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"PLEASE PLEASE ME"
B/W
"ASK ME WHY"
VEE-JAY 498
RELEASED: 2/20/63"BEATTLES" WITH TWO
T'S
HISTORIC AND
ULTRA-RARE
WHITE LABEL 'DISC JOCKEY ADVANCE SAMPLE' PROMOTIONAL COPY THE FIRST RECORD RELEASED IN THE UNITED STATES
TO BEAR THE BEATLES NAME WAS VEE-JAY 498.
VEE-JAY WASN'T QUITE SURE WHAT IT HAD WITH THE BEATLES,
AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, DID NOT EVEN KNOW
HOW TO SPELL THE GROUP'S NAME.
THEREFORE ALL INITIAL ISSUES OF
THE PROMOTIONAL AND STORE STOCK RECORDS
ADDED AN EXTRA "T" TO THE GROUP'S NAME.
BASED ON THE AMAZING CONDITION OF THIS ULTRA-RARITY,
THIS ONE IS QUITE AN AWARDING ACQUISITION - ONE THAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE A VITAL
CORNERSTONE IN A BEATLES 45 SINGLE COLLECTION. THIS EXAMPLE IS THE VERY BEST WE
HAVE OFFERED FOR THIS HISTORIC RELEASE IN OUR 24 YEARS IN BUSINESS.
CONDITION: NM (VINYL) / NM (LABELS)
ITEM#: PR847
PRICE: $7,775
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FROM ME TO YOU B/W THANK YOU GIRL
VEE-JAY 522
RELEASED: 5/6/63
(ACTUAL SCANS)
DISC JOCKEY ADVANCE COPY, WHITE LABEL WITH BLACK PRINT.
THE PROMOTIONAL 45 PRESSING FOR VEE-JAY'S
SECOND BEATLES' RELEASE IS SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE
TO THE PROMO COPY OF THE FIRST SINGLE, VJ498.
ITS TRAIL-OFF MARKINGS ARE IDENTICAL
TO THOSE OF THE 522 STOCK COPY.
THE "ARP" LOGO SIGNIFIES THAT THE PROMO RECORD
LIKE ITS PREDECESSOR WAS
MANUFACTURED IN OWOSSO, MICHIGAN.
THE CONDITION OF THIS PROMO COPY IS EXTREMELY CLEAN, WITH A DEEP SHEEN AND HIGH
GLOSS GRADED AS A SHIMMERING NEAR MINT ON BOTH SIDES. THE LABELS ARE NEAR MINT AS WELL, AND REMAIN A BRIGHT WHITE WITHOUT AGE OR DIRT. THE GRAY CIRCULAR BAND DISPLAYS
NO TURNTABLE WEAR AT ALL. NONE BETTER THAN THIS EXAMPLE.
ACCOMPANIED BY ITS OWN ORIGINAL VEE-JAY 1963 GENERIC SLEEVE.
CONDITION: NM
ITEM#: PR377
PRICE: $3,000
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THE RECORD THAT STARTED "BEATLEMANIA"
"PLEASE PLEASE ME" B/W "FROM ME TO YOU"
VEE-JAY 581, SPECIAL PROMOTIONAL TITLE SLEEVE
ISSUED JANUARY 1964
THIS BLUE AND WHITE PROMOTIONAL SLEEVE (OFTEN REFERRED TO AS "THE JACK PARR
SLEEVE') THAT ACCOMPANIED A SMALL NUMBER OF THE "NOT FOR SALE" SINGLES,
PROUDLY DESCRIBES THE RELEASE AS "THE RECORD THAT STARTED BEATLEMANIA". IT
REFERS TO THE GROUP'S JANUARY 3, 1964 FILM CLIP ON "THE JACK PAAR SHOW " AND
THEIR UPCOMING APPEARANCES ON THE FEBRUARY 9 AND FEBRUARY 16 EDITIONS OF "THE ED
SULLIVAN SHOW ". IN ADDITION, THE GROUP WILL BE FEATURED IN TIME, LIFE AND
NEWSWEEK MAGAZINES.
THIS SLEEVE'S HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE COMBINED WITH ITS LIMITED PRODUCTION,
MAKES THIS EXAMPLE BEING OFFERED HERE, UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE FINEST AND
CLEANEST FOUND IN RECENT YEARS.
