In 1964 the Beatles singles, "She Loves You", "Roll Over Beethoven" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand" were big sellers and as a result Capitol 72101 was re-pressed.
1963 pressing with Northern Songs credits on the b-side |
Fortunately it is easy to distinguish between the initial 1963 pressings and the 1964 re-pressings. On the initial 1963 pressing the music publishing credits on both labels are assigned to Northern Songs Ltd. Within a short time the A-side publishing credits were changed to Ambassador Music Ltd while the B-side remained as Northern Songs Ltd.
In 1964 the credits on the B-side were changed to Conrad Publishing. Also, later 1964 re-pressings have a -2 following the etched matrix.
1964 re-pressing with Conrad Publishing credits |
1) The initial 1963 pressing has a hand etched matrix with no dash or number following and the Northern Songs Ltd. music credit on both labels.
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Rare true first pressing with the Northern Songs credit on both sides. |
2) A slightly later, but still early pressing from 1963 with an Ambassador Songs Ltd. credit on the A-side and a Northern Songs Ltd. credit on the B-side.
3) An early 1964 pressing with a hand etched matrix with no dash or number following, but with Conrad Publishing on the B-side
4) A later 1964 re-pressing with a -2 following the matrix and Conrad Publishing as the B-side music credit.
In 2016 a 1964 re-pressing copy in near mint condition sold for $120 and in 2018 another 1964 copy in excellent condition sold for $75.00.
The initial 1963 pressing with the Northern songs credits on both sides and the slightly later pressing with Ambassador on the A-side and Northern on the B-side are hard to find. Recent sales figures are non existent, but I would estimate an excellent copy of either would fetch $150 - $200 and a near mint copy $300+.
I have one of the double-sided Northern Songs singles, with no dash in the run-out matrix. Do you want an image of the labels for your blog?
ReplyDeleteThank you. I would be interested in a photo of the labels. Please send to beeb@shaw.ca
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