit grubby and ripped sleeve esp on rear. - VG
Original Emitex inner sleeve - with 'poly' lined inner as per thebeatles-collection.com
Labels   -MT side one, very clean, no writing and very little sign of use
Vinyl - matrices  and numbers side one: XEX 421-1N,  2/AA side two: XEX 422-1N 1AG Light surface marking, has very little negative impact and plays with just light occasional bg noise, no skips or jumps - a great listen!