1970 THE BEATLES CHRISTMAS ALBUM
$
100
$ 100
Sold For
Jan 6, 2015
Sold Date
Dec 30, 2014
Start Date
4
Number Of Bids
USA
Country Of Seller
eBay
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Description
Purchased at record convention. It has been in my personal collection. This has "bell sound" scripted on the outgoing gooves. It also has "SF" handwritten on the outgoing-grooves. The circular indentation is farther out which means it was cut from another machine. All other attributes match an original authentic fan club issue including catalog number and roughly drawn rifle. See pictures.
- The earliest fakes have blurry cover photos on the front side. One authenticity test is to look at the photo of the four Beatles in the lower left corner. The photo should be sharp enough to see both of Ringo’s eyeballs. If the right eye is covered by a dark shadow, it is a counterfeit. Click photo at right to enlarge.
- Similar to the first test, if you look directly over John’s head in the photo immediately to the right of the lower left corner photo, you will plainly see the words “Theatre Royal”. If this does not show up distinctly, it is a counterfeit. Click photo at right to enlarge. Note: The album pictured in the photo is authentic, but the “Theatre Royal” is not not large enough to be seen in this picture.
- All legitimate copies of this record were manufactured at Capitol’s Winchester, Virginia factory. The pressing machines there made a 1 ½” diameter indentation ring which is 5/8? out from the center hole. If the LP has a different sized indentation, or if there is no indentation there at all, then it is a fake. Most fakes have a significantly larger indentation ring. I see them on sale for $400 on Ebay all the time, and they aren’t worth $10. The correct appearance of this ring is seen in the photos below, and it shows up clearest on the sliced Apple side (i.e. side 2) (click to enlarge).
The Beatles Christmas Album Side 1 Label
The Beatles Christmas Album Side 2 Label
- On legitimate copies, four markings are etched into the trail-off area of the vinyl (all should be apparent):
- the catalog number “SBC-1-100-A” on side 1 and “SBC-2-100-B” on side 2
- a crudely drawn rifle (symbol of Winchester, VA, factory where all legitimate copies were pressed).
- a hand etched “sf”
- a scripted typset that reads “Bell Sound”
- Any colored vinyl pressings are fakes.
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