EP GRADING LISTING IS FOR COVER/RECORD.

THE PHOTOGRAPHS DISPLAYED IN THIS SECTION ARE THE ACTUAL IMAGES OF THE ITEMS.

EP SLEEVES & RECORDS ARE SOLD TOGETHER.

IN ENGLAND, THE BEATLES ACHIEVED HUGE SALES OF NOT ONLY 7" 45RPM SINGLES AND 12" LONG PLAYING 33⅓ RPM ALBUMS, BUT ALSO 7" 45RPM EXTENDED PLAY ("EP") RECORDS. WHILE SINGLES HAD ONE SONG PER SIDE, THE EP FORMAT TYPICALLY HAD TWO SONGS ON EACH SIDE. EPS NORMALLY COST MORE THAN SINGLES, BUT LESS THAN ALBUMS. ALTHOUGH THIS FORMAT APPEARED IN THE UNITED STATES THROUGHOUT THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES, IT NEVER REALLY CAUGHT ON IN AMERICA THE WAY IT DID IN ENGLAND AND OTHER FOREIGN MARKETS.

VEE-JAY'S CREATIVE MARKETING DEPARTMENT ALWAYS TRIED TO SQUEEZE MORE PRODUCT OUT OF ITS 16 BEATLES SONGS THAT WERE CONTRACTED TO THEM. FOUR TRACKS, NAMELY MISERY, TASTE OF HONEY, ASK ME WHY AND ANNA, WERE PULLED FROM THE INTRODUCING THE BEATLES ALBUM AND ISSUED ON 'VJEP 1-903' SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET  SINGLE ON OR ABOUT MARCH 23, 1964 - MAKING IT THE VERY FIRST BEATLES EXTENDED PLAY 45 RELEASED IN THE UNITED STATES (CAPITOL'S TWO EPS FOUR BY THE BEATLES EP WAS RELEASED ON MAY 11, 1964 AND 4-BY THE BEATLES WAS ISSUED ON FEBRUARY 1, 1965).

WITH THE BEATLES FEBRUARY ARRIVAL IN AMERICA AND THEIR APPEARANCE ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW  FRESH IN EVERYONE'S MIND, THE EP WAS MARKETED AS A "SOUVENIR OF THEIR VISIT TO AMERICA". TRADE MAGAZINE ADS PROCLAIMED "FOUR GREAT SONGS NEVER RELEASED AS SINGLES. EACH A HIT IN ITS OWN RIGHT" THE RECORD WAS DUBBED "THE E.P. (ECONOMY PACKAGE) OF THE CENTURY."

COVER REMAINS IN ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAP!

HERE IS VEE-JAY'S ONLY RELEASED EXTENDED PLAY (EP) WITH THE MEGA-RARE, AND MUCH SCARCER 'ALL BLACK LABEL WITH THE "OVAL LOGO" LABEL !! THIS LABEL VARIATION IS 100 TO 1 RARER THAN THE COLORBAND & OVAL LOGO LABEL VERSIONS.

THIS VERSION OF THE RECORD WAS OFTEN ISSUED IN A CENTER-CUT VEE-JAY COMPANY RECORD SLEEVE, RATHER THAN THE SPECIAL CARDBOARD PICTURE SLEEVE - BUT IN THIS CASE, THE RECORD IS INDEED ACCOMPANIED BY THE ORIGINAL PICTURE SLEEVE, WHICH STILL REMAINS IN THE ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINKWRAP AND GRADES A T A BRILLIANT MINT MINUS.

CONDITION OF THE RECORD IS A BEAUTIFUL AND SHIMMERING NEAR MINT MINUS ON THE VINYL WITH NEAR MINT LABELS.

CONDITION: M- / NM-
ITEM#: EP006
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THIS LABEL VARIATION RARELY SURFACES, AND THIS EXAMPLE IS A BEAUTY. THE TYPESETTING AND TRAIL-OFF MARKINGS INDICATE THIS VARIATION OF THE EP WAS MANUFACTURED BY SOUTHERN PLASTICS.

GORGEOUS NEAR MINT COVER AND STUNNING NEAR MINT RECORD. DISPLAYS A DEEP, GLEAMING SHEEN WITH JUST SOME SLEEVE "WHISPS" IN THE TRAIL-OFF AREAS ONLY.

