CURRENT INVENTORY / VEE-JAY PICTURE SLEEVES & 45 SINGLES VJ498 | VIEW CART |
"PLEASE PLEASE ME" B/W "ASK ME WHY" VEE JAY 498 RELEASED: 2/20/63 CORRECTED "BEATLES" WITH ONE "T" COLORBAND WITH OVAL LOGO, THICK FONT PRINT, MONARCH PRESSING CONDITION: M- ITEM#: S841 PRICE: $8,775 |
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DESCRIPTION (ACTUAL SCANS) THE FIRST RECORD RELEASED IN THE UNITED STATES TO BEAR THE BEATLES NAME WAS VEE-JAY 498, "PLEASE PLEASE ME" B/W "ASK ME WHY", WHICH WAS RELEASED ON OR ABOUT FEBRUARY 20, 1963. VEE-JAY WASN'T QUITE SURE WHAT IT HAD WITH THE BEATLES, AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, VEE-JAY DID NOT EVEN KNOW HOW TO SPELL THE GROUP'S NAME. ALL INITIAL ISSUES OF THE RECORD ADDED AN EXTRA "T" TO THE NAME. IT IS THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER AS COLLECTORS ARE ATTRACTED TO THE NOVELTY OF THE MISSPELLED NAME, AND TO THE RECORD'S STATUS AS THE FIRST BEATLES RECORD ISSUED IN THE UNITED STATES. SHORTLY AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE DOUBLE "T" ERROR IN THE GROUP'S NAME, VEE-JAY REALIZED THE ERROR (AND DUE TO SOARING SALES), CORRECTED THE GROUP'S NAME ON THE LABELS, HENCE THIS NEXT LABEL VARIATION WITH THE CORRECTED SPELLING OF THE "BEATLES" ON THEIR FIRST 45 SINGLE. THIS VARIATION FEATURING THE OVAL LOGO HAS THE SONG TITLES AND THE GROUP'S NAME IN THICKER PRINT (VJ 498.05, SPIZER) AND IS MUCH DIFFERENT IN APPEARANCE THAN ON THE OTHER VARIATIONS. THE "MR" SYMBOL MACHINE STAMPED IN THE TRAIL OFF AREAS INDICATE THAT THIS STYRENE DISC WAS PRESSED BY MONARCH RECORDS. THIS CORRECTED THICK PRINT OVAL VARIATION DOES HAVE "THE BEATLES" PROPERLY CENTERED BELOW THE TITLE AND ABOVE 'VJ 498". IT IS ESTIMATED THAT LESS THAN 7,500 COPIES IN TOTAL OF ALL THE LABEL
VARIATIONS OF VEE-JAY 498 WERE PRESSED. THIS INCLUDES OVAL OR BRACKETS LABELS
AND WITH EITHER THE DOUBLE "T" OR ONE "T" IN THE GROUP'S NAME.
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