Beatles Songs Pictures Stories Of Fabulous Beatles LP Original 1964 Excellent
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Description
"THE BEATLES"
SONGS, PICTURES AND STORIES OF THE FABULOUS BEATLES
( ¾ GATEFOLD COVER )
The Beatles ?– Songs, Pictures And Stories Of The Fabulous Beatles
Vee Jay Records ?– VJ 1092 COVER, Vee Jay Records ?– VJLP 1062 LABELS Vinyl, LP, Album, MonoUS 1964 ORIGINAL
Condition = Excellent Recordable Framable Original Not A Reissue Or Counterfeit Highly Recorodable And Framable
One of these was Songs, Pictures and Stories of the Fabulous Beatles (Vee-Jay VJLP(S)-1092), which featured a three-quarters gatefold cover, portrait paintings of the four musicians and the text:
"Look inside. Complete story of their favorite male and female singer, their favourite foods, types of girls, sport, hobby, songs, colours, real name, birthplace, birthdays, height, education, color of hair & eyes."The inside cover text describes Paul as the "Nut Beatle" or "Beatle Nut", John as "nearsighted" and the "Chief Beatle", George as the "quietest" and the "one with the deadpan face" and Ringo as the "shortest Beatle" who "will send his steak back if it is not blood red". The back sleeve shows outlines of hearts below each Beatle-photo and holds instructions of how to fill the hearts with personal photos.
The record inside the cover did not even contain the new name; it still stated Introducing... The Beatles on the label.Songs, Pictures and Stories was released either in late July 1964 or 12 October 1964, with the latter the more likely date, because it entered the Billboard album chart on 31 October. It eventually peaked at number 63
Counterfeits
A counterfeit Label Above... The Beatles label with the group's name Under The Spindle Hole Starting in the late 1960s and continuing through the 1990s, Introducing... The Beatles was frequently counterfeited. These counterfeits can be identified by the cover printing and quality, the label, or the sound quality.
Counterfeits have some significant differences from the commercial issue. Some of the more common variations include...
- Labels with the title of the album and the group's name separated by the center spindle hole (as shown in the photo to the right)[37]
- Labels with color bands that are off-center and/or missing the color green (as shown in the photo to the right)
- Labels with large white "brackets" (no color band)
- Album covers with dark brown borders
- Dating from the late 1970s, George Harrison's shadow is not visible on the right side of the cover (However, all legitimate copies of the album and even most counterfeits include his shadow).
Nearly all fakes claim to be in stereo (though the actual sound of the record is often in mono). As legitimate stereo copies of Introducing... The Beatles are rare, the majority of copies with "stereo" or "stereophonic" printed on the cover are counterfeits.
There are also known fake versions of Songs, Pictures, and Stories of the Fabulous Beatles. These counterfeits often omit "Stories" from the album title, since they are circulated without the gatefold cover and the text inside, renaming it Songs and Pictures of the Fabulous Beatles. These versions have 3 songs not on the original album. "From Me To You" (in place of "Anna"), "Love Me Do" (in place of "Ask Me Why") and "P.S I Love You", which opens side 2 rather than "Please Please Me" (The song is rather placed on side 1, track 3).
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Lennon–McCartney, except where noted.
Side one No. Title Lead vocals Length 1. "I Saw Her Standing There" (McCartney counting "one, two, three" is omitted; recording starts with "four") Paul McCartney 2:50 2. "Misery" John Lennon and Paul McCartney 1:48 3. "Anna (Go to Him)" (Arthur Alexander) John Lennon 3:00 4. "Chains" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) George Harrison 2:25 5. "Boys" (Luther Dixon, Wes Farrell) Ringo Starr 2:28 6. "Love Me Do" Paul McCartney and John Lennon 2:19 Side two No. Title Lead vocals Length 1. "P.S. I Love You" Paul McCartney 2:04 2. "Baby It's You" (Burt Bacharach, Mack David, Barney Williams) John Lennon 2:41 3. "Do You Want to Know a Secret" George Harrison 1:59 4. "A Taste of Honey" (Ric Marlow, Bobby Scott) Paul McCartney 2:05 5. "There's a Place" John Lennon and Paul McCartney 1:53 6. "Twist and Shout" (Phil Medley, Bert Russell) John Lennon 2:33Personnel
The Beatles- John Lennon – rhythm guitar, harmonica, vocals
- George Harrison – lead guitar, vocals
- Paul McCartney – bass guitar, vocals
- Ringo Starr – drums, vocals
- George Martin – producer
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