Here is a VERY RARE BEATLES LP, for sure! Please read on!

In this auction:

• “SOMETHING NEW” LP by The Beatles

• This is Capitol Records T-2108.

• This was the 3rd Beatles LP released by Capitol Records.

• It is a FIRST MONO (monaural) PRESSING that was released July 20, 1964.

• THIS IS A VERY RARE VERSION OF THIS ORIGINAL 1964 ALBUM WITH THE PROMOTIONAL COVER. THE WORD "PROMO" IS “DRILLED IN SMALL HOLES THROUGH THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER”.

• From mid-1964 to mid-1969 this was the way Capitol Records used to mark its promotional albums. (NOTE: ONLY the covers had the promotional marking. The labels were NOT marked as “promotional”.)

• The VINYL is a FIRST PRESSING (which is to be expected, since it was issued inside a promotional cover).

• According to Cox/Daniels, the VINYL is an “EAST COAST FIRST PRESSING”, because the German translator’s name printed on the Side 2 label for the song "KOMM GIB MIR DEINE HAND" is incorrectly spelled as “Nicholas” instead of “Nicolas” in the song credits. (Later East Coast Pressings have the correct spelling, “Nicolas”.)

• Also, according to Cox/Daniels, this LP was produced at Capitol Records’ Scranton plant based on the number “3” printed in the lower right area of the rear cover.

• The incorrect name spelling on the label identifies the vinyl as an “EAST COAST FIRST PRESSING”. (Typically, a Scranton pressing would have the plant identifier symbol “△” in the trail-off wax; however, I cannot locate any record plant identification symbol at all in the trail-off areas of both sides.)

• Therefore, I believe that it is pretty safe to assume that this “EAST COAST FIRST PRESSING” VINYL with this #3 SCRANTON COVER would indicate that both cover and vinyl are correctly sourced to the Scranton Pressing Plant.

• The PROMOTIONAL COVER is in VERY NICE VG+ CONDITION with primarily LIGHT overall wear that includes: Light partial ring wear on the front cover slick observable near the lower center and right side near the opening; Slight cracking on the lower half of the spine: VERY LIGHT wear on the corners; VERY, VERY TINY pushes on the two corners at the top and bottom of the opening; a VERY LIGHT 2-INCH SURFACE crease along the top of the word "PROMO" that is drilled in small holes at the top right corner (NOTE: This small crease is ONLY visible on the front cover and, because it is a VERY LIGHT SURFACE crease, it DOES NOT exist on the rear cover.) and Some LIGHT aging/foxing on the primarily white rear cover slick around the edges. FURTHERMORE, there are NO seam splits, NO writing and NO tears on this cover, and there is NO WEAR on the top and bottom seams which are NICE and STRONG!

• This primarily black front cover slick was prone to develop and show wear very easily, so it’s a tough cover to find without distracting wear; However, this one has VERY MINIMAL WEAR.

• The VINYL is in GOOD (G) to GOOD PLUS (G+) CONDITION with a numerous hairlines/scuffs/scratches. Due visual inspection resulting in the lower grading of the vinyl, I decided to listen to both sides to see if there were any skips. I heard NO SKIPS when I played it on my Technics turntable tracking at ½ gram. However, there WERE numerous audio distractions (ie: popping) throughout the LP, thus the G to G+ grading. The LABELS are QUITE CLEAN and the VINYL, surprisingly, has a lot of gloss.

• HOWEVER, the value of this LP is really in its PROMOTIONAL COVER, and the vinyl can easily be replaced.

• The vinyl comes with an ORIGINAL BLUE CAPITOL RECORDS INNER PAPER SLEEVE which is the correct color inner sleeve for this Capitol LP issue.

• This blue Capitol inner paper sleeve ALSO has the word "PROMO" “DRILLED IN SMALL HOLES THROUGH THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER” like the cover. HOWEVER, it seems that the paper inner sleeve included is not the original paper inner sleeve, because the small drill holes do not line up exactly with the drill holes on the cover. (Still, I think it’s better to have it than not to have it.)

• The BLUE CAPITOL RECORDS INNER PAPER SLEEVE has tattering at the top causing the “P” in “PROMO” to be missing and a 2-inch split in the center of the bottom edge.

  Here is your chance to add this VERY RARE ORIGINAL BEATLES PROMOTIONAL MONO LP FROM 1964 to your Beatles vinyl collection!

BTW, If you missed or were outbid for the “SOMETHING NEW” MONO PROMOTIONAL ALBUM recently in a Perry Cox auction, here is another chance for you to acquire this VERY RARE BEATLES ISSUE for your collection.

Thanks to the Price Guide for the Beatles American Records, 6th Ed. by Perry Cox and Frank Daniels for some information about this LP.

FYI: I use the COVER/SLEEVE GRADES and RECORD GRADES listed and described on page 8 of the Price Guide for the Beatles American Records, 6th Ed. for grading. These grades are Poor (P),

Fair (F), Good Minus (G-), Good (G), Good+ (G+), Very Good Minus (VG-), Very Good (VG), Very 

Good+ (VG+), Near Mint Minus or Very Good++ (NM- or VG++), Near Mint (NM), Mint Minus (M-), 

and Mint(M or MT) to VISUALLY GRADE this LP (unless I stated in the description that I played the 

LP to grade it, which I did), so please know the descriptions of these grades before bidding. Please 

ask any questions BEFORE bidding. And please check my other auctions for more Beatles-related 

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