Performer: The Beattles
Genre: Rock
Album: Please Please Me / Ask Me Why
Released: 1963
Style: Rock & Roll
MP3 version ZIP size: 1763 mb
FLAC version RAR size: 1511 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1676 mb
Rating: 4.3
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Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Please Please Me Written By – Lennon-McCartney	2:00
2	Ask Me Why Written By – Lennon-McCartney	2:22

Notes

Released Fabruary 20, 1963! This is the first record released in the United States to bear the Beatles name. Manufactured by the American Record Pressing Co. (ARP). The record has thin silver lettering on a black label with oval logo and outer rim colorband. The misspelled “THE BEATTLES”. The initials “ARP” appear in script in the trail off areas. "AudioMatrix" stamps on the both sides.

Matrix numbers:
Side A (hand etched): 63-2967
Side B (hand etched): 63-2968

Accompanied by original 1963 Vee-Jay generic "circular logo" sleeve.

History: The first record released in the United States to bear the Beatles name was VJ-498, which was released on or about February 20, 1963. The single contained the group’s second British 45 RPM single, “Please Please Me” backed with “Ask Me Why”, and was released in England on January 11, 1963, as Parlophone 45-R 4983. Both songs was recorded at November 26, 1962 on the Abbey Road Studio, London. Interestingly enough, Vee-Jay did not even know how to spell the group’s name. All initial issues of the record, as well as advertisements in the trade journals, added an extra “T” to the name. Thus, when VJ-498 was released in February of 1963, it was credited THE BEATTLES. The songwriters were listed as “J. Lennon-P. McCartney”.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
45-R 4983	The Beatles	Please Please Me ‎(7", Single, 1st)	Parlophone	45-R 4983	UK	1963
XP10-2052, CD3R 4983	The Beatles = ザ・ビートルズ*	The Beatles = ザ・ビートルズ* - Please Please Me = プリーズ・プリーズ・ミー ‎(CD, Mini, Single, Mono, RP)	Odeon, Odeon	XP10-2052, CD3R 4983	Japan	1989
QMSP 16346	The Beatles	Please Please Me / Ask Me Why ‎(7", Single)	Parlophon	QMSP 16346	Italy	1963
45-R 4983	The Beatles	Please Please Me ‎(7", Single, RP, 2nd)	Parlophone	45-R 4983	UK	1963
MSOD 8432	The Beatles	Please Please Me ‎(7", Single)	Odeon	MSOD 8432	Chile	1963