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"PLEASE PLEASE ME" B/W "FROM ME TO YOU" VEE-JAY 581 PROMOTIONAL BLUE & WHITE LABEL 45 SINGLE RELEASED: EARLY 1964 "THE RECORD THAT
STARTED BEATLEMANIA"
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DESCRIPTION (ACTUAL SCANS) A PROMOTIONAL SINGLE 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. THE PROMOTIONAL COPIES FOR THIS RECORD DIFFERS FROM THOSE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED BY VEE-JAY. THIS LABEL HAS BLUE BRACKET LOGOS ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES OF THE CENTER HOLE AND BLACK PRINT ABOVE AND BELOW THE SPINDLE HOLE. THE WORDS "PROMOTIONAL COPY" APPEAR IN BLUE BELOW THE LOGOS. THE DISC'S TRAIL-OFF AREA MARKINGS INDICATE THAT THESE PROMOTIONAL RECORDS WERE MANUFACTURED BY MONARCH RECORDS. 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".
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.
THESE REFERENCES TO THE SPREAD OF BEATLEMANIA IN AMERICA GIVES THE SPECIAL SLEEVE
AND THE PROMOTIONAL 45 SINGLE HISTORICAL AND SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE.
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 SLEEVE IS NEAR MINT.
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