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"PLEASE PLEASE ME"
B/W "FROM ME TO YOU"
VEE-JAY 581
PROMOTIONAL BLUE & WHITE LABEL 45 SINGLE
RELEASED: EARLY 1964

"THE RECORD THAT STARTED BEATLEMANIA"

CONDITION: NM
ITEM#: PR842
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DESCRIPTION
(ACTUAL SCANS)

A PROMOTIONAL SINGLE 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. THE PROMOTIONAL COPIES FOR THIS RECORD DIFFERS FROM THOSE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED BY VEE-JAY. THIS LABEL HAS BLUE BRACKET LOGOS ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES OF THE CENTER HOLE AND BLACK PRINT ABOVE AND BELOW THE SPINDLE HOLE. THE WORDS "PROMOTIONAL COPY" APPEAR IN BLUE BELOW THE LOGOS. THE DISC'S TRAIL-OFF AREA MARKINGS INDICATE THAT THESE PROMOTIONAL RECORDS WERE MANUFACTURED BY MONARCH RECORDS.

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". 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. THESE REFERENCES TO THE SPREAD OF BEATLEMANIA IN AMERICA GIVES THE SPECIAL SLEEVE AND THE PROMOTIONAL 45 SINGLE HISTORICAL AND SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE.

THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THIS VERY RARE PROMOTIONAL 45. THE VINYL IS A SOLID AND GORGEOUS NEAR MINT AND TRULY APPEARS IT WAS PLAYED ONCE THEN STORED AWAY. A GLOSSY SHEEN REMAINS TO THE DEEP GROOVES AND OBVIOUS THAT THIS RECORD HAS BEEN WELL PRESERVED AND CAREFULLY STORED OVER THE YEARS, THE LABELS ARE BRILLIANT WITH A HIGH-SHINE "WHITE" TONE AND GRADE NEAR MINT MINUS, WITH SOME VERY LIGHT AND SPORADIC STACKING WEAR EVIDENT. THERE IS NO WRITING OR HANDWRITTEN "X" THAT DESIGNATED THE A-SIDE AIR-PLAY SONG. THIS COPY IS ONE OF THE CLEANEST EXAMPLE OF THIS RARITY WE'VE EVER ACQUIRED.

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.