Please Please Me  B/W  Ask Me Why
VEE-JAY 498
RELEASED 2/20/63,
DISC JOCKEY ADVANCE COPY,  White Label with Black Print
"BEATTLES"  WITH  "DOUBLE TT"

ITEM # : PR013
CONDITION : NEAR MINT
PRICE : $5,000

S O L D !!
2/25/10

The first record released in the United States
to bear the Beatles name was Vee-JAY 498.
(  ACTUAL  SCANS )

  The single contained the group's second British 45RPM single,
"PLEASE PLEASE ME"  backed with "ASK ME WHY".

Vee-Jay wasn't quite sure what it had with The Beatles, and interestingly enough,
Vee-Jay did not even know how to spell the group's name.
All initial issues of the PROMO & STORE STOCK record added an extra "T" to the name.

 THIS PROMOTIONAL RELEASE OF THIS INFAMOUS RECORD IS SIMILAR TO THE STOCK COPY,
AS IT WAS ALSO MANUFACTURED BY ARP. ITS TYPESETTING IS IDENTICAL TO THE STOCK COPY
DOWN TO THE MISSPELLING OF THE GROUP'S NAME IN THIN PRINT.
ITS TRAIL-OFF AREA MARKINGS ARE ALSO IDENTICAL TO THOSE OF THE STOCK COPY,
MEANING THAT THE ARP STOCK AND 
THIS PROMO RECORD WERE PRESSED FROM THE SAME STAMPERS.
THE MOTHER & MASTER FOR THIS RELEASE WERE PREPARED BY AUDIO MATRIX,
AND THE WORDS "AUDIO MATRIX" IS STAMPED AND CLEARLY VISIBLE IN THE TRAIL OFF AREA.

THIS SUPER RARE "DISC JOCKEY" 498 PROMO 45 IS IN STUNNING CONDITION, AND GRADES A VIBRANT
NEAR MINT ALL AROUND. THERE IS HIGH GLOSS AND THE GROOVES RETAIN THEIR SHEEN.
ITS EVIDENT THAT THIS RADIO STATION COPY WAS WELL CARED FOR OVER THE YEARS
AND HAS NOT SEEN MUCH PLAY TIME AT ALL ! THE LABELS REMAIN A GORGEOUS "SNOW WHITE"
AND THERE IS NO TURNTABLE WEAR TO THE GRAY CIRCULAR BAND WHICH ARE OFTEN FOUND.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, THERE IS NO WRITING ON THE A-SIDE LABEL
THAT WAS ALWAYS HAND-WRITTEN TO DESIGNATE THE PLAY SIDE.

THIS ONE IS A TRUE WINNER - AND WOULD BE A CORNERSTONE IN A BEATLES COLLECTION !

Accompanied by ITS OWN Original Vee-Jay 1963 Generic Sleeve :