CONDITION: NM
ITEM#: PR552
PRICE: ------
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PLEASE PLEASE ME B/W FROM ME TO YOU
VEE-JAY 581
RELEASED: JANUARY 1964
"THE RECORD THAT STARTED BEATLEMANIA"A
PROMOTIONAL SINGLE WITH BLUE AND WHITE LABELS WAS ISSUED FOR VEE-JAY'S RELEASE OF THEIR VJ-581 RELEASE OF
"PLEASE PLEASE ME" b/w "FROM ME TO YOU" IN JANUARY 1964. IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, THE NUMBER OF THESE
PROMOTIONAL 45 SINGLES PRESSED
DID NOT EXCEED A FEW THOUSAND COPIES.
A SMALL NUMBER OF THE PROMO SINGLES WERE
TO ACCOMPANY THE ULTRA-RARE BLUE AND WHITE PROMOTIONAL SLEEVE (OFTEN REFERRED TO AS "THE JACK PARR
SLEEVE') WHICH PROUDLY DESCRIBES THE RELEASE AS
"THE RECORD THAT STARTED BEATLEMANIA".
THE
PROMOTIONAL SINGLE IS ACCOMPANIED BY IT'S ORIGINAL
1964 VEE-JAY "LEFT & RIGHT BRACKETS" RECORD COMPANY SLEEVE. THIS SLEEVE IS
MUCH LESS COMMON THAN THE ONE COLUMN BRACKETS SLEEVE. THE CONDITION OF THE
SLEEVE IS NEAR MINT.
CONDITION: NM
ITEM#: PR842
PRICE: ------
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"ASK ME WHY" B/W "ANNA"
VEE-JAY "SPECIAL DJ NO. 8" PROMOTIONAL 45
RELEASED: ON OR ABOUT 3/23/64
UNEQUIVOCALLY THE
RAREST BEATLES U.S. RECORD IN EXISTENCE
AND UNDOUBTEDLY A RECORD COLLECTION CENTERPIECE.
WITH THE BEATLES FEBRUARY 1964 ARRIVAL IN AMERICA AND THEIR
APPEARANCE ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW FRESH IN EVERYONE'S MIND,
VEE-JAY'S EXTENDED PLAY RELEASE
WAS MARKETED AS A "SOUVENIR OF THEIR VISIT TO AMERICA". TRADE MAGAZINE ADS
PROCLAIMED "FOUR GREAT SONGS NEVER RELEASED AS SINGLES. EACH A HIT IN ITS OWN
RIGHT" THE RECORD WAS DUBBED "THE E.P. (ECONOMY PACKAGE) OF THE
CENTURY." TWO OF THE SONGS ON THE EP, NAMELY "ANNA" AND "ASK
ME WHY", WERE PAIRED ON WHAT HAS UNEQUIVOCALLY BECOME THE RAREST U.S. BEATLES
RECORD - THE EXTREMELY RARE AND MOST SOUGHT AFTER PROMOTIONAL SINGLE DESIGNATE
"SPEC DJ NO. 8". THIS STYRENE DISC WAS MANUFACTURED BY MONARCH RECORDS,
AND AS ONLY A FEW MONARCH INVOICES TO VEE-JAY HAVE BEEN LOCATED, THE TIMING AND
PURPOSE OF THIS SINGLE REMAINS A MYSTERY. FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES IS
VERY PROUD TO FINALLY OFFER ITS VERY FIRST EXAMPLE OF THIS MAJESTIC RARITY. THE
CONDITION OF THIS PIECE, ONLY THE SIXTH THAT HAS SURFACED, IS ABSOLUTELY
ASTONISHING. THE VINYL ON BOTH SIDES GRADE A TRUE NEAR MINT WITH A DEEP
'STYRENE' SHEEN, DISPLAYING A RICH LUSTER AND NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT
HAIRLINE SLEEVE "WHISPS" ALONG THE RUN-OUT WAX ARE EVIDENT. THE LABELS EQUALLY
GRADE A WONDERFUL, CLEAN "WHITE" NEAR MINT AND RETAIN A SHINY GLOSS WITH CLEAR
BOLD FONTS. IT TRULY APPEARS THAT THIS RECORD IS UNPLAYED.
