BEATLES - I Want To Hold Your Hand / I Saw Her Standing There - US First Press
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UP FOR BID IS THIS 45 BY THE BEATLES - "I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND / I SAW
HER STANDING THERE"
1963 VINTAGE U.S. FIRST PRESSING SINGLE AND PICTURE SLEEVE - 7" 45RPM
LABEL-CAPITOL (5112) - RELEASED: DECEMBER 26TH, 1963.
RECORD CONDITIONS- NM
SLEEVE CONDITION-NM
MORE INFORMATION ON WHY THIS IS A FIRST PRESSING AND MORE VALUABLE :
Released in the US on December 26, 1963, 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' became the Beatles' first US number one (Billboard Hot 100, February 1, 1964), and kick-started the British Invasion of America. It remained on the Billboard chart for 15 weeks.
This Original pressing is on yellow and orange swirl Capitol labels without "subsidiary" print in the label rim text.
This first pressing of the record is identified by the 'Walter Hofer' publishing credit on the 'I Saw Her Standing There' side of the disc.
This East Coast picture sleeve variation shows all of George's head, and has a straight cut top. The West Coast picture sleeve variation crops off part of George's head, and has a "tub" cut top. The picture sleeves were prepared by two different printers: Queens Litho in New York (East Coast) and The Bert-Co Enterprises of Los Angeles (West Coast).
This original 1964 sleeve does not have periods in "REG US PAT OFF" (under the Capitol logo). The reissue sleeves from 1994 have periods in "REG. U.S. PAT. OFF." In addition, on this original sleeve, Paul is holding a cigarette, while on the 20th anniversary sleeve, the cigarette has been removed.
Capitol originally scheduled 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' for release on 13th January 1964, but airplay by Carroll James, a DJ on Washington, DC station WWDC, led to the release date being brought forward to December 26 1963 to cope with public demand
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