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#2 Love Me Do / P.S. I Love You (T-9008)
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#2-1 Love Me Do / P.S. I Love You ("Promotional White Label Type-1 / Block Letter Logo / Monarch Records Press": T-9008)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
Love Me Do (McCartney-Lennon)
SIDE 2
P.S. I Love You (McCartney-Lennon)
RELEASE DATE
April 1964 ? / Promotional Copy
SLEEVE FRONT
SLEEVE BACK
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SIDE 2 --> Click!
DISK --> Click!
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label label label
LABEL CLOSE UP
lovemedo The name "TOLLIE" in thin block letters above the word "RECORDS"  located above the center hole.  lovemedo The words "NOT FOR SALE" was printed at the right side of the center hole.
LABEL CLOSE UP
lovemedo lovemedo Both sides: song writer's credit is "McCartney-Lennon"
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lovemedo lovemedo It has all black print on a white label and the words "PROMOTIONAL COPY".
The publisher's credit "Beechwood Music (BMI)" was printed at the left center hole.
OTHER ITEM
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RECORD LABEL
TOLLIE black print on the white label type-1
CATALOG NUMBER
T-9008
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
PRESS FACTORY
Monarch Records in Los Angeles, California
MATRIX No.
SIDE 1 (MR) symbol    63-3188    ?5-1068X  (hand etched)
SIDE 2 (MR) symbol    63-3189    ?5-1069    RA (hand etched)
SLEEVE STYLE
Unknown
MIX
MONO
PUBLISHER'S NAME
SIDE 1
Beechwood Music (BMI)
SIDE 2
Beechwood Music (BMI)
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Unknown
COMMENTS
The Beatles first British single, "Love Me Do b/w P.S. I Love You", was released in the U.S. on 27th April 1964.
Tollie Records was a record label formed in February, 1964 as a sub-label of Vee-Jay Records and closed in May 1965. The label distributed some Beatles singles in the United States before Capitol Records.

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
ARP pressings have a raised relief script "ARP" machine stamped logo in the trail off areas.
(2) Monarch Records in Los Angeles, California
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.
(3) Southern Plastics in Nashville, Tennessee
There is no factory logo in the trail off areas.
(4) Silver Plastics, for additional use
Its trail off area has the (MR) symbol, however the record is pressed in vinyl rather than styrene.

Although there are no confirmed promotional copies of the first Beatles single on TOLLIE (Twist and Shout: 9001), there are two distinct promotional copy label variations for "Love Me Do".
Type-1: Has the thin block letters "TOLLIE" logo. It has all black print on a white label and the words "NOT FOR SALE" and "PROMOTIONAL COPY".
The trail-off areas  have the identical markings, including the (MR) symbol, indicating that this promotional record was pressed by Monarch.
Type-2: Has the clockwise box logo. It has all black print on a white label and the words "NOT FOR SALE" and "Disk Jockey Advance Sample".
The trail-off areas contain barely visible hand etched initials "RA" and master numbers, along with barely legible Audio Matrix and "ARP" logos, indicating that promotional copy was pressed by ARP.



#2-2 Love Me Do / P.S. I Love You ("Promotional White Label Type-2 / Clockwise Box Logo / ARP Press": T-9008)
Back to the top of the line
TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
Love Me Do (McCartney-Lennon)
SIDE 2
P.S. I Love You (McCartney-Lennon)
RELEASE DATE
April 1964 ? / Promotional Copy
SLEEVE FRONT
SLEEVE BACK
SIDE 1 --> Click!
SIDE 2 --> Click!
DISK --> Click!
Sorry,
I don't have it.
Sorry,
I don't have it.
label label label
LABEL CLOSE UP
lovemedo Has the clockwise box logo located above the center hole.  lovemedo It has all black print on a white label and the words "Disc Jockey Advance Sample".
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE-1 SIDE-2 The words "NOT FOR SALE" and the publisher's credit "Beechwood Music-BMI" were printed at the right side of the center hole. Both sides: song writer's credit is "McCartney-Lennon"
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OTHER ITEM
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RECORD LABEL
TOLLIE black print on the white label type-2
CATALOG NUMBER
T-9008
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
PRESS FACTORY
The American Record Pressing Co. ("ARP") in Owosso, Michigan
MATRIX No.
SIDE 1 63-3188    RA  (hand etched)  Audio Matrix and "ARP" logos (machine stamped)
SIDE 2 63-3189    RA  (hand etched)  Audio Matrix and "ARP" logos (machine stamped)
SLEEVE STYLE
Unknown
MIX
MONO
PUBLISHER'S NAME
SIDE 1
Beechwood Music-BMI
SIDE 2
Beechwood Music-BMI
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Unknown
COMMENTS
The Beatles first British single, "Love Me Do b/w P.S. I Love You", was released in the U.S. on 27th April 1964.
Tollie Records was a record label formed in February, 1964 as a sub-label of Vee-Jay Records and closed in May 1965. The label distributed some Beatles singles in the United States before Capitol Records.

