BEATLES "LOVE ME DO" 1962 UK RED LABEL WITH "M.I.G.B"
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BEATLES "LOVE ME DO"
ORIGINAL 1962 UK 1ST RED LABEL PRESSING RELEASE.
RELEASED OCTOBER 5TH 1962 "LOVE ME DO" WAS THE BEATLES FIRST UK SINGLE RELEASE. IT ONLY REACHED A HIGH OF NUMBER 27 IN THE UK CHARTS AND ONLY STAYED IN THE CHARTS FOR ONE WEEK.
OFFERED FOR SALE IN STUNNING AND BARELY PLAYED CONDITION IS AN ORIGINAL 1962 UK RED LABEL 1ST PRESSING OF THIS RELEASE WHICH IS COMPLETE WITH AN ORIGINAL "NEMS" SHOP BAG AND "NEMS" TILL RECEIPT DATED 8TH OCTOBER..THREE DAYS AFTER THIS SINGLES RELEASES DATE..
EVEN BEFORE THE RELEASE OF "LOVE ME DO" THE YOUTH OF LIVERPOOL (MYSELF INCLUDED) WHERE ALREADY AWARE OF THE BEATLES, THOSE OF US WHO FREQUENTED THE CAVERN CLUB AND VARIOUS LOCAL COFFEE BARS HAD ALREADY EXPERIENCED THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS BAND WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO APPRECIATE, HERE IN LIVERPOOL BEFORE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY AND EVENTUALLY THE WORLD.
EVERY SATURDAY AFTERNOON A CERTAIN RITUAL FOR ANY TEENAGER/YOUNG ADULT WAS A TRIP INTO TOWN AND A VISIT TO ONE OF NEMS RECORD STORES. THERE WE WOULD SPEND HOURS BROWSING THROUGH THE VAST ARRAY OF VINYL RECORDS OR WE WOULD NIP DOWNSTAIRS TO THE RECORD BOOTHS TO LISTEN TO NEW RELEASES E.T.C.
THE BUSY STORES WERE ALWAYS WELL STAFFED AND IT WAS NOT UNCOMMON, ON A BUSY SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO SEE BRIAN EPSTEIN OVERSEEING THE STAFF AND ON SOME OCCASSIONS BEHIND THE COUNTER ITSELF.ALSO, IN THE VERY EARLY DAYS, EITHER ALL OR ONE OR TWO OF THE BEATLES THEMSELVES WOULD BE IN THE STORE MAKING THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON VISIT EVEN MORE WORTHWHILE....... I COULD GO ON BUT IM JUST REMENICING ABOUT MY YOUTH!
45-R 4949
7XCE17144/5-1N-1N
ZT TAX CODE TO RUN OFF GROOVE
"MADE IN GT BRITAIN" TEXT
STAMPERS T 1 R 1
THE RED PARLOPHONE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN STUNNING CONDITION, CLOSE INSPECTION REVEALS JUST VERY LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO EITHER SIDE, NO MORE THAN THREE OR FOUR.... LABELS ARE EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND ALL WORDING IN CRISP AND VIVID, THERE ARE TWO VERY LIGHT MARKS TOWARDS BOTTOM OF SIDE ONE LABEL (SEE ICTURE) .... LABELS CARRY "MADE IN GT BRITAIN" TEXT . RETAINING THEIR BRIGHT RED COLOURING THE LABELS HAVE NOT SUFFERED FROM ANY FADING OR RUBBING.
THE GLOSSY VINYL IS EQUALLY AS STUNNING. THIS HAS ONLY EVER RECEIVED A FEW VERY CAREFUL PLAYS AND THEREFORE DISPLAYS JUST THE LIGHTEST OF SURFACE MARKS WHICH REFLECT THIS. . THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.
AUDIO IS FLAWLESS WITH NO DISTORTION PRESENT AT ANY POINT.
HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL PARLOPHONE DIAMOND COLOURED SLEEVE. THE SLEEVE IS SUPERB.
COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL NEMS TILL RECEIPT, THIS RARE RECEIPT HAS FADED SLIGHTLY OVER THE YEARS AND HAS A SMALL TEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM CORNER BUT ALL TEXT IS STILL CLEAR AND READABLE..THE RECEIPT STATES "NEMS,WHITECHAPEL,LIVERPOOL".....THIS IS ALSO DATED 8TH OCTOBER. REMARKABLE THAT THIS RARE ITEM HAS SURVIVED ALL THESE YEARS.
ALL THIS IS COMPLETE WITH IT'S ORIGINAL AND VERY ATTRACTIVE NEMS SHOP BAG, WHEN A RECORD WAS BOUGHT FROM NEMS THEY WOULD PLACE THE RECORD IN THEIR OWN SHOP BAG, AS MOST RECORD SHOP'S DID. THESE BAGS WOULD NORMALLY BE DISGARDED ONCE YOU GOT YOUR RECORD HOME AND VERY FEW HAVE SURVIVED. THIS NEMS BAG HAS SURVIVIED IN REMARKABLE CONDITION. COMPLETELY INTACT AND UNMARKED THE BAG DISPLAYS JUST LIGHT BUT EXPECTED CREASES BUT NOTHING SERIOUS. THE BAG IS STILL VERY CRISP WITH STRONG VIVID COLOURING AND IT STILL RETAINS ITS GENUINE BRIGHT WHITE COLOUR.
OVERALL A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE AN ORIGINAL UK RED LABEL 1ST PRESSING COMPLETE WITH SHOP BAG AND TILL RECEIPT DIRECT FROM BRIAN EPSTEIN'S RECORD STORE IN THE BEATLES HOMETOWN OF LIVERPOOL!
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