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DECCA RECORDS
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"MY BONNIE" B/W "THE SAINTS" TONY SHERIDAN AND THE BEAT BROTHERS DECCA RECORDS 31382 RELEASED: APRIL 1962 GLOVERSVILLE, NEW YORK PRESSING THIS IS THE VERY FIRST RECORD WITH PERFORMANCES BY THE BEATLES RELEASED IN THE UNITED STATES - BUT IDENTIFIED ON THE LABEL AS "THE BEAT BROTHERS". DUE TO NEAR NON-EXISTENT AIRPLAY AND SALES, DECCA MANUFACTURED A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF STOCK COPIES AND IS NOW THE SCARCEST AMERICAN "BEATLES" RECORD. IT WAS ASSUMED THAT MOST COPIES WERE RETURNED AND DESTROYED. TODAY, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 20 COPIES OF THE COMMERCIAL ISSUE OF "MY BONNIE" ON DECCA STILL EXIST. MOST OF THOSE THAT HAVE SURFACED, ARE FOUND IN HORRENDOUS CONDITION. THE CONDITION OF THIS MEGA-RARE PIECE GRADES A STUPENDOUS WORLD CLASS MINT
MINUS UNPLAYED STATUS WITH A GLORIOUS SHIMMERING LUSTER THAT REMAINS THROUGHOUT
THE VINYL. THE RECORD IS ACCOMPANIED BY ITS OWN
AND ORIGINAL DECCA GENERIC SLEEVE.
CONDITION: M- (UNPLAYED) | ||
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"MY BONNIE" B/W "THE SAINTS" TONY SHERIDAN AND THE BEAT BROTHERS DECCA RECORDS 31382 RELEASED: APRIL 1962 RARER PICKNEYVILLE, INDIANA PRESSING THIS IS THE VERY FIRST RECORD WITH PERFORMANCES BY THE BEATLES RELEASED IN THE UNITED STATES - BUT IDENTIFIED ON THE LABEL AS "THE BEAT BROTHERS". DUE TO NEAR NON-EXISTENT AIRPLAY AND SALES, DECCA MANUFACTURED A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF STOCK COPIES AND IS NOW THE SCARCEST AMERICAN "BEATLES" RECORD. IT WAS ASSUMED THAT MOST COPIES WERE RETURNED AND DESTROYED. TODAY, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 20 COPIES OF THE COMMERCIAL ISSUE OF "MY BONNIE" ON DECCA STILL EXIST. MOST OF THOSE THAT HAVE SURFACED, ARE FOUND IN HORRENDOUS CONDITION. THIS "MY BONNIE" SINGLE IS THE MUCH RARER PICKNEYVILLE PRESSING
WHICH HAVE LABELS WITH THE RECORD NUMBER, FILE NUMBER AND RUNNING TIME
OVERPRINTED IN SILVER IN THE COLOR BAR AREA. ANOTHER IDENTIFYING FACTOR OF THE PICKNEYVILLE LABELS HAS "AND THE BEAT BROTHERS" IN SMALLER PRINT BENEATH "TONY
SHERIDAN" IN LARGER PRINT. THE PICKNEYVILLE RECORDS WERE PRESSED IN FAR FEWER
NUMBERS THAN THE GLOVERSVILLE ISSUES. CONDITION: NM- |
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