As the two U. S. 1963 Vee Jay single releases, Please, Please Me b/w Ask
Me Why (VJ 498) and From Me To You b/w Thank you, Girl (VJ 522) did not climb
high up the charts (and, quite possibly, with Vee Jay being delinquent on paying
the royalties due on those copies that did sell), George Martin landed a contract
with Philadelphia based Swan records to release the newest Beatles single, She
Loves You b/w I'll Get You.
A clause in the contract stipulated that if Swan was able to sell 50,000
copies of this record, they would then have the right of first refusal on upcoming
Beatle recordings. This was not to be.
The release date was September 16, 1963 with the first issue sporting red
printing on a glossy white background. The single never made it to the magic
number that would have kept the Beatles recording for the Swan record label.
When both Capitol picked up the Beatles option with their release of I Want
To Hold Your Hand b/w I Saw Her Standing There, and Beatlemania hit in
January 1964, Swan then re-released the single. This time on a black label with
silver print (their re-issue label colors).
Another release (or re-release) is the blue print on a glossy white
background. Consensus is that this was actually released as late as 1965, and
probably not in tandum with the red on white labels in late 1963.
Me Why (VJ 498) and From Me To You b/w Thank you, Girl (VJ 522) did not climb
high up the charts (and, quite possibly, with Vee Jay being delinquent on paying
the royalties due on those copies that did sell), George Martin landed a contract
with Philadelphia based Swan records to release the newest Beatles single, She
Loves You b/w I'll Get You.
A clause in the contract stipulated that if Swan was able to sell 50,000
copies of this record, they would then have the right of first refusal on upcoming
Beatle recordings. This was not to be.
The release date was September 16, 1963 with the first issue sporting red
printing on a glossy white background. The single never made it to the magic
number that would have kept the Beatles recording for the Swan record label.
When both Capitol picked up the Beatles option with their release of I Want
To Hold Your Hand b/w I Saw Her Standing There, and Beatlemania hit in
January 1964, Swan then re-released the single. This time on a black label with
silver print (their re-issue label colors).
Another release (or re-release) is the blue print on a glossy white
background. Consensus is that this was actually released as late as 1965, and
probably not in tandum with the red on white labels in late 1963.
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