CONDITION: NM / NM
ITEM#: EP584
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THIS ONE IS ACCOMPANIED BY IT'S ORIGINAL AND RARER 1964 VEE-JAY "LEFT & RIGHT BRACKETS" RECORD COMPANY SLEEVE. IT HAS THE PHRASE "SINGLES OF SIGNIFICANCE" AND DIFFERS FROM THE OTHER VEE-JAY SLEEVE BY HAVING THE SEVEN BRACKETS LOGOS FORMING THE BORDER OF BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLEEVE. THE PAPER STOCK AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE SLEEVE ALSO VARIES FROM THE RIGHT SIDE COLUMN BRACKETS SLEEVE. IT LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE A PAPER BAG. THIS SLEEVE IS MUCH LESS COMMON THAN THE ONE COLUMN BRACKETS SLEEVE. THE CONDITION OF THE SLEEVE IS NEAR MINT MINUS.

THE CONDITION OF THE RECORD IS A BEAUTIFUL AND SHIMMERING NEAR MINT ON THE VINYL WITH NEAR MINT LABELS.

CONDITION: NM
ITEM#: EP829
PRICE: $250

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RAREST LABEL VARIATION FOR THIS EP RELEASE:
ALL BLACK LABEL WITH "VEE JAY" BLOCK LOGO LETTERS
AND THIN MICRO-PRINT FONT TITLES.

THIS ALL BLACK LABEL WITH "VEE JAY" BLOCK LETTERS LOGO VARIATION FEATURING THE THIN SILVER MICROPRINT FONTS IS CONSIDERED THE RAREST OF ALL THE VEE-JAY EP ISSUES AND IS AT LEAST 75 TO 1 SCARCER THAN ANY OTHER LABEL VERSIONS FOR THIS EP RELEASE. THE NEXT RAREST LABEL IS THE BLACK LABEL WITH COLORBAND AND BRACKETS LOGO WITH THE THIN MICRO-PRINT  FONTS WHICH RATES 50 TO 1 SCARCER.

THE CONDITION OF THE RECORD IS IN GLEAMING AND SHIMMERING VG+++ SHOWING VERY LITTLE PLAYTIME AND SOME LIGHT "WHISP" MARKS. NO SCRATCHES AT ALL. THE LABELS ARE A DEEP AND BOLD NEAR MINT.

THIS DISC IS ACCOMPANIED BY IT'S ORIGINAL AND RARER 1964 VEE-JAY "LEFT & RIGHT BRACKETS" RECORD COMPANY SLEEVE. IT HAS THE PHRASE "SINGLES OF SIGNIFICANCE" AND DIFFERS FROM THE OTHER VEE-JAY SLEEVE BY HAVING THE SEVEN BRACKETS LOGOS FORMING THE BORDER OF BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLEEVE. THE PAPER STOCK AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE SLEEVE ALSO VARIES FROM THE RIGHT SIDE COLUMN BRACKETS SLEEVE. IT LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE A PAPER BAG. THIS SLEEVE IS MUCH LESS COMMON THAN THE ONE COLUMN BRACKETS SLEEVE. THE CONDITION OF THE SLEEVE IS NEAR MINT MINUS.

CONDITION: VG+++
ITEM#: EP830
PRICE: $350

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THIS ONE IS A WORLD-CLASS EXAMPLE AND STILL RETAINS A FRESH "NEWNESS" TO IT. IT IS STUNNING TO SAY THE LEAST, LAYING BEAUTIFULLY FLAT WITH ALL FOUR CORNERS BEING SHARP, WITH NO CREASES OR PUSHES. NO SPLITS AT ALL. ONE FACTORY SHRINKWRAP "BREATHE HOLE" IS VISIBLE ON THE FRONT SIDE.

THE VERY TINY WHITE SPOTS SEEN NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE FRONT SIDE ARE NOT WEAR, BUT FACTORY COLOR SEPARATION ERRORS DURING MANUFACTURE (SEE MR. COX'S NOTE IN HIS LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY).

ACCOMPANIED BY LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM PERRY COX, BEATLES U.S. RECORDS EXPERT, AUTHOR OF "THE BEATLES RECORD PRICE GUIDE" SERIES OF BOOKS.

CONDITION: STILL SEALED
ITEM#: EP560
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THE ACCOMPANYING CARDBOARD PICTURE SLEEVE IS INDEED THE VERY BEST WE HAVE SEEN AND IS A STELLAR MINT MINUS. IT EQUALS THOSE THAT ARE SEALED OR REMAINING IN THE SHRINKWRAP.

CONDITION: M- / M- (UNPLAYED)
ITEM#: EP624
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