"THE RECORD THAT STARTED BEATLEMANIA"
"Please Please Me / From Me To You"
Vee-Jay 581, Promotional Issue
Special Title Sleeve
Released Early 1964
 

ITEM # :  PR058
CONDITION : VG ++
PRICE : $6,500

 S O L D !!
9/15/07

promotional copies were issued for
Vee-Jay's release of their VJ-581 single release of
"PLEASE PLEASE ME" / "FROM ME TO YOU".
in alL likelihood, the number of these
promotional copies pressed
did not exceed a few thousand copies.

a very limited number of the these
promotional 45 singles were issued with a
SPECIAL PROMOTIONAL VJ-581 TITLE SLEEVE
(VJ581.PS2 - Spizer )
which we are proud to offer here :

(ACTUAL SCANS)

The blue and white sleeve 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 its upcoming appearances on the
February 9 and February 16, 1964
Ed Sullivan Show  and to the group being featured in
Time, Life  and Newsweek  magazines.

These references to the spread of Beatlemania in America
give this special sleeve "historical importance".

The condition of thIS very rare sleeve is
A MOST SOLID AND RESPECTABLE vg ++.
THE colors remain vibrant. THE BLUES ARE CRISP and BOLD,
WHILE THE WHITE SECTIONS ARE bright with NO DEEP WEAR TO SPEAK OF.
No rips, No tears AND THERE IS NO TRUE RINGWEAR, ONLY SOME
record impression.  THERE ARE Some rubbing points throughout,
YET NOTHING DRASTIC. THE EDGES ARE QUITE SHARP.
THE THREE VERTICAL "RINGS" SEEN IN THE CENTER ON ONE SIDE IS A
"PRINTER'S ERROR" - AND IS A CHARACTERISTIC THAT IS FOUND
ON ALL OF THESE SLEEVES THAT HAVE SURFACED.

The sleeve's historical significance combined with its
limited production, MAKES this EXAMPLE BEING OFFERED HERE
one of the FINEST FOUND IN RECENT YEARS !!!