THE BEATLES - "LOVE ME DO' 1962 UK SUPERB ORIGINAL WITH EARLY STAMPERS EX+
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The Beatles ?– Love Me Do
Label: Parlophone ?– 45-R 4949 Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single Country: UK Released: 05 Oct 1962 Genre: Rock Style: Beat
Tracklist A Love Me Do B P.S. I Love You
Condition: Plays great - no skips or jumps The record is in 'fab' Ex+ condition with extremely light and faint wispy surface markings. The labels are lovely and clean with the four pronged centre fully intact. Complete with an original company sleeve in poor condition + second Parlophone sleeve in good condition with light creasing Companies, etc. Published By – Ardmore & Beechwood Ltd. Record Company – The Parlophone Co. Ltd.
Credits Producer [Uncredited] – George Martin Written-By – Lennon-McCartney
Notes The main differentiator between this version of the red label issue, compared to the other original 1962 versions, is the absence of the 'MADE IN GT. BRITAIN' text under the Parlophone logo on the label. Two other original 1962 red label versions with this text can be seen here and here.
This versions label has the title 'LOVE ME DO' right-aligned with the 'Lennon-McCartney' writing credit below it. It also has a missing parenthesis after the 'Lennon-McCartney' writing credit on the B-side, 'P.S. I LOVE YOU'. Another similarly aligned variant exists which corrects the missing parenthesis.
There is also a variant which has the title 'LOVE ME DO' centred over the 'Lennon-McCartney' writing credit below it. This variant also corrects the missing parenthesis after the B-side writing credit.
A ZT tax code stamped in the runout indicates a pressing made before November 1962 when the code changed to PT.
In January 1963 Parlophone ceased production of its red label design. Consequently original issues of Love Me Do & Please Please Me were the only Beatles singles, released in the '60s in the UK, with these red labels. The red labels included the 45- prefix in the catalogue number, to differentiate from 78 RPM records, even though Parlophone had ceased the production of these by the late '50s.
Certain later reissues, either individually or as part of box sets, exist which reflect the original design but contain noticeable differences.
One such reissue (1982) with a picture sleeve can be found here, and a later reissue (2012) here.
Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Label A): 7XCE 17144 45 Matrix / Runout (Label B): 7XCE 17145 45 Matrix / Runout (Runout A): 7XCE 17144-1N Matrix / Runout (Runout B): 7XCE 17145-1N Matrix / Runout (Tax Code): ZT
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