Counterfeit Guide
The Beatles — Please Please Me
Parlophone PMC 1202
Last updated June 4, 2026
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The 1963 UK debut on Parlophone PMC 1202 in its earliest state has the gold-and-black Parlophone label with 'Recording First Published 1963' and, crucially, the black 'Dick James Mus. Co.' publishing credit on 'Please Please Me' and 'Ask Me Why'. Later 1963 pressings switched to 'Dick James Mus. Co.' to 'Northern Songs'. The gold label is far rarer and more valuable than the later yellow-and-black design.
Matrix / Runout
Gold-label firsts carry XEX 421-1N / XEX 422-1N matrices with the small 'KT' tax code and hand-etched numbers. Counterfeits and later reissues show different suffixes (-2N onward) or perfectly typeset machine runouts.
3 Tells That Reveal a Fake
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The label is yellow-and-black being passed off as the gold first — genuine gold labels have a metallic sheen and the early publishing credits, which fakes and later pressings lack.
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The 'Dick James' publishing credit is absent or the typesetting on the label is crude and uneven compared to the fine original Parlophone printing.
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The mono sleeve's flipback edges are glued with modern even seams rather than the slightly irregular hand-folded flipback of a genuine 1963 Ernest J. Day sleeve.
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