1964 CLEAN ORIG BEATLES SONGS PICTURES STORIES Beat
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RARE 1964 FIRST PRESSING IN MONO
GATEFOLD COVER
100% GUARANTEED FIRST PRESSING
Songs Pictures and Stories of the Fabulous
BEATLES
\ USA - VEE-JAY RECORDS VJLP 1062 - MONO
PLAYS CLEAN!!!
SCARCE, highly collectible Original 1964 first pressing vinyl released on 8-12-64 in glorious MONO ... this LP has a gatefold cover of which the front is two-thirds full width. The title and the words Beatles is over the play hole on this original disc. The reproduction album has no gatefold whatsoever and instead of having "Songs, Pictures and Stories of the Fabulous Beatles" like on this original album, the reproduction sports "Songs and Pictures of the Fabulous Beatles" ...
Rare original 1964 US Vee Jay 12-track MONO vinyl LP with black labels, housed in the original 3/4 fold-out card picture sleeve. The sleeve which is usually found (IF found) in poor condition, here displaying some minor shelf wear starting, but nothing near bad. It is in otherwise excellent shape with unfaded colours, no writing and clearly legible spine print. Despite being over 47 years old the vinyl shows only a few very minor inaudible inner sleeve paper scuffs as evidence of play; Impossible to find in shop bought new condition, this copy is a survivor with top clean vinyl.
While it still controlled American rights to the Beatles' first album, Introducing The Beatles, the Vee-Jay label now released a slightly different abridgement under the title Songs, Pictures and Stories of the Fabulous Beatles. ("Ask Me Why" and "Please Please Me" were restored, and "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You" deleted). This was the same version they had released only 11 days earlier as one-half of The Beatles Vs. The Four Seasons. <><><><><><><><T><H><E><><B><E><A><T><L><E><S><><><><><><><><>
On July 22, 1963, Vee Jay Records released what was the first Beatles' album in America. It was released in two versions; the monaural (#VJLP1062) and in stereo (#SR1062), and is today one of the most valuable of all The Beatles' albums. It was the subject of much legal wrangling, but ultimately, Vee-Jay were permitted to sell the album until the fall of 1964, by which time it had sold more than 1.3 million copies. Introducing... The Beatles did not enter the Billboard album charts until three weeks after Meet the Beatles!. Once it did, it quickly rose to the #2 spot, where it stayed for nine straight weeks. It also peaked at #2 in Cash Box, and it got to #1 in Record World magazine.
Vee-Jay and Capitol battled in court throughout the early part of 1964. Injunctions against Vee-Jay's album were issued, lifted and restored more than once. Because the album was often pressed quickly between restraining orders, there are almost two dozen different label variations, including mono and stereo copies, manufactured at numerous pressing plants. Finally, on 9 April 1964, the two labels settled. Vee-Jay was granted a license giving it the right to issue the 16 Beatles songs it controlled, in any way it saw fit, until 15 October 1964. At that time, its license expired, and all rights would revert to Capitol. During the time Introducing... The Beatles was available, it sold approximately 1,300,000 mono copies and approximately 41,000 stereo copies.
Though Vee-Jay could not manufacture or distribute any Beatles product after 15 October 1964, it took a long time for the records to vanish from retail stores. Both Introducing... The Beatles and Songs, Pictures and Stories of the Fabulous Beatles remained on the Billboard LP chart until 9 January 1965.
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I Saw Her Standing There (2:56)
Recorded: February 11, 1963 at Abbey Road, London, England
John Lennon - rhythm guitar, harmony vocal
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar
George Harrison - lead guitar
Ringo Starr - drums - Misery (1:50) Recorded: February 11, 1963 at Abbey Road, London, England
John Lennon - lead vocal, rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar
George Harrison - lead guitar
Ringo Starr - drums
George Martin - piano - Anna (Go to Him) (2:57) Recorded: February 11, 1963 at Abbey Road, London, England
John Lennon - lead vocal, rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, background vocal
George Harrison - lead guitar, background vocal
Ringo Starr - drums - Chains (2:27) Recorded: February 11, 1963 at Abbey Road, London, England
John Lennon - rhythm guitar, harmonica, harmony vocal
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, harmony vocal
George Harrison - lead vocal, lead guitar
Ringo Starr - drums - Boys (2:27) Recorded: February 11, 1963 at Abbey Road, London, England
John Lennon - rhythm guitar, background vocal
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, background vocal
George Harrison - lead guitar, background vocal
Ringo Starr - lead vocal, drums - Love Me Do (2:22) Recorded: September 11, 1962 at Abbey Road, London, England
John Lennon - lead vocal, rhythm guitar, harmonica
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar
George Harrison - acoustic guitar, harmony vocal
Ringo Starr - tambourine
Andy White - drums - P.S. I Love You (2:06) Recorded: September 11, 1962 at Abbey Road, London, England
John Lennon - lead vocal, electrified acoustic guitar
Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar
George Harrison - lead electrified acoustic guitar
Ringo Starr - maracas
Andy White - drums - Baby It's You (2:38) Recorded: February 11, 1963 at Abbey Road, London, England
John Lennon - lead vocal, rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, background vocal
George Harrison - lead guitar, background vocal
Ringo Starr - drums
George Martin - piano - Do You Want to Know a Secret? (2:00) Recorded: February 11, 1963 at Abbey Road, London, England
John Lennon - rhythm guitar, background vocal
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, background vocal
George Harrison - lead vocal, lead guitar
Ringo Starr - drums - A Taste of Honey (2:05) Recorded: February 11, 1963 at Abbey Road, London, England
John Lennon - rhythm guitar, harmony vocal
Paul McCartney - double-tracked lead vocal, bass guitar
George Harrison - lead guitar, harmony vocal
Ringo Starr - drums - There's a Place (1:53) Recorded: February 11, 1963 at Abbey Road, London, England
John Lennon - lead vocal, rhythm guitar, harmonica
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, harmony vocal
George Harrison - lead guitar
Ringo Starr - drums - Twist and Shout (2:33) Recorded: February 11, 1963 at Abbey Road, London, England
John Lennon - lead vocal, rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney - bass guitar, background vocal
George Harrison - lead guitar, background vocal
Ringo Starr - drums
CONDITION: The Cover: thick gatefold cover is vastly clean VG+ ONLY having some very light shelf wear, otherwise solid all over with bright original colors, no split seams, no writing...nice for this 47 year old rarity....
The Vinyl: very shiny grooves over both sides, only a few little minor (not audible) light hairlines...vastly CLEAN, near "EX" (excellent) ...plays OUTSTANDING with no audio problems...great investment item that will only continue to rise in value as time moves on...
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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