CONDITION: NM
ITEM#: PR741
PRICE: $48,775
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"ASK ME WHY"
ONE-SIDED EXTENDED PLAY (EP)
PROMOTIONAL TITLE SLEEVE
VEE-JAY E1-903,
ISSUED: 3/23/64
UNEQUIVOCALLY THE RAREST BEATLES RECORD SLEEVE IN EXISTENCE
AND UNDOUBTEDLY A RECORD COLLECTION CENTERPIECE. TO PROMOTE THEIR NEW AND ONLY BEATLES EXTENDED
PLAY (EP) AND AS PART OF THEIR MARKETING STRATEGY, VEE-JAY ISSUED
PROMOTIONAL COPIES OF THE RECORD PLUGGING "ASK ME WHY". TO FURTHER PLUG
"ASK ME WHY", VEE-JAY ISSUED AN EXTREMELY LIMITED NUMBER OF THE PROMOTIONAL
RECORDS IN A ONE-SIDED BLACK AND WHITE TITLE SLEEVE, THAT HAS THE OPEN END
FOR THE RECORD TO SLIP IN ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND MANUFACTURED ON THIN,
LIGHTWEIGHT DELICATE PAPER STOCK. AS THE DECISION WAS MADE TO FOCUS ON A
SINGLE SONG, THE SPECIAL EP SLEEVE FEATURED ONLY "ASK ME WHY" AND DESCRIBED THE
RECORD AS : "AN EP THAT IS SELLING LIKE A SINGLE . . . AT SINGLE RECORD PRICES".
THE SLEEVE ALSO HAS THE PHRASE "STILL ONLY #8 IN SALES".
FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES PROUDLY PRESENTS ONLY ITS SECOND OFFERING EVER OF THE VEE-JAY
"ASK ME WHY" PROMOTIONAL TITLE SLEEVE, WHICH HAS UNDOUBTEDLY BECOME THE RAREST
AND MOST VALUABLE OF ALL BEATLES RECORD SLEEVES AMONG THE COLLECTORS' WORLD. THE
CONDITION ON THIS MOST RESPECTABLE EXAMPLE IS A SOLID AND TRUE NEAR MINT MINUS,
AND IS TRULY REMARKABLE FOR SUCH A DELICATE SLEEVE.
CONDITION: NM-
ITEM#: PR752
PRICE: $28,750
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SOUVENIR OF THEIR VISIT TO AMERICA
VEE-JAY EP 1-903
RELEASED: MARCH 1964
(ACTUAL SCANS)
BLUE & WHITE LABEL READS : "PROMOTIONAL COPY".
THIS LABEL VARIATION LISTS "SIDE 1" AND "SIDE 2" AND
HAS "ASK ME WHY" IN LARGER AND BOLDER PRINT THAN THE OTHER TITLES.
(VJEP903.DJ2B, SPIZER).
THIS STYRENE DISC WAS MANUFACTURED BY MONARCH, AND WERE DISTRIBUTED
WITHOUT THE SPECIAL CARDBOARD JACKETS (WHICH ONLY ACCOMPANIED THE STOCK COPIES).
THE
CONDITION OF THE RECORD IS IN IMMACULATE AND GLISTENING MINT MINUS UNPLAYED "AS
NEW" STATUS. IT'S TRULY A GEM. THE LABELS GRADE A SUPERB MINT MINUS AS WELL AND
ARE CRISP AND BOLD WITH A HIGH "WHITE" TONE. THE BLUE PRINT IS BRILLIANT.THIS PROMO COPY IS ACCOMPANIED BY IT'S ORIGINAL
1964 VEE-JAY "LEFT & RIGHT BRACKETS" RECORD SLEEVE
(VJ RS.03, SPIZER). THIS SLEEVE IS MUCH LESS COMMON THAN THE ONE COLUMN BRACKETS
SLEEVE. THE CONDITION OF THE SLEEVE IS VG+++. CONDITION: M- (UNPLAYED) "AS NEW"
ITEM#: PR754
PRICE: ------
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SOUVENIR OF THEIR VISIT TO AMERICA
VEE-JAY EP 1-903
RELEASED: MARCH 1964
(ACTUAL SCANS)
BLUE & WHITE LABEL READS : "PROMOTIONAL COPY".
