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"MY BONNIE"
B/W "THE SAINTS"
(WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN)
DECCA 31382
RELEASED: APRIL 23, 1962PINK LABEL PROMOTIONAL 45 SINGLE
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 PROMOTIONAL AND STOCK COPIES AND IS NOW THE SCARCEST
AMERICAN "BEATLES" RECORD. IT WAS ASSUMED THAT MOST COPIES
WERE RETURNED AND DESTROYED.
FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES PROUDLY OFFERS
HERE THE VERY RARE APRIL 1962 PROMOTIONAL ISSUE OF THE BEATLES FIRST EVER
U.S. RECORD. THIS IS INDEED A GORGEOUS EXAMPLE OF THIS HISTORIC "PINK LABEL" 45 SINGLE OF THE
VERY FIRST RECORD THE BEATLES APPEARED ON IN THE UNITED STATES FROM APRIL 1962.
DECCA'S GLOVERSVILLE, NEW YORK FACTORY PRESSED THE PROMOTIONAL COPIES OF THE
SINGLE (IDENTIFIED BY A "1" IN THE TRAIL OFF AREA) ON PINK LABELS WITH BLACK
TEXT (DEC 31382.DJ1, SPIZER). THESE LABELS HAVE THE CLASSIC DECCA DESIGN FROM
THE 1950'S. THE PINK PROMO COPIES ARE EXTREMELY RARE, BUT NOT AS SCARCE AS THE
STOCK COPIES.
THE CONDITION OF THIS HISTORIC PROMOTIONAL RECORD IS A SHIMMERING NEAR MINT
MINUS, WITH A RADIANT HIGH GLOSS SHEEN EVIDENT THROUGHOUT THE GROOVES. NO
SCRATCHES AT ALL, YET JUST A COUPLE OF
MINIMAL LIGHT "HAIRLINE" SUPERFICIAL SLEEVE PULLS PREVENT IT FROM A
TRUE NEAR MINT STATUS.
USUALLY FOUND WITH RADIO STATION DISC JOCKEY "X'S" ON THE B-SIDE, THIS EXAMPLE
IS WITHOUT THE "X'S". THE LABELS ARE EQUALLY GORGEOUS AND GRADE A VIBRANT NEAR
MINT.
A TRULY COMPLETE PACKAGE WHICH INCLUDES THE ACCOMPANYING DECCA 45 PRINTED
GENERIC SLEEVE.
CONDITION: NM-
ITEM#: PR728
PRICE: ------
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