CURRENT INVENTORY / SWAN RECORDS "SHE LOVES YOU" 1963 FIRST ISSUE 45 SINGLE | VIEW CART |
"SHE LOVES YOU"
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DESCRIPTION (ACTUAL IMAGES) BECAUSE "SHE LOVES YOU" DID NOT SELL WELL UPON ITS INITIAL RELEASE, THE ORIGINAL
RED PRINT ON WHITE LABEL PRESSINGS OF THE DISC FROM SEPTEMBER 1963 ARE VERY RARE
AND HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE. WHILE SWAN 4152 WILL NEVER ATTAIN THE LEGENDARY STATUS
OF THE VEE-JAY 498 SINGLE, DEALERS AND COLLECTORS ARE BEGINNING TO REALIZE THAT
THE ORIGINAL 1963 WHITE LABEL PRESSINGS OF "SHE LOVES YOU" ARE EXTREMELY RARE. ALL INITIAL PRESSINGS OF THIS SINGLE WERE MANUFACTURED WITH METAL PARTS ORIGINATING FROM LACQUERS PREPARED BY RECO-ART IN PHILADELPHIA and has the stamped markings in the trail-off wax : "MASTERING RECO-ART PHILA" on both sides and "S-4152-S" on the A-Side and "S-4152-I" on the B-Side. THIS WAS WAS THE VERY FIRST OF THE SWAN BEATLES SINGLES - AND DOES NOT HAVE "DON'T DROP OUT" PRINTED ON THE UPPER LEFT SIDE OF THE LABEL, SWAN'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN ENCOURAGING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO REMAIN IN SCHOOL AND GRADUATE. THE OTHER LABEL VARIATION WITH THE TALL THIN BRIGHT RED PRINT PRESSED BY RCA RECORDS
IN ROCKAWAY, NEW JERSEY ALSO USED THE EXACT SAME METAL PARTS ORIGINATING FROM
LACQUERS PREPARED BY RECO-ART AND THEN ADDED THE "DON'T DROP
OUT" PRINT TO THE LABELS. THE DISC IS ACCOMPANIED BY ITS OWN ORIGINAL SWAN RECORDS DIE-CUT LIGHT BROWN
GENERIC SLEEVE IN NEAR MINT MINUS CONDITION.
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