Please Please Me
B/W  Ask Me Why
VEE-JAY 498
RELEASED 2/20/63,
DISC JOCKEY ADVANCE COPY,
White Label with Black Print
"BEATTLES"  WITH  DOUBLE "TT"

ITEM # : PR388
CONDITION : NEAR MINT MINUS
PRICE : $4,250

The first record released in the United States
to bear the Beatles name was Vee-JAY 498.
(  ACTUAL  SCANS )

  The single contained the group's
second British 45RPM single,
"PLEASE PLEASE ME"  backed with "ASK ME WHY".

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 PROMO AND STORE STOCK record
added an extra "T" to the name.

 THIS PROMOTIONAL RELEASE OF THIS INFAMOUS
RECORD IS SIMILAR TO THE STOCK COPY,
AS IT WAS ALSO MANUFACTURED BY ARP. ITS TYPESETTING
IS IDENTICAL TO THE STOCK COPY DOWN TO THE
MISSPELLING OF THE GROUP'S NAME IN THIN PRINT.
ITS TRAIL-OFF AREA MARKINGS ARE ALSO
IDENTICAL TO THOSE OF THE STOCK COPY,
MEANING THAT THE ARP STOCK COPY AND 
THE PROMO RECORD WERE PRESSED FROM THE
SAME STAMPERS.  THE MOTHER AND MASTER FOR
THIS RELEASE WERE PREPARED BY AUDIO MATRIX,
AND THE WORDS "AUDIO MATRIX" IS STAMPED
AND CLEARLY VISIBLE IN THE TRAIL OFF AREA.

THIS SUPER RARE "DISC JOCKEY" 498 PROMO 45 IS IN
GORGEOUS CONDITION, AND GRADES A VIBRANT
NEAR MINT MINUS WITH VERY MINIMAL PLAY EVIDENT
AND JUST A FEW HAIRLINE SLEEVE PULL "WHISPS".
THERE IS HIGH GLOSS AND THE GROOVES RETAIN THEIR DEEP
SHEEN. IT'S EVIDENT THAT THIS RADIO STATION COPY WAS
WELL CARED FOR OVER THE YEARS. THE LABELS REMAIN A
BEAUTIFUL "SNOW WHITE" TONE AND THE GRAY CIRCULAR BAND
DISPLAYS VERY LITTLE OR NEARLY NO TURNTABLE WEAR AT ALL.

THIS ONE IS A TRUE WINNER - AND WOULD BE A
CORNERSTONE IN A BEATLES COLLECTION !

Accompanied by ITS OWN Original
Vee-Jay 1963 Generic Sleeve :