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TRACK LISTING
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SIDE 1
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Love Me Do (Ringo Drums" version) (Lennon-McCartney) | |||
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SIDE 2
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P.S. I Love You (Lennon-McCartney) |
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RELEASE DATE
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4th February 1963? / First Press |
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Some or most of these early 1963 records were issued in a
glossy black Capitol sleeve. |
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The singles were pressed
with yellow-orange swirl labels featuring the Capitol
Records logo in black at the left side of the center hole. On both sides, publishing is credited to "Ardmore & Beechwood". |
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The Canadian logo
has "REG'D. TRADE MARK" below the Capitol logo. "MFD. IN CANADA BY CAPITOL RECORDS OF CANADA, LTD. REGISTERED USER. COPYRIGHTED."was printed at perimeter. |
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copies
have a matrix number with no dash or number. This number is
also hand etched in the dead wax in large numbers and
letters. |
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OTHER ITEM
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RECORD LABEL
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Capitol Records Of Canada yellow-orange swirl
label Type-1 |
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CATALOG NUMBER
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72076 |
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VINYL COLOR
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BLACK | ||||
| PRESS FACTORY |
Mastered
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pressed for Capitol by RCA |
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| MATRIX No. |
SIDE 1 | 7XCE
17144 (hand etching) |
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| SIDE 2 | 7XCE
17145 (hand etching) |
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SLEEVE STYLE
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straight cut top | ||||
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MIX
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MONO | ||||
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PUBLISHER'S NAME
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SIDE 1
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Ardmore & Beechwood |
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SIDE 2
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Ardmore & Beechwood |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Capitol original company sleeve issued in a glossy black sleeve. | ||||
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COMMENTS
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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 / 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. According to Paul white himself, a first run of only 170 copies were made. The band not being famous yet, the 45 did not sell well; apparently only around 78 copies were sold out of those initial 170. Trail off area numbers on Side-1 are "7XCE 17144" and Side-2 are "7XCE 17145". No suffix to either number by the large hand written. On both sides, publishing is credited to "Ardmore & Beechwood". Some or most of these early 1963 records were issued in a glossy black Capitol sleeve. Later pressings (with smaller matrix numbers and a "dash and number") are much more common. Almost all copies found on auction sites and in record stores are form these later pressings. In 1967, the permimeter print was changed to CANADA in brackets. These too are a bit difficult to come by since copies with numbers as high as "dash 7" still have the perimeter print with no brackets. |
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TRACK LISTING
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SIDE 1
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Love Me Do (Ringo Drums" version) (Lennon-McCartney) | |||
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SIDE 2
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P.S. I Love You (Lennon-McCartney) |
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RELEASE DATE
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Later1963? / 4th Press? |
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All copies were issued in a plain black non glossy sleeve. |
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The singles were pressed
with yellow-orange swirl labels featuring the Capitol
Records logo in black at the left side of the center hole. On both sides, publishing is credited to "Ardmore & Beechwood". |
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LABEL CLOSE UP
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The Canadian logo
has "REG'D. TRADE MARK" below the Capitol logo. "MFD. IN CANADA BY CAPITOL RECORDS OF CANADA, LTD. REGISTERED USER. COPYRIGHTED."was printed at perimeter. |
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OTHER ITEM
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RECORD LABEL
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Capitol Records Of Canada yellow-orange swirl
label Type-1 |
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CATALOG NUMBER
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72076 |
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VINYL COLOR
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BLACK | ||||
| PRESS FACTORY |
Sleeve:Queens
Litho Disc: Columbia Records in Bridgeport, Conneticut |
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| MATRIX No. |
SIDE 1 | 7XCE
17144-4 (hand
etching) |
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| SIDE 2 | 7XCE
17145-6 (hand
etching) |
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SLEEVE STYLE
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straight cut top | ||||
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MIX
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MONO | ||||
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PUBLISHER'S NAME
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SIDE 1
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Ardmore & Beechwood |
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SIDE 2
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Ardmore & Beechwood |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Capitol original company sleeve issued in a plain black non glossy sleeve. | ||||
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COMMENTS
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Later pressings (with smaller
matrix numbers and a "dash and number") are much more
common. Almost all copies found on auction sites and in
record stores are form these later pressings. In 1967, the
permimeter print was changed to CANADA in brackets. These
too are a bit difficult to come by since copies with numbers
as high as "dash 7" still have the perimeter print with no
brackets. All copies were issued in a plain black non glossy sleeve. |
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