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Please Please Me - 1st - Poor

THE BEATLES Please Please Me (Incredibly rare original 1963 UK 14-track mono LP on the black & gold Parlophone label with 'Dick James Mus. Co.' publishing credits for Please Please Me, I Saw Her Standing There, Misery, Do You Want To Know A Secret & There's A Place, E.J. Day front laminated flipback picture sleeve. As is evident, this copy has been much loved to the point of near destruction & is only really of value to a completist. The sleeve shows significant wear with some corner & edge splits & creasing with a 3" horizontal split below the top flipback, not actually spoiling the design but grades Poor. As a plus point, there is no writing & all text is clearly legible, especially the spine which appears very good. The label print is legible though side one has some sticker residue visible. The vinyl is graded POOR & plays with distortion & multiple jumps per track. There are multiple heavy scratches both sides which severely hinders play & we would not recommend buying this for play testing at all. However, if you want a true black & gold first issue from 1963, then this is about the cheapest you will find one. WRECKED BUT RARE at an advantageous price PMC1202)

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Product Availability Currently Unavailable - You can request the next copy of this item
Release Year 1963 - 61 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label Parlophone
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Product Catalogue No PMC1202
Music Genre 60s Rock, 60s Pop, 60s Beat, POP, Apple label
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
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Tracklisting & More Information

This legendary first Beatles album was released on Friday 22nd March 1963 on the Parlophone label. It topped the charts on 11th May 1963 where it stayed for 30 weeks until it was knocked off the number one spot by 'With The Beatles'. Much of the album was recorded in just one day, under the guidance of George Martin. Unusually the mono edition was issued six weeks before the stereo copies. At the time of release of the album the design of the Parlophone label was in a transition period. The label was being changed from a black and gold design to a black and yellow design. Very few mono copies of Please Please Me were issued with the black and gold labels and they have become highly sought after by collectors. When found they are usually in average condition at best due to the amount of parties they were taken to.

The Beatles FIRST official L.P. release. For the ONLY time, the mono version was issued 6 weeks BEFORE the stereo version.

This album contained the "A" and "B" sides of their first two singles, plus ten new songs ALL recorded in one incredible session at Abbey Road. The session cost just £400 and lasted 16 hours.

The album took exactly 6 months to pass the sales figure of 250,000, and went on to sell over half-a-million in the U.K. with world sales of almost two million.
It still holds the record for the longest continuous stay at number 1

The cover photo was taken at EMI's Manchester Sq. headquarters by Angus McBean, and the sleeve notes are by Tony Barrow.

Whilst trying to think of catchy names for their first album release, George Martin offered the title, "Off The Beatle Track", but this was bypassed. Mr. Martin clearly liked the name, and used it himself in 1964.

MONO/STEREO DIFFERENCES

"Please Please Me" The stereo version has John making a mistake in the words of the final verse, which causes him to chuckle in the final chorus ... these are NOT heard in the mono version


CONDITION


Labels - The labels are in poor condition with some spindle wear & historic label damage on both sides. The gold print is still clearly legible, however. This is the first pressing with this label design, which credits "Dick James Mus. Co" for Please Please Me, I Saw Her Standing There, Misery, Do You Want To Know A Secret & There's A Place. The second pressing credits Northern Songs for I Saw Her Standing There, Do You Want To Know A Secret, There's A Place & Misery, but retains the "Dick James Mus. Co" credit for Please Please Me.

The vinyl is in 'much loved' condition. Visually there are several marks apparent on both sides, many are deep and I wouldn't recommend playing on anything other than a laser deck if you value your stylus.
The Matrix Numbers are XEX 421 - 1N on side one & XEX 422 - 1N on side two.

The front of the Ernest J Day laminated flipback picture sleeve is in reasonable condition with rich, vibrant colours and no fading. It features a large MONO logo on the far right hand side of the sleeve. There are some areas of laminate creasing, the edges show heavy scuffing and there is some corner wear evident. The rear of the sleeve has damage to bottom flipbacks in that half is missing, but no writing and only minimal discolouration to confirm its age. The 'Printed and Made by Ernest J. Day' text is clearly visible. There are a few other marks to the flipbacks but none that have caused any more paper loss than previously indicated.
A 'wrecked but rare' collection filler at a very advantageous price.

Tracklisting :-

01. I Saw Her Standing There
02. Misery
03. Anna (Go To Him)
04. Chains
05. Boys
06. Ask Me Why
07. Please Please Me
08. Love Me Do
09. P.S. I Love You
10. Baby It's You
11. Do You Want To Know A Secret
12. A Taste Of Honey
13. There's A Place
14. Twist And Shout


LP RECORD  
Recording Artist The Beatles
Product Title Please Please Me - 1st - Poor
Product Information The Beatles Please Please Me - 1st - Poor UK vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info Deleted - A deleted or out-of-print item is one that is no longer manufactured. However, we stock thousands of out-of-print formats and we specialise in tracking down out-of-print, deleted and hard-to-find releases.
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