The Beatles

LP vinyl record (catalogue number PMC 1202) FIRST PRESSING (black label with gold ink, no publication date, “Dick James Mus. Co” credited on label), FIRST ISSUE ALBUM COVER (Angus McBean credit on extreme right, printed by “Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd.”) signed on the reverse of the cover by all four Beatles in blue ballpoint and additionally inscribed by McCartney (“To Brian, all the best!"), slight staining to cover not affecting signatures, light wear at edges, scratches to the record [with:] letter of authenticity signed by Frank Caiazzo of Beatles Autographs, 28 December 2013 (2)

A FINE INSCRIBED COPY OF THE BEATLES'S FIRST ALBUM. The album was hurriedly released on 22 March 1963 to capitalise on the huge success of the band's first singles. It reached the top of the UK charts in May 1963 and remained there for 30 weeks. Tony Barrow's sleeve notes give an impression of the excitement of the Beatles's sound:

"Between them the Beatles adopt a do-it-yourself approach from the very beginning. They write their own lyrics, design and eventually build their own instrumental backdrops and work out their own vocal arrangements. Their music is wild, pungent, hard-hitting, uninhibited ... and personal."