But the comparable 45 pressings made on the Vee-Jay Record Label didn't feature "Please, Please Me" but an "Ask Me Why/Anna ...

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After some research, I discovered it was a rare pressing! Here’s how rarity and condition play a role: Rarity: Limited editions or records from small labels can be gold mines. Condition ...

For much of music industry history, this sort of arrangement was rare ... where labels gained ownership of their recordings in perpetuity, allowed the record companies to amass large catalogs ...

A rare piece of Beatles memorabilia — the Fab Four’s audition tape for Decca Records —was discovered at a small record store ...