BEATLES "LOVE ME DO" 1962 UK RED LABEL WITH "M.I.G.B"

	£		113
	$		150

                                                                                     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.

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO OFFER FOR SALE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AN ORIGINAL 1962 UK RED LABEL 1ST PRESSING OF THIS RELEASE WHICH FEATURES "JR" DEMO STAMPERS AND RARE AND VERY EARLY WZOT TAX CODE AND IS COMPLETE WITH AN ORIGINAL "NEMS" SHOP BAG.

 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!

IT IS REUTED THAT THERE WERE ONLY 250 DEMO COPIES OF "LOVE ME DO" PRESSED, EMI USED TO SOMETIMES IDENTIFY THE DEMO PRESSINGS BY USING "JR" STAMPER LETTERS, IT WAS NOT UNCOMMON FOR A SURPLUS NUMBER OF PRESSINGS TO MADE THAT WERE REQUIRED AS DEMO'S, RATHER THAN JUST DISPOSE OF THESE, STANDARD STOCK LABELS WOULD BE APPLIED AND THE PRESSING WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED FOR GENERAL SALE. ANY SINGLE WHICH CARRIES THE "JR" STAMPS IS WITHOUT DOUBT ONE OF THE EARLIEST EVER PRESSED.    

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ZT  TAX CODE TO RUN OFF GROOVE BUT RARE AND EARLY WZOT EMBOSSED TO SIDE TWO 

 "MADE IN GT BRITAIN" TEXT

STAMPERS  P 1 (SIDE ONE)    JR  (SIDE TWO...NO STAMPER NUMBER) 

THE RED PARLOPHONE LABELS TO BOTH SIDES ARE IN  EXCELLENT CONDITION, CLOSE INSPECTION REVEALS JUST  VERY LIGHT AND TINY SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO EITHER SIDE , LABELS ARE VERY CLEAN AND ALL WORDING IN CRISP AND VIVID WITH PERFECT AND UNSPOILT LETTERING. THE LABELS CARRY  "MADE IN GT BRITAIN" TEXT . SIDE HAS AN EMBOSSED "WZOT" TAX CODE

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS ALSO EXCELLENT. THIS HAS PLAYED AND THEREFORE  DISPLAYS SOME LIGHT SURFACE  MARKS WHICH REFLECT THIS .LYING PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING THIS FABULOUS VINYL HAS NOT SUFFERED ANY DULLING OR OTHER BLEMISHES TO THE PLAYING SURFACE..  

AUDIO IS SUPERB..THERE IS SOME MILD CRACKLE EVIDENT TO BOTH RUN IN/OFF GROOVES BUT OTHERWISE THE VINYL PLAYS THROUGH PERFECTLY

HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL  PARLOPHONE MULTI- COLOURED SLEEVE. THE SLEEVE IS SUPERB. 

ALL THIS IS COMPLETE WITH IT'S ORIGINAL 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 VERY GOOD CONDITION. THE BAG DOES  DISPLAY  SIGNS OF AGE AND HANDLING, DISPLAYING SOME HANDLING MARKS, SLIGHT FADING AND SOME CREASING THE BAG ALSO SHOWS WEAR TO THE TOP OPENING EDGE, IT IS HOWEVER INTACT AND FREE FROM ANY WRITING AND IS THE ORIGINAL BAG THAT ACCOMPANIED THIS RECORD.

OVERALL A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE AN ORIGINAL UK RED LABEL 1ST PRESSING COMPLETE WITH SHOP BAG FROM BRIAN EPSTEIN'S RECORD STORE IN THE BEATLES HOMETOWN OF LIVERPOOL BUT WHICH HAS THE ADDED APPEAL OF  CARRYING A RARE TAX CODE AND ALSO FEATURES VERY FIRST DEMO STAMPERS.... POSSIBLY THE NEAREST THING TO AN ACTUAL DEMO AND CERATINLY ONE OF THE FIRST FEW HUNDRED COPIES PRESSED!