ORIGINAL BRITISH PARLOPHONE RELEASES

ITEM#: PAR412
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  DESCRIPTION
"PLEASE PLEASE ME" B/W "ASK ME WHY"
PARLOPHONE 45-R 4983

EARLIEST POSSIBLE
JANUARY 1963 STOCK COPY WITH 'JR' DEMO STAMPER

(ACTUAL IMAGES)

THIS EXTREMELY EARLY UK PRESSING OF THE BEATLES SECOND SINGLE RELEASE IN GREAT BRITAIN DATES FROM THE FIRST WEEK OF RELEASE IN JANUARY 1963 AND IS ON THE ORIGINAL RED & SILVER PARLOPHONE LABEL 45-R 4983. BECAUSE THE LABEL DESIGN AND COLOR WERE CHANGED TO BLACK JUST AS IT WAS ISSUED, THE RED LABEL ISSUE OF "PLEASE PLEASE ME" IS MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND THAN THE GROUP'S FIRST 45 RELEASE "LOVE ME DO".

THIS IS THE RARER LABEL VARIATION WHERE BOTH LABELS ARE MISSING THE 'MADE IN GT. BRITAIN' TEXT BENEATH THE "£" LOGO. THE 'DICK JAMES MUSIC CO. LTD.' PUBLISHING CREDITS ARE PRESENT.

A 'MPT' PURCHASE TAX CODE IS VISIBLE IN THE CENTER OF THE "PLEASE PLEASE ME" LABEL AND 'MPT' ARE IN BOTH RUN-OUTS. THE MATRIX NUMBERS ARE 7XCE 17217-1N & 7XCE 17218-1N.

THE STAMPER CODES FOUND ON THIS PARTICULAR SINGLE ARE: 3/G0 & -/JR. THE 'JR' STAMPER CODE IS USUALLY ONLY FOUND ON DEMONSTRATION (DEMO) COPIES OF THIS SINGLE. IT IS EXTREMELY RARE AND VERY UNUSUAL TO FIND THEM ON A REGULAR STOCK COPY.

THE CONDITION OF THE LABELS ARE VIVID RED AND UNFADED WITH THE ONLY MINOR BLEMISH BEING VERY TINY INITIALS "TM' ON THE "PLEASE PLEASE ME" LABEL THAT DO NOT DETRACT. THERE IS VERY MINIMAL WEAR TO THE CENTER HOLES THEMSELVES.

THE VINYL GRADES AT A VERY STRONG VG++ (BORDERS NEAR MINT MINUS) WITH EXTREMELY CLEAN AND UNWORN PLAYING SURFACE WHICH RETAIN ALL OF THEIR "AS NEW" DEEP-GLOSS SHINE AND ARE FREE FROM ANY SIGNIFICANT SURFACE MARKS. THERE ARE SIMPLY A SMALL NUMBER OF HARMLESS LIGHT HAIRLINES CONSISTENT WITH CAREFUL HANDLING AND PLAY.

ALSO INCLUDED IS AN ORIGINAL EMI "TOP POP" SLEEVE (NAME WRITTEN IN ON UPPER CORNERS OF BOTH SIDES) THAT HOUSED BEATLES / PARLOPHONE DEMONSTRATION COPIES FROM THIS PERIOD.









 

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