Sold Date: November 7, 2018
Start Date: October 28, 2018
Final Price: £3,205.00 (GBP)
Bid Count: 53
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THE BEATLES
"PLEASE PLEASE ME" PCS 3042 STEREO BLACK AND GOLD
RELEASED MARCH 22nd 1963

RARE UK VERY FIRST PRESS STEREO WITH BLACK AND GOLD LABELS (REPUTEDLY ONE OF ONLY NINE HUNDRED EVER PRESSED)

STAMPER NUMBERS   G1               R1 MATRICES             YEX 94-1           YEX 95-1 MTZ TAX CODE SIDE 2 CENTRE
BEFORE I GO INTO DETAIL I HAVE PLAYED THE RECORD AND THERE ARE NO SKIPS OR STICKING ON EITHER SIDE

DICK JAMES MUSIC CREDITS FOR "PLEASE PLEASE ME ,"I SAW HER STANDING THERE","MISERY","DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET" AND "THERE'S A PLACE"
VINYL SURFACES STILL RETAIN A GLOSSY SURFACE BUT THERE ARE SOME MARKS ON THE VINYL ,SIDE 1 HAS LIGHT SCUFF MARK'S IN A SMALL AREA ON THE FIRST 2 TRACKS ,THERE ARE ALSO SOME LIMITED LIGHT NEEDLE MARKS

SIDE 2 IS RELATIVELY UNSCATHED WITH JUST THE ODD LIGHT NEEDLE MARK SHOWING

RECORD LIES COMPLETELY FLAT ON THE TURNTABLE
  BLACK AND GOLD LABELS ARE ALSO IN NICE CLEAN  CONDITION AND CENTRE HOLE IS UNWORN

AUDIO WHICH  FOR THIS AUCTION WAS PLAY TESTED ON  A SIXTIES HI FI SYSTEM ,THE RUN INS WERE QUIET BUT THERE ARE POPS AND CLICKS IN PLACES
WHEN PLAYING THE AUDIO WAS GREAT TO LISTEN TO AT VOLUME

EMITEX INNER IS  IN  CLEAN CONDITION AND FREE FROM ANY DISTRESS

E.J. DAY SLEEVE FRONT LAMINATED SLEEVE IS AN ORIGINAL 1963 SLEEVE AND IS IN EXCELLENT CLEAN CONDITION WITH LAMINATED FOLDOVERS BUT  THE ANGUS McBEAN CREDIT STARTS UNDER THE S IN SONGS

SLEEVE REAR IS BRIGHT AND CLEAN AND UNSPOILT


NEMS SLEEVE IS IN  CLEAN CONDITION AND HAS SOME SMALL MINOR TAPE REPAIRS TO THE TOP EDGE