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#2 From Me To You / Thank You Girl (VJ 522)
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Vee-Jay Company Sleeve
  • #2-1 Promotional Record / ARP Press
  • #2-2 Monarch Records Press

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#2-1 From Me To You / Thank You Girl (Promotional Record "ARP Press": VJ 522)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
 From Me To You (McCartney-Lennon)
SIDE 2
 Thank You Girl (McCartney-Lennon)
RELEASE DATE
 27th May 1963? (6th. May 1963) / Disc Jockey Advance Sample
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doyou The promotional copy of the record has thin black print on a white label with an oval logo and an outer rim "colorband" with varying shades of gray.
 doyou The label has the additional words "Disc Jockey Advance Sample" and "NOT FOR SALE". Its trail off areas have the script "ARP" machine stamped logo.This version of the record was pressed in Qwosso, Michigan by ARP.
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doyou doyou doyou The song title and the group's name appear in capital letters below the center hole. The master number and the word "Vocal" are to the left of the center hole and the publishing information and running time of the song are to the right.
OTHER ITEM
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CATALOG NUMBER VJ 522
LABEL
 Vee-Jay white label with gray outer rim, oval logo
MIX MONO
PRESS FACTORY The American Record Pressing Co. ("ARP") in Owosso, Michigan
MATRIX No.
SIDE 1 63-3218  RA (hand etched)  Audio Matrix logo and script "ARP" (machine stamped)
SIDE 2
 63-3219  RA (hand etched)  Audio Matrix logo and script "ARP" (machine stamped)
SLEEVE STYLE
 Vee-Jay Company Sleeve Type-1
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
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES
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COMMENTS
 Although it has long been reported that Vee-Jay released its version of the single on 6th.May , 1963, Vee-Jay documents and trade magazine reviews and ads make it more likely that the record was released sometime between 16th. May and 24th.

Promotional copy.
It has thin black print on a white label with an oval logo and outer rim "colorband" with varying shades of gray.
The words "Disc Jockey Advance Sample" and "NOT FOR SALE" were printed on the label.
Some copies have "THE ORIGINAL HIT" stamped on the side-1. This was done to influence Disc Jockeys to play the Beatles version of "From Me To You" rather than the cover version by Del Shannon.
NO custom picture sleeve was made for this records. Instead, it was often issued in center cut Vee-Jay sleeves.

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

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.
The group's name is spelled correctly on the label (BEATTLES -> BEATLES).
As was the case with VJ498, Vee-Jay's use of regional pressing plants led to label variations.

(1) The American Record Pressing Co. ("ARP")
ARP pressings have a raised relief script "ARP" machine stamped logo in the trail off areas.
(2) Monarch Records
The discs manufactured by Monarch Records are 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.
(3) Southern Plastics
The lack of any pressing plant information in the trail off areas


#2-2 From Me To You / Thank You Girl (1st. Press "Monarch Records Press": VJ 522)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
 From Me To You (McCartney-Lennon)
SIDE 2
 Thank You Girl (McCartney-Lennon)
RELEASE DATE
 27th. May 1963? (6th. May 1963) / First Press
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doyou doyou The second pressings of the record have silver lettering on a black label with an outer rim colorband featuring the oval logo.
Has the (MR) symbol in its trail off areas, indicating that it was pressed by Monarch Records.
 doyou
The master number and the word "Vocal" are to the left of the center hole
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doyou doyou doyou The song title and the group's name are  in thicker print than #2-2 and appear in capital letters below the center hole.
the publishing information (two lines) and running time of the song are to the right.
OTHER ITEM
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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 Type-2
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
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES
 -
COMMENTS
 Although it has long been reported that Vee-Jay released its version of the single on 6th.May , 1963, Vee-Jay documents and trade magazine reviews and ads make it more likely that the record was released sometime between 16th. May and 24th.

NO custom picture sleeve was made for this records. Instead, it was often issued in center cut Vee-Jay sleeves.

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

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.

(1) The American Record Pressing Co. ("ARP")
ARP pressings have a raised relief script "ARP" machine stamped logo in the trail off areas.
(2) Monarch Records
The discs manufactured by Monarch Records are 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.
(3) Southern Plastics
The lack of any pressing plant information in the trail off areas

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.


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