SWAN RECORDS
1964 RELEASES

SIE LIEBT DICH (SHE LOVES YOU) / I'LL GET YOU
SWAN S-4152-S, 45 SINGLE
RELEASED: 5/21/64


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 1964 WHITE LABEL & RED PRINT
"SIE LIEBT DICH" (SHE LOVES YOU)  B/W  "I'LL GET YOU"
 
   

  SIE LIEBT DICH (SHE LOVES YOU)  B/W  I'LL GET YOU
SWAN 4152
RELEASED: 5/21/64, OSC
(SWAN 4182.01A, SPIZER)

(ACTUAL SCANS)

MALLARD PRESSING, “BOLD” PRINT WITH SAME LINE TRANSLATION.

THE GERMAN-LYRIC RECORDING OF "SIE LIEBT DICH" WAS RECORDED BY THE BEATLES ON JANUARY 29, 1964 AND WAS ISSUED IN GERMANY ON THE ODEON LABEL IN MID MARCH 1964.

ON OR ABOUT MAY 21, 1964, SWAN RELEASED A SINGLE PAIRING "SIE LIEBT DICH" (SHE LOVES YOU) WITH THE SAME MASTER RECORDING OF "I'LL GET YOU" THAT SERVED AS THE B-SIDE TO SHE LOVES YOU. THE RECORD LISTS THE GROUP AS "DIE BEATLES" ON ITS A-SIDE LABEL.

SWAN WAS HOPING THAT THE NOVELTY OF HEARING THE BEATLES SING IN GERMAN WOULD BE ENOUGH TO OBTAIN RADIO AIR PLAY AND SALES. IT WASN'T, FOR IT DIPPED TO NUMBER 97 BEFORE DISAPPEARING FROM THE BILLBOARD CHARTS.

FURTHERMORE, SWAN HAD THE RIGHTS TO THE SPECIFIC MASTER RECORDINGS, BUT NOT THE SONGS THEMSELVES AND WERE SUED BY CAPITOL RECORDS. SWAN SETTLED THE LAWSUIT, AND THE SETTLEMENT KILLED ANY CHANCE OF "SIE LIEBT DICH" BECOMING A HIT IN THE U.S. THIS EXPLAINS THE RECORD'S RELATIVE SCARCITY.

THIS EXAMPLE IS THE MALLARD PRESSING, WHICH HAS THE GERMAN AND ENGLISH TITLES SURROUNDED BY QUOTATION MARKS ON ONE LINE. IT REMAINS IN STUNNING OLD STORE STOCK, MINT MINUS, UNPLAYED, "AS NEW" CONDITION. IT IS ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY THE ORIGINAL SWAN GENERIC BROWN SLEEVE.

CONDITION: M- (UNPLAYED)
ITEM#: S630
PRICE: ------


 
   

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  SIE LIEBT DICH (SHE LOVES YOU) B/W I'LL GET YOU
SWAN 4152
RELEASED: 5/21/64, OSC
(SWAN 4182.01C, SPIZER)

(ACTUAL SCANS)

ULTRA-RARE RCA RECORDS, ROCKAWAY PRESSING  -
“TALL THIN” PRINT WITH TRANSLATION BENEATH SONG TITLE.

THE GERMAN-LYRIC RECORDING OF "SIE LIEBT DICH" WAS RECORDED BY THE BEATLES ON JANUARY 29, 1964 AND WAS ISSUED IN GERMANY ON THE ODEON LABEL IN MID MARCH 1964.

ON OR ABOUT MAY 21, 1964, SWAN RELEASED A SINGLE PAIRING "SIE LIEBT DICH" (SHE LOVES YOU) WITH THE SAME MASTER RECORDING OF I'LL GET YOU THAT SERVED AS THE B-SIDE TO SHE LOVES YOU. THE RECORD LISTS THE GROUP AS "DIE BEATLES" ON ITS A-SIDE LABEL.

SWAN WAS HOPING THAT THE NOVELTY OF HEARING THE BEATLES SING IN GERMAN WOULD BE ENOUGH TO OBTAIN RADIO AIR PLAY AND SALES. IT WASN'T, FOR IT DIPPED TO NUMBER 97 BEFORE DISAPPEARING FROM THE BILLBOARD CHARTS. FURTHERMORE, SWAN HAD THE RIGHTS TO THE SPECIFIC MASTER RECORDINGS, BUT NOT THE SONGS THEMSELVES AND WERE SUED BY CAPITOL RECORDS. SWAN SETTLED THE LAWSUIT, AND THE SETTLEMENT KILLED ANY CHANCE OF "SIE LIEBT DICH" BECOMING A HIT IN THE U.S. THIS EXPLAINS THE RECORD'S RELATIVE SCARCITY.

THIS RCA RECORDS, ROCKAWAY, NEW JERSEY  PRESSING IS IN RED PRINT, AND HAS THE TALL THIN FONT WITH THE GERMAN TITLE ON ONE LINE AND (SHE LOVES YOU) IN MICRO PRINT BELOW. THIS VARIATION RARELY SURFACES, WITH THIS VINYL IN SHIMMERING NEAR MINT CONDITION, AND CLEAN NEAR MINT MINUS LABELS DISPLAYING VERY LITTLE WEAR.

CONDITION: NM
ITEM#: S717
PRICE: ------


 
   


  SIE LIEBT DICH (SHE LOVES YOU) B/W I'LL GET YOU
SWAN 4152
RELEASED: 5/21/64, OSC
(SWAN 4182.01B, SPIZER)

(ACTUAL SCANS)

RARER MONARCH PRESSING  “THIN” PRINT WITH TRANSLATION BENEATH SONG TITLE.

THE GERMAN-LYRIC RECORDING OF "SIE LIEBT DICH" WAS RECORDED BY THE BEATLES ON JANUARY 29, 1964 AND WAS ISSUED IN GERMANY ON THE ODEON LABEL IN MID MARCH 1964.

ON OR ABOUT MAY 21, 1964, SWAN RELEASED A SINGLE PAIRING "SIE LIEBT DICH" (SHE LOVES YOU) WITH THE SAME MASTER RECORDING OF I'LL GET YOU THAT SERVED AS THE B-SIDE TO SHE LOVES YOU. THE RECORD LISTS THE GROUP AS "DIE BEATLES" ON ITS A-SIDE LABEL.

SWAN WAS HOPING THAT THE NOVELTY OF HEARING THE BEATLES SING IN GERMAN WOULD BE ENOUGH TO OBTAIN RADIO AIR PLAY AND SALES. IT WASN'T, FOR IT DIPPED TO NUMBER 97 BEFORE DISAPPEARING FROM THE BILLBOARD CHARTS. FURTHERMORE, SWAN HAD THE RIGHTS TO THE SPECIFIC MASTER RECORDINGS, BUT NOT THE SONGS THEMSELVES AND WERE SUED BY CAPITOL RECORDS. SWAN SETTLED THE LAWSUIT, AND THE SETTLEMENT KILLED ANY CHANCE OF "SIE LIEBT DICH" BECOMING A HIT IN THE U.S. THIS EXPLAINS THE RECORD'S RELATIVE SCARCITY.

THIS IS THE RARER MONARCH RECORDS PRESSING IN RED PRINT THAT HAS THE GERMAN TITLE ON ONE LINE IN LOOSELY SPACED LETTERS AND (SHE LOVES YOU) IN MICRO PRINT BELOW. REALLY STUNNING NEAR MINT CONDITION.

CONDITION: NM
ITEM#: S428
PRICE: ------


 

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