Beatles HELP Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Capitol 1st MONO PRESSING LP

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In this auction:

• “HELP! Original Motion picture Soundtrack” LP by the Beatles

• This LP is Capitol Records MAS - 2386.

• This is a MONAURAL (MONO) PRESSING.

• This LP was issued August 13, 1965.

• This is a FIRST PRESSING MONO COPY OF THIS LP. We know this, because the labels don’t have the Ken Thorne credit on the last song on both sides, and it does not list “You Can’t Do That” as part of track 4 on Side 2 in the space below “The Bitter End”.

• There were 2 subsequent MONO (monaural) pressings later in 1965 following this first pressing.

• The COVER is in VERY STRONG VG to WEAK VG+ CONDITION. This primarily white/cream-colored cover is quite clean with light to moderate overall wear. The seams and spine are strong with NO splits and NO flaking. The corners and top and bottom of the spine have NO wear. There is a very tiny pen mark near the lower left corner of the front cover. The “bare” space at the top right corner of the front cover was NOT caused by damage or wear. It is a manufacturing defect where at the time of production the slick applied inside the gatefold cover did not wrap around sufficiently to the front cover to fully cover that small corner area. The rear cover has a small “ding” to the top edge above the “HE” in “HELP” with slight paper loss.

• Due to the primarily white cover, it’s quite tough to find this cover in nice, clean (unsoiled/unstained) condition.

• The MONO version of this LP has become more desirable and tougher to find these days in decent condition.

• The VINYL is in NICE VG CONDITION with a number of very light surface hairlines/scuffs (none “feelable”). The vinyl has LOTS OF GLOSS.

• This vinyl was pressed at Capitol’s Scranton Plant. I understand that the “HELP!” LP covers were not marked with any numbers to identify the Capitol plant of origin.

• Included is its original olive-green Capitol inner sleeve that also pictures earlier Beatles LPs. This is the correct color Capitol records inner sleeve for this LP issue.

  A NICE 1st MONO PRESSING of this BEATLES LP for your vinyl collection.

Thanks to the Price Guide for the Beatles American Records by Perry Cox and Frank Daniels for some information about this record.

FYI: I used the COVER/SLEEVE GRADES and RECORD GRADES listed and described on page 8 of the Price Guide for the Beatles American Records. These grades are Poor (Pr), Fair (Fr), 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, so please know the descriptions of these grades before bidding. Please ask any questions BEFORE bidding. And please check my other auctions for more records you may want to add to your collection. Be high bidder on several and combine shipping on auction items that finish on the same weekend. (NOTE: If more than 1 auction is won by the same bidder, please do NOT make payment until I send an invoice with combined shipping cost.) Winning bidder must remit payment within 5 days of auction close. Add $4.00 for shipping to a U.S. address via media mail with tracking.