Vinyl Album - The Beatles - Please Please Me - Parlophone

Vinyl Album

Artist:	The Beatles
Title:	Please Please Me
Label:	Parlophone
Country:	UK
Catalogue:	PMC 1202
Date:	22 Mar 1963
Format:	Mono LP (also Stereo LP)
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	115 Own, 11 Want
Price Guide:	Valuation Page
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	The Beatles	I Saw Her Standing There	McCartney, Lennon	8.9 Rate
A2	The Beatles	Misery	McCartney, Lennon	8.0 Rate
A3	The Beatles	Anna (Go To Him)	Alexander	7.7 Rate
A4	The Beatles	Chains	Goffin, King	6.6 Rate
A5	The Beatles	Boys	Dixon, Farrell	6.4 Rate
A6	The Beatles	Ask Me Why	McCartney, Lennon	7.3 Rate
A7	The Beatles	Please Please Me	McCartney, Lennon	8.6 Rate
B1	The Beatles	Love Me Do	McCartney, Lennon	8.3 Rate
B2	The Beatles	P.S. I Love You	McCartney, Lennon	7.4 Rate
B3	The Beatles	Baby It's You	David, Williams, Bacharach	7.7 Rate
B4	The Beatles	Do You Want To Know A Secret	McCartney, Lennon	8.4 Rate
B5	The Beatles	A Taste Of Honey	Scott, Marlow	7.1 Rate
B6	The Beatles	There's A Place	McCartney, Lennon	8.3 Rate
B7	The Beatles	Twist And Shout	Medley, Russell	8.9 Rate

Notes

1st issue: Black and gold label. Gold text over a black background. The first batch erroneously list "Dick James Mus. Co." as the publisher for all of the McCartney, Lennon songs except Love Me Do and P.S. I Love You. The second batch list "Northern Songs Ltd" as the publisher.

2nd issue: Parlophone logo in yellow, with silver text over a black background. From Spring 1963.

3rd issue: Black and silver label with Gramophone perimeter print and a single EMI box logo at the bottom. From late 1969.

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South Shields Football Club 3rd Aug 2024		Friday March 22nd 1963,Please Please Me,The Very first LP by The Beatles made number one in The British LP Charts for 70 weeks,Parlophone PMC 1202 with The 14 Original Tracks alongside I Saw Her Standing There,Twist & Shout,Boys,Chains,Baby It's You,There's A Place are great songs with John,Paul,George & Ringo,The Beatles The Fab Four are the great icons of Liverpool,Merseyside from The Sixties Music. Terry Christie,Sunderland.



uinvrmh 21st Oct 2022		A top copy of this LP sold for £3,850 on eBay last evening!



Focus B 26th Aug 2021		Uploaded the ZT coded Dick James Music label, with kind permission from the owner.



Focus B 26th Aug 2021		I was fascinated to see an upload on FB of a Dick James gold label copy with the ZT stamp in the middle! This was used in 1962 before the album was recorded. Interesting that the Northern Songs version uploaded on Discogs has the correct MT code used from January to the end of June 1963. I've asked the owner to upload his ZT copy here.



Cameron McMenemy 19th Feb 2021		LP Released: March 22, 1963 Recorded: September 11, 1962 - February 20, 1963 at Abbey Road Studios, London



josephjohn 20th Oct 2019		Thank you very much TopPopper for your information. Maybe I'll try and find out what that "something" means you mention.



TopPopper 20th Oct 2019		Mis-pressings like that do occur from time to time. What you have is probably worth something - collectors take increasing interest in mis-pressed records, and the Beatles are the most collactable of the lot.



josephjohn 18th Oct 2019		Maybe somebody can help me on this: I have got a vinyl long playing record called "The Best Of Amalia Rodrigues" Columbia (Dutch) 5C 054-40071. But it is not Amalia Rodrigues on the disc but the Beatles with "Please Please me". Does it happen often that there is a completely different record from the label put on it?



Cameron McMenemy 26th Dec 2017		I own the pressing on the Black & Yellow label with Recording First Published 1963 on label.



Gilberts004 SUBS 31st May 2017		I have added two more labels with 'Sold In The UK..' I would not have added but for there only being one other set here. They differ only as the XEX in bracked is not in line with the P 1963. If you feel this is too trivial, please feel free to remove.



STEFLEH 10th May 2015		Own album PLEASE PLEASE ME, classic Lejbl the yellow sign PARLOPHONE, 33 1/3 RPM (XEX.421) (XEX.422) RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1963 characteristic engraving on vinyl SIDE ONE XEX 421-1N RGP 1 12, number 1 is in the middle of the title track 1. I SAW HER STANDING THERE (Lennon-McCartney) No. 1 is in the middle of the name Lennon for n ,,, TWO SIDE XEX 422-1N RGA C, number 2 is the first in the title track 1. LOVE ME DO (Lennon-McCartney) (Ardmore & Beechwood Ltd.) No. 2 is Wednesday & letters. I searched the vinyl on the entire site and I never found the vinyl is both the vinyl but here it is different as I stated. See Figure 4. Lajbl (33 1/3 RPM (XEX.421) RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1963) for him was issued by DECCA. I wonder if Dekati aka vinyl issue and it is certainly the vinyl holds more owners, so I decided to share with you and write you. Excuse me for grammatical errors and expressed thanks for your patience, understanding. Best regards from Slovakia hometown Bratislava everything well wishes Stefan



deepinder cheema 23rd Apr 2015		I have noticed a difference between Stereo and Mono. The cat no for Gold Stereo is PCS 3042. It looks like EMI set up a new sequence starting with PCS 3000 which if true indicates that there are only about 42 releases of this most desirable of all labels. I have never noticed this before.



