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IT'S WELL DOCUMENTED THAT 'A' LABEL DEMO COPIES OF THIS RELEASE HAVE A JR (JOURNALISTIC REVIEW) STAMPER IN THE RUN OUT GROOVE
APPROXIMATELY 250 COPIES OF THE DEMO WERE PRODUCED
HOWEVER THE STAMPER PLATES USED TO PRODUCED THOSE RECORDS STILL RETAINED SOME LIFE IN THEM SO THE VERY FIRST RED AND SILVER LABEL COPIES WERE PRODUCED USING THEM

SUBSEQUENTLY THERE ARE A SMALL NUMBER OF THESE RED AND SILVER PRESSING'S IN CIRCULATION SO ITS PROBABLY THE CLOSEST MOST OF US WILL GET TO OWNING AN ORIGINAL  DEMO
THE BEATLES
"LOVE ME DO b/w P.S. I LOVE YOU" RELEASED 5th OCTOBER 1962
STAMPERS         P        1               JR MATRICES              -1N                -1N TAX CODE  WOTZ  SIDE 2 CENTRE , ZT IN THE RUN OUT GROOVES

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SMALL LABEL CONFIRMATIONS TO AN EARLY PRESSING THE "7XCE 17144 45" IS PRINTED TO THE LEFT OF THE "ARDMORE AND BEECHWOOD" CREDIT ABOVE IT ,LATER PRESSINGS SHOW THE NUMBER IN LINE WITH THE CREDIT AND A MORE OBVIOUS ONE IS THE "MADE IN ENGLAND" TEXT

THE VINYL RECORD IS IN SUPERB CLEAN GLOSSY CONDITION ,THERE IS JUST THE ODD VERY VERY SMALL MARK BARELY IMPERCEPTIBLE AND MOST CERTAINLY NOT FEELABLE TO EITHER SIDE MOST DEFINITELY SEEN VERY FEW PLAYS OVER THE YEARS

THE LABELS ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN WITH THE CENTREHOLE SHOWING JUST MINIMAL PAPER LOSS AT THE VERY EDGES

THERE IS VERY LITTLE OBVIOUS WEAR TO THE SILVER LETTERING WHICH  WAS A PROBLEM WITH EXCESSIVE PLAYS

RECORD COMES IN ITS ORIGINAL STRIPED SLEEVE WHICH IS ALSO IN EXCELLENT CLEAN CONDITION

A PLAY TEST OF THE RECORD PRODUCED QUIET RUN INS AND CLEAN AUDIO AND WAS A REAL PLEASURE TO LISTEN TO

WE DO PLAY TEST ON A SIXTIES HI-FI FOR REVIEW SO WE CAN ONLY COMMENT ON WHAT WE ACTUALLY HEAR AND PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THIS RECORDING IS NOW SIXTY TWO YEARS OLD ,PROBABLY OLDER THAN MOST OF THE PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ?
PLEASE REMEMBER IF YOU ARE BIDDING FROM OUTSIDE THE UK WE NOW USE EBAY'S GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAMME FOR YOUR SAFETY AND OURS ,ALL TAXES AND SHIPPING OUTSIDE THE UK IS IMPLEMENTED BY EBAY