THE BEEFEATERS ( THE BYRDS) - PLEASE LET ME LOVE YOU - PROMO ELEKTRA 45 - RARE
$
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Here is a Nice ORIGINAL USA PROMO 45 from THE BEEFEATERS - THE BYRDS.
VERY RARE AND HARD TO FIND PROMO SINGLE BEFORE THE BYRDS BECAME THE BYRDS.
IN NICE SHAPE.
THIS WAS THEIR ONE AND ONLY SINGLE - WENT NOWHERE ACTUALLY. NO PROMOTION, NO AIRPLAY.
I FOUND THIS RECORD WHILST GOING THROUGH A RECENT LARGE PURCHASE OF 25,000 45s - FOUND IT TOGETHER WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER BYRDS 45s INCLUDING SOME OTHER COOL PROMOS - CHECK OUT MY OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE BYRDS ITEMS.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION SHEDS SOME LIGHT ON THE HISTORY OF THE MAKING OF THE RECORD:
Artist Biography by Richie Unterberger: "The Beefeaters made just one single in 1964, and were in fact an early version of the Byrds. When the nucleus of the Byrds were struggling to define their sound (and indeed pioneer the folk-rock genre) in 1964, they called themselves the Jet Set. Their manager, Jim Dickson, arranged for them to record a single, more to give them experience than to take a serious crack at a hit. Although drummer Michael Clarke was in the group by this point, only Roger McGuinn (on guitar), Gene Clark (guitar), and David Crosby (harmony vocals) played on the session, filled out by Ray Pohlman on bass and Earl Palmer on drums. "Please Let Me Love You" recalled the early Beatles and Peter & Gordon; the more forceful "Don't Be Long" would be redone on the Byrds' second album, Turn! Turn! Turn!, as "It Won't Be Wrong." Both tracks were embryonic folk-rock, callow but catchy and pleasing.Dickson placed the single with Elektra Records, then still a label with little experience in rock or the singles market. Elektra Records head Jac Holzman renamed the band the Beefeaters on the single, to give them a British-type image. The single was heard by virtually no one, and the Beefeaters/Jet Set changed their name shortly afterward to the Byrds, signed to Columbia, released "Mr. Tambourine Man," and started making history."
1964 ELEKTRA RECORDS 45013
SONGS Include:
PLEASE LET ME LOVE YOU .... B/W .... DON'T BE LONG
Labels: A Side is visible in the scan. B Side is also clean.
Condition of this 45 (Visually Graded): MINT- RECORD
SORRY FOR THE MAJOR INCREASE IN POSTAGE FOR MY INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS. THE US POST OFFICE JUST INCREASED RATES BY OVER 40% FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPMENTS. THAT PLUS PAYPAL AND EBAY TAKING FEES ON THE PRICE OF POSTAGE HAS CAUSED THE PRICE TO SHIP INTERNATIONALLY TO $14 FOR ONE RECORD. SO IF YOU ARE AN INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMER, IT IS BEST TO BUY MORE THAN 5 OR 10 OR EVEN 15 RECORDS BECAUSE I CAN SHIP THEM PRIORITY FLAT RATE INTERNATIONAL FOR $24.
I WILL COMBINE POSTAGE FOR MULTIPLE LOT WINNERS - EMAIL IF YOU ARE BIDDING ON OTHER LOTS AND I WILL TRY TO ACCOMODATE.
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POSTAGE: COMBINING POSTAGE IS JUST FINE.
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