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ORIGINAL BRITISH PARLOPHONE RELEASES
"LOVE ME DO" B/W "P.S. I LOVE YOU" |
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DESCRIPTION (ACTUAL IMAGES) THIS VERY FIRST UK PRESSING OF THE BEATLES DEBUT SINGLE RELEASE IN GREAT BRITAIN DATES FROM THE FIRST WEEK OF RELEASE IN OCTOBER 1962 AND IS ON THE ORIGINAL RED & SILVER PARLOPHONE LABEL 45-R 4949. BOTH LABELS HAVE THE 'MADE IN GT. BRITAIN' TEXT BENEATH THE "£" LOGO, AND THE 'ARDMORE & BEECHWOOD' PUBLISHING CREDITS ARE PRESENT. THE STAMPER CODES ARE '1/G' AND '1/M', INDICATING THIS IS THE VERY FIRST PRESSING AND ISSUED DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF RELEASE - IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE EARLIEST DEMONSTRATION COPIES THAT DISPLAY THE 'JR'. STAMPER. A 'ZT' PURCHASE TAX CODE IS VISIBLE IN THE CENTER OF THE "LOVE ME DO" LABEL AND 'ZT' CODES ARE IN BOTH RUN-OUTS. THE MATRIX NUMBERS ARE '7XCE 17144-1N' & '7XCE 17145-1N'. THE LABELS ARE BRIGHT, CLEAN AND UNBLEMISHED WITH SOME LIGHT SPINDLE TRAILS BUT NO WRITING, STICKERS OR MISSING PAPER. THE VINYL GRADES A CLEAN AND BRIGHT VG++ (BORDERS VG+) AND RETAINS MUCH OF THE ORIGINAL DEEP GLOSS SHEEN. THERE ARE THREE LIGHT, SUPERFICIAL LINES ON THE "LOVE ME DO" SIDE AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF HARMLESS WHISPY HAIRLINES. ALSO INCLUDED IS ITS ORIGINAL "BEACH STRIPED" EMI SLEEVE THAT HOUSED BEATLES / PARLOPHONE STOCK COPIES FROM THIS PERIOD. THIS IS AN TERIFFIC EXAMPLE OF THE BEATLES DEBUT SINGLE IN ENGLAND OF THIS VERY FIRST PRESSING THAT WAS RELEASED! 
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