BEATLES BEATLEMANIA FIRST PRESS LP 1963 CAPITOL WITH BAGGY

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ATTENTION SERIOUS BEATLES AND RECORD COLLECTORS! HERE IT IS! THE VERY FIRST PRESSING OF THE VERY FIRST BEATLES ALBUM RELEASED IN NORTH AMERICA- A FULL SIX WEEKS BEFORE MEET THE BEATLES AND INTRODUCING THE BEATLES LPS! IT COMES COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE AND BAGGY WITH PRICE TAG!

BEATLEMANIA! WITH THE BEATLES WAS OFFICIALLY RELEASED BY CAPITOL CANADA IN LATE NOVEMBER, 1963, AND ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS, IT WAS AVAILABLE IN RECORD STORES BY DECEMBER 2, 1963! THIS IS THE LP WITHOUT THE WORD ‘CANADA’ IN PARENTHESES AFTER THE WORD ‘CAPITOL’ IN THE PERIMETER OF THE LABELS - DENOTING A TRUE FIRST PRESSING!

THIS FIRST PRESS LP FEATURES THE VERY FAMOUS COVER OF THE FOUR LADS IN PARTIAL SHADOW, VERY SIMILAR TO THE UK WITH THE BEATLES LP, RELEASED A WEEK EARLIER IN ENGLAND. IT ADDS THE BREATHLESS ‘BEATLEMANIA!’ TITLE, MUCH LIKE A HEADLINE FROM A NEWSPAPER OF THE TIME, COMPLETE WITH QUOTATIONS AT THE BOTTOM. THE BACK COVER IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS THE UK RELEASE. UNLIKE ITS AMERICAN COUNTERPART, CAPITOL CANADA DID NOT REMOVE ANY OF THE ORIGINAL 14 SONGS! THIS FIRST PRESSING (T-6051) WAS RELEASED IN MONO ONLY.

THE CONDITION OF THE FRONT COVER IS EXCELLENT (SEE CONDITION GUIDELINES IN LAST PHOTO) WITH DARK, BOLD GRAPHICS AND VERY LIGHT, MINIMAL SMALL FOLDS, MOST PROBABLY THERE FROM WHEN IT WAS PRODUCED. THERE IS NO RINGWEAR AT ALL IN THE CENTER OF THE BLACK GRAPHIC AREA OR ON THE BACK COVER,WHICH IS PREDOMINATELY WHITE. FOUR TIGHT CORNERS.

THE BACK COVER IS ALSO VERY CLEAN, VERY WHITE, DESPITE ITS AGE. THERE IS A BIT OF EDGE WEAR NEAR ONE CORNER.

THE RECORD GRADES EXCELLENT AS WELL. THERE IS A SHEEN THAT CAN ONLY BE APPRECIATED WHEN SEEN IN PERSON. THERE ARE SOME VERY LIGHT, UNFEELABLE SURFACE PAPER SCUFFS AND A FEW UNFEELABLE, LIGHT SCRATCHES THAT CAN ONLY BEEN SEEN UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT. ONE LABEL HAS A TINY MARK THAT APPEARS TO BE A FACTORY DEFECT.

THE LP COMES COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL COMPANY BAGGY WRAP, WITH THE ORIGINAL PRICE TAG ($3.15!) AFFIXED TO THE BAG, AND THE ORIGINAL GENERIC PLAIN SLEEVE THAT SOME OF THESE LPS CAME WITH.

COLLECTORS OF THE BEATLES’ CAPITOL RELEASES, AS WELL AS BEATLES AND RECORD COLLECTORS IN GENERAL WOULD ADD IN A SPECTACULAR FASHION TO THEIR COLLECTIONS WITH THIS HISTORICAL, AND VERY RARE (IN THIS CONDITION) CAPITOL BEATLES LP!

YOUR LP WILL BE MAILED IN A SECURE PACKAGE , USUALLY WITHIN ONE BUSINESS DAY OF PAYMENT RECEIVED. TRACKING AND INSURANCE PROVIDED FOR PACKAGES MAILED TO THE U.S. AND CANADA. UK SHIPPING BY AIR.

BASED IN CANADA, I HAVE BEEN A COLLECTOR AND SELLER OF BEATLES VINYL AND MEMORABILIA FOR OVER 50 YEARS. NOTE REGARDING SHIPPING: CANADIAN POSTAL RATES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN IN THE U.S. I AM ACTUALLY CHARGING LESS THAN IT COSTS ME TO SHIP YOUR PACKAGE TO YOU. FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS LISTING.

PRESENTLY, I HAVE OTHER BEATLES LISTINGS AND WILL COMBINE SHIPPING TO SAVE YOU EVEN MORE MONEY. I WILL BE LISTING ADDITIONAL RARE BEATLES ITEMS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS!

IF YOU BUY MORE THAN ONE ITEM FROM ME, PLEASE WAIT FOR AN INVOICE, SO I CAN COMBINE THEM INTO ONE SHIPMENT TO SAVE YOU MONEY ON THE SHIPPING CHARGE.