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PROMOTIONAL RECORDS
VEE-JAY 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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"PLEASE PLEASE ME" B/W "ASK ME WHY" VEE-JAY 498 RELEASED: 2/20/63 "BEATTLES" WITH TWO T'S HISTORIC AND
ULTRA-RARE THE FIRST RECORD RELEASED IN THE UNITED STATES
TO BEAR THE BEATLES NAME WAS VEE-JAY 498.
VEE-JAY WASN'T QUITE SURE WHAT IT HAD WITH THE BEATLES,
AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, DID NOT EVEN KNOW
HOW TO SPELL THE GROUP'S NAME.
THEREFORE ALL INITIAL ISSUES OF
THE PROMOTIONAL AND STORE STOCK RECORDS
ADDED AN EXTRA "T" TO THE GROUP'S NAME.
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FROM ME TO YOU B/W THANK YOU GIRL VEE-JAY 522 RELEASED: 5/6/63 (ACTUAL SCANS) DISC JOCKEY ADVANCE COPY, WHITE LABEL WITH BLACK PRINT. THE PROMOTIONAL 45 PRESSING FOR VEE-JAY'S SECOND BEATLES' RELEASE IS SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE TO THE PROMO COPY OF THE FIRST SINGLE, VJ498. ITS TRAIL-OFF MARKINGS ARE IDENTICAL TO THOSE OF THE 522 STOCK COPY. THE "ARP" LOGO SIGNIFIES THAT THE PROMO RECORD LIKE ITS PREDECESSOR WAS MANUFACTURED IN OWOSSO, MICHIGAN. THE CONDITION OF THIS PROMO COPY IS EXTREMELY CLEAN, WITH A DEEP SHEEN AND HIGH GLOSS GRADED AS A SHIMMERING NEAR MINT ON BOTH SIDES. THE LABELS ARE NEAR MINT AS WELL, AND REMAIN A BRIGHT WHITE WITHOUT AGE OR DIRT. THE GRAY CIRCULAR BAND DISPLAYS NO TURNTABLE WEAR AT ALL. NONE BETTER THAN THIS EXAMPLE. ACCOMPANIED BY ITS OWN ORIGINAL VEE-JAY 1963 GENERIC SLEEVE. CONDITION: NM ITEM#: PR377 PRICE: $3,000  | ||
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THE RECORD THAT STARTED "BEATLEMANIA" "PLEASE PLEASE ME" B/W "FROM ME TO YOU" VEE-JAY 581, SPECIAL PROMOTIONAL TITLE SLEEVE ISSUED JANUARY 1964 THIS BLUE AND WHITE PROMOTIONAL SLEEVE (OFTEN REFERRED TO AS "THE JACK PARR SLEEVE') THAT ACCOMPANIED A SMALL NUMBER OF THE "NOT FOR SALE" SINGLES, PROUDLY DESCRIBES THE RELEASE AS "THE RECORD THAT STARTED BEATLEMANIA". IT REFERS TO THE GROUP'S JANUARY 3, 1964 FILM CLIP ON "THE JACK PAAR SHOW " AND THEIR UPCOMING APPEARANCES ON THE FEBRUARY 9 AND FEBRUARY 16 EDITIONS OF "THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW ". IN ADDITION, THE GROUP WILL BE FEATURED IN TIME, LIFE AND NEWSWEEK MAGAZINES. THIS SLEEVE'S HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE COMBINED WITH ITS LIMITED PRODUCTION, MAKES THIS EXAMPLE BEING OFFERED HERE, UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE FINEST AND CLEANEST FOUND IN RECENT YEARS. CONDITION: NM | ||
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PLEASE PLEASE ME B/W FROM ME TO YOU VEE-JAY 581 RELEASED: JANUARY 1964 "THE RECORD THAT STARTED BEATLEMANIA" A PROMOTIONAL SINGLE WITH BLUE AND WHITE LABELS WAS ISSUED FOR VEE-JAY'S RELEASE OF THEIR VJ-581 RELEASE OF "PLEASE PLEASE ME" b/w "FROM ME TO YOU" IN JANUARY 1964. IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, THE NUMBER OF THESE PROMOTIONAL 45 SINGLES PRESSED DID NOT EXCEED A FEW THOUSAND COPIES. A SMALL NUMBER OF THE PROMO SINGLES WERE TO ACCOMPANY THE ULTRA-RARE BLUE AND WHITE PROMOTIONAL SLEEVE (OFTEN REFERRED TO AS "THE JACK PARR SLEEVE') WHICH PROUDLY DESCRIBES THE RELEASE AS "THE RECORD THAT STARTED BEATLEMANIA". THE
