AUTOGRAPHS
ITEM # : AA050
PRICE : $35,000

S O L D !!
 


"PLEASE PLEASE ME"  LP COVER
AUTOGRAPHED ON BACK BY

SIGNED SUNDAY 31 MARCH 1963
DE MONTFORT HALL,  LEICESTER, ENGLAND

ACCOMPANIED BY ORIGINAL RECORD
WITH RAREST "BLACK & GOLD" / DICK JAMES CREDITS
FIRST LABEL VARIATION

A MERE FIVE DAYS AFTER CONCLUDING THE HELEN SHAPIRO TOUR,
ON SATURDAY 9 MARCH 1963 THE BEATLES SET OFF GALLIVANTING
AROUND A SNOW-BOUND BRITAIN ON A SECOND THEATRE PACKAGE TOUR.
TOP BILLING THIS TIME WAS SHARED BY TWO AMERICAN INDIVIDUALS,
TOMMY ROE AND CHRIS MONTEZ,
ALTHOUGH BOTH WERE VERY QUICKLY SUPERSEDED BY THE
INCREASINGLY ALL-CONQUERING BEATLES !

THE FINAL NIGHT OF THIS TOUR OCCURRED ON SUNDAY 31 MARCH
AT THE DE MONTFORT HALL IN LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE.
IT WAS HERE FOLLOWING THEIR PERFORMANCE THAT THIS
MOST MAJESTIC EXAMPLE OF THE GROUP'S VERY FIRST LP -
RELEASED ONLY NINE DAYS EARLIER ON 22 MARCH 1963 -
WAS SIGNED. AUTOGRAPHED "PLEASE PLEASE ME" LPS ARE VERY REVERED,
FOR IT WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF THEIR RISE TO STARDOM :

THE SIGNATURES ARE BREATH-TAKING IN PERSON, CRISP AND CLEAN.
AS ONE CAN SEE, THE AUTOGRAPHS ARE VERY LARGE IN SIZE,
AS COMPARED TO OTHER EXAMPLES OF SIGNED ALBUMS !
PHOTOS AND SCANS DO NOT TRULY DISPLAY THE CLARITY :

JOHN SIGNED IN BLUE BALLPOINT, AND THE MOST MARVELOUS ASPECT
IS THAT HE ADDED THE SENTIMENT
"BEST WISHES FROM THE BEATLES"
ABOVE HIS SIGNATURE.
VERY RARELY DID JOHN SIGN " THE BEATLES "
ON ANY OF THEIR RECORDED MATERIALS, FOR THE GROUP'S NAME
WAS ALWAYS PRINTED ON THAT MATERIAL :

PAUL SIGNED IN BLUE BALLPOINT PEN,
AND ADDED "XX" FOLLOWING HIS AUTOGRAPH :

GEORGE ALSO HAD SIGNED IN BLUE BALLPOINT PEN :

AND RINGO SIGNED IN A DARKER  SHADE OF BLUE BALLPOINT  :

A VITAL FACTOR ABOUT THIS SIGNED COVER,  IT is one of the early cover RUNS, with
'Printed and Made by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd. London’ 
printED in the lower right hand corner of the back cover.
THIS COMPANY PRODUCED THE VERY FIRST COVERS FOR A VERY SHORT SPAN, UNTIL
Garrod & Lofthouse took over the ‘Please, Please Me’  covers early on AND
CONTINUED to do the entire BEATLES CATALOG through ‘Let It Be’. 

ALSO INCLUDED IS THE ORIGINAL RECORD THAT ACCOMPANIED THIS SIGNED EARLY COVER -
THE pre-1963 black Parlophone label with gold ink and
“ LONG PLAYING” curved across the top. THIS LABEL VARIATION
WAS deleted immediately after it’s release, AND PHASED OUT BY THE VERY END OF
MARCH 1963.  IN ADDITION, THIS VERY FIRST LABEL VARIATION HAS
4 TRACKS mistakenly being published by the Dick James Music Co.  .
When the error was discovered, new labels WERE PRINTED
WITH THE correct publisher, Northern Songs Ltd.  .
THE RECORD IS IN A BEAUTIFUL AND MOST RESPECTABLE VG+/++ CONDITION :

THE COVER HAD BEEN VERY NICELY STORED AND PRESERVED FOR
BY THE ORIGINAL OWNER. THERE WERE NO SEAM SPLITS, TEARS OR OTHER MAJOR DAMAGE.

YET, CONTINUOUSLY STRIVING FOR THE UTMOST IN
QUALITY & PRESENTATION FOR OUR VALUED CUSTOMERS -
FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES HAS HAD THIS COVER PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED
FROM YEARS OF DIRT, SPOTTING AND AGE FOXING BY ONE OF
THE MOST RESPECTED RESTORATION & CONSERVATION EXPERTS IN THE UNITED STATES.
THEIR RESUME INCLUDES MAJOR AUCTION FIRMS, INCLUDING
CHRISTIE'S, SOTHEBY'S & HERITAGE GALLERIES.
THE RESULTS, AS ONE CAN SEE,  ARE OUTSTANDING TO SAY THE LEAST !

THIS PHENOMENAL SIGNED ALBUM HAS BEEN PROFESSIONALLY
FRAMED IN A CLASSY BLACK WOOD, THE FRONT SIDE IS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE
SIGNED BACK COVER, AND IN ADDITION,
AN ACTUAL AND ORIGINAL 1963 VERY FIRST ISSUE 'ERNEST J. DAY'   MONO COVER IS
ALSO INCLUDED ABOVE THE SIGNED COVER TO DISPLAY THE FRONT COVER IMAGE !
A RICH CHOCOLATE BROWN MATTE IS USED TO ACCENTUATE THE BEATLES' SUITS.
 THE OVERALL DIMENSIONS ARE 33½" X 19" .

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE INTEGRITY OF THE ENTIRE SIGNED ALBUM COVER HAS BEEN
RESPECTED AND IS FULLY EXPOSED WITHOUT MATTING CUTTING OFF THE EDGES.
transparent photograph corner holders ARE UTILIZED to hold
the signed ALBUM COVER in place  :

THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE FRAME DISPLAYS
THE ACTUAL FRONT COVER OF THE SIGNED ALBUM :

ACCOMPANIED BY
LIFETIME LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM
FRANK CAIAZZO & FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES

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