12/04/2021
WoooooW Maaaaaaan!! that's a groovy kinda old!!
Ref ID: 70IP
45-R 4949 The Beatles - Love me do / PS I Love You £50 plus extra special postage and packaging for protection for this original first batch press. Get it while its low and local before it goes high and global!
Check out this piece of UK Rock history right here!!! A 1962 Polydor release of The Beatles Love Me Do!!! I used to rock out to this when i borrowed dad's CD..... >>>> NEVER EVER did I think I'd see a vinyl version in 2021!! This record is nearing 60 years old! Imagine your investment now and what it would be worth in 2041!! But don't worry, we've a fair price here at Ites Princess Vinyl Sales 😉
A full tour of the vinyl is most definitely available to proooove the groooove!!!
A side and B side (Mono 7" Polydor Label release 1962) "so what about it child" i hear you say.....
The main difference in this version of the red label issue is the presence of the "Made in Gt. Britain" Text under the Parlophone logo on the label, unlike a similar version where the text is missing.
Please also note the following text alignment differentiators to help distiguish it from other known variants:
1 - The title 'LOVE ME DO' is centred with the writing credit 'Lennon-McCartney' below it. Other variants, such as this one, have the title right-aligned with the credit.
2 - The 'BEECHWOOD LTD' part of the publishing credit is fully left-aligned with the 'ARDMORE &' part above. Another variant has the 'BEECHWOOD LTD' slightly indented compared to the 'ARDMORE &' above it.
3 - The 'ARDMORE & BEECHWOOD LTD' publishing credit is fully left-aligned with the matrix number '7XCE 17144 45' below it. Another variant has this credit aligned above the 'XC' in the matrix.
4 - The 'R' in the 'RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1963' text is aligned below and under the 'XC' of the matrix number, '7XCE 17144 45', above it. Other variants, such as this one, have this 'R' aligned below and under the 'C'.
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
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