7226power 23rd Apr 2015		I have 'I OWN' and 'I WANT' on this release! I own the 2nd mono issue with Parlophone in yellow but I want a mono or stereo with Parlophone in gold!



sladesounds ● 31st Aug 2014		Lots of reference to this album can be found here but to summarise the different pressings listed #1-1 Please Please Me (One-sided Test Press) #1-2 Please Please Me (1st. Press "Gold Parlophone / Dick James Credit": PMC 1202) #1-3 Please Please Me (2nd. Press "Gold Parlophone / Northern Songs Credit": PMC 1202) #1-4 Please Please Me (3rd. Press "Yellow Parlophone / 33 1/3 Credit": PMC 1202) #1-5 Please Please Me (4th. Press "Yellow Parlophone / without 33 1/3 Credit": PMC 1202) #1-6 Please Please Me (5th. Press "with Recording Published Credit": PMC 1202) #1-7 Please Please Me (5th. Press "Decca Contract Press": PMC 1202) #1-8 Please Please Me (5th. Press "with Recording Published Credit / Middle Logo": PMC 1202) #1-9 Please Please Me (6th. Press "PARLOPHONE rim / with SOLD IN U.K.": PMC 1202) #1-10 Please Please Me (7th. Press "GRAMOPHONE rim / with SOLD IN U.K.": PMC 1202) #1-11 Please Please Me (1981 Press: PMC 1202) The copy I picked up today turns out to be #1-8 (5th pressing) - not bad for 50p



nboldock 6th Jun 2014		Whoo hoo! Our first Beatles LP. Check back in a years time. My guess.... 400 entries 546 and counting!



admiral halsey 6th Jun 2014		Thanks to An6y66 for plundering my collection and sharing images with you all here. Unfortunately I don't have the time to do it! I started collecting the Beatles when I was 15, sold my vinly after 9/11. I moved over to CD at their inception. Started collecting vinyl again two years ago. AH(Ands Dad)



An6y66 6th Jun 2014		added rear sleeve variantion, comes with the 1981 yellow and black label



roboleyton 14th Nov 2013		Oui!



An6y66 13th Nov 2013		i believe the image of the abbey road sticker means your copy was originally purchased from abbey road studios, the 20 years ago today stickers look like this albeit in english not french



roboleyton 30th Aug 2013		Image 824 has been added because this was on my 1982 copy, when I bought it. I presume it is to recognise the 20th anniversary of the album release.



roboleyton 30th Aug 2013		Image 808 1965 - 69 Sleeve medium sized Mono 809-810 1969 Gramophone rim text without 'Sold In The UK' banner text 811 1969 sleeve with small mono. 812-13 1970 - 1973 Silver on Black, one EMI Box, Gramophone rim text. 814-15 1982 Yellow and Black with 'All Rights' rim text. 818-19 1987 Silver on Black two EMI boxes, 'All Right' text. 820 1987 Bar-coded rear cover.The front was a replica of the original. 821-22 1995 As 1987, dish shaped pressing from Haarlem, Netherlands although it states 'Made In England' in the rim text.



roboleyton 30th Aug 2013		More scans added Images 799 & 800 Decca Contract pressing labels. These were pressed while EMI Hayes was pressing The Beatles second Album 'With The Beatles' Images 801 & 802 1965 pressing, with Gramophone Co. Ltd. rim text, and 'Sold In The UK' banner text. Does anyone have this last one with Parlophone Co Ltd rim text? I know it exists on the Stereo version.



roboleyton 29th Aug 2013		2nd set of scans added. 703 Yellow on Black label Parlophone text, without date A side. 704 Yellow on Black label Parlophone text, without date B side. 705 Yellow on Black label Parlophone text, with date A side. 706 Yellow on Black label Parlophone text, with date B side. Issue between April/May 1963 to 1964, without 'Sold In The UK' text.



JPGR&B SUBS 29th Aug 2013		Excellent Rob. Thanks for these.



roboleyton 29th Aug 2013		Here are scans to start this off. Image 658 front cover Large MONO, 660 Back Cover E J Day Printers 661 A side Dick James publishing credits 662 B side Dick James publishing credits 663 A side Northern Songs publishing credits 664 B side Northern Songs publishing credits



JPGR&B SUBS 26th Aug 2013		Thanks BJ, I'll add more info in due course on the various issues. If you could PM me with any info on your 80/81 issue that would be great.



BEATLEJOHN 26th Aug 2013		There's also a 4th issue of this from 1980-81 ...I have it and it uses the Black/yellow label..John ...(The US LP issues are going to have notes up the "you-know-what" with all the variations...fun!)



JPGR&B SUBS 26th Aug 2013		Information added about issues. More info to follow in due course.



JPGR&B SUBS 26th Aug 2013		I'll do my best to contribute as many as possible Dr D.



Dr Doom SUBS 26th Aug 2013		Whoo hoo! Our first Beatles LP. Check back in a years time. My guess.... 400 entries