Beatles-Rel 1965 Beatle Time Larry Williams TOUGHEST Historical 45 GENUINE, NM

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Beatles-Rel 1965 Beatle Time Larry Williams TOUGHEST Historical 45, NM!!

I can’t test-play vinyl at the minute, so with that said…

One of the strangest and rarest Beatles novelty singles by two of the greats from the 50’s era.

As Beatles fans know, Larry Williams was one of Lennon’s favorites when he was a kid.  The Beatles covered Williams’ “Slow Down,” “Bad Boy” and “Dizzy Miss Lizzie.”  They also covered his songs, “Short Fat Fannie” and one other one that’s not coming to mind in Hamburg, as well as during the “Get Back” jam sessions.  Lennon also recorded versions of Williams’ “Boney Maronie” and “Just Because” for his 1975 Apple LP, “Rock and Roll.”

Williams recorded this novelty single with pal, Johnny “Guitar” Watson, who was an early influence in the 50’s to both Hendrix and Zappa.

By 1965, Williams was not only a has-been, but he was also in debt, as well as in some increasingly serious legal trouble.  He had been kicked off his record label, Specialty Records because of it, and he was in desperate need of money.

Johnny “Guitar” also wanted to revive his own career, so they teamed up, and what better way to make some fast cash in 1965 than to cash in on The Beatles?  Unfortunately, because they went under pseudonyms, there was no name recognition, and this single went absolutely nowhere.  It was said that the number of copies sold didn’t even equal the number of record stores in the U.S.

Not to be confused with the famous bootleg CD label, JOLA Records was a small-time joint venture label.  The name is an abbreviated joining of their first names.  The job numbers are also a joining of their last names’ initials, WW-728 and WW-729.  And they released it with dubious publishing credits, which may not even have been a real publishing company. Jowat was John Watson, and Yrral was “Larry” backwards, because we all know how clever THAT is.  (Seltaeb, for example.  Or Ognir Rrats, for another.)

The single became valuable once Beatles fans realized who these guys were, and it was widely pirated in the early 1970’s.  Pirated copies are nearly indistinguishable from the originals, because the label graphics were so easy to reproduce perfectly.

There are only two ways to tell the difference between legit copies and pirated ones.

**Original copies have semi-gloss labels, whereas the pirated ones have flat labels.

**The single was originally pressed by Monarch Records, so the original copies will have the machine-stamped “MR” in a circle.

Check your copy.  I’ll bet it’s fake.  This one isn’t.  And it’s the absolute best copy I’ve ever seen in 50 years of collecting.

Vinyl: NM/NM.  Both sides are blinding store-stock, brand new condition.

Plates:

**Each side has the hand-etched catalogue numbers, WW-728 and WW-729, respectively.

**Each side has the “MR” machine-stamp clear and deep on each side.

**Each side has the hand-etched delta symbol preceding the job numbers.

Labels: NM/EX.  Both labels are 1965-clean.  The exception is that the Side 2 label has a very faint, very small circular stain just to the right of the word, “RECORDS.”  Gorgeous labels!

Sleeve: VG.  Generic white.  Sleeve has yellowed a little.  Lots of small wrinkles and record outdent, but NO SPLIT SEAMS.

**Note:  All 45’s ship outside of their sleeves in order not to damage the sleeve during shipment. Generic plain, white sleeves and Mylar provided.**

**You’re not ever going to have to upgrade this one.**

As these records have been in storage for many years, they will play back with crackling and tics, however; a good moisturizing and cleaning with either D4 Discwasher or a VPI machine always clears them up.  Thanks!)

Please don’t bid unless you’re willing to honor your amount, okay? Thanks!

(Please note:  Regarding play-testing, my Technics turntable has somehow seized.  The tone arm is stuck in the up position, and I can’t get it to fully return to its cradle.  Is there anyone out there, who can tell me if this is an easy fix?  Thanks!) 

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