PROMOTIONAL SINGLE IS ACCOMPANIED BY IT'S ORIGINAL
1964 VEE-JAY "LEFT & RIGHT BRACKETS" RECORD COMPANY SLEEVE. THIS SLEEVE IS
MUCH LESS COMMON THAN THE ONE COLUMN BRACKETS SLEEVE. THE CONDITION OF THE
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"ASK ME WHY" B/W "ANNA" VEE-JAY "SPECIAL DJ NO. 8" PROMOTIONAL 45 RELEASED: ON OR ABOUT 3/23/64 UNEQUIVOCALLY THE RAREST BEATLES U.S. RECORD IN EXISTENCE AND UNDOUBTEDLY A RECORD COLLECTION CENTERPIECE. WITH THE BEATLES FEBRUARY 1964 ARRIVAL IN AMERICA AND THEIR APPEARANCE ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW FRESH IN EVERYONE'S MIND, VEE-JAY'S EXTENDED PLAY RELEASE WAS MARKETED AS A "SOUVENIR OF THEIR VISIT TO AMERICA". TRADE MAGAZINE ADS PROCLAIMED "FOUR GREAT SONGS NEVER RELEASED AS SINGLES. EACH A HIT IN ITS OWN RIGHT" THE RECORD WAS DUBBED "THE E.P. (ECONOMY PACKAGE) OF THE CENTURY." TWO OF THE SONGS ON THE EP, NAMELY "ANNA" AND "ASK ME WHY", WERE PAIRED ON WHAT HAS UNEQUIVOCALLY BECOME THE RAREST U.S. BEATLES RECORD - THE EXTREMELY RARE AND MOST SOUGHT AFTER PROMOTIONAL SINGLE DESIGNATE "SPEC DJ NO. 8". THIS STYRENE DISC WAS MANUFACTURED BY MONARCH RECORDS, AND AS ONLY A FEW MONARCH INVOICES TO VEE-JAY HAVE BEEN LOCATED, THE TIMING AND PURPOSE OF THIS SINGLE REMAINS A MYSTERY. FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES IS VERY PROUD TO FINALLY OFFER ITS VERY FIRST EXAMPLE OF THIS MAJESTIC RARITY. THE CONDITION OF THIS PIECE, ONLY THE SIXTH THAT HAS SURFACED, IS ABSOLUTELY ASTONISHING. THE VINYL ON BOTH SIDES GRADE A TRUE NEAR MINT WITH A DEEP 'STYRENE' SHEEN, DISPLAYING A RICH LUSTER AND NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINE SLEEVE "WHISPS" ALONG THE RUN-OUT WAX ARE EVIDENT. THE LABELS EQUALLY GRADE A WONDERFUL, CLEAN "WHITE" NEAR MINT AND RETAIN A SHINY GLOSS WITH CLEAR BOLD FONTS. IT TRULY APPEARS THAT THIS RECORD IS UNPLAYED.
CONDITION: NM
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"ASK ME WHY" ONE-SIDED EXTENDED PLAY (EP) PROMOTIONAL TITLE SLEEVE VEE-JAY E1-903, ISSUED: 3/23/64 UNEQUIVOCALLY THE RAREST BEATLES RECORD SLEEVE IN EXISTENCE AND UNDOUBTEDLY A RECORD COLLECTION CENTERPIECE. TO PROMOTE THEIR NEW AND ONLY BEATLES EXTENDED PLAY (EP) AND AS PART OF THEIR MARKETING STRATEGY, VEE-JAY ISSUED PROMOTIONAL COPIES OF THE RECORD PLUGGING "ASK ME WHY". TO FURTHER PLUG "ASK ME WHY", VEE-JAY ISSUED AN EXTREMELY LIMITED NUMBER OF THE PROMOTIONAL RECORDS IN A ONE-SIDED BLACK AND WHITE TITLE SLEEVE, THAT HAS THE OPEN END FOR THE RECORD TO SLIP IN ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND MANUFACTURED ON THIN, LIGHTWEIGHT DELICATE PAPER STOCK. AS THE DECISION WAS MADE TO FOCUS ON A SINGLE SONG, THE SPECIAL EP SLEEVE FEATURED ONLY "ASK ME WHY" AND DESCRIBED THE RECORD AS : "AN EP THAT IS SELLING LIKE A SINGLE . . . AT SINGLE RECORD PRICES". THE SLEEVE ALSO HAS THE PHRASE "STILL ONLY #8 IN SALES". FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES PROUDLY PRESENTS ONLY ITS SECOND OFFERING EVER OF THE VEE-JAY "ASK ME WHY" PROMOTIONAL TITLE SLEEVE, WHICH HAS UNDOUBTEDLY BECOME THE RAREST AND MOST VALUABLE OF ALL BEATLES RECORD SLEEVES AMONG THE COLLECTORS' WORLD. THE CONDITION ON THIS MOST RESPECTABLE EXAMPLE IS A SOLID AND TRUE NEAR MINT MINUS, AND IS TRULY REMARKABLE FOR SUCH A DELICATE SLEEVE.
