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Please Please Me - 4½

THE BEATLES Please Please Me (Rare 1963 UK transitional fourth pressing 14-track mono LP, the first on the black & yellow Parlophone label, with 'The Parlophone Co' perimeter text, but without '33 1/3', 'Sold In The UK' or 'Recording First Published', retaining the Dick James Music label credits for 'Please Please Me' & 'Ask Me Why', front laminated EJ Day flipback picture sleeve 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, POP, 60s Pop, Apple label, 60s Beat
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
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Tracklisting & More Information

Labels

Black and Yellow Parlophone in design with "The Parlophone Co Ltd" perimeter text. As this is an original 1963 pressing there is no 'Sold in the UK' text across the centre of the label.
The label still has the Dick James Music credit for Please Please Me & Ask Me Why. Early versions of this label still had '33 1/3' left over from the black & gold design. This copy does not but still lacks the 'Recording First Published' text of the fifth press.
Clearly readable silver text with no blemishes or fading & striking yellow Parlophone logo & no obvious spindle marks, indicating little play.
The 'ZT' embossed tax code can clearly be seen near the centre of the second side label.
Most of the fourth press issues still retain the extra '33 1/3' print from the black & gold label design, but this one does not. How rare it might be is unknown, but this is the first copy we have ever identified in over thirty five years of trading.

Matrix numbers

The matrix numbers on both sides finish -1 indicating that this copy was among the first pressed:

Side One XEX 421-1N
Side Two XEX 422-1N

It has long been believed that the last black & gold labels were being used at the same time as the first black & yellow labels, but on different presses.
The existence of the 'ZT' embossed tax code on Side Two would appear to support this theory.

The Vinyl

The vinyl is in fabulous condition with no audible or visible scratches or marks. On close inspection there are a couple of light cosmetic surface hairlines visible but these have no effect on play. The vinyl retains it's original shine despite being over fifty years old. This is highly unusual as many copies of this album were played excessively at parties during the 60's and many became damaged or badly scratched.

The EJ Day front laminated picture sleeve has the large block 'mono' logo on the front and 'Photo: Angus McBean' credit in bottom right hand corner, with undamaged spine and secure flipbacks.
The back has the original price of one pound, twelve shillings and twopence in the top right corner of the back next to a 'KT' tax code stamp, which is correct, unlike the 'ZT' embossed on the disc.
The sleeve shows just a little edge and corner scuffing with the spine text still clear and undamaged, with very little in the way of general shelfwear evident.

A nice copy of this rare label variant and the first one we have ever seen.

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. Taste of Honey
13. There's a Place
14. Twist and Shout

LP RECORD  
Recording Artist The Beatles
Product Title Please Please Me - 4½
Product Information The Beatles Please Please Me - 4½ 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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