Capitol Records Promo 33 Vinyl SPRO 2905 With Picture Sleeve Beatles

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308

Information found on internet in regard to this record:

“BEATLES CAPITOL COMPACT 33 SOUVENIR RECORD SPRO-2905

WITH SUPER ULTRA MEGA RARE PICTURE SLEEVE + BEACH BOYS !!

Once in a lifetime Super Mega Rare Capitol Compact 33 with rare sleeve !!

Rarely seen complete with the Mega Rare sleeve, in my 40 years collecting.

Rarely Seen for sale anywhere on the globe Super Ultra Mega Rare Capitol Compact 33 SPRO-2905/06 Promotional 7" EP

This Capitol Souvenir Record (Capitol SPRO-2905/06) was issued in 1965 to celebrate the grand opening of Capitol Records 3rd U.S. pressing plant in Jacksonville Illinois. It was made in the most limited of issues and was never ever offered for sale to the public !!

This amazing Capitol Compact 33 Souvenir Record plays at 33 1/3 speed and features the top 15 Capitol artists, including the Beatles, Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, plus many others. It was given to executives of Capitol as a free gift during tours of the new facility. It is unknown how many were actually pressed. The back of the sleeve features statements from 3 Capitol Record executives, including Alan Livingston the president of Capitol Records and the person who signed the Beatles to the label. If you own Bruce Spizer's brilliant book, The Beatles' Story on Capitol Records: Part Two (2000) ,you will find a stunning picture of the exact sleeve and record on pages 231 and 232 along with a brief description of the history of this rarity. Sought after by many collectors, including Beach Boys and Sinatra collectors, this record is most famous and highly sought after by most collectors across the globe because of the inclusion of the Beatles I Want To Hold Your Hand. This record & sleeve are also featured in Perry Cox's indispensable price guide, The Beatles Memorabilia & Record Price Guide (1999) on page 111 valued at $1300 !!

CAPITOL COMPACT 33 SOUVENIR RECORD

SPRO-2905 - 1965

Capitol celebrated the opening if its third pressing plant in Jacksonville, Illinois, with a compact 33 containing snippets of songs recorded by its most profitable artists. Company president Alan Livingston wrote in the sleeve notes: "This new facility is more than the result of our ever-growing production demands, it is to us at Capitol the fulfillment of a long-time dream - The world's first completely automatic twelve-inch record manufacturing plant. We are very proud of our achievement, and of vice president George Jones and the others who envisioned it long before it became a reality." This new Capitol Jacksonville pressing plant was considered "The House The Beatles Built" !!

Side 1

Ramblin' Rose (Nat King Cole)

I Want To Hold Your Hand (The Beatles)

Lullaby of Birdland (The George Shearing Quintet)

Three Coins In the Fountain (Frank Sinatra)

The Way You Look Tonight (The Lettermen)

Seventy-Six Trombones (Robert Preston)

I've Got a Tiger By The Tail (Buck Owens)

The Trolley Song (Judy Garland)

Side 2

Little Deuce Coupe (The Beach Boys)

How Glad I Am (Nancy Wilson)

Tom Dooley (The Kingston Trio)

Sixteen Tons (Tennessee Ernie Ford)

Fever (Peggy Lee)

I Love You Because (Al Martino)

People (Barbra Streisand)

Grade: VG/VG+