Other pressings of Introducing the Beatles included Please Please Me and Ask Me Why in place of Love Me Do and P.S. I Love You. I have a copy of that pressing.
There were two issues of this LP under the Introducing The Beatles title. They are known as Version 1 (“Love Me Do” and “P.S. I Love You” -both versions with Andy White on drums), issued in 1963, and possibly again in January 1964, and Version 2 (“Please Please Me” and “Ask Me Why” in lieu of the preceding), later in 1964. This was Vee Jay’s way of navigating the cease-and-desist threats from Capitol, among Vee Jay’s other efforts, to market the same 17 tracks over and over again until their license expired in late 1964. Also issued by Vee Jay was a spoken word interview album, Here The Beatles Tell All, which may have mirrored The Beatles’ Story concept, and tricked many customers into the purchase. Counterfeit versions of Introducing The Beatles surfaced in the 1970s on a black Vee Jay label, but with vinyl and mastering that looked like a record stamped in the 70s versus the 60s.
Other pressings of Introducing the Beatles included Please Please Me and Ask Me Why in place of Love Me Do and P.S. I Love You. I have a copy of that pressing.
The copy pictured is a mono recording – you probably have the stereo version.
There were two issues of this LP under the Introducing The Beatles title. They are known as Version 1 (“Love Me Do” and “P.S. I Love You” -both versions with Andy White on drums), issued in 1963, and possibly again in January 1964, and Version 2 (“Please Please Me” and “Ask Me Why” in lieu of the preceding), later in 1964. This was Vee Jay’s way of navigating the cease-and-desist threats from Capitol, among Vee Jay’s other efforts, to market the same 17 tracks over and over again until their license expired in late 1964. Also issued by Vee Jay was a spoken word interview album, Here The Beatles Tell All, which may have mirrored The Beatles’ Story concept, and tricked many customers into the purchase. Counterfeit versions of Introducing The Beatles surfaced in the 1970s on a black Vee Jay label, but with vinyl and mastering that looked like a record stamped in the 70s versus the 60s.