BEATLES "AINT SHE SWEET" ORIGINAL UK SOLID CENTRE
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BEATLES "AINT SHE SWEET"
ORIGINAL & VERY VERY RARE UK ORANGE POLYDOR SCROLL LABEL SOLID CENTRE.
"AINT SHE SWEET" WAS RELEASED IN THE UK IN MAY 1964 IN AN ATTEMPT BY POLYDOR TO "CASH IN" ON BEATLE MANIA, THE SINGLE ACHEIVED A HIGH OF NUMBER 24 IN THE UK AND WAS ONLY IN THE CHARTS FOR A TOTAL OF 6 WEEKS.
ALL ORIGINAL DOCUMENTED 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS SINGLE ARE BELEIVED TO FEATURE THE ORANGE POLYDOR SCROLL LABELS WITH A PUSH-OUT CENTRE.
IN 1967 A SECOND ISSUE APPEARED BUT BY NOW POLYDOR HAD CHANGED THEIR LABEL DESIGN TO RED.
OFFERED FOR SALE IS A VERY RARE AND UNUSUAL ORANGE SCROLL LABEL BUT WITH A SOLID CENTRE!....THIS PRESSING APPEARS TO BE UNDOCUMENTED IN ANY REFERENCE BOOK AND EVEN HANS OLOF GOTTFRIDSSON'S "FROM CAVERN TO STAR CLUB" (AN EXTREMLEY COMPREHENSIVE DISCOGRAPHY CHRONICLE) MAKES NO REFERENCE TO THIS PRESSING. HE DOES HOWEVER REFER TO A KNOWN SOLID CENTRE "MY BONNIE" THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS HIS DETAIL REGARDING "MY BONNIE"......
"THIS VERSION (MY BONNIE) HAS A DIFFERENT CENTRE HOLE COMPARED WITH THE TWO EARLIER EDITIONS. NOTHING IS KNOWN ABOUT WHEN THIS VERSION WAS RELEASED BUT IF ONE COMAPRES IT WITH OTHER BRITISH EDITIONS FROM THE 60'S ONE CAN FIND THAT SINGLES MADE DURING THE LATER PART OF THE 60'S SOMETIMES HAVE A SOLID CENTRE, THIS MEANS THAT THIS SINGLE PROBABLY DATES FROM THE END OF THE 60'S, HOWEVER EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY SHOWS THAT POLYDOR IN THE U.K SWITCHED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 60'S TO USING A RED LABEL INSTEAD OF THE FORMER ORANGE, THE QUESTION THEN IS IF THIS VERSION WAS RELEASED IN THE LATE 60'S WHY DOESNT IT HAVE A RED LABEL INSTEAD OF AN ORANGE ONE..IN OTHER WORDS THIS RECORDS RELEASE DATE IS AS YET UNKNOWN"
AS SAID THE ABOVE QUOTE APPLIES TO "MY BONNIE" HOWEVER THE SAME DETAIL AND OPINION CAN ALSO BE APPLIED TO THIS SOLID CENTRE "AINT SHE SWEET".
POLYDOR NH 52317
NH 52317-A-B V2 V2
0/TI EMBOSSED TO CENTRE LABEL TO SIDE ONE.
DESPITE A VERY LIGHT SIGNATURE TO SIDE ONE LABEL THE ORANGE LABELS ARE STILL IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. REMAINING VERY BRIGHT THE LABELS HAVE JUST LIGHT BUT MINIMAL SPINDLE MARKS PRESENT TO EITHER SIDE. ALL TEXT IS UNSPOILT AND UNFADED AND THE LABELS ARE STILL QUITE CLEAN.
THE GLOSSY VINYL IS ALSO EXCELLENT. FIRSTLY HOWEVER THERE IS A VERY TINY SPLIT TO THE EDGE OF THE VINYL (APPROX 10MM), THIS IS NOT HIGHLY VISIBLE AND REMARKABLY IT DOES PLAY THROUGH THIS WITH JUST THE ODD CLICK! (THIS IS HOWEVER BEEN SOLD FOR IT RARITY RATHER THAN CONDITION). THE VINYL DISPLAYS SOME LIGHT SURFACE MARKS AND SOME SIGNS OF PLAY BUT NOTHING SEVERE AND DOES LIE PERFECTLY FLAT.
HOUSED IN A REPRODUCTION "MADE IN ENGLAND" POLYDOR SLEEVE.. THIS IS THEREFORE MINT.
OVERALL POSSIBLY ONE OF THE RAREST EVER UK POLYDOR RELEASES EVER TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE, CERTAINLY UNDOCUMENTED AND CERTAINLY NEVER SEEN FOR SALE AND DESPITE NOT BEING A PERFECT COPY (DO BEAR THIS IN MIND BEFORE BIDDING) THIS ABSOLUTE RARITY WILL CERTAINLY BE A GENUINE ENHANCEMENT TO ANY BEATLES COLLECTION.
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