Vinyl: Beatles Please Please Me Gold Mono Transitional Northern Songs copy April 1963

For auction today is the rare Transitional copy of the second issue of Please Please Me.This copy pf Please Please Me is one of the transitional copies from DJM to Northern Songs. Crossover pressing. April, 1963. Crossover pressing has the side 1 as on the second pressing and the side 2 as on the first pressing. The cover has the Angus McBean under the 'S' of songs also the cover is manufactured by E.J.Day.

Second pressing. April-May, 1963. Ernest J.Day & Co. front laminated cover, with large “mono” on front. Black label with gold print and “Parlophone Co. Ltd.” printed at the start perimeter print. “Northern Songs” correct publishing credit for “I Saw Her Standing There”, “Misery”, “Do You Want To Know A Secret” & “There’s A Place”. With tax code ZMT and with 33 1/3 on the label. Polythene-lined “Use Emitex” die-cut inner sleeve. Matrix numbers: Side 1: XEX 421-1N; Side 2: XEX 422-1N.

The “Dick James” credits from the first pressing have now been altered to read “Northern Songs” instead. This change occurred very quickly as the typesetter for the credits wasn’t informed that the Beatles had worked with Dick James to set up their own, new, “Northern Songs” publishing company for Lennon and McCartney’s original songs. These copies are rarer than the first variation.

Side one has the 17th Stamper, 2nd mother and 1st Laquer (2 GH)
Side two has the 1st laquer, 1st Mother and 8th Stamper (1 L)

The labels are 1st Mono Label, Variation 'B' (rarer)

MZT tax code. This maybe the cross over code for different tax band from ZT to MT

Although this is a mono Please Please Me it is the rarer version Mono.

The condition of the cover is EXPlus The labels NM and the vinyl has one light scuff line EX plus to NM-
audio NM great sound. Has the original Emitex inner sleeve with th made in England patents applied for