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
ARP pressings have a raised relief script "ARP" machine stamped logo in the trail off areas.
(2) Monarch Records in Los Angeles, California
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.
(3) Southern Plastics in Nashville, Tennessee
There is no factory logo in the trail off areas.
(4) Silver Plastics, for additional use
Its trail off area has the (MR) symbol, however the record is pressed in vinyl rather than styrene.

Although there are no confirmed promotional copies of the first Beatles single on TOLLIE (Twist and Shout: 9001), there are two distinct promotional copy label variations for "Love Me Do".
Type-1: Has the thin block letters "TOLLIE" logo. It has all black print on a white label and the words "NOT FOR SALE" and "PROMOTIONAL COPY".
The trail-off areas  have the identical markings, including the (MR) symbol, indicating that this promotional record was pressed by Monarch.
Type-2: Has the clockwise box logo. It has all black print on a white label and the words "NOT FOR SALE" and "Disk Jockey Advance Sample".
The trail-off areas contain barely visible hand etched initials "RA" and master numbers, along with barely legible Audio Matrix and "ARP" logos, indicating that promotional copy was pressed by ARP.



#2-3 Love Me Do / P.S. I Love You (1st. Press "Yellow label in Black print / Block Letter Logo / Monarch Records Press / with Picture Sleeve": T-9008)
Back to the top of the line
TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
Love Me Do (McCartney-Lennon)
SIDE 2
P.S. I Love You (McCartney-Lennon)
RELEASE DATE
27th. April 1964 / First Press
FRONT--> Click!
  BACK--> Click!
SIDE 1 --> Click!
SIDE 2 --> Click!
DISK --> Click!
lovemedo lovemedo label label label
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
LABEL CLOSE UP
lovemedo The name "tollie" appearing in tall, heavy type above the word "RECORDS" inside a counterclockwise box logo. Tollie used the Tollie from March 1964.
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The name "TOLLIE" in thin block letters above the word "RECORDS"  located above the center hole.
LABEL CLOSE UP
lovemedo lovemedo Both sides: song writer's credit is "McCartney-Lennon" lovemedo the publisher's credit "Beechwood Music (BMI)" was printed at the left center hole.
OTHER ITEM
-

RECORD LABEL
TOLLIE black print on the yellow label type-1
CATALOG NUMBER
T-9008
VINYL COLOR
BLACK (Styrene)
PRESS FACTORY
Monarch Records in Los Angeles, California
MATRIX No.
SIDE 1 (MR) symbol    63-3188  (R)    ?52252    URT (hand etched)
SIDE 2 (MR) symbol    63-3189  (R)    ?52252X    URT (hand etched)
SLEEVE STYLE
straight cut top
MIX
MONO
PUBLISHER'S NAME
SIDE 1
Beechwood Music (BMI)
SIDE 2
Beechwood Music (BMI)
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES The portrait was derived from the Dezo Hoffmann color photo
COMMENTS
The Beatles first British single, "Love Me Do b/w P.S. I Love You", was released in the U.S. on 27th April 1964.
Tollie Records was a record label formed in February, 1964 as a sub-label of Vee-Jay Records and closed in May 1965. The label distributed some Beatles singles in the United States before Capitol Records.

