THE BEATLES:"LOVE ME DO".EX-BBC LIBRARY COPY.1962 PARLOPHONE RED+ZT 1 STAMPERS.

	£		100
	$		133

ATTENTION THE BEATLES,1960s BEAT GROUP AND 1960s HITS COLLECTORS!

  HERE IS AN ORIGINAL UK PRESSING HISTORIC**(SEE BELOW) EX-BBC LIBRARY EXAMPLE ON THE RED PARLOPHONE LABEL OF THE 1962 #17 DEBUT BEATLES HIT:"LOVE ME DO" BUT UNLIKE MOST COPIES THIS COPY IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE ZT 1/ZT 1 STAMPERS AND 1N/1N MATRIXES.AS IF YOU NEEDED TO KNOW THIS IS THE EARLIEST ISSUED VERSION WITH RINGO ON DRUMS UNLIKE THE LATER PRESSINGS THAT HAD ANDY WHITE ON DRUMS.HOUSED IN THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE AND CORRECT "BEACH STRIPE" DESIGN PARLOPHONE COMPANY COVER WITH A SMALL "CMA" IN BIRO PEN IN ONE CORNER,A FEW SMALL CREASES BUT NO RIPS,STAINING OR REPAIRS. THE"B"SIDE="P.S. I LOVE YOU".

**NOTE THE "RETURN BBC LIBRARY" RUBBER STAMP ON BOTH LABELS-FROM THE FORMER MIGHTY BBC GRAMOPHONE LIBRARY WHICH HAS PRUNED DOWN IT'S STOCK AND DUPLICATE COPIES DRAMATICALLY OVER THE YEARS,HENCE THIS COPY NOW AVAILABLE TO OWN AS A PIECE OF HISTORY. JUST TO EXPLAIN-INITIALLY IN 1962,AHEAD OF IT'S RELEASE,A DEMO COPY OF THIS SINGLE WOULD HAVE BEEN SENT DIRECT TO THE HEAD OF THE RECORD LIBRARY AND A FEW COPIES SENT TO INDIVIDUAL IMPORTANT BBC PRODUCERS AND DJs SUCH AS ALAN FREEMAN,DAVID JACOBS ETC.

ONCE THE RECORD WAS CONSIDERED WORTHY OF ADDITIONAL COPIES BEING OBTAINED FOR FUTURE PROGRAMMES,(NORMALLY ONCE IT ENTERED THE CHARTS),IT IS LIKELY THAT ABOUT 3 OR 4 COPIES WOULD BE FILED IN CASE OF DAMAGE OR IF MORE THAN ONE RADIO PRESENTER OR PRODUCER REQUIRED IT ON THE SAME DAY OR SO OF A BROADCAST BUT OF COURSE IN 1962,THERE WERE VERY FEW POP RECORD SHOWS ON THE BBC WITH THE EMPHASIS ON LIVE MUSIC/COVER VERSIONS OF THE SONGS OF THE DAY TO KEEP THE MUSICIANS UNION HAPPY.THERE WERE SEVERE RESTRICTIONS ON HOW MANY RECORDS COULD BE PLAYED IN 1962-EVENTUALLY SUCH LUDICROUS RULING LEADING TO THE START OF PIRATE RADIO,TWO YEARS LATER IN 1964.

UNTIL 1967,ALL RADIO DJs ON THE BBC HAD THE RECORDS PLAYED FOR THEM BY THE STUDIO MANAGERS OR PRODUCERS ON HIGH QUALITY EQUIPMENT IN AN ADJACENT STUDIO RESULTING IN CAREFUL USE UNLIKE LATER YEARS WITH DJs QUICKLY CUEING UP EACH RECORD IN BETWEEN THE CHAT WITH MOST RECORDS GETTING SCRATCHED. BY 1967 WHEN THIS PROCESS HAPPENED,HARDLY ANY BBC DJs WOULD REQUIRE "LOVE ME DO" AS THE BEATLES MORE RECENT TRACKS WOULD BE PREFERRED AND IF THEY DID,IT IS PROBABLE THEY WOULD BE SUPPLIED WITH A LATER REPRESS OR EVEN A COMPILATION LP. NATURALLY THERE IS NO WAY OF KNOWING HOW MANY TIMES THIS ACTUAL COPY WAS PLAYED ON BBC RADIO PROGRAMMES BUT THERE IS A VERY GOOD CHANCE,THIS WAS THE ACTUAL ONE USED DURING IT'S INITIAL SUCCESS AS THERE ARE SOME SIGNS OF USE.  THE DISC HAS SOME ULTRA FAINT SURFACE MARKS WITH SOME LIGHT SURFACE CRACKLE BUT NO DEEP MARKS,NO LOUD CLICKS,NO STICKS,NO JUMPS OR SURFACE SWISHES AND PLAYS SUPERBLY! 

THIS COPY OF COURSE HAS THE "45-R" PREFIX"  NOT ON LATER 1960s REPRESSES AS WELL AS THE "ADMORE AND BEECHWOOD" PUBLISHING CREDITS.  BOTH SIDES SOUNDING MAGNIFICENT IN THE POWERFUL AND BASS FILLED MONO MIXES! THE SOUNDS LEAP OUT OF THE SPEAKERS WITH EQUAL EXCITEMENT THAT IS LACKING ON THE STEREO VERSIONS! STRICT GRADING  EXCELLENT CONDITION!

THERE IS SLIGHT STAINING TO THE "A" SIDE LABEL BUT NO WRITING AND THE CENTRE IS FULLY INTACT. OF COURSE THE "RETURN BBC LIBRARY" RUBBER STAMP ON BOTH LABELS IS A MAJOR ATTRACTION RATHER THAN DEFACEMENT AS WITH MOST RUBBER STAMPS! THE MAJORITY OF BEATLES COLLECTORS WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO FIND OR AFFORD A DEMO COPY OF THIS VITAL SINGLE AND AS SUCH THIS IS A MORE AFFORDABLE AND VERY EXCITING ALTERNATIVE WITH HISTORIC IMPORTANCE AT A TIME WHEN APART FROM RADIO LUXEMBOURG,THERE WAS ONLY THE BBC LIGHT PROGRAMME TO HEAR THE LATEST POP MUSIC.

A LOW AND REALISTIC £100 STARTING PRICE! 

GET IT WHILE YOU CAN!

IT WILL BE SENT SPECIAL DELIVERY OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR ONLY.

PERSONAL COLLECTION IS POSSIBLE AT A MUTUALLY CONVENIENT TIME.

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YOU MIGHT FIND CHEAPER COPIES BUT I DOUBT THEY WILL BE AS GOOD AS THIS EXAMPLE! 

YOU'LL LOVE IT FOR YEARS AND HOPEFULLY WILL RETURN TO ME AGAIN!   

SUPERB MONO SOUND PLUS THE ADDED ADVANTAGE OF THE BASS THAT CANNOT BE MATCHED ON CD!!

The previous owner was not a smoker and so this item doesn't stink of that dreadful stale smoke!!!!Lovely pressing!! Warm sound!!.

 I test on a lightweight pickup of approx 2 grammes and listen with the treble full on and no filtering or mono switch used.

As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!! .  

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