1985 THE BEATLES Leave My Kitten Alone PICTURE SLEEVE {MINT-} *UNRELEASED SINGLE
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Here is the Capitol B-5439 unreleased picture sleeve for Leave My Kitten Alone, which first appeared in January 1985 in very limited quantities (collectors were originally told that only 10 of 85 total existing copies would be available). It was to be the first single from the aborted Sessions album. The sleeves were originally sold for prices above $600.00, until 1994 when 1500+ copies were "found", forcing the price below $100.00. Some suspect that the entire quantity of thousands existed initially, and the sleeves were slowly dispersed in order to keep the price and value/demand high, a not-uncommon practice in the bootleg & collectors world (similar to the Girl sleeve and the pirate Tollie EP). These limited sales went on with the Kitten sleeve for nine years before a large quantity was unleashed on the market.
On the auction block today comes this 1985 The Beatles "Leave My Kitten Alone", b/w "Ob La Di Ob La Da", FOR UNRELEASED SINGLE. CAPITOL PICTURE SLEEVE ONLY, no. B-5439, high grade example of this sleeve, grades MINT-. Below is my record grading system.
SLEEVE WILL BE INSERTED INTO A NEW WHITE DIE-CUT 45 RPM SLEEVE THEN PLACED IN A NEW PLASTIC POLY SLEEVE, AND PACKED IN A NEW 7x7x1 CARDBOARD 45 MAILER WITH FILLER PADS.
PLEASE DO NOT ASK US TO FALSIFY CUSTOM DOCUMENTS, SEND AS A GIFT, OR LOWER THE VALUE, US AND INTERNATIONAL POLICIES PROHIBIT SUCH BEHAVIOR.
tjs-unique-finds Record Grading
M- (MIRROR SHINE LUSTRE, MARKS ARE EXTREMELY MINIMAL TO ALMOST NON-EXISTENT, SUPERB LABEL)
NM (RICH LUSTRE, EXCELLENT LABEL, LIGHT SURFACE MARKS.)
VG++ (RETAINS LOTS OF ORIGINAL GLOSS, ANY SCRATCHES OR MARKS ARE MINOR AND DOESN'T AFFECT PLAY.)
VG+ (MINOR SURFACE MARKS/SCRATCHES/SCUFFS, LIGHT TO MINOR LABEL WEAR, PLAYS WELL.)
VG (AN OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD CONDITION YET DESIRABLE, RECORD HAS BEEN PLAYED AND HAVE NOTICEABLE SCRATCHES/MARKS/SCUFFS, MINOR TO MODERATE LABEL WEAR, PLAYS WITH BACKGROUND NOISE.)
VG- (WELL PLAYED WITH ABUNDANT SCRATCHES/MARKS/SCUFFS, LABEL MAY HAVE TEARS OR OTHER WEAR, MAY PLAY WITH EXCESSIVE BACKGROUND NOISE.)
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