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
ARP pressings have a raised relief script "ARP" machine stamped logo in the trail off areas.
(2) Monarch Records in Los Angeles, California
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.
(3) Southern Plastics in Nashville, Tennessee
There is no factory logo in the trail off areas.
(4) Silver Plastics, for additional use
Its trail off area has the (MR) symbol, however the record is pressed in vinyl rather than styrene.

The record's picture sleeve, T-9008 features a painted color portrait of the group that faithfully duplicates a Dezo Hoffman color photo. The attractive illustration was later used for the cover of the second issue of "The Beatles & Frank Ifield On Stage" album.
Although the picture sleeve may have been issued with all of the label variations, it is most commonly found with the version designated as T-9008 type-1.

T-9008 type-1: black print on a yellow label with the "TOLLIE" thin block letters logo.
The trail off areas have the hand etched master number 63-3188 and the job number ?51068X on the A side and the master number 63-3189 and the job number ?51069 on the B side. The (MR) symbol is machine stamped in the trail off areas.
T-9008 type-2:  has black print on a yellow label with "tollie" and "RECORDS" in the clockwise box logo.
T-9008 type-3: has dark green print on a yellow label with "tollie" and "RECORDS" in the clockwise box logo.
T-9008 type-4: has black print on a yellow label with "TOLLIE" and "RECORDS" in the box.The "E" of "TOLLIE" has a curved shape.
T-9008 type-5: has silver print on an all black label with "TOLLIE" and "RECORDS" in the box.The "E" of "TOLLIE" has a curved shape.
T-9008 type-6: has black print on a yellow label with thick block print "TOLLIE" logo in the box.



#2-4 Love Me Do / P.S. I Love You (2nd. Press "Yellow Label in Black print / Clockwise Box Logo / ARP Press": T-9008)
Back to the top of the line
TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
Love Me Do (McCartney-Lennon)
SIDE 2
P.S. I Love You (McCartney-Lennon)
RELEASE DATE
1964 / Second Press
FRONT--> Click!
  BACK--> Click!
SIDE 1 --> Click!
SIDE 2 --> Click!
DISK --> Click!
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LABEL CLOSE UP
lovemedo Has black print on a yellow label with "tollie" and "RECORDS" in the clockwise box logo.
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1
SIDE 2
Has the word gVOCALh and the publishing information "Beechwood Music-BMI" in small print.
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LABEL CLOSE UP
lovemedo lovemedo .Both sides: song writer's credit is "McCartney-Lennon"
OTHER ITEM
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RECORD LABEL
TOLLIE black print on the yellow label type-2 (Clockwise Box Logo)
CATALOG NUMBER
T-9008
VINYL COLOR
BLACK (Styrene)
PRESS FACTORY
The American Record Pressing Co. ("ARP") in Owosso, Michigan
MATRIX No.
SIDE 1 63-3188    URT (hand etched)    ARP     Audio Matrix  (machine stamped)
SIDE 2 63-3189    URT (hand etched)   ARP      Audio Matrix  (machine stamped)
SLEEVE STYLE
Plain White Sleeve / Curved cut top
MIX
MONO
PUBLISHER'S NAME
SIDE 1
Beechwood Music-BMI
SIDE 2
Beechwood Music-BMI
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES -
COMMENTS
The Beatles first British single, "Love Me Do b/w P.S. I Love You", was released in the U.S. on 27th April 1964.
Tollie Records was a record label formed in February, 1964 as a sub-label of Vee-Jay Records and closed in May 1965. The label distributed some Beatles singles in the United States before Capitol Records.

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
ARP pressings have a raised relief script "ARP" machine stamped logo in the trail off areas.
(2) Monarch Records in Los Angeles, California
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.
(3) Southern Plastics in Nashville, Tennessee
There is no factory logo in the trail off areas.
(4) Silver Plastics, for additional use
Its trail off area has the (MR) symbol, however the record is pressed in vinyl rather than styrene.

