Songs, Pictures and Stories of the Fabulous Beatles Records on Vee-Jay

Foreword by Perry Cox. Complete story of the Beatles records on Vee-Jay – how creative marketing turned 16 Beatles songs into a comprehensive catalog of multiple 45, EP, and album releases that, taken together, are worth more today than all other American Beatles records combined. DID YOU KNOW… Capitol Records initially passed on the Beatles 4 times? When the Beatles first two US singles were released by Vee-Jay Records in 1963, they were virtually ignored? When Vee-Jay released Please Please Me as the first Beatles single in the US, the group’s name was misspelled as “The BEATLES”? Learn all this and much more in Songs, Pictures and Stories of the fabulous Beatles Records on Vee-Jay . This entertaining and informative book compiles the history and images of the most misunderstood and colorful period of the Beatles American records. Hundreds of color pictures, including all known variations of album covers, picture sleeves and record labels, Billboard and Cash Box trade ads, royalty statements and checks issued to Capitol Records, promotional mailers, catalogs, posters and other cool stuff! Contributors include Dave Askamit, Jason Anjoorian, Dale Aronson, Jeff Augsburger, Bob Avellino, Deborah Bonhart, Frank Caiazzo, Mike Calahan, Lou Calitri, Betty Chiapetta, Ken Clee, Sherman Cohen, Thomas Cook, Perry Cox, Andy Davis, Vance DeGeneres, Ricki Filiar, Chris Fonvielle, Rob Friedman, Mark Galloway, John Guarnieri, Jim Hansen, Gary Hein, Dan Hildebrand, Lin Holland, Pete Howard, Phillip Hunott, Matt Hurwitz, Todd Jackson, Gary Johnson, Christopher Kennel, Mark Lewisohn, Carol Luna, Phillip Marks, Susan McDaniel, Mitch McGeary, Tim Neely, Bob Nichols, Jerry Osborne, Martin Paul, Stanley Penenka, Casey Piotrowski, Marina Poch, Debra Poe Cary Pollack, Simon Postbrief, Shirley Rambeau, Rick Randell, Chris Ridges, Kate Riley, Wayne Rogers, Tom Schalk, David Schwartz, Jan Seltzer, Barry Spizer, Julie Stein, John Tefteller, Rebecca Tran, Enrico Venuti, Michael White, Craig Winston, Gordon Wrubel, Cliff Yamasaki, Robert W. York.