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"MY BONNIE" B/W "THE SAINTS" TONY SHERIDAN AND THE BEAT BROTHERS DECCA RECORDS 31382 RELEASED: APRIL 1962 MUCH RARER PICKNEYVILLE, INDIANA PRESSING CONDITION: NM- ITEM#: S722 PRICE: -------
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DESCRIPTION (ACTUAL SCANS) IN JUNE 1961, A BRITISH SINGER NAMED TONY SHERIDAN RECORDED "MY BONNIE", "THE SAINTS" AND A FEW OTHERS FOR POLYDOR RECORDS IN GERMANY . TONY HAD BEEN ON THE SCENE, PLAYING IN CLUBS IN HAMBURG WITH A NEW BRITISH GROUP, THE BEATLES, AS HIS BACK UP GROUP. IN OCTOBER OF 1961, A 45 OF "MY BONNIE" B/W "THE SAINTS" WAS RELEASED IN GERMANY ON POLYDOR UNDER THE NAME "TONY SHERIDAN AND THE BEAT BROTHERS." THE RECORD SOLD MODERATELY WELL IN GERMANY AND ON OCTOBER 28TH RAY JONES WALKED INTO BRIAN EPSTEIN’S NEMS RECORD SHOP IN LONDON ASKING FOR A COPY OF THE RECORD. EPSTEIN THEN FOUND OUT WHO THE GROUP WAS AND ORDERED THE SINGLE AND SOLD MORE THAN 100 COPIES OF IT. AS HISTORY WOULD HAVE IT, BY THE END OF THE YEAR BRIAN EPSTEIN WAS MANAGING THE GROUP… AND THE REST IS HISTORY. ON JANUARY 5TH 1962 , "MY BONNIE" WAS RELEASED ON POLYDOR RECORDS IN ENGLAND BUT THIS TIME WITH THE NAME CORRECTLY LISTED AS "TONY SHERIDAN AND THE BEATLES". A FEW MONTHS LATER, THE RECORD ATTRACTED THE INTEREST OF DECCA RECORDS IN THE UNITED STATES. DECCA WOULD HAVE THE FIRST OPTION OF RELEASING ANY GERMAN POLYDOR RECORDS IN THEIR "DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON" SERIES, OF WHICH THIS WAS ONE. CONSEQUENTLY, IN APRIL OF 1962, PINK LABEL PROMOTIONAL COPIES OF THE DECCA 45 WERE PRESSED AND DISTRIBUTED TO RADIO STATIONS AND REVIEWERS. ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT WELL RECEIVED, A SMALL NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL (STORE) COPIES WERE ALSO PRESSED UP AND RELEASED IN APRIL 1962 AS "TONY SHERIDAN AND THE BEAT BROTHERS". THIS IS THE VERY FIRST RECORD WITH PERFORMANCES BY THE BEATLES RELEASED IN THE UNITED STATES - BUT IDENTIFIED ON THE LABEL AS "THE BEAT BROTHERS". DUE TO NEAR NON-EXISTENT AIRPLAY AND SALES, DECCA MANUFACTURED A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF STOCK COPIES AND IS NOW THE SCARCEST AMERICAN "BEATLES" RECORD. IT WAS ASSUMED THAT MOST COPIES WERE RETURNED AND DESTROYED. TODAY, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 20 COPIES OF THE COMMERCIAL ISSUE OF "MY BONNIE" ON DECCA STILL EXIST. MOST OF THOSE THAT HAVE SURFACED, ARE FOUND IN HORRENDOUS CONDITION. THE CONDITION OF THIS MEGA-RARE PIECE GRADES A GORGEOUS NEAR MINT MINUS WITH JUST TWO MINOR AND SUPERFICIAL "HAIRLINE" BLEMISHES THAT APPEAR TO BE SIMPLY SLEEVE PULLS THAT SHOW ONE ON EACH SIDE. THESE BLEMISHES DO NOT CONSTITUTE A DEGRADATION BELOW OUR NEAR MINT MINUS GRADING. THERE IS NO DULLING WHATSOEVER TO THE VINYL AND THERE REMAINS A BRILLIANT AND SHINY SHEEN TO THE GROOVES ALL THE WAY THROUGH. THE RUN-OUT AREAS ON BOTH SIDES ARE FLAWLESS & STELLAR. IT IS SIMPLY OBVIOUS THIS RECORD WAS VERY WELL-CARED FOR OVER THE YEARS. THE LABELS ARE EQUALLY GORGEOUS WITH
DEEP RICH COLORS THROUGHOUT. THE A-SIDE LABEL GRADES NEAR MINT AND APPEARS A
BIT BOLDER IN ITS COLOR CONTRASTS (COULD BE a PRINTER FACTOR), AS
COMPARED TO THE B-SIDE, WHICH IS GRADED AT NEAR MINT MINUS, DUE TO A TOUCH
MORE WEAR ON THE EDGE OF THE LABEL. THESE factorS WERE LIKELY CAUSED DUE TO THE MANNER OF
STORAGE OVER THE YEARS. THIS IS a VERY MINOR issue, BUT DESCRIBED here FOR ACCURACY. PICKNEYVILLE, ILLINOIS GLOVERSVILLE, NEW YORK
THE RECORD IS ACCOMPANIED BY ITS OWN
AND ORIGINAL DECCA GENERIC SLEEVE.
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