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The Beatles Please Please Me Vinyl Near Mint 1976 Pressing Parlophone

Sold Date: December 14, 2020
Start Date: December 7, 2020
Final Price: £13.41 (GBP)
Bid Count: 3
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This listing:

The Beatles

Please Please Me

Parlophone 1963 (1976 reissue)

Superb copy of the Beatles debut album.

A Near Mint vinyl in a Near Mint sleeve. Amazing copy!


Pressing info:

Depending on the source, this is most likely a 1976-1980 pressing with the silver/black Parlophone label. It has The "EMI Records Ltd. All rights of the manufacturer... MADE IN GT BRITAIN" message around the perimeter of the label. It also has two EMI boxed logos on the label.


Laminated “Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd” sleeve with large “stereo” on the front side. White paper EMI custom inner sleeve. Matrix numbers: Side One: YEX 94-2 or -3, Side Two: YEX 95-1, -2 or -3. (This copy has the earlier -2-2 codes)


Says "Photo: Angus McBean" on front lower right corner.

E.M.I. Records Limited

Hayes Middlesex England

Made And Printed in England


Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. PMC 1202 PCS 3042

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Label A): YEX.94

Matrix / Runout (Label B): YEX.95

Matrix / Runout (A-Side Runout, Stamped, Variation 1): YEX 94-2

Matrix / Runout (B-Side Runout, Stamped, Variation 1): YEX 95-2