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Vinyl: The Beatles Please Please Me Black & Gold Dick James ORIGINAL NEMS BAG EX! PROMO
HOLY GRAIL up for grabs! ULTRA RARE Promo copy of The Beatles "Please Please Me" Dick James GOLD Mono!
See below for details.
COUNTRY: UK
YEAR: 1963
LABEL: Parlophone
CATALOGUE NUMBER: PMC 1202
MATRIX NUMBERS:
Side 1: XEX 421-1N; Side 2: XEX 422-1N
Mother Stampers:
1 GA / 1 GA
Tax Code:
The rarer "Z T" which should've been "M T" at this stage
GRADING
SLEEVE: EX- / VG+
The sleeve, housed in in an original NEMS bag, is one of the cleaner examples you'll see of this release. Most of them show up in tattered conditions with corners and flipbacks peeling off. This one is super clean with minimal stains and some creasing, laminate is still beautifully glossy, flipbacks still intact and clean with only the right bottom corner lifting a little but not that noticeable and easily glued down if you decided to. The borders are mostly clean and legible, with just a few spots of flaking as the video I've recorded shows. The corners have some rubbing but still maintain a nice 90 degree angle. The Angus McBean lettering is correctly positioned in the far right bottom edge showing that it is indeed the first pressing sleeve! The NEMS Bag is also very nice with no dirt on it that would stain the cover, only has a few small holes.
Comes with original emitex inner.
RECORD: EX-
The record still has its original glossy shine and is super clean all around. Only a few light sleeve scuffs and a light hairline (pictured). The Mother Stampers for this are super low at 1 GA / 1 GA showing the record to be from the First Mother and stamped by just the #13th Stamper! The vinyl plays great with some static in parts but overall an excellent - copy!
LABEL: EX-
The labels and spindle hole are still very clean. Side 1 has a few small dotted marks where it looks like a liquid dried on it. The rare promo factory sample sticker is stuck to side 1 and won't be coming off any time soon. Never seen one on a Gold Dick James before! And with the NEMS bag too! To own this is definitely to be in a small select group of people to own such a grail version. I'm honoured to own it but will let it go to a collector who will appreciate it to the level that its rarity deserves!
Postage Information
This will be shipped special delivery to make sure it reaches the lucky buyer safe and securely.
Cleaning: All vinyl sold by me is carefully cared for and cleaned with one of the most effective processes in the field. Manually cleaned with a Disco Stat + Loricraft combination with a formulated distilled water and alcohol mixture, and a tergikleen + glycol surfactant. The process is then finished off with an Ultrasonic Degritter cleaning to blast out and rinse any other impurities that may still remain. This is one of the key factors into why the vinyl I sell on sounds so clean and lacks the surface noise you may get from a seller who doesn't go to the same lengths as this vinyl obssessed guy over here :)!
Postage Information
This will be shipped special delivery to make sure it reaches the lucky buyer safe and securely.
Good luck!
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