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"PLEASE PLEASE ME" b/w "ASK ME WHY" VEE-JAY 498 RELEASED: 2/20/63 "BEATTLES" WITH TWO T'S OVAL LOGO WITH THICK FONT CONDITION: MINT 9 ITEM#: S784 PRICE: ------  |
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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. 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 LOGO LABELS WITH THE DOUBLE "T" OR ONE "T" IN THE GROUP'S NAME. THERE WERE THREE STOCK COPY LABEL VARIATIONS OF THE DOUBLE "T" VEE-JAY 498. THIS VARIATION WITH THE "THICK FONT" VERSION OF THE RECORD (VJ498.02, SPIZER), HAS SILVER PRINT ON A BLACK LABEL WITH THE OUTER RIM COLORBAND FEATURING THE OVAL LOGO, BUT THE SONG TITLES AND THE GROUP'S NAME ARE IN THICKER PRINT THAN THE OTHER VARIATIONS. THE "MR" SYMBOL MACHINE STAMPED IN THE TRAIL OFF AREAS INDICATES THAT THIS STYRENE DISC WAS PRESSED BY MONARCH RECORDS. THE TRAIL OFF AREAS ALSO CONTAIN THE JOB NUMBERS Δ46527 HAND ETCHED ON THE A-SIDE AND Δ46527-X ON THE B-SIDE. PRECISELY STATED, THIS EXAMPLE IS ONE OF THE FINEST KNOWN COPIES TO EXIST.
GRADED AT A SUPERLATIVE AND MAGNIFICENT MINT 9, THE VINYL EXHIBITS A RICH AND
SPARKLING LUSTER, WITH AN UNPLAYED "AS NEW" APPEARANCE. BOTH LABELS GRADE THE
SAME DISPLAYING A SHINY GLOSS AND CLEAR RICH, BOLD FONTS. THE COLORBAND PERIMETER REMAINS
COLORFULLY VIBRANT.
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