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THE BEATLES - PLEASE PLEASE ME
DICK JAMES MUSIC LTD 6" ACETATE
TEM. 1687/8
A UNIQUE PIECE OF BEATLES HISTORY
COVER: M Plain white sleeve. not original. What makes this so rare is that this acetate has been cut especially for Dick James Music and NOT for Parlophone who were the record label. As is commonly known, Dick James's involvement as publisher was very short lived so this really is a piece of Beatles History
RECORD (VISUAL): VG has various hairlines and a couple of light scratch marks but nothing deep or too serious. The Dick James label is stuck over a US Melodisc label. The reverse side is blank and has the Melodisc label with "Beatles", "Please Please me", "Parlophone" and "21/1/63" written in pencil on it
RECORD (PLAY): VG I have played the first few seconds only as this is an acetate. there appears to be plenty of crackle and background noise which is only to be expected with probably one of the first demos of this classic Beatles record. I doubt that there are many, if any, of these in existence anywhere in the world!
RECORDING HISTORY:
11 September 1962
E47852 A
Please Please Me
(ANDY WHITE SESSION)
26 November 1962
E48382 2T A
Please Please Me [REMAKE]
30 November 1962
E48389 A
Please Please Me (REMIX FROM 2T)
12 January 1963
TL14207 S
Please Please Me (7XCE 17217)
25 February 1963
E48979 2T A
Please Please Me (TK16-TK18) (ED) M
22 March 1963
TL12344A/B LP
"PLEASE PLEASE ME" (XEX 421/2)
(MONO LP)
TL11440A/B LP
"PLEASE PLEASE ME" (YEX 94/5)
(STEREO LP)
AUCTIONED AGAIN
THE BEATLES PLEASE PLEASE ME
6" ACETATE
DICK JAMES MUSIC LTD
IN-HOUSE PRESSING - UNIQUE!
Item number: 4007729181
Current bid: GBP 20.00 (Reserve not met)
Approximately US $35.84
Time left: 2 days 18 hours
3-day listing
Ends Apr-18-04 10:52:59 PDT
Start time: Apr-15-04 10:52:59 PDT
History: 3 bids (GBP 0.99 starting bid)
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THE BEATLES PLEASE PLEASE ME MONO ACETATE MEGASUPER RARE!!
DICK JAMES MUSIC LTD TEM 1687/8
A 6" ONE SIDED ACETATE MEGAMEGAMEGA RARE!
LABELS: BLANK SIDE 2 WITH HANDWRITTEN DATE IN PENCIL ON LABEL OF 23/1/1963
RECORD (VISUAL): G
RECORD (PLAY): F+ (i've had it scanned on a laser deck and there are no jumps: have never played it as it looks like it won't survive too many more needles)