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SOUVENIR OF THEIR VISIT TO AMERICA VEE-JAY EP 1-903 RELEASED: MARCH 1964 (ACTUAL SCANS) BLUE & WHITE LABEL READS : "PROMOTIONAL COPY". THIS LABEL VARIATION LISTS "SIDE 1" AND "SIDE 2" AND HAS "ASK ME WHY" IN LARGER AND BOLDER PRINT THAN THE OTHER TITLES. (VJEP903.DJ2B, SPIZER). THIS STYRENE DISC WAS MANUFACTURED BY MONARCH, AND WERE DISTRIBUTED WITHOUT THE SPECIAL CARDBOARD JACKETS (WHICH ONLY ACCOMPANIED THE STOCK COPIES). THE CONDITION OF THE RECORD IS IN IMMACULATE AND GLISTENING MINT MINUS UNPLAYED "AS NEW" STATUS. IT'S TRULY A GEM. THE LABELS GRADE A SUPERB MINT MINUS AS WELL AND ARE CRISP AND BOLD WITH A HIGH "WHITE" TONE. THE BLUE PRINT IS BRILLIANT. THIS PROMO COPY IS ACCOMPANIED BY IT'S ORIGINAL 1964 VEE-JAY "LEFT & RIGHT BRACKETS" RECORD SLEEVE (VJ RS.03, SPIZER). THIS SLEEVE IS MUCH LESS COMMON THAN THE ONE COLUMN BRACKETS SLEEVE. THE CONDITION OF THE SLEEVE IS VG+++. CONDITION: M- (UNPLAYED) "AS NEW" | ||
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SOUVENIR OF THEIR VISIT TO AMERICA VEE-JAY EP 1-903 RELEASED: MARCH 1964 (ACTUAL SCANS) BLUE & WHITE LABEL READS : "PROMOTIONAL COPY". THIS PROMO COPY IS ACCOMPANIED BY IT'S ORIGINAL 1964 VEE-JAY "RIGHT BRACKETS" GENERIC RED & BLACK SLEEVE (VJ RS.02, SPIZER). THESE PROMOTIONAL COPIES WERE ISSUED PRIMARILY TO RADIO STATIONS FOR AIRPLAY, AND MOST SURVIVING COPIES OF THESE SPECIAL ISSUED DISCS HAVE BEEN TREATED TO A WEALTH OF PLAY. THIS EXAMPLE IS A STELLAR UNPLAYED AS NEW MINT, SIMPLY GLORIOUS AND OBVIOUS THIS RECORD HAS NEVER BEEN ON A TURNTABLE. THIS LABEL VARIATION IS THE VERY FIRST ISSUE OF THE PROMO EP WHERE ALL FOUR SONGS ARE IN THE SAME SIZE PRINT. (VJEP903.DJ1, SPIZER). THIS DISC WAS MANUFACTURED BY MONARCH RECORDS, AND WERE DISTRIBUTED WITHOUT THE SPECIAL CARDBOARD JACKETS (WHICH ONLY ACCOMPANIED THE STOCK COPIES). CONDITION: M (UNPLAYED) ITEM#: PR119 PRICE: ------ 
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SOUVENIR OF THEIR VISIT TO AMERICA VEE-JAY EP 1-903 RELEASED: MARCH 1964 (ACTUAL SCANS) BLUE & WHITE LABEL READS : "PROMOTIONAL COPY". THIS PROMO COPY IS ACCOMPANIED BY IT'S ORIGINAL 1964 VEE-JAY "RIGHT BRACKETS" GENERIC RED & BLACK SLEEVE (VJ RS.02, SPIZER). THESE PROMOTIONAL COPIES WERE ISSUED PRIMARILY TO RADIO STATIONS FOR AIRPLAY, AND MOST SURVIVING COPIES OF THESE SPECIAL ISSUED DISCS HAVE BEEN TREATED TO A WEALTH OF PLAY. THIS EXAMPLE IS A STUNNING NEAR MINT MINUS WITH A SHINY GLEAM STILL EVIDENT, AND ONE SUPERFICIAL LINE. IT IS OBVIOUS THIS RECORD HAS HAD VERY LIMITED PLAY TIME - AND WELL PRESERVED OVER THE YEARS. THIS LABEL VARIATION USES THE ROMAN NUMERAL STYLE LISTING "SIDE I" AND "SIDE II" . "ASK ME WHY" IS IN LARGER AND TALLER BOLDER PRINT THAN THE OTHER TITLES. (VJEP903.DJ2A, SPIZER). THIS DISC WAS MANUFACTURED BY ARP, AND WERE DISTRIBUTED WITHOUT THE SPECIAL CARDBOARD JACKETS (WHICH ONLY ACCOMPANIED THE STOCK COPIES). CONDITION: NM- ITEM#: PR009 PRICE: ------
