SWAN RECORDS
1963 RELEASES

SHE LOVES YOU / I'LL GET YOU
SWAN S-4152-S, 45 SINGLE
RELEASED: SEPTEMBER 1963

SWAN RECORD LABEL VARIATION CODE NUMBERS AND PRESSING INFORMATION EXCERPTED FROM "THE BEATLES SWAN SONG", COMPILED BY BRUCE SPIZER, FORWARD BY PERRY COX.
 
  THE SWAN 1963 WHITE LABEL & RED PRINT 45 SINGLE RELEASE  
   

  SHE LOVES YOU B/W I'LL GET YOU
SWAN S-4152-S
RELEASED: SEPTEMBER 1963

ULTRA-RARE WHITE LABEL 1963 VERY FIRST ISSUE -
MALLARD PRESSING, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
WITH SONG TITLES IN QUOTATIONS AND WITHOUT "DON'T DROP OUT".


BECAUSE "SHE LOVES YOU" DID NOT SELL WELL UPON ITS INITIAL RELEASE, THE ORIGINAL RED PRINT ON WHITE LABEL PRESSINGS OF THE DISC FROM SEPTEMBER 1963 ARE VERY RARE AND HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE. WHILE SWAN 4152 WILL NEVER ATTAIN THE LEGENDARY STATUS OF THE VEE-JAY 498 SINGLE, DEALERS AND COLLECTORS ARE BEGINNING TO REALIZE THAT THE ORIGINAL 1963 WHITE LABEL PRESSINGS OF "SHE LOVES YOU" ARE EXTREMELY RARE.

THIS MEGA-RARE VERY FIRST ISSUE SINGLE BEING OFFERED HERE WAS PRESSED AND MANUFACTURED BY MALLARD MANUFACTURING COMPANY BASED IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA (swan 4152.01a, SPIZER) AND HAS THE BOLD, THICK SONG TITLES IN QUOTATION MARKS AND ALL LABEL COPIES ARE IN DARK RED PRINT.

THE CONDITION OF THE VINYL ON THIS ULTRA-RARITY IS A BEAUTIFUL AND SHIMMERING NEAR MINT MINUS ON THE A-SIDE AND VG+++ ON THE B-SIDE. THE BRIGHT, "WHITE" CLEAN LABELS GRADE NEAR MINT MINUS AS WELL, WITH NO SIGN OF THE TYPICAL STACKING WEAR USUALLY NOTICEABLE UPON THE RAISED AREA BENEATH THE LABELS, THERE IS A BIT OF A WEAR POINT AT THE 9 O'CLOCK POSITION ON THE B-SIDE LABEL.

THE DISC IS ACCOMPANIED BY ITS OWN ORIGINAL SWAN RECORDS DIE-CUT LIGHT BROWN GENERIC SLEEVE IN NEAR MINT MINUS CONDITION.

FINDING THIS RARITY IN THIS CONDITION, IS QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT, AND WOULD BE A VITAL ADDITION TO THE SERIOUS BEATLES RECORD COLLECTION.

CONDITION: NM- /  VG+++
ITEM#: S832
PRICE: ------



 
   


  SHE LOVES YOU B/W I'LL GET YOU
SWAN S-4152-S
RELEASED: SEPTEMBER 1963

ULTRA-RARE 1963 VERY FIRST ISSUE - RCA PRESSING, ROCKAWAY, NEW JERSEY - WITH "DON'T DROP OUT".

(ACTUAL SCANS)

THIS MEGA-RARE SINGLE BEING OFFERED HERE WAS PRESSED BY RCA RECORDS IN ROCKAWAY, NEW JERSEY, AND WAS THE FIRST OF THE SWAN BEATLES SINGLES TO HAVE "DON'T DROP OUT" PRINTED ON THE UPPER LEFT SIDE OF THE LABEL. THIS WAS SWAN'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN ENCOURAGING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO REMAIN IN SCHOOL AND GRADUATE.

THE 45S PRESSED BY RCA IN ROCKAWAY CAN BE INDENTIFIED BY THE BRIGHT RED PRINT, AND THE TALL THIN LETTERS USED FOR THE SONG TITLES AND THE GROUP'S NAME. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS A HAND ETCHED "R" APPEARING IN THE TRAIL OFF AREAS. ALL INITIAL PRESSINGS OF THIS SINGLE WERE MANUFACTURED WITH METAL PARTS ORIGINATING FROM LACQUERS PREPARED BY RECO-ART IN PHILADELPHIA. THEREFORE, THIS 45 SINGLE DOES HAVE THE "A1" STAMPER AND "MASTERING RECO-ART PHILA" MACHINE STAMPED MARKINGS IN THE TRAIL OFF, DEFINING IT AS THE TRUE AND AUTHENTIC FIRST PRESSING.

THE CONDITION OF THIS ULTRA-RARITY RATES A SOLID NEAR MINT, WITH VERY BRIGHT, "WHITE" LABELS AND A TOUCH OF TYPICAL STACKING WEAR NOTICEABLE ON THE A-SIDE UPON THE RAISED AREA BENEATH THE LABEL. THE VINYL IS EQUALLY BEAUTIFUL, WITH A SHIMMERING GLOSS AND JUST A COUPLE OF SLEEVE "WHISPS".

CONDITION: NM
ITEM#: S378
PRICE: ------


 

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