THIS PROMO COPY IS ACCOMPANIED BY IT'S ORIGINAL
1964 VEE-JAY "RIGHT BRACKETS" GENERIC RED & BLACK SLEEVE
(VJ RS.02, SPIZER).
THESE PROMOTIONAL COPIES WERE ISSUED PRIMARILY TO RADIO STATIONS FOR AIRPLAY,
AND MOST SURVIVING COPIES OF THESE SPECIAL ISSUED DISCS HAVE BEEN TREATED TO A
WEALTH OF PLAY. THIS EXAMPLE IS A STELLAR UNPLAYED AS NEW MINT,
SIMPLY GLORIOUS AND OBVIOUS THIS RECORD HAS NEVER BEEN ON A TURNTABLE.
THIS LABEL VARIATION IS THE VERY FIRST ISSUE OF THE PROMO EP
WHERE ALL FOUR SONGS ARE IN THE SAME SIZE PRINT.
(VJEP903.DJ1, SPIZER).
THIS DISC WAS MANUFACTURED BY MONARCH RECORDS, AND WERE DISTRIBUTED
WITHOUT THE SPECIAL CARDBOARD JACKETS (WHICH ONLY ACCOMPANIED THE STOCK COPIES).
CONDITION: M (UNPLAYED)
ITEM#: PR119
PRICE: ------
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SOUVENIR OF THEIR VISIT TO AMERICA
VEE-JAY EP 1-903
RELEASED: MARCH 1964
(ACTUAL SCANS)
BLUE & WHITE LABEL READS : "PROMOTIONAL COPY".
THIS PROMO COPY IS ACCOMPANIED BY IT'S ORIGINAL
1964 VEE-JAY "RIGHT BRACKETS" GENERIC RED & BLACK SLEEVE
(VJ RS.02, SPIZER).
THESE PROMOTIONAL COPIES WERE ISSUED PRIMARILY TO RADIO STATIONS FOR AIRPLAY,
AND MOST SURVIVING COPIES OF THESE SPECIAL ISSUED DISCS HAVE BEEN TREATED TO A
WEALTH OF PLAY. THIS EXAMPLE IS A STUNNING NEAR MINT MINUS WITH A SHINY
GLEAM STILL EVIDENT, AND ONE SUPERFICIAL LINE. IT IS OBVIOUS THIS RECORD HAS HAD
VERY LIMITED PLAY TIME - AND WELL PRESERVED OVER THE YEARS.
THIS LABEL VARIATION USES THE ROMAN NUMERAL STYLE LISTING
"SIDE I" AND "SIDE II" .
"ASK ME WHY" IS IN LARGER AND TALLER BOLDER PRINT THAN THE OTHER TITLES.
(VJEP903.DJ2A, SPIZER).
THIS DISC WAS MANUFACTURED BY ARP, AND WERE DISTRIBUTED
WITHOUT THE SPECIAL CARDBOARD JACKETS (WHICH ONLY ACCOMPANIED THE STOCK COPIES).
CONDITION: NM-
ITEM#: PR009
PRICE: ------
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DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET B/W THANK YOU GIRL
VEE-JAY 587
RELEASED: MARCH 23, 1964
(ACTUAL SCANS)
DISC JOCKEY ADVANCE COPY.
BLUE & WHITE LABEL READS: "PROMOTIONAL COPY"
A REALLY BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THIS ULTRA RARE PROMO 45.
VINYL IS A GREAT AND GLEAMING NEAR MINT MINUS
WITH VERY MINIMAL PLAY TIME EVIDENT.
A BRILLIANT SHEEN REMAINS TO THE GROOVES, AND TRULY APPEARS THAT IT HAS BEEN
WELL PRESERVED AND CAREFULLY STORED OVER THE YEARS !
THE NEAR MINT MINUS LABELS ARE EQUALLY AS BEAUTIFUL, WITH A NICE WHITE TONE.
NO WRITING AND NO HANDWRITTEN "X" THAT DESIGNATED THE AIR-PLAY SONG.
