The Beatles – Please Please Me

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Label:	Parlophone – PMC 1202
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono, 4th Pressing
Country:	UK
Released:	1963
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Beat, Rock & Roll

Tracklist

A1		I Saw Her Standing There Written-By – McCartney-Lennon*
A2		Misery Written-By – McCartney-Lennon*
A3		Anna (Go To Him) Written-By – Alexander*
A4		Chains Written-By – Goffin-King*
A5		Boys Written-By – Dixon, Farrell
A6		Ask Me Why Written-By – McCartney-Lennon*
A7		Please Please Me Written-By – McCartney-Lennon*
B1		Love Me Do Written-By – McCartney-Lennon*
B2		P.S. I Love You Written-By – McCartney-Lennon*
B3		Baby It's You Written-By – Williams, Bacharach, David*
B4		Do You Want To Know A Secret Written-By – McCartney-Lennon*
B5		A Taste Of Honey Written-By – Scott, Marlow
B6		There's A Place Written-By – McCartney-Lennon*
B7		Twist And Shout Written-By – Russell, Medley

Companies, etc.

Record Company – E.M.I. Records Limited
Record Company – The Parlophone Co. Ltd.
Pressed By – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
Printed By – Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd.
Made By – Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd.
Published By – Northern Songs Ltd.
Published By – Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd.
Published By – Aldon Music
Published By – Charles Bens
Published By – Ardmore & Beechwood Ltd.
Published By – Dick James Music Co.
Published By – Ludix Music
Published By – Ambassador Music Ltd.
Published By – Sherwin Music

Credits

Bass Guitar – Paul McCartney
Drums – Ringo Starr
Drums [Uncredited] – Andy White (tracks: B2)
Lead Guitar – George Harrison
Photography By – Angus McBean
Producer – George Martin
Rhythm Guitar – John Lennon
Sleeve Notes – Tony Barrow
Vocals – George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr

Notes

4th pressing, summer 1963 – January 1964.
Ernest J. Day front laminated flipback cover with large 'mono' on front.
Black labels with yellow logo and silver print.
“The Parlophone Co. Ltd” printed at the start of perimeter print and “Recording first published 1963”, but NOT “Sold in the UK ... ”.
Tracing-paper-lined “Use Emitex” die-cut inner sleeve. With or without KT tax code embossed on the label center. There also exists a variant with T tax code (on side B).

Aldon Music appears as Aldon Mus. on label.
Ambassador Music Ltd. appears as Ambassador Mus. Ltd. on label.

A similar variant printed by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. is: Please Please Me

Publishing:
A1, A2, B4, B6: Northern Songs Ltd.
A3: Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd.
A4: Aldon Mus. Charles Bens. BIEM. NCB. Mecolico.
A5, B1, B2: Ardmore & Beechwood Ltd.
A6, A7: Dick James Mus. Co.
B3: Ludix Mus. BIEM. Mecolico. NCB
B5: Ambassador Mus. Ltd.
B7: Sherwin Mus. BIEM. NCB. Mecolico.

Andy White (uncredited) played drums on 'Love Me Do'.

All matrices in the runout area are stamped. Matrix# on labels are in parentheses.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: BIEM
Rights Society: NCB
Rights Society: Mecolico
Matrix / Runout (Label side A): XEX.421
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): XEX.422
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): XEX 421 - 1N
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): XEX 422 - 1N
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): XEX 421 - 1N 2 OR
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): XEX 422 - 1N 3 PH
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3): XEX 421 - 1N R PO 11 2
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3): XEX 422 - 1N R PO 13 3
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 4): XEX 421 - 1N R AD 1 12
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 4): XEX 422 - 1N R AD 14
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 5): XEX 421 - 1N GT O 10
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 5): XEX 422 - 1N R GP 3
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 6): XEX 421 - 1N R PP 13
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 6): XEX 422 - 1N R ML 0
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 7): XEX 421 - 1N G AA 17
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 7): XEX 422 - 1N G AD 4
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 8): XEX 421 - 1N R WL 1 12
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 8): XEX 422 - 1N R OM 0 15
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 9): XEX 421 - 1N C TG 1 12
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 9): XEX 422 - 1N R DP 4 13
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 10): XEX 421 - 1N G HP 1 0
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 10): XEX 421 - 1N G LD 4 1 0
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 11): XEX 421 - 1N G PR 1 7
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 11): XEX 422 - 1N G PH 4 0
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 12): XEX 422 - 1N R AT 1 0
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 12): XEX 422 - 1N R OA 0
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 13): XEX 421 - 1N G TP 1 11
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 13): XEX 422 - 1N R DD 4 11
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 15): XEX 421-1N RRT 1 11
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 15): XEX 422-1N RAT 0 12
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 16): XEX 421-1N GHR 1 11
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 16): XEX 422-1N G HO 8
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 17): XEX 421 - 1N GHG 10
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 17): XEX 422 - 1N GHO 0

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Please Please Me (LP, Mono, Album, Gold & Black Label, Dick James Credits)	Parlophone	PMC 1202	UK	1963
Recently Edited	The Beatles (LP, Album, Mono, Red Label)	Parlophon	PMCQ 31502	Italy	1963
Recently Edited	Please Please Me (LP, Mono, Album)	Parlophone, Parlophone	PMCM 1202, PMCM.1202	New Zealand	1963
New Submission	Please Please Me (LP, Album, Mono, Gold & Black Label)	Parlophone	PMC 1202	Denmark	1963
New Submission	Please Please Me (LP, Mono, Album)	Parlophone	PMC 1202	Denmark	1963

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Reviews

whitespyder Dec 8, 2024
So, which one is it: 4 or 5th pressing?
Contradictory info here...
melodymaker101 Aug 5, 2024
Edited 4 months ago
I recently got a copy of this pressing for free from a record store near me. The cover is beat to death, but the record plays beautifully save for one skip on “Chains”! This is by far the best-sounding copy of this album I’ve ever heard: the mono mix is very energetic compared to the stereo mix.
carterwrombouts Nov 2, 2021
of course i can only speak to the nature of the pressing that i have. this is the most groovewear i have ever heard on a record before; perhaps a consequence of very extensive play on low grade equipment. it is seriously unlistenable, you actually can't hear any of the lyrics, just violently distorted sound that resembles the cadence of a voice slightly. this pressing is also cut very loud to my ears, i only have to turn the volume to about the 8 oclock position and its blasting.
either way, this is the record that started it all. to have an early UK mono pressing is still very exciting to me. its like holding a piece of history. (key word is holding since i do not picture myself ever listening to it ever again.)
digginjim Aug 12, 2021
Just cleaned my copy of this and put it on the turntable - track 1 blew me away. The sound quality on these early discs is astonishing. The group are so tight and up for it. You get a real sense of what the fuss was all about...