The Beatles U.S. Singles/Vee-Jay

Non-Capitol Label Recording
Vee-Jay Records
#4 Do You Want To Know A Secret / Thank You Girl (VJ 587)
(Update: 6th. December 2022)

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#4-1 Promotional Record / Monarch Records Press
#4-2 Oval logo / Columbia Records Press
#4-3 Brackets logo / Monarch Records Press
#4-4 Brackets logo / ARP Press
#4-5 Brackets logo / Monarch Records Press / X'mas Sleeve

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#4-1 Do You Want To Know A Secret / Thank You Girl (Promotional Record "Monarch Records Press": VJ-587)
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TRACK LISTING	SIDE 1	Do You Want To Know A Secret (McCartney-Lennon)
	SIDE 2	Thank You Girl (McCartney-Lennon)
RELEASE DATE		Promotional Record (First Press: 23th March 1964)
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			Vee-Jay had developed a new label style for its promotional records. The labels have blue bracket logos on the left and right sides of the center hole and black print above and below the center. The words “PROMOTIONAL COPY” appear in blue below the logos.
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					Master number "63-3191", publisher's name "Metric Music - BMI". Running time was not printed on the label.
					Master number "63-3219", publisher's name "Conrad Pub. - BMI". Running time was not printed on the label.
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CATALOG NUMBER		VJ-587
LABEL		Vee Jay Promotional White label with bluebracket logo with black print
MIX		MONO7
PRESS FACTORY		Monarch Records in Los Angeles, California
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	∆51070 (hand etched) (MR) symbol and Audio Matrix logo (machine stamped)
	SIDE 2	63-3219 (R) ∆51771 URJ (hand etched) (MR) symbol (machine stamped)
SLEEVE STYLE		Plain white sleeve (maybe)
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
PUBLISHER'S NAME	SIDE 1	Metric Music - BMI
	SIDE 2	Conrad Pub. BMI
RUNNING TIME	SIDE 1	-
	SIDE 2	-
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		-
COMMENTS		Vee-Jay's next Beatles single was released on or about 21th March 1964. This Vee-Jay record marked George Harrison's first lead vocal on a Beatles single officially released in the U.S. or England. The promotional copies of the record have blue bracket logos and the words “PROMOTIONAL COPY” in blue below the logos on the left and right sides of the center hole and black print above and below the center hole. There are two variations. Type-1 has the A-side title on three lines. The trail off area to the A-side has the initials “URJ,” a hand-etched circled “R” and the machine stamped  logo. The B-side trail off area is identical to the trail off area. This disc was pressed in styrene by Monarch. Type-2 has the A-side title on two lines. The trail off area on the A-side is identical to that of the A-side to VJ 587.02A. The trail off area of the B-side has a hand-etched master number and the initials “URJ,” as well as the Audio Matrix and ARP logos. This record was manufactured by ARP. Of the two variations, the ARP promotional copy with thin print is by far the scarcer record.

#4-2 Do You Want To Know A Secret / Thank You Girl (1st. Press "Columbia Records Press": VJ-587)
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TRACK LISTING	SIDE 1	Do You Want To Know A Secret (McCartney-Lennon)
	SIDE 2	Thank You Girl (McCartney-Lennon)
RELEASE DATE		23th March 1964 / First Press
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		#4-2: East Coast Type (=this record)		#4-3: West Coast Type

