"PLEASE PLEASE ME"
B/W
"ASK ME WHY"

VEE JAY 498
RELEASED: 2/20/63
CORRECTED "BEATLES" WITH ONE "T"

COLORBAND WITH OVAL LOGO, THICK FONT PRINT, MONARCH PRESSING

CONDITION: M-
ITEM#: S841
PRICE: $8,775


 
  DESCRIPTION
(ACTUAL SCANS)

THE FIRST RECORD RELEASED IN THE UNITED STATES TO BEAR THE BEATLES NAME WAS VEE-JAY 498, "PLEASE PLEASE ME" B/W "ASK ME WHY", WHICH WAS RELEASED ON OR ABOUT FEBRUARY 20, 1963. VEE-JAY WASN'T QUITE SURE WHAT IT HAD WITH THE BEATLES, AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, VEE-JAY DID NOT EVEN KNOW HOW TO SPELL THE GROUP'S NAME. ALL INITIAL ISSUES OF THE RECORD ADDED AN EXTRA "T" TO THE NAME. IT IS THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER AS COLLECTORS ARE ATTRACTED TO THE NOVELTY OF THE MISSPELLED NAME, AND TO THE RECORD'S STATUS AS THE FIRST BEATLES RECORD ISSUED IN THE UNITED STATES.

SHORTLY AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE DOUBLE "T" ERROR IN THE GROUP'S NAME, VEE-JAY REALIZED THE ERROR (AND DUE TO SOARING SALES), CORRECTED THE GROUP'S NAME ON THE LABELS, HENCE THIS NEXT LABEL VARIATION WITH THE CORRECTED SPELLING OF THE "BEATLES" ON THEIR FIRST 45 SINGLE. THIS VARIATION FEATURING THE OVAL LOGO HAS THE SONG TITLES AND THE GROUP'S NAME IN THICKER PRINT (VJ 498.05, SPIZER) AND IS MUCH DIFFERENT IN APPEARANCE THAN ON THE OTHER VARIATIONS.

THE "MR" SYMBOL MACHINE STAMPED IN THE TRAIL OFF AREAS INDICATE THAT THIS STYRENE DISC WAS PRESSED BY MONARCH RECORDS. THIS CORRECTED THICK PRINT OVAL VARIATION DOES HAVE "THE BEATLES" PROPERLY CENTERED BELOW THE TITLE AND ABOVE 'VJ 498".

IT IS ESTIMATED THAT LESS THAN 7,500 COPIES IN TOTAL OF ALL THE LABEL VARIATIONS OF VEE-JAY 498 WERE PRESSED. THIS INCLUDES OVAL OR BRACKETS LABELS AND WITH EITHER THE DOUBLE "T" OR ONE "T" IN THE GROUP'S NAME.

THIS RARITY IS IN MAJESTIC MINT MINUS CONDITION, AND APPEARS UNPLAYED. THE APPEARANCE OF THE VINYL IS GLEAMING AND SHIMMERING, RETAINING A DEEP SHEEN TO THE GROOVES ON BOTH SIDES. THE LABELS ARE BOLD AND VIBRANT, GRADING A BEAUTIFUL NEAR MINT. THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THIS RECORD HAS BEEN WELL TAKEN CARE OF OVER THE YEARS.

ACCOMPANIED BY ITS OWN ORIGINAL VEE-JAY 1963 GENERIC SLEEVE IN NEAR MINT MINUS CONDITION, WITH A 1" CENTER SPLIT AT THE  BOTTOM EDGE.

    

 

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