"SHE LOVES YOU"
b/w
"I'LL GET YOU"
SWAN S-4152-S
RELEASED SEPTEMBER 1963

ULTRA-RARE VERY FIRST ISSUE
WHITE LABEL WITH DARK RED PRINT.
MALLARD PRESSING, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
WITH SONG TITLES IN QUOTATIONS AND WITHOUT "DON'T DROP OUT".
 
CONDITION: NM- / VG+++
ITEM#: S832
PRICE: ------

BECAUSE "SHE LOVES YOU" DID NOT SELL WELL UPON ITS INITIAL RELEASE, THE ORIGINAL RED PRINT ON WHITE LABEL PRESSINGS OF THE DISC FROM SEPTEMBER 1963 ARE VERY RARE AND HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE. WHILE SWAN 4152 WILL NEVER ATTAIN THE LEGENDARY STATUS OF THE VEE-JAY 498 SINGLE, DEALERS AND COLLECTORS ARE BEGINNING TO REALIZE THAT THE ORIGINAL 1963 WHITE LABEL PRESSINGS OF "SHE LOVES YOU" ARE EXTREMELY RARE.

THIS MEGA-RARE VERY FIRST ISSUE SINGLE BEING OFFERED HERE WAS PRESSED AND MANUFACTURED BY MALLARD MANUFACTURING COMPANY BASED IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA (swan 4152.01a, SPIZER) AND HAS THE BOLD, THICK SONG TITLES IN QUOTATION MARKS AND ALL LABEL COPIES ARE IN DARK RED PRINT.

ALL INITIAL PRESSINGS OF THIS SINGLE WERE MANUFACTURED WITH METAL PARTS ORIGINATING FROM LACQUERS PREPARED BY RECO-ART IN PHILADELPHIA and has the stamped markings in the trail-off wax : "MASTERING RECO-ART PHILA" on both sides and "S-4152-S" on the A-Side and "S-4152-I" on the B-Side.

THIS WAS WAS THE VERY FIRST OF THE SWAN BEATLES SINGLES - AND DOES NOT HAVE  "DON'T DROP OUT" PRINTED ON THE UPPER LEFT SIDE OF THE LABEL, SWAN'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN ENCOURAGING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO REMAIN IN SCHOOL AND GRADUATE.

THE OTHER LABEL VARIATION WITH THE TALL THIN BRIGHT RED PRINT PRESSED BY RCA RECORDS IN ROCKAWAY, NEW JERSEY ALSO USED THE EXACT SAME METAL PARTS ORIGINATING FROM LACQUERS PREPARED BY RECO-ART AND THEN ADDED THE "DON'T DROP OUT" PRINT TO THE LABELS.

THE CONDITION OF THE VINYL ON THIS ULTRA-RARITY IS A BEAUTIFUL AND SHIMMERING NEAR MINT MINUS ON THE A-SIDE AND VG+++ ON THE B-SIDE. THE BRIGHT, "WHITE" CLEAN LABELS GRADE NEAR MINT MINUS AS WELL, WITH NO SIGN OF THE TYPICAL STACKING WEAR USUALLY NOTICEABLE UPON THE RAISED AREA BENEATH THE LABELS, THERE IS A BIT OF A WEAR POINT AT THE 9 O'CLOCK POSITION ON THE B-SIDE LABEL.

THE DISC IS ACCOMPANIED BY ITS OWN ORIGINAL SWAN RECORDS DIE-CUT LIGHT BROWN GENERIC SLEEVE IN NEAR MINT MINUS CONDITION.

FINDING THIS RARITY IN THIS CONDITION, IS QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT, AND WOULD BE A VITAL ADDITION TO THE SERIOUS BEATLES RECORD COLLECTION.