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Please Please Me - 1st/2nd Transitional Pressing

THE BEATLES Please Please Me (Ultra rare 1963 UK 14-track Mono transitional pressing on the legendary Black & Gold Parlophone label, featuring second press label credits [Northern Songs] on Side One and first press label credits [Dick James] on Side Two, Ernest J Day front laminated flipback picture sleeve. Please see more info for the full details on this amazing Beatles rarity...

Price Info
$4754.49, £3495.95  
Product Availability Last copy in stock. Order now for shipping on Monday 14th July
Release Year 1963 - 62 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label Parlophone
Complete Stock List Go to The Beatles or visit our The Beatles collectors store
Product Catalogue No PMC1202
Music Genre POP, Apple label, 60s Rock, 60s Pop, 60s Beat
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
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Tracklisting & More Information

This legendary first Beatles album was released on Friday 22nd March 1963 on the Parlophone label. It topped the charts on 11th May 1963 where it stayed for 30 weeks until it was knocked off the number one spot by 'With The Beatles'. Much of the album was recorded in just one day, under the guidance of George Martin. Unusually the mono edition was issued six weeks before the stereo copies. At the time of release of the album the design of the Parlophone label was in a transition period. The label was being changed from a black and gold design to a black and yellow design. Very few mono copies of Please Please Me were issued with the black and gold labels and have become highly sought after by collectors and when found they are usually in average condition at best due to the amount of parties they were taken to.

The Beatles FIRST official L.P. release. For the ONLY time, the mono version was issued 6 weeks BEFORE the stereo version.

This album contained the "A" and "B" sides of their first two singles, plus ten new songs ALL recorded in one incredible session at Abbey Road. The session cost just £400 and lasted 16 hours.

The album took exactly 6 months to pass the sales figure of 250,000, and went on to sell over half-a-million in the U.K. with world sales of almost two million.
It still holds the record for the longest continuous stay at number 1.

The cover photo was taken at EMI's Manchester Sq. headquarters by Angus McBean, and the sleeve notes are by Tony Barrow.

Whilst trying to think of catchy names for their first album release, George Martin offered the title, "Off The Beatle Track", but this was bypassed. Mr. Martin clearly liked the name, and used it himself in 1964.

MONO/STEREO DIFFERENCES

"Please Please Me" The stereo version has John making a mistake in the words of the final verse, which causes him to chuckle in the final chorus ... these are NOT heard in the mono version

CONDITION

Labels - The labels are in fantastic condition. There is very little evidence of spindle wear, just a few light scuff marks, nor any writing on either side of the labels - the gold print is striking and clearly legible.

The album was released on March 22nd 1963 with Parlophone discontinuing the Black & Gold label design in late April/Early May 1963. During this small time period Parlophone released two variants of the mono label and two variants of the stereo pressing.

This copy is a rare 'transitional' pressing featuring the second pressing label information on Side One with credits for the [then] newly formed Northern Songs Beatles publishing company. The Side Two label is the first issue variant which credits Ardmore & Beechwood for Love Me Do and P.S. I Love You [as per the 7" single release] and Dick James credits for Do You Want To Know A Secret and There's A Place.

EMI [Parlophone's parent company] were known for not letting anything go to waste. It would seem that rather than throw any uunused labels away they used up any remaining stock, resulting in this copy having mixed labels.

The vinyl on this copy is graded between Excellent and a strong Very Good. Side One has a few paper scuffs and light hairlines visible but nothing excessive and in keeping with a strong VG grade, Side Two is Excellent with some faint hairlines only.

The matrices are machine stamped in the run-outs & read:

Side One: XEX 421-1N
Side Two: XEX 422-1N

Sleeve -

The "Emitex" inner is present & correct & free of any writing, there are a couple of thumbnail tears to opening edge.

The front of the Ernest J Day laminated flipback picture sleeve is in Very Good condition with rich, vibrant colours and no fading. It features a large MONO logo on the far right hand side of the sleeve. The spine is clearly legible & a nice off white with just a few laminate chips. The front laminate shows very little in the way of any creasing. The four corners & edges show some scuffing. There is some wear to rear of the sleeve with a small section of one flipback missing [bottom left-hand corner] and a little creasing to the others. There is some minor foxing/blemishing with all text clearly legible and free of any writing etc.

Tracklisting :-
1. I Saw Her Standing There
2. Misery
3. Anna (Go To Him)
4. Chains
5. Boys
6. Ask Me Why
7. Please Please Me
8. Love Me Do
9. P.S. I Love You
10. Baby It's You
11. Do You Want To Know A Secret
12. A Taste Of Honey
13. There's A Place
14. Twist And Shout









LP RECORD  
Recording Artist The Beatles
Product Title Please Please Me - 1st/2nd Transitional Pressing
Product Information The Beatles Please Please Me - 1st/2nd Transitional Pressing UK vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info Deleted - A deleted or out-of-print item is one that is no longer manufactured. However, we stock thousands of out-of-print formats and we specialise in tracking down out-of-print, deleted and hard-to-find releases.
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