BEATLES NM VJ 522 FROM ME TO YOU 1963 WITH ORIGINAL MINT VEE JAY SLEEVE & BONUS

$

380

BEATLES VJ 522 MONO FROM ME TO YOU / THANK YOU GIRL SUPER MEGA RARE VEE JAY 522 BRACKETS WITH CORRECT VJ SLEEVE. NOT MANY OF THESE RARE 45s STILL EXIST TODAY !!
This is one of the nicest you will ever find. The 'A' label is Mint Pristine Spectacular. Nicest I've ever seen. Museum quality !!

A low priced Beatles VJ 522 as you'll ever find. The VJ 522 with original sleeve is near impossible to find. Presently the NICEST & lowest priced VJ 522 on eBay and the ONLY one with the correct sleeve !! There are 2 others up for sale for $750 and $1500 with the brackets but neither with the orig sleeve.
As a bonus, you also receive a stunning EXACT repro VJ522 sleeve to keep your new treasure safe.

OUT OF THE 21,225 COPIES SOLD OF VJ522, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ONLY 7,500 WERE PRESSED WITH LABELS HAVING THE BRACKETS LOGO. THIS EXPLAINS WHY THE BRACKET LABEL RELEASES ARE BY FAR RARER AND MORE VALUABLE THAN THE MOST COMMON OF THE THREE ORIGINAL OVAL VARIATIONS. HERE IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO OWN THIS MEGA RARE TREASURE !!
The 'A' side label is MINT with NO stickers, NO tape, NO writing, and NO rips/tears. One of the nicest I have ever seen !!!!
The 'B' side label is EX/NM showing only a hint of wear on the left side but still vibrant and glossy with NO rips, NO tears and NO tape !!
The PRISTINE ORIGINAL VJ oval sleeve amazingly has NO SEAM SPLITS or Rips. This Vee Jay oval sleeve is exclusive to the VJ522.

Now 55+ years later, only few are known to have survived. Here is your rare chance to own one !! The condition of the record is EX/NM plays right through with no skips, still glossy and showing only minor play. The VJ522 issues were at the very beginning of Beatlemania and were often played to death, day and night. Labels are still very vibrant and free from any rips or tears, which is super rare. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Beatles second United States single, was released May 1963 with the oval labels and Jan 1964 with the super rare bracket label.
No custom picture sleeve was ever made for these records. Instead, it was issued in an generic Oval Vee Jay Records sleeve.

Vee-Jay did not press its own records. Instead, the company had the metal parts sent to regional factories for manufacture.
Records were then sent directly from these pressing plants to distributors, who in turn sent records to retailers and other distributors.
In 1963 and January 1964, Vee Jay used three primary pressing plants and different label variations. Harder to find is the bracket label.

This issue is the second pressing of the record which has silver lettering on a black label with an outer rim colorband featuring the bracket logo. It has the (MR) symbol in its trail off areas, indicating that it was pressed by Monarch Records. One of the oldest Beatles 45 known to exist. The 45 RPM masters, mothers, and stampers of "From Me To You (master number 63-3218)" and "Thank You Girl (master number 63-3219)" were shipped to ARP, Monarch, and Southern Plastics.

All copies of VJ 522 have the master number and a barely visible "RA" hand etched into the trail off area as well as the machine stamped Audio Matrix logo. This disc manufactured by Monarch Records is easily identified by a circled (MR) symbol machine stamped in the trail off areas, which also contain a hand etched job number preceded by a "?" symbol.

The oval logo variation of this record with thick print has the (MR) symbol in its trail off areas, indicating that it was pressed by Monarch Records. The job number ?47843 is hand etched in the trail off area of the A side and ?47843-X appears on the B side.
It's interesting to note, the extremely early VJ pressings listed the credits as: McCartney-Lennon, before they were credited as Lennon-McCartney.
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Credits

• Written-By – McCartney-Lennon (Notice, it's not listed as Lennon-McCartney)

Notes

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: BMI
• Matrix / Runout: A-side label: 63-3218
• Matrix / Runout: B-side label: 63-3219
• Matrix / Runout: A-side runout, etched: ?47843
• Matrix / Runout: B-side runout, etched: ?47843-X