NOT ONLY A SUPERB 2 BOX EMI STEREO COPY ON PRE-OIL CRISIS HEAVIER HIGHER QUALITY VINYL ( WITH GRAMOPHONE CO RIM TEXT ) BUT ALSO IN A RARER NO STEREO NO FLIPBACK SLEEVE ( A SHORT LIVED VARIANT 1972-3 )

( THIS MAY BE A SO CALLED " GHOST " MONO SLEEVE ERROR WHERE THE WORD MONO CAN BE SEEN FAINTLY BENEATH THE LAMINATE BUT THIS IS FAR LESS CLEAR THAN THE " GHOST " MONO SLEEVED COPY I ALSO HAVE LISTED 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+ EVEN WITH A FAINT STICKER BRUISE TOP LEFT REAR & TINY BUMP TOP SPINE CORNER 

VINYL VISUAL : STILL RETAINS ALL ITS SHEEN, BARELY EVEN MANY LIGHT HAIRLINES VISIBLE EVEN UNDER A BRIGHT HALOGEN LAMP WOULD GRADE  NEAR TO MINT VISUALLY WERE IT NOT FOR A SMALL VISIBLE MARK ONE SIDE. A PLAY CHECK ON MY DECK CAN BE REQUESTED.

LABELS: MINOR EVIDENCE OF PLAY ONLY GRADE EX

AN SUPERB  EXAMPLE OF A HIGH QUALITY PRE-OIL CRISIS HIGH QUALITY VINYL PRESSING