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ORIGINAL BRITISH PARLOPHONE RELEASES

"PLEASE PLEASE ME"
b/w
"ASK ME WHY"
PARLOPHONE 45-R 4983
RELEASED EARLY 1963

VERY FIRST INITIAL PRESSING
WITH ULTRA-RARE RARELY SEEN
"KT" TAX STAMP APPLIED TO A-SIDE LABEL

ITEM#: PAR347
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DESCRIPTION
(ACTUAL IMAGES)

THIS VERY FIRST INITIAL 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 AND 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".

A rare 'PTMZ' purchase tax code is visible in the centER of the 'Please, Please Me' label, with 'MPT' stamped in both run-outs. However, thE TAX CODE has been updated by the addition of a 'KT' stamp THAT WAS APPLIED on TO the same A-SIDE label. THESE PHYSICALLY APPLIED TAX STAMPS RARELY EVER SURFACE MAKING THIS EXAMPLE QUITE AN ULTRA-RARITY.

FURTHERMORE, 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.

THE MATRIX NUMBERS ARE "7XCE 17217-1N" AND "7XCE 17218-1N". THE Stamper codes ARE "1 / L" AND "2 / L".

THE CONDITION OF THE LABELS ARE VIVID DEEP RED AND UN-FADED, A beautiful MINT MINUS set with just a trace of wear around the ceNTER hole but no visible spindle trails around either. THE VINYL GRADES A SPECTACULAR MINT, WITH A "AS NEW" FACTORY FRESH APPEARANCE - Immaculate unworn deep-gloss playing surfaces free from any scuffs or scratches, bearing just a few harmless SLEEVE wispy hairlines visible directly beneath halogen light. AN ABSOLUTE JEWEL.

THE STUNNING DISC IS Housed in its original VG++ beach-striped COLORED Parlophone company sleeve.