RAREST LABEL VARIATION FOR THIS EP RELEASE:
ALL BLACK LABEL WITH "VEE JAY" BLOCK LOGO LETTERS AND THIN MICRO-PRINT FONT TITLES

CONDITION: M- / M- (UNPLAYED)
ITEM#: EP753
PRICE: ------

VEE-JAY'S CREATIVE MARKETING DEPARTMENT ALWAYS TRIED TO SQUEEZE MORE PRODUCT OUT OF ITS 16 BEATLES SONGS THAT WERE CONTRACTED TO THEM. FOUR TRACKS, NAMELY MISERY, TASTE OF HONEY, ASK ME WHY AND ANNA, WERE PULLED FROM THE INTRODUCING THE BEATLES ALBUM AND ISSUED ON 'VJEP 1-903' SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET  SINGLE ON OR ABOUT MARCH 23, 1964 - MAKING IT THE VERY FIRST BEATLES EXTENDED PLAY 45 RELEASED IN THE UNITED STATES (CAPITOL'S TWO EPS FOUR BY THE BEATLES EP WAS RELEASED ON MAY 11, 1964 AND 4-BY THE BEATLES WAS ISSUED ON FEBRUARY 1, 1965).

WITH THE BEATLES FEBRUARY ARRIVAL IN AMERICA AND THEIR APPEARANCE ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW  FRESH IN EVERYONE'S MIND, THE EP 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."

THIS ALL BLACK LABEL WITH "VEE JAY" BLOCK LETTERS LOGO VARIATION FEATURING THE THIN SILVER MICROPRINT FONTS (VJEP 903.06, SPIZER)  IS CONSIDERED THE RAREST OF ALL THE VEE-JAY EP ISSUES AND IS AT LEAST 75 TO 1 SCARCER THAN ANY OTHER LABEL VERSIONS FOR THIS EP RELEASE. THE NEXT RAREST LABEL IS THE BLACK LABEL WITH COLORBAND AND BRACKETS LOGO WITH THE THIN MICRO-PRINT  FONTS WHICH RATES 50 TO 1 SCARCER (VJEP 903.02B, SPIZER).

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 'ASK ME WHY" ON SIDE 2 BEING IN SLIGHTLY LARGER PRINT, THE TYPESETTING OF THIS RECORD, WITH ITS SONG TITLES IN THE THIN MICRO-PRINT, IS IDENTICAL TO ITS COUNTERPART MENTIONED ABOVE, THE BLACK LABEL AND COLORBAND BRACKETS  LOGO VARIATION
(VJEP 903.02B, SPIZER).  THE  TRAIL OFF AREAS INCLUDE THE HAND-ETCHED JOB NUMBER " ∆51772 ". ALTHOUGH THE MONARCH RECORDS SYMBOL DOES NOT APPEAR IN THE TRAIL OFF AREAS, THIS STYRENE PRESSING OF THE EP WAS CLEARLY MANUFACTURED BY MONARCH CONTEMPORANEOUSLY WITH THE "DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET" SINGLE.

THE CONDITION OF THE RECORD IS IN GLEAMING AND SHIMMERING MINT MINUS UNPLAYED STATUS. IT'S TRULY A JEWEL. THE LABELS GRADE A SUPERB MINT MINUS AS WELL AND HAVE THE TYPICAL ONE SMALL FACTORY LINE. THE ACCOMPANYING CARDBOARD PICTURE SLEEVE IS INDEED ONE OF THE VERY BEST WE HAVE SEEN AND IS A STELLAR MINT MINUS. IT EQUALS THOSE THAT ARE SEALED OR REMAINING IN THE SHRINKWRAP.