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PROMOTIONAL RECORDS
MGM PROMOTIONAL RECORDS WERE DISTRIBUTED FOR FREE IN ORDER TO PROMOTE A RECORDING THAT WOULD BE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. "PROMO" RECORDS WERE SENT DIRECTLY TO BROADCASTERS, SUCH AS RADIO STATION DISC JOCKEYS, AND AT TIMES, MUSIC JOURNALISTS IN ADVANCE OF THE RELEASE OF COMMERCIAL "STOCK COPY" ISSUES, IN THE HOPE THAT AIRPLAY, REVIEWS, AND OTHER FORMS OF EXPOSURE WILL RESULT AND STIMULATE THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST IN THE COMMERCIAL RELEASE. BECAUSE PROMOTIONAL RECORDS WERE PRODUCED IN SMALLER QUANTITY THAN RELEASES THAT WERE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THEY ARE CONSIDERED EXTREMELY VALUABLE, FOR THEY WERE NEVER RELEASED IN RECORD STORES. 
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"MY BONNIE" B/W "THE SAINTS (WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN)" THE BEATLES WITH TONY SHERIDAN MGM K-13213 RELEASED: JANUARY, 27 1964
VERY RARE YELLOW LABEL 'SPECIAL DISC JOCKEY' PROMOTIONALSINGLE, SHORTLY AFTER BEATLEMANIA EXPLODED IN THE UNITED STATES, MGM RECORDS ENTERED INTO A FIVE-YEAR LEASING AGREEMENT WITH DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON GIVING MGM THE AMERICAN RIGHTS TO FOUR TONY SHERIDAN AND THE BEATLES SONGS, INCLUDING THE TWO ISSUED BY DECCA NEARLY TWO YEARS EARLIER. WHILE "MY BONNIE" BY 'TONY SHERIDAN AND THE BEAT BROTHERS' WAS IGNORED IN 1962, THE SAME RECORDING OF "MY BONNIE" BY 'THE BEATLES WITHY TONY SHERIDAN' BECAME A HIT IN 1964. IT WAS ALL A MATTER OF TIMING AND MARKETING. OFFERED HERE IS MGM'S RARER YELLOW LABEL ' SPECIAL DISC JOCKEY' PROMOTIONAL 45 SINGLE, PRESSED BY MGM'S BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY FACTORY. THE VINYL IS IN GLORIOUS MINT MINUS UNPLAYED CONDITION, AND SHINES LIKE AN ABSOLUTE GEM. ACCOMPANIED BY ITS ORIGINAL MGM COMPANY SLEEVE IN NEAR MINT MINUS CONDITION, WHICH HAS TWO TINY STAPLE HOLES IN UPPER LEFT CORNER. CONDITION: M- (UNPLAYED) | ||
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"WHY" B/W "CRY FOR A SHADOW" THE BEATLES WITH TONY SHERIDAN MGM K-13227 RELEASED: MARCH 24, 1964 VERY RARE YELLOW LABEL 'SPECIAL DISC JOCKEY' PROMOTIONAL 45 SINGLE, BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY PRESSING TWO MONTHS AFTER HAVING A TOP THIRTY HIT WITH "MY BONNIE", MGM RECORDS ISSUED ANOTHER 45 PAIRING TWO SONGS FROM THE BEATLES HAMBURG SESSIONS. MGM OBTAINED THE RIGHTS TO TONY SHERIDAN'S "WHY" AND THE BEATLES INSTRUMENTAL "CRY FOR A SHADOW" UNDER THE SAME LASING AGREEMENT COVERING "MY BONNIE" AND "THE SAINTS". THE SONGS MADE THEIR AMERICAN DEBUT IN EARLY FEBRUARY 1964, ON THE MGM ALBUM "THE BEATLES WITH TONY SHERIDAN AND GUESTS". OFFERED HERE IS MGM'S RARER YELLOW LABEL ' SPECIAL DISC JOCKEY' PROMOTIONAL 45 SINGLE, PRESSED BY MGM'S BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY FACTORY. THE VINYL AND LABELS ARE IN ABSOLUTE STUNNING MINT MINUS UNPLAYED CONDITION, AND SHIMMERS LIKE A JEWEL. THE RECORD IS ACCOMPANIED BY ITS ORIGINAL MGM COMPANY SLEEVE IN NEAR MINT CONDITION.
CONDITION: M- (UNPLAYED)
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