WE HAVE NOT HAD THIS RARITY IN INVENTORY IN QUITE A WHILE AND THIS
ONE IS JUST A WONDERFUL HIGH-END EXAMPLE.
CONDITION: NM-
ITEM#: PR193
PRICE: ------
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"HEAR THE BEATLES TELL ALL"
VEE-JAY PRO-202, MONO
RELEASED: 11/5/64
MEGA-RARE WHITE LABEL PROMOTIONAL
LP ALBUM
THE SOLE PROMOTIONAL BEATLES LP ALBUM
EVER
ISSUED BY VEE-JAY RECORDSVEE-JAY PREPARED A VERY LIMITED
NUMBER OF PROMOTIONAL COPIES OF THIS RECORD OF BEATLES INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED BY
JIM STECK AND DAVE HULL DURING THE GROUP'S 1964 AMERICAN TOUR. IN ITS RUSH TO MARKET THE RECORD,
VEE-JAY MISTAKENLY REVERSED THE ROLES OF DAVE HULL AND JIM STECK. THE LABELS ON
THE PROMOTIONAL RECORD INCORRECTLY STATE "JIM STECK INTERVIEWS JOHN, PAUL,
GEORGE, RINGO" ON ONE SIDE AND "DAVE HULL INTERVIEWS JOHN LENNON" ON THE OTHER.
UPON REALIZING THE ERROR, VEE-JAY REQUESTED THAT ALL COPIES OF THE RECORDS BE
RETURNED. PRESENTLY, THERE ARE ONLY TEN CONFIRMED COPIES OF THIS
MEGA-RARE PROMOTIONAL RECORD THAT HAVE SURFACED.
Since vee-jay never issued white
label promoTIONAL LP ALBUMS for any versions of "Introducing The Beatles" or
"The Beatles And Frank Ifield" ALBUMS, "HEAR THE BEATLES TELL ALL" remains the
sole Vee-Jay Records white label promoTIONAL Beatles LP ALBUM - MAKING IT by far
one of the rarest U.S. Beatles ALBUMS.
this MOST STUNNING EXAMPLE BEING OFFERED HERE BY
FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES is certainly one of the better conditionED copies THAT
DO EXIST.
as an additional TREMENDOUS bonus, also included is a set of three original Vee-Jay Records invoices
and carbon copies of checks (dated September and October 1964) that were made
out to Dayton Burr Howe for engineering services on this album (he was
un-credited). mr. Howe later became known as "Bones" Howe and was a very
successful recording engineer, producer, music supervisor and musician.
CONDITION: VG+++ / NM-
ITEM#: PR475
PRICE: $22,775
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ORIGINAL LATE 1964 VEE-JAY RECORDS
ALBUM
AND SINGLES RECORD CATALOG
"THE REALLY IMPORTANT RECORDED TALENT IS ON VEE-JAY"
INCLUDING ALL RECORDINGS OF TOLLIE RECORDS AND OLDIES 45 SINGLES.
INCLUDES MOST ALL OF THE BEATLES VEE-JAY TITLES DURING THE HEIGHT OF BEATLEMANIA.
HERE IS THE ORIGINAL VERY RARE 29-PAGE LATE 1964 VEE-JAY "THE GREAT NEW
ALBUM AND SINGLE RECORD CATALOG". MOSTLY DISTRIBUTED TO RECORD SALESMAN AND
STORE LEVEL DISTRIBUTION MANAGERS, THIS
10" X 5¾"
CATALOG FEATURES THE RECORD LABEL'S ALBUMS AND SINGLES DURING THAT ERA. INCLUDED
HERE OF COURSE ARE THE SEVERAL BEATLES' VEE-JAY TITLES THAT WERE AVAILABLE BACK
AT THE HEIGHT OF BEATLEMANIA IN 1964.
THIS VERY OBSCURE AND RARELY SEEN VEE-JAY
CATALOG IS ACCOMPANIED BY A LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM PERRY COX,
PROMINENT BEATLES U.S. RECORDS EXPERT AND AUTHOR OF "THE BEATLES RECORD PRICE
GUIDE" SERIES OF BOOKS.
CONDITION : NM- (VG+++)
ITEM#: PRO486
PRICE: ------
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