BEATLES " PLEASE PLEASE ME "SUPERB UK 2BOX EMI IN RARE " GHOST MONO " SLEEVE
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NOT ONLY A SUPERB 2 BOX EMI STEREO COPY ON PRE-OIL CRISIS HEAVIER HIGHER QUALITY VINYL BUT ALSO IN AN EXTREMELY RARE, SO CALLED " GHOST " MONO SLEEVE ERROR WHERE THE WORD MONO CAN BE CLEARLY SEEN FAINTLY BENEATH THE LAMINATE ( SADLY PICTURES STUGGLE TO SHOW THIS BUT I CAN ASSURE IT IS VERY VISIBLE IN THE FLESH ) L@@K
NOBODY KNOWS THE STORY ABOUT HOW THESE SLEEVES CAME ABOUT, THEY DATE FROM 1972/3 AND SEEM TO COME BETWEEN THE NO STEREO AND LARGE STEREO NON FLIPBACK SLEEVES. THE MOST LIKELY THEORY IS THAT BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON 1973 EMI WISHED TO RESTORE THE OLD 1963 STYLE LARGE STEREO DESIGNATION TO THE FRONT OF THE SLEEVE BUT FOR SOME REASON THIS CAUSED A BATCH TO HAVE A IMPEFECT FAINT LARGE MONO BY MISTAKE INSTEAD. EMI WOULD NOT WASTE ANYTHING & LET THE SLEEVES GO OUT THINKING NOBODY WOULD NOTICE, AND TO BE FAIR, FEW DO EVEN NOW !
For OFFER here is the UK LP '' PLEASE PLEASE ME "
ARTIST: THE BEATLES
MONO/STEREO: STEREO
Cat. No : PCS 3042
LABEL: PARLOPHONE
COUNTRY: UK
DATE: 1963 THIS COPY C1973
MATRICES:-1-1
TRACK LISTING SEE LABELS ABOVE
VINYL WEIGHT: 140g
THE CONDITION
SLEEVE: SENSATIONAL, LOVELY LAMINATE SHEEN, A FULLY READABLE SPINE THE ODD WOULD GRADE EX+
VINYL VISUAL : STILL RETAINS ALL ITS SHEEN, BARELY EVEN MANY LIGHT HAIRLINES VISIBLE EVEN UNDER A BRIGHT HALOGEN LAMP GRADES NEAR TO MINT VISUALLY. A PLAY CHECK ON MY DECK CAN BE REQUESTED.
LABELS: MINOR EVIDENCE OF PLAY ONLY GRADE EX