THIS IS A MONSTEROUSLY RARE SUPER UK SO CALLED PYE CONTRACT PRESSING WHICH IN MY OPINION IS NOT A PYE BUT IT IS DEFINATELY A CONTRACT PRESSING OF SOME KIND WHICH AS YET I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY. ALTHOUGH THESE ARE A WELL DOCUMENTED BUT EXTREMELY RARE VARITION I BELEIVE THAT THEY HAVE LAZILY ATTRIBUTED TO PYE & THE NAME HAS STUCK. 

BEFORE I AQUIRED MY FIRST COPY OF ONE OF THESE EARLIER THIS YEAR I WAS SCEPTICAL THAT THESE WERE EVEN A CONTRACT PRESSING AT ALL AS THEY LOOKED NOTHING LIKE ANY PYE PRESS I HAVE SEEN BUT AS SOON AS I PICKED UP THE DISC I COULD INSTANTLY FEEL IT IS WAS NOT A REGULAR EMI PRESSING & THIS COPY IS NO DIFFERENT, THE EDGES A MUCH SHARPER ALMOST KNIFE LIKE AND NOT ROUNDED LIKE AN EMI LP & THERE ARE SOME VERY STRANGE MARKINGS WHERE THE MOTHERS WOULD NORMALLY BE. ALSO EVERY ONE OF THESE PRESSINGS SO FAR UNCOVERED  SEEMS TO HAVE AN " A " WHERE THE EMI STAMPER LETTER WOULD USUALLY BE AND THE MARKS ON THE MOTHERS SIDE ARE SIDE 1 :-

P

3                     5    

12

AND SIDE 2 :-

P

B

5

2

11

For sale here is the LP ''  WITH THE BEATLES " 

ARTIST:  THE BEATLES

MONO/STEREO: MONO

Cat. No : PMC 1206

LABEL:  PARLOPHONE 

COUNTRY: UK

 DATE: 1963  

TRACK LISTING   : see label pics 

 MATRICES:  -7N -7N  

VINYL WEIGHT: 165g

THE CONDITION :

VINYL VISUAL :  STILL RETAINS ALL ITS  SHEEN, THERE ARE JUST MOSTLY THE ODD LIGHT   HAIRLINES  MARKS MAINLY UNDER A BRIGHT HALOGEN LAMP GRADES VG+ VISUALLY, NO serious play issues on my deck, the the odd tick & crackle mostly between tracks but the mono audio was clear & unworn. 

LABELS NO WRITINGS OR STICKERS MILD EVIDENCE OF PLAY & A CHIP AROUND ONE SIDE SPINDLE GRADE

EX-

SLEEVE: THE ODD CREASE CLEAN & BARELY DISCOLOURED REAR, SMALL CHIP TO TOP FLIPBACK ENTRANCE EDGE  GRADES EX MINUS

SUPER EXAMPLE OF A SO CALLED ' PYE ' CONTRACT PRESSING