"PLEASE PLEASE ME"
b/w  "ASK ME WHY"

VEE-JAY 498
RELEASED: 2/20/63

"BEATTLES" WITH TWO T'S
RAREST VERSION: " # 498 " WITH "#" PREFIX
COLORBAND WITH OVAL LOGO

CONDITION: NM-
ITEM#: S554
PRICE: ------


 
  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.

THERE WERE THREE LABEL VARIATIONS OF THE "DOUBLE T" VEE JAY 498. THE LABEL VARIATION BEING OFFERED HERE INCLUDES THE " # " SYMBOL PRECEDING THE RECORD NUMBER. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THIS VARIATION WAS MANUFACTURED BY SOUTHERN PLASTICS, AND OF THE THREE MISSPELLED LABEL VARIATIONS, THIS ONE WHICH HAS THE "#" SIGN PRECEDING THE RECORD NUMBER IS THE RAREST OF ALL.

THE WORDS "VOCAL" AND "TIME" AND THE PUBLISHING INFORMATION ARE ENTIRELY IN CAPITAL LETTERS, THE SONGWRITER CREDITS IN MICROPRINT AND THE LACK OF A PRESSING PLANT LOGO IN THE TRAIL-OFF AREAS.

THE CONDITION OF THIS PIECE IS BEAUTIFUL, GRADING A SUPERB NEAR MINT, BORDERING ON A NEAR MINT MINUS STATUS. ONLY MINOR WEAR EVIDENT IS A TOUCH OF A SUPERFICIAL LINE AT THE EDGE OF THE OPENING DEAD WAX ON SIDE ONE, AND SOME SLEEVE "WHISPS" ON THE RUN-OUT WAX. THE GROOVES OF THE VINYL DISPLAY A BRILLIANT AND DEEP SHEEN. THE LABELS GRADE A WONDERFUL NEAR MINT, WITH A SHINY HIGH GLOSS AND CLEAR RICH FONTS STILL INTACT. THE COLORBAND PERIMETER REMAINS VIBRANT.

SHORTLY AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE DOUBLE "T" ERROR IN THE GROUP'S NAME, VEE-JAY EVENTUALLY REALIZED ITS MISTAKE OF MISSPELLING THE GROUP'S NAME (AND SOARING SALES), SO THE NEXT ISSUE OF THE RECORD CORRECTED THE ERROR. 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.

ACCOMPANIED BY ITS OWN ORIGINAL VEE-JAY 1963 GENERIC SLEEVE IN NEAR MINT MINUS CONDITION.

 

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