The Beatles UK Factory Sample She Loves You I'll Get You R5055 Parlophone

	€		54
	$		62

The Roland Rennie Collection

Coming up for the foreseeable future, is a record collection that is quite unique. It is the personal collection of the late great Mr. Roland Rennie who was the managing director at Polydor records in the UK during the 1960's and 1970's. There are some unique records, including 7 inch singles and LP's, along with Acetates, Demo's/Promo's and Factory sample records. Most are very early issues, if not the first to be produced. All of the main Polydor artists are present, including international and UK labels connected to Polydor.

In 1950, a young man named Roland Rennie joined EMI records in Hayes, Middlesex, UK. Roland quickly grew with the company and saw its success mushroom manyfold during the late 1950's and early 1960's.

During his 12 years at EMI, he held many positions and eventually became the right hand man to EMI managing director, L.G. Wood in 1959, and was closely involved with major affiliation switches by major American firms. He oversaw the changes from British Decca to EMI and of Liberty and United records. His experience would put him in the top 6 of most knowledgeable executives in the industry at that time.

In 1962, Roland was a member of the team reponsible for the conception of the 'Stateside' label, which became the outlet in the UK and many other countries for: Scepter, Vee Jay, Diamond, Swan, Laurie; and a dozen other U.S. ensigns.

In addition, under instruction from Sir George Martin, Roland was also the person responsible for The Beatles' entrance onto the American stage, and was directly involved in negotations for them to appear on the Ed Sullivan show for the first time.

In 1965, he left EMI to take up the position of managing director at Polydor records in the UK, and directly oversaw the signings to the label of: The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Bee Gees, Sonny & Cher, Wilson Pickett, Ben E King, Otis Redding, The Drifters, Joe Tex, Patti and her Belles, Don Covay, Barbara Lewis and Soloman Burke, to name but a few.

References

7th September 1963 edition of 'Billboard' magazine, page 34

26th March 1966 edition of 'Billboard' magazine, page 34.

On offer today, a factory sample of the 1963 UK 7" single by The Beatles titled "She Loves You / I'll Get You" on the black and silver parlophone label. Catalogue number R 5055.

The record comes housed in its original Parlophone outer cover.

Matrix side 1: 7XCE 17395 - 1N (1OR)
Matrix side 2: 7XCE 17396 - 1N (2 AT)

Side 1 condition:

Side 1 plays through with no jumps or sticks. There is some background noise, but the production quality is strikingly clear. 7/10.

The surface has a good shine but there are plenty of surface lines. However, they do not massively affect playback. 6/10.

The label on side 1 with a factory sample sticker firmly attached is very good with very little fading to the text. There is some evidence of spider trials and lines of that nature around the centre hole. 7/10

Side 2 condition:

Side 2 plays through equally well with some evidence of some background noise. There are absolutely no sticks and no jumps. 7/10

The surface of the record on side 2 is similar to that as described on side 1. There are quite a few light lines and rubs to the surface but as previously mentioned, it doesn't drastically affect the full production sound of the song. 6/10.

The label on side 2 is also very good with very little, if any, fading to the text. There is a small signature written on it and there is some evidence of spider trials and lines of that nature around the centre hole. 7/10

The Parlophone outer sleeve is in very good condition with no splits or tears but with a little creasing and discolouration. 7/10

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