		The single was released with a picture sleeve. Picture sleeve printed on flat paper. Exists in East Coast straight cut top and West Coast thumb tab top variations.
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			The first pressings of the record have silver lettering on a black label with an outer rim colorband featuring the oval logo.
				The publishing information (on two lines) was printed at the right center hole.
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				Its thin compressed type allows the A side's long song title to appear on one line.
The master number and the word "Vocal" are to the left of the center hole.					The initials "URJ" are hand etched in the trail off areas of both sides.
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CATALOG NUMBER		VJ-587
LABEL		Vee Jay Black rainbow with oval logo type-1
MIX		MONO
PRESS FACTORY		Columbia Records
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	63-3191-2 , "T1" and "URJ" (hand etched)
	SIDE 2	63-3219-2 , "T1" and URJ" (hand etched)
SLEEVE STYLE		Picture Sleeve: East Coast Type (Straight Cut Top)
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
PUBLISHER'S NAME	SIDE 1	Metric Music - BMI
	SIDE 2	Conrad Pub. BMI
RUNNING TIME	SIDE 1	-
	SIDE 2	-
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		features hand-painted faces of the boys
COMMENTS		Vee-Jay's next Beatles single was released on or about 21th March 1964. This Vee-Jay record marked George Harrison's first lead vocal on a Beatles single officially released in the U.S. or England. The single was released with a picture sleeve. Picture sleeve printed on flat paper. Exists in East Coast straight cut top and West Coast thumb tab top variations. Picture sleeve features hand-painted faces of the boys on a black background with "THE BEATLES" in yellow, the record number and Vee-Jay brackets logo in grey and the song titles in white. First pressing has thin silver lettering on a black label backdrop with an oval logo and outer rim colorband. Its thin compressed type allows the A side's long song title to appear on one line. The initials "URJ" are hand etched in the trail off areas of both sides. The trail off area on the A side has the master number 63-3191, followed by "-2", and "T1". The B side has the master number 63-3219, followed by "-2" and "T1". This styrene disc was manufactured by Columbia Records.

#4-3 Do You Want To Know A Secret / Thank You Girl (2nd. Press "Monarch Records Press": VJ-587)
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TRACK LISTING	SIDE 1	Do You Want To Know A Secret (McCartney-Lennon)
	SIDE 2	Thank You Girl (McCartney-Lennon)
RELEASE DATE		April? 1964 / Second Press
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		#4-2: East Coast Type		#4-3: West Coast Type (=this record)

		The single was released with a picture sleeve. Picture sleeve printed on flat paper. Exists in East Coast straight cut top and West Coast thumb tab top variations.
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			The second pressings of the record have silver lettering on a black label with an outer rim colorband featuring the brackets logo.
				The publishing information (on two lines) was printed at the right center hole.
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The master number and the word "Vocal" are to the left of the center hole.				Has the A side song title on two lines in thick print.	Has the machine stamped Audio Matrix and (MR) logos.
OTHER ITEM
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CATALOG NUMBER		VJ-587
LABEL		Vee Jay Black rainbow with oval logo type-2B
MIX		MONO
PRESS FACTORY		Monarch Records
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	63-3191 ?51070 URJ (hand etched) (MR) symbol and Audio Matrix logo (machine stamped)
	SIDE 2	63-3219 ?47843 RA (hand etched) (MR) symbol and Audio Matrix logo (machine stamped)
SLEEVE STYLE		Picture Sleeve: West Coast Type (Tab Cut Top)
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
PUBLISHER'S NAME	SIDE 1	Metric Music BMI
	SIDE 2	Conrad Pub. BMI
RUNNING TIME	SIDE 1	-
	SIDE 2	-
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		features hand-painted faces of the boys
COMMENTS		Vee-Jay's next Beatles single was released on or about 21th March 1964. This Vee-Jay record marked George Harrison's first lead vocal on a Beatles single officially released in the U.S. or England. The single was released with a picture sleeve. Picture sleeve printed on flat paper. Exists in East Coast straight cut top and West Coast thumb tab top variations. Picture sleeve features hand-painted faces of the boys on a black background with "THE BEATLES" in yellow, the record number and Vee-Jay brackets logo in grey and the song titles in white. The second pressings of the record have silver lettering on a black label with an outer rim colorband featuring the brackets logo. Second pressing, The following four variations have been confirmed. 2-A: has the A side song title on two lines in thin print, "VOCAL" in capital letters and song publishing information in upper and lower case type. The trail off area of the A side contains hand etchings of the master number and "URJ" as well as the Audio Matrix and ARP machine stamped logos, both of which are barely legible. The trail off area of the B side contains hand etchings of the master number and "RA" and machine stamped Audio Matrix and ARP logos. This record was manufactured by ARP. 2-B: has the A side song title on two lines in thick print and "Vocal" in upper and lower case letters. Its trail off areas contain hand etched master and job numbers and the initials "URJ" as well as machine stamped Audio Matrix and (MR) logos.The job number on the A side is ?51070. The markings of the B side, including the job number ?47843-X and "RA". This record was manufactured by Monarch Records. 2-C: has the A side song title on two lines in medium print, "Vocal" in upper and lower case letters and the trail off area containing hand etched master numbers and "URJ" as well as a barely legible Audio Matrix stamp. This variation was most likely pressed by Soutern Plastics. 2-D: has the title of the A side on one line in thin upper and lower case print and does not have the word "Vocal" on the label. It has hand etched master numbers and "RA" and the Audio Matrix stamp in the trail off area. This variation was probably pressed by Southern Plastics.

