BEATLES 1964 RARE US Vee Jay LP - Jolly What The Beatles & Frank Ifield on Stage

	£		34
	$		45

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Please be aware that all records are VISUALLY graded only - all grades are given based on how they appear under my desk lamp - since I do not own a record player. I cannot guarantee that discs will be click and skip free, although any marks and scratches that might possibly cause such problems will be highlighted clearly in the description.

The Beatles and Frank Ifield on Stage
Rare 'Jolly What' US VeeJay Pressing!!
.,.. Catalogue Number   Label   Year of Release VJLP 1085   Brackets Logo w/ Rainbow   1964       Sleeve   Format   Tax Code on Disc -   Mono   -       Side 1   Side 2 Track Listing   Track Listing 1. Please, Please Me (The Beatles)
2. Any Time (Frank Ifield)
3. Lovesick Blues (Frank Ifield)
4. I'm Smiling Now (Frank Ifield)
5. Nobody's Darling (Frank Ifield)
6. From Me To You (The Beatles)   1. 1. I Remember You (Frank Ifield)
2. Ask Me Why (The Beatles)
3. Thank You Girl (The Beatles)
4. The Wayward Wind (Frank Ifield)
5. Unchained Melody (Frank Ifield)
6. I Listen to my Heart (Frank Ifield)       Matrix Number   Matrix Number 64-3852   64-3853       Stamper Code   Stamper Code -   - About the Record
This auction is for a very rare copy of the American VeeJay LP 'The Beatles and Frank Ifield on Stage'. This is the more common 1st pressing with the 'Jolly What' cover!!

Due to Capitol initially wanting nothing to do with the Beatles, producer George Martin went around smaller US labels trying to find out that would release their music. After searching he found VeeJay, a small gospel label, that took the group on. After the Beatles had become hugely successful VeeJay realised that they had a huge goldmine on their hands and mass-issued as much of their material as they could.

As the publishing rights expiration for the material was getting close to expiring, VeeJay decided to issue an album titled 'The Beatles and Frank Ifield on Stage' even though there were only 4 Beatle tracks on the 12 track album, and every track is a studio recording and not live as the title suggests.

This album was a pure cash-in attempt to try and reissue old Beatle recordings (that had already been issued on Introducing the Beatles version 1 and 2, Songs, Pictures and Stories, Beatles Vs. Four Seasons and the various VJ and Tollie singles) as a new album, a trick that a lot of people saw right through. As such, this album completely bombed in the charts and hardly sold at all!

The disc carries the 'Audiomatrix' stamp and the circled 'MR' machine stamp, indicating that this particular pressing came from the Monarch record Mfg. Co, California.

Today this album is very hard to find! Would look great in any Beatles collection!
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The Cover : VG
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The cover is showing your usual light wear and tear, but overall is holding well. The front has a nice, rich colour and has some light to moderate disc impression and wear. 'WECM 640' has been written to the left of the sleeve. the top and bottom seams are worn and the paper slick has worn and torn in places, but the cardboard underneath seems to be holding okay with no visible splitting when I carefully open the mouth to look inside. The spine is surprisingly looking good with only a little wear and mostly fully legible (the wear at the bottom is making the catalogue number difficult to read). The back has yellowed everso slightly with a little disc impression and light wear. 'WECM 640' has been written along the top in marker pen and there's a little, light browning down the mouth edge. Nice cover, overall!   Disc (Visually Graded Only!!) : VG-
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The playing surface has a surprisingly nice, sharp shine to it. There is a fair amount of light scuffing along with a little slightly heavier scuffs in places. Not looking too bad!
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Labels : VG
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The labels are looking okay. The side 1 label has this weird looking vertical marking on it that I'm not sure is a large scuff (which I doubt as there's zero matching marking on the vinyl) or a manufacturing error. 'WECM 640' has been written in the rainbow area in marker pen. The rainbow has rubbed slightly and there's a little spindlewear and a touch of centre whitening. The side 2 label looks better with just a little rubbing in places (mainly 2 o'clock and 6 o'clock) and a little spindlewear and centre whitening. Nice labels!
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