"WMCA GOOD GUYS"
I Want To Hold Your Hand
CUSTOM PICTURE SLEEVE
PRODUCED BY CAPITOL RECORDS
Issued to WMCA Radio, January 1964

ITEM # :  PR057
CONDITION : NEAR MINT MINUS / VG++
PRICE : $27,500

RADIO STATION WMCA IN NEW YORK ADDED
"I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND" TO ITS PLAY LIST ON DECEMBER 26, 1963,
THE DAY THE SINGLE WAS RELEASED. IN APPRECIATION, CAPITOL RECORDS PREPARED
A CUSTOM SLEEVE WITH A PICTURE OF THE WMCA GOOD GUYS ON ONE SIDE
AND THE STANDARD "I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND"
PICTURE AND INFORMATION ON THE OTHER.

THE PRODUCTION RUN FOR THE WMCA SLEEVE WAS EXTREMELY LIMITED.
ACCORDING TO ONE OF THE "GOOD GUYS" DJ'S PICTURED ON THE SLEEVE,
he stated that the STATION received ONLY
200 copies OF THE SLEEVE FROM CAPITOL RECORDS.
According to BEATLES EXPERT AND AUTHOR Perry COX,
there are less than ten copies of thIS sleeve that are known to exist.

THE PROMOTIONAL SLEEVES WERE PAIRED WITH COPIES OF THE CAPITOL SINGLE AND
GIVEN TO LISTENERS AS PRIZES IN THE STATION'S BEATLES WIG CONTEST.
CONTESTANTS WERE INSTRUCTED TO TAKE PHOTOS OF THEIR FRIENDS
OR FROM NEWSPAPERS AND TO DRAW BEATLES WIGS ON THEM. THE TWO MOST
ORIGINAL ENTRIES WERE ALSO AWARDED $57 FROM RADIO 57, WMCA.

ALONG SIDE VEE-JAY'S "ASK ME WHY" TITLE SLEEVE,
THIS CUSTOM SLEEVE, HAS UNDOUBTEDLY BECOME
ONE THE RAREST AND MOST VALUABLE OF ALL
BEATLES RECORD SLEEVES AMONG THE COLLECTORS' WORLD !

(ACTUAL SCANS)

CONDITION IS A GREAT NEAR MINT MINUS, (BORDERING CLOSELY ON VG++).
THE PHOTO AND GRAPHICS ON THE "WMCA GOOD GUYS" SIDE
ARE BOLD, CRISP AND CLEAR WITH GORGEOUS SHARP EDGES ON THE
TOP AND SIDES. THE TONE OF THE SLEEVE OVERALL REMAINS CLEAN WHITE
WITH NO YELLOWING ANYWHERE. THERE IS NO RINGWEAR EVIDENT,
BUT JUST A FAINT TRACE OF RECORD IMPRESSION ONLY NEAR THE TOP EDGE.
THERE IS VERY LIGHT AND MINIMAL RUBBING EVIDENT ON THE LETTERS
"M" AND "C" IN "WMCA", AND ON THE "G" IN THE WORD "GOOD".

THE "I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND" SIDE  REMAINS VERY RESPECTABLE.
THERE IS NO RINGWEAR, OR RECORD IMPRESSION EVIDENT.
THE ONLY SIGN OF A BLEMISH IS A SMALL RUB SPOT ON PAUL'S LEFT ARM
THAT EXTENDS ABOUT A HALF INCH ENDING ON RINGO'S TIE.
THIS IS THE EXTENT OF ANY WEAR OR AGING SEEN ON THIS SIDE OF THE SLEEVE :

THERE ARE LP ALBUMS IN BEATLES COLLECTING
THAT ARE REFERRED TO  AS "CORNERSTONES".
THE CAPITOL RECORDS "WMCA GOOD GUYS"  SLEEVE
IS DEFINITELY A MAJOR "CORNERSTONE" IN
THE 45 RPM RECORD SLEEVE CATEGORY INDEED !