RARE THE BEATLES YELLOW MGM RADIO PROMOTION COPY DEMO - THE SAINTS TONY SHERIDAN
  £   221
  $   293

 


£ 221 Sold For
Nov 4, 2024 Sold Date
Oct 25, 2024 Start Date
19   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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  • "MY BONNIE"

    B/W "THE SAINTS (WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN)"

    THE BEATLES WITH TONY SHERIDAN

    MGM K-13213

    RELEASED: JANUARY, 27 1964

            VERY RARE YELLOW LABEL 'SPECIAL DISC JOCKEY'     PROMOTIONALSINGLE, BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY PRESSING.

    SHORTLY AFTER BEATLEMANIA EXPLODED IN THE UNITED STATES, MGM RECORDS ENTERED INTO A FIVE-YEAR LEASING AGREEMENT WITH DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON GIVING MGM THE AMERICAN RIGHTS TO FOUR TONY SHERIDAN AND THE BEATLES SONGS, INCLUDING THE TWO ISSUED BY DECCA NEARLY TWO YEARS EARLIER. WHILE "MY BONNIE" BY 'TONY SHERIDAN AND THE BEAT BROTHERS' WAS IGNORED IN 1962, THE SAME RECORDING OF "MY BONNIE" BY  'THE BEATLES WITHY TONY SHERIDAN' BECAME A HIT IN 1964. IT WAS ALL A MATTER OF TIMING AND MARKETING.

    OFFERED HERE IS MGM'S RARER YELLOW LABEL ' SPECIAL DISC JOCKEY' PROMOTIONAL 45 SINGLE, PRESSED BY MGM'S BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY FACTORY. THE VINYL IS IN VG CONDITION. HOWEVER, THE LABEL IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION (PLEASE SEE PHOT SCANS). IT COMES WITH AN ORIGINAL MGM COMPANY SLEEVE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THIS RARE MGM BEATLES RADIO PROMOTIONAL SPECIAL DISC JOCKEY RECORD HAD ONLY '250 COPIES SENT OUT' FOR RADIO DJs AND PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES, MAKING THIS VINYL COPY VERY SOUGHT AFTER BY RECORD COLLECTORS AND IS A FANTASTIC INVESTMENT !! THIS AUCTION RUNS FOR TEN DAYS WITH LOW RESERVE OF £4.99 AND HAS A LOW RESERVE, SO GOOD LUCK.



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