"ASK ME WHY"
One-Sided
PROMOTIONAL TITLE SLEEVE
VEEJAY, EI-903
Released 3/29/64

ITEM # :  PR056
CONDITION : NEAR MINT MINUS / VG++
PRICE : $27,500

S O L D !
8/17/09

TO PROMOTE THEIR NEW AND ONLY BEATLES 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 & WHITE TITLE SLEEVE, THAT HAS THE OPEN END
FOR THE RECORD TO SLIP IN ON THE BOTTOM EDGE.

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".

THIS TITLE SLEEVE HAS UNDOUBTEDLY BECOME
ONE THE RAREST AND MOST VALUABLE OF ALL
BEATLES RECORD SLEEVES AMONG THE COLLECTORS' WORLD !

(ACTUAL SCANS)

CONDITION IS A SOLID AND TRUE VG ++, (BORDERING CLOSELY ON NEAR MINT MINUS),
AND IS TRULY REMARKABLE FOR SUCH A DELICATE SLEEVE AND THE
THIN, LIGHTWEIGHT PAPER STOCK THAT WAS USED TO MANUFACTURE IT.
GRAPHICS ON THE FRONT TITLE SIDE ARE BOLD, CRISP AND CLEAR
WITH BEAUTIFUL SHARP EDGES ON THE TOP AND SIDES.
THE TONE OF THE SLEEVE OVERALL REMAINS A BRIGHT, CLEAN WHITE
WITH NO YELLOWING ANYWHERE. THERE IS A MERE MILLIMETER OF AN AGE SPOT
BY THE "E" IN THE WORD "ME". THERE IS NO RINGWEAR EVIDENT,
BUT JUST A FAINT TRACE OF RECORD IMPRESSION ONLY.

THE BLANK BACK OF THE SLEEVE REMAINS VERY RESPECTABLE
AND WOULD JUSTIFY THE VG++ GRADING WE GAVE IT.
AS ON THE FRONT SIDE, THERE IS NO RINGWEAR, BUT RECORD IMPRESSION EVIDENT.
THERE ARE TWO SMALL AGE SPOT BLEMISHES, AND
THE BOTTOM EDGE AT THE MOUTH OPENING DISPLAYS A
SMALL AREA OF TINY WRINKLES AND WEAR TOWARD THE LEFT CENTER.
THIS WEAR AREA ONLY APPEARS ON THE BLANK SIDE OF THE SLEEVE :

THERE ARE LP ALBUMS IN BEATLES COLLECTING
THAT ARE REFERRED TO  AS "CORNERSTONES".
THE VEEJAY "ASK ME WHY" SLEEVE IS DEFINITELY A
MAJOR "CORNERSTONE" IN THE 45 RPM RECORD SLEEVE CATEGORY INDEED !