Beatles Please Please Me UK 1963 1st Press *STEREO* LP

Both labels are perfectly clean and untarnished with all the gold text present and unfaded.
Label 1 is perfect with no spindle trails or any other traces of wear.
Label 2 is as bright and clean with just a tiny, pin-head sized mark just at the top of the centre-hole & a tiny insignificant blemish in the 2 o'clock position.
The camera doesn't lie - this is really is a beautiful set.

This outstanding disc has clearly only ever been out of its cover a handful of times in the past 45 years.
Both retain all of their 'as new' deep gloss shine on both surfaces with no dull or cloudy patches from incorrect storage or mishandling.
I really struggled to find any traces of wear and in fact, the only significant blemish I can see in strong daylight is a light 1.5cm fingernail scuff mark on the first track on side 1. However, this is certainly not deep or 'feelable' and does not affect sound or play.
Happily, close examination beneath my powerful halogen desk lamp reveals nothing more than a sparkling rainbow gloss and a few insignificant wispy hairlines consistant with a few inner-sleeve removals and a few careful plays.
Most importantly there are no scratches on the entire disc, or indeed any other marks or wear to spoil the surfaces of this exquisite copy.
Both sides of course lie 100% flat on the turntable with no traces of dishing or warping.
This really is the ultimate copy of this release which will never require upgrading.

Audio: NEAR MINT

Being amongst the first few hundred copies ever pressed, the sound quality on this copy is incredible. It must be one of the earliest and best sounding copy in existence.
This disc itself has received less than a handful of extremely careful plays on 1st-class quality equipment and sounds as good as the day it was bought.
My careful single play-check at volume revealed absolutely no traces of any audible wear whatsoever on any track or in either channel.
There is no evidence of groove/play-wear, background noise, clicks or pops. Even the run-ins and all bands play silently and without any interference.
It is difficult to express just how electrifying the sound is, but I can safely say - you won't find better.

Cover: NEAR MINT

This exquisite example must be amongst the finest surviving examples.
The front panel retains its deep, rich colours and a pristine unscratched high-gloss laminate which shows no disc impression, 'thumbnails' or any other traces of wear.
All corners are clean, square and sharp with just a minor bruise to the upper left but none of the usual rubbing to the lower two.

There are a few tiny 'pushes' to the opening edges but no missing paper, tears or feathering to either.
The rear panel is amazingly spotless and completely unmarked by any fingermarks, storgewear, foxing and certainly no writing or missing paper - it really does appear 'as new'.

All the delicate flipbacks are in perfect condition. All are clean and fully intact with no damage or wear to any.
Both upper & lower seams are completely smooth with no flaking laminate, stresses or splits of any kind.
The spine is completely straight & clean with a perfectly worded and no wear to any part.

Inner-sleeve: MINT

A perfect clean & white example which even displays the factory stacking machine mark on the lower edge.
there are no creases, splits, tears or any other traces of wear on this perfect example.

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Audibly graded at volume in its entirety on a Rega P9 deck fitted with a Shelter 901 cartridge through a Naim 'SUPERNAIT' amplifier.

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