Beatles Capitol Records Canada 72076 Love Me Do 1963 1st PRESSING
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Description
Very rare. This is the "Love Me Do" first pressing from early February 1963 with large hand written matrix number (with no dash and number) hand etched in the trail off area.
Capitol Records Canada 72076 “Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You”, released Mon, Feb 18, 1963, this is the Ringo version unlike the U.S. releases.
Vinyl Condition VG+ with a few small scratches, will not affect playback.
Hand etched matrix in the runoff LARGE SIZE CHARACTERS, side 1 7XCE 17144, side 2 7XCE-17145.
Label Condition EX, see pics.
Comes in Original Capitol Records Canada factory sleeve.
This record was pressed in Canada
This is the initial pressing of Love Me Do from Canada of which, according to Paul White, there were 100 pressed and 75 sold. Paul White was the A&R Manager at Capitol of Canada who authorized release of this first Beatles, Capitol single in North America on February 18th 1963.
This has been documented by Piers Hemmingsen in his book The Beatles Canadian Discography, Part 1- 45 RPM & Other Special 7" Discs. Mr. Hemmingsen has personally interviewed Mr. White and is a known authority on Beatles Canadian records having published two, well researched books on the subject (See Here). Read a statement from Paul White Here. He also presented this information in an article from Beatlology Magazine Vol.5 No.5, May/June 2003 on page 6. In it he explains how to discern this disc from later pressings.
The initial pressings of Love Me Do have the matrix number hand-etched in the trail-off area of the vinyl with NO dash "-" or numeral following the dash (7XCE 17144). This is the only pressing of Love Me Do to be issued before She Loves You became a hit in Canada and Beatlemania began in the USA. All subsequent copies have the dash following the hand-etched matrix and a number following the dash (7XCE 17144-2) and were not issued until late in 1963. These later pressings are plentiful and easily found as many thousands were pressed and a large percentage exported to the USA.
In addition, on the initial pressings the characters are taller than all the subsequent ones. First pressing characters are at least 1/8" (4mm) tall whereas later copies are 1/16"-3/32" (2-3mm) tall.
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