Beatles: Songs, Pictures and Stories of the Fabulous Beatles NICE VJ MONO LP

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Here is an early and rather uncommon Beatles LP in this auction:

• “SONGS, PICTURES AND STORIES OF THE FABULOUS BEATLES” LP by The Beatles

• This is Vee Jay Records VJLP 1092.

• It was released in 1964.

• This LP is a fancy repackaging of the “INTRODUCING THE BEATLES” LP. Vee Jay did not press separate records for this album. Instead, factories placed “INTRODUCING THE BEATLES” (VJ 1062) Version 2 discs into the album’s unique and colorful 2/3-cut gatefold cover.

• “INTRODUCING THE BEATLES” (VJ 1062) Version 2 discs match the listing of tracks printed inside the 2/3-cut portion of the gatefold cover which includes “Ask Me Why” and “Please, Please Me”.

• As you probably know, Vee Jay, for a short period of time in 1963-1964, held the rights in the U.S. to a handful of Beatles songs that the record company recycled several times by selling the same LP in different covers. The buying public quickly realized that they were not acquiring any new Beatles’ material in each Vee Jay album they purchased. Instead, they were buying basically the same Beatles’ tunes “recycled” when they purchased “Introducing the Beatles”, “Songs, Pictures & Stories of the Fabulous Beatles” and “The Beatles vs The Four Seasons” (the Beatles’ disc in that 2-record set also being a repackage of “Introducing the Beatles”).

• The UNIQUE FEATURE of this Vee Jay LP is that the LEFT-SIDE FRONT FLAP OF THIS GATEFOLD COVER IS 2/3 THE SIZE OF THE RIGHT SIDE POCKET THAT HOLDS THE RECORD.

• BOTH COVER and VINYL are ABSOLUTELY AUTHENTIC!

1. The cover is die-cut with the 2/3 gatefold.

2. The labels have “THE BEATLES” printed above the spindle hole.

So you can bid with confidence that you are receiving the real deal and not a counterfeit.

• The COVER is in VG+ CONDITION. The front cover images are nice and clean and show very light (minimal) wear. The cover is quite clean overall with light to moderate wear. The spine has some wear at the top and bottom and there is some light wear on the corners. There edges/seams and spine are nice and strong with NO flaking and NO seam splits. The front cover’s 2/3 flap has some very light wear near the bottom. On the primarily black rear cover, there is very light partial ring wear near the top and on the right side on the edge of John’s face near the spine. The gatefold cover inside is NICE and CLEAN. Even with the blemishes I’ve mentioned it’s still a very nice-looking cover, mostly because there is minimal wear on the black areas of the front and rear covers. This LP was notorious in easily developing and showing wear on the black areas.

• The VINYL is in STRONG VG CONDITION with very light surface hairlines/scuffs (none “feel-able”) and LOTS OF GLOSS! The vinyl has the Vee Jay brackets logo on black labels with color bands.

• The original Vee Jay Records paper inner sleeve is also included, though it has some tattering at the opening and a couple of small splits.

It’s an UNCOMMON Vee Jay LP for your vinyl collection!

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

FYI: For this LP, 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 are Poor (PR), Fair (FR), Good Minus (G-), Good (G), Good Plus (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 record and cover, so please know the descriptions of these grades before bidding. Please ask any questions BEFORE bidding. And please check my other auctions for more vinyl 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. Winning bidder must remit payment within 5 days of auction close by PayPal. Add $4.00 for shipping to a U.S. address via media mail with tracking.