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TRACK LISTING
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SIDE 1
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Please Please Me (J. Lennon - P. McCartney) |
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SIDE 2
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Ask Me Why (J. Lennon - P. McCartney) | ||||
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RELEASE DATE
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20th. February 1963 / First Press |
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| During
1963, Vee-Jay often issued its singles in red, white and
black center
cut sleeves with VEE-JAY printed in the same typestyle as
the oval logo
and with Vee-Jay's 1499 South Michigan, Chicago, address
printed at the
bottom. |
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It
was pressed by Monarch Records, has silver print on a black
label with
the outer rim colorband featuring the oval logo. |
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| The master number
and
the word "Vocal" are to the left of the center hole. The publishing information (two lines) and running time of the song are to the right. |
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The song title and the group's name are in thicker print than"ARP pressing". It was credited to "THE BEATTLES" and songwriters were listed as "J. Lennon - P. McCartney" | ||
| "Please Please Me"
assigned the master number 63-2967 and "Ask Me Why" assigned
the number
"63-2968" |
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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. Thus, when VJ 498
was
released in February of 1963, it was credit to "THE BEATTLES". |
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OTHER ITEM
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| CATALOG NUMBER | VJ
498 |
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LABEL
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Vee Jay Black rainbow with oval logo type-2 | ||||
| MIX | MONO | ||||
| PRESS FACTORY | Monarch
Records
in Los Angeles, California |
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| MATRIX No. |
SIDE 1 | 63-2967 RA ?46527 (hand etched) (MR) symbol and Audio Matrix logo (machine stamped) | |||
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63-2968 RA ?46527-X (hand etched) (MR) symbol and Audio Matrix logo (machine stamped) | ||||
| SLEEVE STYLE |
Vee-Jay
Company
Sleeve Type-1 |
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| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
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PUBLISHER'S NAME
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SIDE 1
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Concertone Songs ASCAP |
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SIDE 2
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Concertone Songs ASCAP | ||||
| RUNNING TIME |
SIDE 1 | 2:00 |
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| SIDE 2 | 2:22 |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES |
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COMMENTS
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The Beatles' first United States
single (VJ 498), was released on or about 20th. February
1963. 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. Thus, when VJ 498 was released in February of 1963, it was credit to "THE BEATTLES". Vee-Jay did not press its own records. Instead, the company had the metal parts sent to regional factories for manufacture. Records were then sent directly from these pressing plants to distributors, who in turn sent records to retailers and other distributors. In 1963, three of the primary pressing plants used by Vee-Jay were; (1) The American Record Pressing Co. ("ARP") in Owosso, Michigan (2) Monarch Records in Los Angeles, California (3) Southern Plastics in Nashville, Tennessee All three variations of the misspelled "BEATTLES" stock copies were manufactured with metal parts sent to the three different regional pressing plants on the same day. All three misspelled variations are original issue records. (1) The American Record Pressing Co. ("ARP") ARP pressings have a raised relief script "ARP" machine stamped logo in the trail off areas. (2) Monarch Records The discs manufactured by Monarch Records are easily identified by a circled (MR) symbol machine stamped in the trail off areas, which also contain a hand etched job number preceded by a "?" symbol. The song title and artist's name are located below the center hole in capital letters and thick print. The remaining information is in small print with the master number and the word "Vocal" to the left of the center hole and the time and publishing information to the right. (3) Southern Plastics These records have thin print throughout the label, with the song title and artist's name in all capital letters below the center hole. The names of the songwriters are in upper and lower case "microprint". The master number and the word "VOCAL" are to the left. Single pressed by Southern Plastics up to and including VJ 498 have a "#" symbol preceding the record number. The lack of any pressing plant information in the trail off areas. The oval logo variation of this record with thick print has the (MR) symbol in its trail off areas, indicating that it was pressed by Monarch Records. The job number ?46527 is hand etched in the trail off area of the A side and ?46527-X appears on the B side. |
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