BEATLES VJ EP 1-903 7" 1964 MISERY ASK ME WHY WITH MINT ORIGINAL VEE JAY SLEEVE
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BEATLES VJ EP 1-903 7" VEE JAY 1964 MISERY & ASK ME WHY WITH MINT ORIGINAL SLEEVE
Beautiful Rare Beatles VJ EP 1-903 IN VG/VG+ CONDITION with HARD TO FIND ORIGINAL MINT PRISTINE '64 VEE JAY Tab-Cut SLEEVE. The vinyl is in excellent condition and shows very little play, while the labels do show age. The 1964 ORIGINAL VJ sleeve has NO seam splits, NO writing, NO rips, NO tears and NO stickers or glue residue and is without a doubt the absolute very best I've ever seen !!
"SOUVENIR OF THEIR VISIT TO AMERICA"
COLORBAND & BRACKETS LOGO VARIATION
LARGER FONT "ASK ME WHY" (VJEP 903.05A, SPIZER).
With thick ASK ME WHY larger print and “SIDE I” and “SIDE II”, “Concertone” appears by itself on the top line of the song publishing credits to the right of the center hole. “ARP” and Audio Matrix logos are stamped in trail off areas, indicating that this record was pressed by ARP. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IN ENGLAND, THE BEATLES ACHIEVED HUGE SALES OF NOT ONLY 7" 45RPM SINGLES AND 12" LONG PLAYING 33? RPM ALBUMS, BUT ALSO 7" 45RPM EXTENDED PLAY ("EP") RECORDS. WHILE SINGLES HAD ONE SONG PER SIDE, THE EP FORMAT TYPICALLY HAD TWO SONGS ON EACH SIDE. EPS NORMALLY COST MORE THAN SINGLES, BUT LESS THAN ALBUMS. ALTHOUGH THIS FORMAT APPEARED IN THE UNITED STATES THROUGHOUT THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES, IT NEVER REALLY CAUGHT ON IN AMERICA THE WAY IT DID IN ENGLAND AND OTHER FOREIGN MARKETS.
VEE-JAY'S CREATIVE MARKETING DEPARTMENT ALWAYS TRIED TO SQUEEZE MORE PRODUCT OUT OF ITS 16 BEATLES SONGS THAT WERE CONTRACTED TO THEM. FOUR TRACKS, NAMELY MISERY, TASTE OF HONEY, ASK ME WHY AND ANNA, WERE PULLED FROM THE INTRODUCING THE BEATLES ALBUM AND ISSUED ON 'VJEP 1-903' SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET SINGLE ON OR ABOUT MARCH 23, 1964 - MAKING IT THE VERY FIRST BEATLES EXTENDED PLAY 45 RELEASED IN THE UNITED STATES (CAPITOL'S TWO EPS FOUR BY THE BEATLES EP WAS RELEASED ON MAY 11, 1964 AND 4-BY THE BEATLES WAS ISSUED ON FEBRUARY 1, 1965).
WITH THE BEATLES FEBRUARY ARRIVAL IN AMERICA AND THEIR APPEARANCE ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW FRESH IN EVERYONE'S MIND, THE EP WAS MARKETED AS A "SOUVENIR OF THEIR VISIT TO AMERICA". TRADE MAGAZINE ADS PROCLAIMED "FOUR GREAT SONGS NEVER RELEASED AS SINGLES. EACH A HIT IN ITS OWN RIGHT" THE RECORD WAS DUBBED "THE E.P. (ECONOMY PACKAGE) OF THE CENTURY !! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shipping is Lightning-Fast anywhere in the lower 48 States via USPS First Class Mail (NOT slow media mail)price rating
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