T-9008 type-1: black print on a yellow label with the "TOLLIE" thin block letters logo.
The trail off areas have the hand etched master number 63-3188 and the job number ?51068X on the A side and the master number 63-3189 and the job number ?51069 on the B side. The (MR) symbol is machine stamped in the trail off areas.
T-9008 type-2:  has black print on a yellow label with "tollie" and "RECORDS" in the clockwise box logo.
These discs were pressed with stampers from two different sets of lacquers, all of which have barely visible Audio Matrix and gARPh machine stamped logos, indicating that this
variation was pressed by ARP.

The original stampers  have the hand-etched initials gRA.h
Later stampers have the hand-etched initials gURJ.h

T-9008 type-3: has dark green print on a yellow label with "tollie" and "RECORDS" in the clockwise box logo.
T-9008 type-4: has black print on a yellow label with "TOLLIE" and "RECORDS" in the box.The "E" of "TOLLIE" has a curved shape.
T-9008 type-5: has silver print on an all black label with "TOLLIE" and "RECORDS" in the box.The "E" of "TOLLIE" has a curved shape.
T-9008 type-6: has black print on a yellow label with thick block print "TOLLIE" logo in the box.



#2-8 Love Me Do / P.S. I Love You (6th. Press "Yellow Label in Black print / Thick Letter in thin Box Logo / Southern Plastics Press / with Picture Sleeve: T-9008)
Back to the top of the line
TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
Love Me Do (McCartney-Lennon)
SIDE 2
P.S. I Love You (McCartney-Lennon)
RELEASE DATE
1964 / 6th Press
FRONT--> Click!
  BACK--> Click!
SIDE 1 --> Click!
SIDE 2 --> Click!
DISK --> Click!
lovemedo lovemedo label label label
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
LABEL CLOSE UP
lovemedo The name "tollie" appearing in tall, heavy type above the word "RECORDS" inside a counterclockwise box logo. Tollie used the Tollie from March 1964.
lovemedo lovemedo The name "TOLLIE" in thick block letters above the word "RECORDS" inside a thin box located above the center hole.
Song writer's credit is "McCartney-Lennon"
LABEL CLOSE UP
lovemedo Side2: song writer's credit is "McCartney-Lennon" lovemedo the publisher's credit "Beechwood Music B.M.I." was printed at the left center hole.
OTHER ITEM
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RECORD LABEL
TOLLIE black print on the yellow label type-6
CATALOG NUMBER
T-9008
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
PRESS FACTORY
Unknown
MATRIX No.
SIDE 1 633188 (hand etched)
SIDE 2
633189 (hand etched)
SLEEVE STYLE
straight cut top
MIX
MONO
PUBLISHER'S NAME
SIDE 1
Beechwood Music B.M.I.
SIDE 2
Beechwood Music B.M.I.
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES The portrait was derived from the Dezo Hoffmann color photo
COMMENTS
The Beatles first British single, "Love Me Do b/w P.S. I Love You", was released in the U.S. on 27th April 1964.
Tollie Records was a record label formed in February, 1964 as a sub-label of Vee-Jay Records and closed in May 1965. The label distributed some Beatles singles in the United States before Capitol Records.

The record's picture sleeve, T-9008 features a painted color portrait of the group that faithfully duplicates a Dezo Hoffman color photo. The attractive illustration was later used for the cover of the second issue of "The Beatles & Frank Ifield On Stage" album.
Although the picture sleeve may have been issued with all of the label variations, it is most commonly found with the version designated as T-9008 type-1.

T-9008 type-1: black print on a yellow label with the "TOLLIE" thin block letters logo.
T-9008 type-2:  has black print on a yellow label with "tollie" and "RECORDS" in the clockwise box logo.
T-9008 type-3: has dark green print on a yellow label with "tollie" and "RECORDS" in the clockwise box logo.
T-9008 type-4: has black print on a yellow label with "TOLLIE" and "RECORDS" in the box.The "E" of "TOLLIE" has a curved shape.
T-9008 type-5: has silver print on an all black label with "TOLLIE" and "RECORDS" in the box.The "E" of "TOLLIE" has a curved shape.
T-9008 type-6: has black print on a yellow label with thick block print "TOLLIE" logo in the box.



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