BEATLES VJ 522 FROM ME TO YOU/THANK YOU GIRL EARLY 1963 OVAL 522 ORIGINAL SLEEVE

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BEATLES VJ 522 FROM ME TO YOU/THANK YOU GIRL SUPER MEGA RARE EARLY '63 VEE JAY 522 OVAL WITH CORRECT 1963 VJ SLEEVE. NOT MANY OF THESE RARE 45s STILL EXIST TODAY !!

A low priced Beatles VJ 522 as you'll ever find. The VJ 522 with '63 sleeve is near impossible to find.

Only 21,225 VJ 522 pressings were ever made. Now 55 years later, only few are known to have survived. Here is your rare chance to own one !! The condition of the record is very good, showing heavy play with scratches that do not affect play. These early '63 issues were at the beginning of Beatlemania and were often played day and night. NM 522 can cost $5K. The labels are free from any writing or stickers. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Beatles' second United States single, was released on or about May 6th 1963.
No custom picture sleeve was ever made for these records. Instead, it was issued in a generic oval Vee Jay sleeve.

Vee-Jay did not press its own records. Instead, the company had the metal parts sent to regional factories for manufacture.
Records were then sent directly from these pressing plants to distributors, who in turn sent records to retailers and other distributors.
In 1963, three of the primary pressing plants used by Vee-Jay were;
(1) The American Record Pressing Co. ("ARP") in Owosso, Michigan
(2) Monarch Records in Los Angeles, California
(3) Southern Plastics in Nashville, Tennessee

This issue is the second pressing of the record which has silver lettering on a black label with an outer rim colorband featuring the oval logo.
It has the (MR) symbol in its trail off areas, indicating that it was pressed by Monarch Records. One of the oldest Beatles 45 known to exist.
The 45 RPM masters, mothers, and stampers of "From Me To You (master number 63-3218)" and "Thank You Girl (master number 63-3219)" were shipped to ARP, Monarch, and Southern Plastics.

All copies of VJ522 have the master number and a barely visible "RA" hand etched into the trail off area as well as the machine stamped Audio Matrix logo. This disc manufactured by Monarch Records is easily identified by a circled (MR) symbol machine stamped in the trail off areas, which also contain a hand etched job number preceded by a "∆" symbol.

The oval logo variation of this record with thick print has the (MR) symbol in its trail off areas, indicating that it was pressed by Monarch Records.
The job number ∆47843 is hand etched in the trail off area of the A side and ∆47843-X appears on the B side. It's interesting to note, the extremely early VJ pressings listed the credits as: McCartney-Lennon, before it was changed to Lennon-McCartney.
This is the last of the oval logo variants, the one with everything but the songwriter credits in upper-case letters. Publishers: A-side: GIL MUSIC CORP....B-side: CONRAD PUB....Rights Society: BMI
Credits Written-By – * Notes Oval Logo, Thick Print variant. Barcode and Other Identifiers Rights Society: BMI Matrix / Runout (A-side label): 63-3218 Matrix / Runout (B-side label): 63-3219 Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, etched: 47843) Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, etched: 47843-X)
CATALOG NUMBER VJ 522 LABEL Vee Jay Black rainbow with oval logo type-2 MIX MONO PRESS FACTORY Monarch Records in Los Angeles, California
MATRIX No.
SIDE 1 63-3218  RA   ∆47843 (hand etched)   (MR) symbol and Audio Matrix logo (machine stamped) SIDE 2
63-3219   RA   ∆47843-X (hand etched)   (MR) symbol and Audio Matrix logo (machine stamped) SLEEVE STYLE
Vee-Jay Company Sleeve
VINYL COLOR BLACK PUBLISHER'S NAME SIDE 1 Gil Music Corp.-BMI SIDE 2 Conrad Pub. BMI RUNNING TIME
SIDE 1 1:49
SIDE 2 1:55