#4-4 Do You Want To Know A Secret / Thank You Girl (2nd. Press "ARP Press": VJ-587)
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TRACK LISTING	SIDE 1	Do You Want To Know A Secret (McCartney-Lennon)
	SIDE 2	Thank You Girl (McCartney-Lennon)
RELEASE DATE		April? 1964 / Second Press
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					Sealed. The fold over 88c price sticker,
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			It has never been taken out of it's generic tan sleeve. As new mint 45 that has never been played or taken out of it's generic sleeve. Note the fold over 88c price sticker was folded over the opening in such a way to protect the single from removal until cut or torn open. One has never been opened.
					Has the A side song title on two lines in thin print, "VOCAL" in capital letters.
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			The second pressings of the record have silver lettering on a black label with an outer rim colorband featuring the brackets logo.
				The publishing information (on two lines) was printed at the right center hole.
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			Has the A side song title on two lines in thin print, "VOCAL" in capital letters and song publishing information in upper and lower case type. The trail off area of the A side contains hand etchings of the master number and "URJ" as well as the Audio Matrix and ARP machine stamped logos, both of which are barely legible. The trail off area of the B side contains hand etchings of the master number and "RA" and machine stamped Audio Matrix and ARP logos. This record was manufactured by ARP.
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CATALOG NUMBER		VJ-587
LABEL		Vee Jay Black rainbow with brackets logo type-2A
MIX		MONO
PRESS FACTORY		The American Record Pressing Co. ("ARP") in Owosso, Michigan
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	63-3191 URJ (hand etched) ARP and Audio Matrix logo (machine stamped) (maybe)
	SIDE 2	63-3219 RA (hand etched) ARP and Audio Matrix logo (machine stamped) (maybe)
SLEEVE STYLE		Generic tan sleeve (Tab Cut Top / folded over 88c price sticker,)
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
PUBLISHER'S NAME	SIDE 1	Metric Music BMI
	SIDE 2	Conrad Pub. BMI
RUNNING TIME	SIDE 1	-
	SIDE 2	-
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		-
COMMENTS		Vee-Jay's next Beatles single was released on or about 21th March 1964. This Vee-Jay record marked George Harrison's first lead vocal on a Beatles single officially released in the U.S. or England. The single was released with a picture sleeve. Picture sleeve printed on flat paper. Exists in East Coast straight cut top and West Coast thumb tab top variations. Picture sleeve features hand-painted faces of the boys on a black background with "THE BEATLES" in yellow, the record number and Vee-Jay brackets logo in grey and the song titles in white. The second pressings of the record have silver lettering on a black label with an outer rim colorband featuring the brackets logo. Second pressing, The following four variations have been confirmed. 2-A: has the A side song title on two lines in thin print, "VOCAL" in capital letters and song publishing information in upper and lower case type. The trail off area of the A side contains hand etchings of the master number and "URJ" as well as the Audio Matrix and ARP machine stamped logos, both of which are barely legible. The trail off area of the B side contains hand etchings of the master number and "RA" and machine stamped Audio Matrix and ARP logos. This record was manufactured by ARP. 2-B: has the A side song title on two lines in thick print and "Vocal" in upper and lower case letters. Its trail off areas contain hand etched master and job numbers and the initials "URJ" as well as machine stamped Audio Matrix and (MR) logos.The job number on the A side is ?51070. The markings of the B side, including the job number ?47843-X and "RA". This record was manufactured by Monarch Records. 2-C: has the A side song title on two lines in medium print, "Vocal" in upper and lower case letters and the trail off area containing hand etched master numbers and "URJ" as well as a barely legible Audio Matrix stamp. This variation was most likely pressed by Soutern Plastics. 2-D: has the title of the A side on one line in thin upper and lower case print and does not have the word "Vocal" on the label. It has hand etched master numbers and "RA" and the Audio Matrix stamp in the trail off area. This variation was probably pressed by Southern Plastics.

