(2) *NM* BEATLES VJ EP1-903 EP & SLEEVE PLUS PRISTINE WHITE LABEL VEE JAY PROMO
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(2) **NEAR MINT** BEATLES 'SOUVENIR OF THEIR VISIT TO AMERICA' VJ EP 1-903 WITH RARE HARD COVER SLEEVE PLUS PRISTINE UNOFFICIAL WHITE LABEL VEE JAY PROMO UNPLAYED PRESSED IN MARCH 1964
The hard to find VJ EP 1-903 hard-cover sleeve is Near Mint stunning with NO writing, NO rips/tears, NO price stickers/glue residue, NO color fading and NO creases. It's the nicest I've ever had in my collection, as most of these you see for sale show lots of wear. Not this one ! This is the best of the best !!
The EP record is also NM stunning and shows very little play. A very few light minor hairlines not visible by the naked eye. The labels are stunning as well, with NO writing, NO rips/tears, NO fading and NO stickers/glue residue !! Stunning !!
As an added bonus you'll receive an unofficial white label Vee Jay Promo of
VJ EP 1-903 accompanied by a 1964 'Singles of Significance' VJ sleeve. The EP record is absolutely MINT unplayed, with no signs of a needle being on it !
Shipping is Lightning-Fast and free via USPS 2/3 Day Priority Mail, packed safely
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Souvenir Of Their Visit To America, Vee-Jay VJEP 1-903. March, 1964. Record were issued in a colorfull cardboard sleeve with a black background, that had the same layout and drawings of the Beatles faces as the Do You Want To Know A Secret single. “The Beatles” appears in white, the record number and VJ brackets logo in deep blue and each song title in a different color. The top of the cover contains the phrase “Souvenir Of Their Visit To America” in light blue script. The front and back covers are identical. The layout, organization and assembly of the finished art for EP jacket was completed by George S.Whiteman Graphic Disign & Photography of Hollywood, California.
With thin print and “SIDE I” and “SIDE II”. On Side II, “Concertone Songs” appears on the top line of the song publishing credits to the right of the center hole, and the songwriters’ credit are in slightly smaller print. “URJ” and the matrix numbers are hand etched in the trail off areas along with the machine stamped Audio Matrix logo. This record was manufactured by Southern Plastics. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capitol Records, a unit of EMI and sister label to The Beatles record label Parlophone, had first refusal rights to any material released by an EMI label. Capitol in the USA repeatedly turned down The Beatles for most of 1963. So The Beatles' first two 1963 singles and an altered version of their first album were released by Vee-Jay Records. Vee-Jay Records was a small company with few resources. As a result of little publicity or promotion, the records sold poorly. Vee-Jay lost the rights to The Beatles for nonpayment of royalties. The smaller Swan Records received the rights to the "She Loves You" single. When The Beatles were booked to perform on the popular Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964, Capitol finally exercised its option and said yes to The Beatles in November 1963. In a legal settlement with Capitol Records, Vee-Jay received rights to market the Beatles recordings they possessed until 10 October 1964, at which point all rights to all EMI Beatles recordings in the United States were assigned to Capitol Records. Vee-Jay's offering, an EP entitled 'Souvenir of Their Visit to America', was a great success. It is by far the most common Beatles EP of all the US releases. However, because part of the EP's sales were through mail-order offers, the trade magazines refused to chart the EP.
With the Beatles February 1964 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 magazines ads proclaimed "Four great songs never released as singles, each a hit in it's own right". The record was dubbed 'The EP of the century' !!
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- Matrix / Runout (Side A label): 64-3915
- Matrix / Runout (Side B label): 64-3916
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): HT 64-3915-1 URJ
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): HT 64-3916-2 URJ
- Vee Jay 'Oval' label variation.
Track listing:
Side I- "Misery" (Lennon-McCartney)
- "A Taste of Honey" (Rick Marlow/Bobby Scott)
- "Ask Me Why" (Lennon/McCartney)
- "Anna (Go to Him) (Arthur Alexander)
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