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DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET B/W THANK YOU GIRL VEE-JAY 587 RELEASED: MARCH 23, 1964 (ACTUAL SCANS) DISC JOCKEY ADVANCE COPY. BLUE & WHITE LABEL READS: "PROMOTIONAL COPY" A REALLY BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THIS ULTRA RARE PROMO 45. VINYL IS A GREAT AND GLEAMING NEAR MINT MINUS WITH VERY MINIMAL PLAY TIME EVIDENT. A BRILLIANT SHEEN REMAINS TO THE GROOVES, AND TRULY APPEARS THAT IT HAS BEEN WELL PRESERVED AND CAREFULLY STORED OVER THE YEARS ! THE NEAR MINT MINUS LABELS ARE EQUALLY AS BEAUTIFUL, WITH A NICE WHITE TONE. NO WRITING AND NO HANDWRITTEN "X" THAT DESIGNATED THE AIR-PLAY SONG. WE HAVE NOT HAD THIS RARITY IN INVENTORY IN QUITE A WHILE AND THIS ONE IS JUST A WONDERFUL HIGH-END EXAMPLE. CONDITION: NM- ITEM#: PR193 PRICE: ------
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"HEAR THE BEATLES TELL ALL" VEE-JAY PRO-202, MONO RELEASED: 11/5/64 MEGA-RARE WHITE LABEL PROMOTIONAL LP ALBUM THE SOLE PROMOTIONAL BEATLES LP ALBUM EVER ISSUED BY VEE-JAY RECORDS VEE-JAY PREPARED A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF PROMOTIONAL COPIES OF THIS RECORD OF BEATLES INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED BY JIM STECK AND DAVE HULL DURING THE GROUP'S 1964 AMERICAN TOUR. IN ITS RUSH TO MARKET THE RECORD, VEE-JAY MISTAKENLY REVERSED THE ROLES OF DAVE HULL AND JIM STECK. THE LABELS ON THE PROMOTIONAL RECORD INCORRECTLY STATE "JIM STECK INTERVIEWS JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE, RINGO" ON ONE SIDE AND "DAVE HULL INTERVIEWS JOHN LENNON" ON THE OTHER. UPON REALIZING THE ERROR, VEE-JAY REQUESTED THAT ALL COPIES OF THE RECORDS BE RETURNED. PRESENTLY, THERE ARE ONLY TEN CONFIRMED COPIES OF THIS MEGA-RARE PROMOTIONAL RECORD THAT HAVE SURFACED. Since vee-jay never issued white label promoTIONAL LP ALBUMS for any versions of "Introducing The Beatles" or "The Beatles And Frank Ifield" ALBUMS, "HEAR THE BEATLES TELL ALL" remains the sole Vee-Jay Records white label promoTIONAL Beatles LP ALBUM - MAKING IT by far one of the rarest U.S. Beatles ALBUMS. this MOST STUNNING EXAMPLE BEING OFFERED HERE BY FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES is certainly one of the better conditionED copies THAT DO EXIST. as an additional TREMENDOUS bonus, also included is a set of three original Vee-Jay Records invoices and carbon copies of checks (dated September and October 1964) that were made out to Dayton Burr Howe for engineering services on this album (he was un-credited). mr. Howe later became known as "Bones" Howe and was a very successful recording engineer, producer, music supervisor and musician.
CONDITION: VG+++ / NM-
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ORIGINAL LATE 1964 VEE-JAY RECORDS
ALBUM AND SINGLES RECORD CATALOG "THE REALLY IMPORTANT RECORDED TALENT IS ON VEE-JAY" INCLUDING ALL RECORDINGS OF TOLLIE RECORDS AND OLDIES 45 SINGLES. INCLUDES MOST ALL OF THE BEATLES VEE-JAY TITLES DURING THE HEIGHT OF BEATLEMANIA. HERE IS THE ORIGINAL VERY RARE 29-PAGE LATE 1964 VEE-JAY "THE GREAT NEW
ALBUM AND SINGLE RECORD CATALOG". MOSTLY DISTRIBUTED TO RECORD SALESMAN AND
STORE LEVEL DISTRIBUTION MANAGERS, THIS THIS VERY OBSCURE AND RARELY SEEN VEE-JAY CATALOG IS ACCOMPANIED BY A LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM PERRY COX, PROMINENT BEATLES U.S. RECORDS EXPERT AND AUTHOR OF "THE BEATLES RECORD PRICE GUIDE" SERIES OF BOOKS.
CONDITION : NM- (VG+++)
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