BEATLES - LOVE ME DO - ULTRA RARE CAPITOL CANADA 1ST STAMPERS 45 - RINGO ON DRUMS
Item History & Price
A Beautiful Copy! Extremely Rare "First Stamper" Capitol Canada 45 72076 with Original Glossy Capitol Sleeve. Love Me Do / P.S. I Love You. The record is in Beautiful Excellent Plus condition with a few very minor surface marks. Many dealers would call it Mint Minus. It plays perfectly. The Original Glossy Capitol Sleeve is in excellent condition. The matrix numbers on this copy are exactly the same as those noted on the Capitol 6000 Website.&n...bsp; This Matrix numbers photo comes from the Capitol 6000 Website, as I couldn’t get a clear photo of the Matrix numbers on this copy with my camera. There are no dashes/numbers following the 7XCE 17144 or 7XCE-17145. This 45 was pressed from the very first stampers from February ’63.
From The Capitol 6000 Website:
“Issued on February 18, 1963. This 45 is the first record issued in North America that was credited to ‘The Beatles’. The very first pressings of this rare record are normally identifiable by the large hand written matrix number (with no dash and number) hand etched in the trail off area. This first pressing is extremely rare since, according to Paul White (Capitol Of Canada’s Marketing Manager), the first run counted only 170 copies. The band not being famous yet, the 45 did not sell well. Apparently only around 78 copies were sold out of those initial 170. These early 1963 records were issued in a glossy black Capitol sleeve. The master for this 45 was dubbed from the UK 45 and plays the rarer version of ‘Love Me Do’ with Ringo on drums.This record has puzzled many collectors. It is said that only 170 copies were made of this first pressing and that only 78 copies sold out of these 170, making this very first pressing of 'Love Me Do' extremely rare. But in light of all the recorded sales, it seems most unlikely that only 78 copies of the 'no dash and number' version exist today. The numbers are not wrong and are from EMI sales figures. A stamper can produce many more than 170 copies before being worn out, so the logic points towards the possibility that once Beatlemania kicked off in 1964, Capitol reused the original stamper to produce more copies until the stamper was worn out. Identifying true original 1963 pressings can be quite difficult as the only way to differentiate pressings is the hue of the swirl label (earlier labels are supposed to be slightly more brownish).Either way, this record has fascinated collectors for years and it is now gaining more and more attention while sales for NM copies get higher and higher as American collectors are slowly discovering the interest of early Canadian pressings."
Shipping for one or two 45s is $4.00 to Canada, $8.00 to the U.S. & $10.00 to the rest of the world. I'll send you an invoice with the correct shipping charge. Yes, I combine shipping. Cheers & Good Luck!
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From The Capitol 6000 Website:
“Issued on February 18, 1963. This 45 is the first record issued in North America that was credited to ‘The Beatles’. The very first pressings of this rare record are normally identifiable by the large hand written matrix number (with no dash and number) hand etched in the trail off area. This first pressing is extremely rare since, according to Paul White (Capitol Of Canada’s Marketing Manager), the first run counted only 170 copies. The band not being famous yet, the 45 did not sell well. Apparently only around 78 copies were sold out of those initial 170. These early 1963 records were issued in a glossy black Capitol sleeve. The master for this 45 was dubbed from the UK 45 and plays the rarer version of ‘Love Me Do’ with Ringo on drums.This record has puzzled many collectors. It is said that only 170 copies were made of this first pressing and that only 78 copies sold out of these 170, making this very first pressing of 'Love Me Do' extremely rare. But in light of all the recorded sales, it seems most unlikely that only 78 copies of the 'no dash and number' version exist today. The numbers are not wrong and are from EMI sales figures. A stamper can produce many more than 170 copies before being worn out, so the logic points towards the possibility that once Beatlemania kicked off in 1964, Capitol reused the original stamper to produce more copies until the stamper was worn out. Identifying true original 1963 pressings can be quite difficult as the only way to differentiate pressings is the hue of the swirl label (earlier labels are supposed to be slightly more brownish).Either way, this record has fascinated collectors for years and it is now gaining more and more attention while sales for NM copies get higher and higher as American collectors are slowly discovering the interest of early Canadian pressings."
Shipping for one or two 45s is $4.00 to Canada, $8.00 to the U.S. & $10.00 to the rest of the world. I'll send you an invoice with the correct shipping charge. Yes, I combine shipping. Cheers & Good Luck!
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