1st press 1A/1O Beatles 1N/1N *Love Me Do* RED ZT tax 1/1 MOTHERS
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THE BEATLES
"LOVE ME DO"
1A/1O
&
ZT Tax code
RED PARLOPHONE
Here we have the very first official release by the BEATLES under their EMI label. This was FIRST recorded recording with Ringo on drums, on the 4th of September 1962. It was a week later, when attempting another recording, Ringo was left to give the maracas a shake on "PS I Love You" and tambourine on "Love Me Do." The recordings with Ringo are therefore identified by the -1N/-1N matrix, whilst the Andy White recording has the suffix of -2N/-2N. It is strange, however, EMI decided to relese the Ringo version before the re-worked (and so called improved..?) Andy White version....couldn't have been much of an improvement afterall.
Release date was the 5th of October 1962.
Respective positions in the various charts back then were:
Disc Weekly: 24
Melody Maker: 21
New Musical Express: 27
New Record Mirror: 17
Record Retailer: 17
The details of this single up for auction:
Catalogue number: 45-R 4949
Matrix numbers Side 1: 7XCE 17144-1N
Matrix numbers Side 2: 7XCE 17145-1N
Mothers/Stampers Side 1: 1 @ 9 O'clock (WOW!) A @ 3 O'clock
Mothers/Stampers Side 2: 1 @ 9 O'clock (AGAIN, WOW!) O @ 3 O'clock
LOVELY early pressing!
Very Early Tax codes stamped into the run-off at 9 o'clock:
ZT
This tax code was used between 10th of April 1962 to the 26th of November 1962. VERY SHORT RUN!
The Labels: VG+. They are the lovely deep red colour and are free from writing.
"Ardmore & Beechwood LTD" is on both sides.
It DOES have the "Made In Great Britain" statement at 3 O'Clock tp both sides.
The only down-side is the fact the central section hs been popped out and replaced, as you can see in the images provided.
"Lennon-McCartney" credits.
Vinyl: VG. Just finished playing both sides through and NO skips, jumps etc. There's some light background noise, as you would expect.
The vinyl could do with a gentle professional clean, to reduce the background crackle. She shines out lovely and brightly now.
There are only a few light marks but as I have said..
NO SKIPS/STICKS OR JUMPS
They don't make them like this anymore!
Sleeve: EX. Original 1960's "Bubbles" sleeve in superb condition. Still gorgeously bright in colour.
A SUPERB example of this early sleeve.
(i will also include the sleeve from the original owner-where it states the month the record was bought and some great Beatles 'signatures')
NO WARPING OR DISTORTION OF ANY SORT...LOVELY AND FLAT.
ALL IN ALL THIS IS A FANTASTIC PIECE OF BEATLES HISTORY WITH VERY EARLY TAX CODES AND 1/1 MOTHERS TOO.
IN AN ALL ORIGINAL PACKAGE-WITH THE ORIGINAL SLEEVE...LOVELY!
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POSTAGE PRICES
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