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LOVE ME DO B/W P.S. I LOVE YOU CAPITOL OF CANADA 72076 RELEASED: 2/4/63 CONDITION: NM (UNPLAYED) ITEM#: S400 PRICE: ----- 
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DESCRIPTION (ACTUAL SCANS) PAUL WHITE, WHO SERVED AS CAPITOL OF CANADA'S MARKETING MANAGER AND WORKED IN THE ARTISTS AND REPERTOIRE DEPARTMENT WAS GIVEN THE JOB OF REVIEWING EMI DISCS FOR POSSIBLE RELEASE IN CANADA. IN JANUARY 1963, WHITE RECEIVED A STACK OF SINGLES FROM EMI. INCLUDED IN THE BATCH WAS THE BEATLES FIRST SINGLE, "LOVE ME DO" B/W "P.S. I LOVE YOU", WHICH WAS RELEASED IN ENGLAND ON PARLOPHONE ON OCTOBER 5, 1962. HE IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT THAT HE DEFINITELY MUST RELEASE THIS RECORD. AS WAS OFTEN THE PRACTICE AT THAT TIME, WHITE DID NOT BOTHER TO OBTAIN THE MASTER TAPE FROM EMI. INSTEAD, "LOVE ME DO" AND "P.S. I LOVE YOU" WERE DUBBED FROM THE PARLOPHONE 45. THUS, WHEN THE SINGLE WAS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 4, 1963, ON CAPITOL OF CANADA 72076, IT FEATURED THE VERSION OF "LOVE ME DO" WITH RINGO ON DRUMS - AND IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S ALL TIME RAREST 45 SINGLES. THIS EXAMPLE IS IN NEAR MINT "AS NEW" UNPLAYED CONDITION AND IT CANNOT BE UPGRADED. THIS RECORD IS EXTREMELY VITAL TO THE BEATLES HISTORY AS IT IS THE VERY FIRST EVER RECORD ATTRIBUTED AND TITLED TO "THE BEATLES" IN NORTH AMERICA AND ISSUED SIXTEEN DAYS BEFORE THE U.S. VEE-JAY 498 SINGLE "PLEASE PLEASE ME". ISSUED ON FEBRUARY 4, 1963, IT WOULD NOT BE UNTIL 16 MONTHS LATER THAT THIS SINGLE WAS ISSUED IN THE U.S. ON THE TOLLIE LABEL WITH A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT VERSION OF THE SONG WITH ANDY WHITE ON DRUMS. THE VERY NEXT CANADIAN REISSUE FOLLOWING THIS SINGLE WAS NOT RELEASED UNTIL THE WINTER OF 1963. VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE IS NO SUFFIX AFTER THE MASTER NUMBER IN THE TRAIL OFF. LATER ISSUES OF THIS SINGLE HAVE A "-2", OR "-3" AND SO ON, AND ARE FROM MUCH LATER 1963, AND NOT THE FEBRUARY VERY FIRST ISSUE PRESSING AS THIS EXAMPLE BEING OFFERED HERE. REPORTEDLY, LESS THAN 200 OF THIS VERY FIRST ISSUE VERSION WERE EVER DISTRIBUTED. TRAIL OFF AREA NUMBERS ON SIDE ONE ARE "7XCE 17144" AND SIDE TWO ARE "7XCE 17145". NO SUFFIX TO EITHER NUMBER (CAPITOL OF CANADA 72076). THE A-SIDE PUBLISHING IS CREDITED TO "ARDMORE & BEECHWOOD". TODAY, THESE ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER BY COLLECTORS AND NO DOUBT THIS IS QUITE AN HISTORIC PIECE - ONE THAT WAS ISSUED LONG BEFORE THE BEATLES WERE POPULAR IN NORTH AMERICA. ALSO INCLUDED IS THE ORIGINAL ACCOMPANYING CAPITOL RECORDS OF CANADA SLEEVE. 
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