THE BEATLES

"PLEASE PLEASE ME b/w ASK ME WHY"

PARLOPHONE 45-R 4983 ON THE ICONIC RED AND SILVER LABELS

RELEASED 11th JANUARY 1963 AND ONLY AVAILABLE IN THIS FORMAT WITH RED LABELS FOR APPROX THREE WEEKS AS THE BLACK LABEL 45-R 4983 WAS INTRODUCED AT THE VERY END OF JANUARY MAKING THIS THE RAREST OF THE TWO RED LABLE BEATLES SINGLES THE OTHER OBVIOUSLY BEING "LOVE ME DO"

STAMPERS     G       1          G         1 ( EARLIEST POSSIBLE PRESSING AFTER THE 'A' LABEL DEMO

MATRICES          -1N               -1N

MPT TAX CODE  IN THE RUN OUT GROOVES

 

THE LABELS HAVE  NO "MADE IN GT BRITAIN" TEXT BUT DO HAVE  "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED" AND THE EXTRA . AFTER CO. IN "DICK JAMES MUSIC CO. LTD." 

WITH THE RED AND SILVER PRESSING ONLY BEING AVAILABLE FOR A SHORT TIME THERE ARE JUST THREE VARIATIONS TWO WITH "MADE IN GT BRITAIN" AND ONE WITHOUT THIS BEING THE LATTER

THE VINYL RECORD STILL HAS A GLOSSY SHEEN TO THE SURFACES BUT DOES HAVE  HANDLING / NEEDLE MARKS  AQUIRED OVER THE YEARS BUT NONE APPEAR FEELABLE TO ME 

 

BOTH LABELS ARE CLEAN AND LEGIBLE THE CENTREHOLE IS UNWORN AND ANY SPINDLE MARKS SEEM CONFINED TO THE RECORD CENTRES 

A PLAY TEST PRODUCED A LITTLE BACKGROUND NOISE ON THE RUN INS BUT THE AUDIO WAS REALLY GREAT TO LISTEN TO WITH JUST THE ODD POP WHEN PLAYING ,YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THESE PRESSINGS ARE NOW OVER SIXTY YEARS OLD AND WOULD HAVE BEEN PLAYED INITIALLY ON THE LIKES OF A DANSETTE AND ITS EQUIVALENT  

WE  PLAY TEST  ON A SIXTIES HI-FI FOR REVIEW SO PLEASE BEAR  IN MIND THAT MORE MODERN EQUIPMENT CAN GIVE A DIFFERENT RESPONSE

RECORD COMES IN AN ORIGINAL COLOURED WAVY SLEEVE WHICH HAS A RECORD SHOP RETAILERS STAMP ON ONE SIDE WHICH READS 'R.S. KITCHEN LTD 22 KING EDWARD STREET LEEDS ' INSTANT NOSTALGIA FOR THOSE THAT KNEW

VERY RARE PRESSING NOW 63 YEARS OLD AND WAS ALWAYS HARD TO FIND AND NOW EVEN HARDER TO FIND TODAY AS MOST COPIES ARE IN COLLECTIONS