Songs, Pictures & Stories of the Fabulous BEATLES - 1964 Authentic US VeeJay LP
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After 20 years of collecting, the time has come for me to sell my Beatles collection and let other collectors appreciate some of the records and memorabilia I've accumilated over the years. Please check out my other listings and remember to save me as a favourite seller, as every week I'll be listing more and more increasingly rare, collectible and desirable Beatles records!
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Songs, Pictures and Stories of the Fabulous BeatlesOriginal, 100% Authentic US VeeJay Pressing With Gatefolsd Sleeve and Authentic 'Intro' Disc
.,.. Catalogue Number Label Year of Release VJ 1092 Rainbow & Brackets VeeJay 1964 Sleeve Format Tax Code on Disc - Mono - Side 1 Side 2 Track Listing Track Listing 1. I Saw Her Standing There
2. Misery
3. Anna
4. Chains
5. Boys
6. Ask Me Why 1. Please, Please Me
2. Baby It's You
3. Do You Want To Know a Secret?
4. A Taste of Honey
5. There's a Place
6. Twist and Shout Matrix Number Matrix Number 63-3402 63-3403 Stamper Code Stamper Code 6307 6307X About the Record
This auction is for an original 1964 copy of the America VeeJay LP 'Songs, Pictures and Stories of the Fabulous Beatles'. This is 100% authentic and is NOT one of the numerous counterfeits and bootlegs that are on the market.
When the Beatles first tried to break America, Capitol refused to release their songs. Undeterred, George Martin started looking around some of the smaller labels. One of these was VeeJay, who were a small label specialising mainly in gospel music. They took the contract on and issued the album 'Introducing... the Beatles'. After the group broke huge in America VeeJay released that they had an entire album's worth of material of the hottest band of the moment. But the LP they had originally released it all on, 'Introducing the Beatles', was already selling. So VeeJay decided to repackage the same album, even so far as to use the same Intro discs, in a completely different sleeve to try and convince the public that it was a brand new Beatles album. They weren't fooled and so this LP sold poorly.
The Cover - Countefeit copies of this LP don't have the 3/4 gatefold and so omit the stories Because of this, the album has actually been retitled to 'Songs and Pictures of the Fabulous Beatles' and the 'Look Inside' text is also missing. This is the genuine, authentic sleeve with the gatefold and stories.
The disc - Introducing the Beatles. One of, if not THE, most counterfeited disc in music history. This disc features every characteristic of an authentic pressing. Rich colour rainbow band, 'THE BEATLES' being above the spindlehole, the deadwax being under 1" thick. The circled MR stamp indicates that this disc was pressed at the Monarch Record Mfg. Co. in California.
Copies of this album scarely come up for sale. sadly this copy has kinda seen better days, but would make a perfect collection filler!
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The sleeve is holding up but has definitely seen a very active life! I won't go into too much detail but there's light wear, seam wear and splits, and water damage that's most easily seen in the gatefold photo above. The cover isn't flat and is a little curved out of shape - again indicating a little waterdamage. But, overall, it's okay. Disc : GOOD-
The playing surface has lost some of its shine and is covered in light scuffs along with some slightly heavier looking marks..
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The labels are showing some light wear as can be seen in the photos above along with a little spindlewear and some whitening around the centrehole.
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All records have been visually graded under a strong, 125W natural light desk lamp.
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Postage Costs will be:
UK 2nd Class Recorded Delivery: £3.99
UK 1st Class Recorded Delivery : £4.99
EU Countries International Signed For : £11.99
Rest of World International Signed For : £15.99
All LPs will be mailed out in a strong, corrugated cardboard LP mailing box with the LP outside the sleeve. Extra sheets of corrugated cardboard will be used where applicable and FRAGILE tape used
Code: 192price rating
