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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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