#4-5 Do You Want To Know A Secret / Thank You Girl (2nd. Press "Monarch Records Press / X'mas Sleeve": VJ-587)
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TRACK LISTING	SIDE 1	Do You Want To Know A Secret (McCartney-Lennon)
	SIDE 2	Thank You Girl (McCartney-Lennon)
RELEASE DATE		October 1964 / Second Press
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		The center hole is surrounded by the same portraits of each of the Beatles faces. Vee-Jay's brackets logo appears in blue below the center hole.
			At the top of the sleeve is "THE BEATLES" in large purple print. Below the group's name is the phrase "WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS" in red and "AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR" in green.
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			The second pressings of the record have silver lettering on a black label with an outer rim colorband featuring the brackets logo.
				The publishing information (on two lines) was printed at the right center hole.
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				Has the A side song title on two lines in thick print. Its trail off areas contain hand etched master and job numbers and the initials "URJ" as well as machine stamped Audio Matrix and (MR) logos.The job number on the A side is ?51070. The markings of the B side, including the job number ?47843-X and "RA". This record was manufactured by Monarch Records.
The master number and the word "Vocal" are to the left of the center hole.
OTHER ITEM
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CATALOG NUMBER		VJ-587
LABEL		Vee Jay Black rainbow with oval logo type-2B
MIX		MONO
PRESS FACTORY		Monarch Records
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	63-3191 ?51070 URJ (hand etched) (MR) symbol and Audio Matrix logo (machine stamped)
	SIDE 2	63-3219 ?47843 RA (hand etched) (MR) symbol and Audio Matrix logo (machine stamped)
SLEEVE STYLE		Christmas Picture Sleeve: Ivy Hill Lithograph Corp. in Los Angeles printed
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
PUBLISHER'S NAME	SIDE 1	Metric Music BMI
	SIDE 2	Conrad Pub. BMI
RUNNING TIME	SIDE 1	-
	SIDE 2	-
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		features hand-painted faces of the boys
COMMENTS		In early October of 1964, Vee-Jay prepared a special picture sleeve for the holiday season. The sleeve was laid out and assembled by George S. Whiteman Graphic Design & Photography in Hollywood, California. The white background sleeve has a red border and a die-cut center hole that exposes the label. At the top of the sleeve is "THE BEATLES" in large purple print. Below the group's name is the phrase "WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS" in red and "AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR" in green. The center hole is surrounded by the same portraits of each of the Beatles faces. Vee-Jay's brackets logo appears in blue below the center hole. Ivy Hill Lithograph Corp. in Los Angeles printed the sleeves. the Christmas sleeve was created to encourage distributors to place large orders of Beatles product. Fairly common as a result of its press run of over 200,000 copies, this attractive holiday sleeve is among the more popular Beatles picture sleeves. Issued with any Vee Jay,Tollie,or Oldies singles by The Beatles during the Christmas season of 1964, and reportedly 1965. The second pressings of the record have silver lettering on a black label with an outer rim colorband featuring the brackets logo. Second pressing, The following four variations have been confirmed. 2-A: as the A side song title on two lines in thin print, "VOCAL" in capital letters and song publishing information in upper and lower case type. The trail off area of the A side contains hand etchings of the master number and "URJ" as well as the Audio Matrix and ARP machine stamped logos, both of which are barely legible. The trail off area of the B side contains hand etchings of the master number and "RA" and machine stamped Audio Matrix and ARP logos. This record was manufactured by ARP. 2-B: has the A side song title on two lines in thick print and "Vocal" in upper and lower case letters. Its trail off areas contain hand etched master and job numbers and the initials "URJ" as well as machine stamped Audio Matrix and (MR) logos.The job number on the A side is ?51070. The markings of the B side, including the job number ?47843-X and "RA". This record was manufactured by Monarch Records. 2-C: has the A side song title on two lines in medium print, "Vocal" in upper and lower case letters and the trail off area containing hand etched master numbers and "URJ" as well as a barely legible Audio Matrix stamp. This variation was most likely pressed by Soutern Plastics. 2-D: has the title of the A side on one line in thin upper and lower case print and does not have the word "Vocal" on the label. It has hand etched master numbers and "RA" and the Audio Matrix stamp in the trail off area. This variation was probably pressed by Southern Plastics.