THE BEATLES "INTRODUCING...THE BEATLES" 1964 AUTHENTIC US VINYL LP / VEE-JAY /NM
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"Introducing...The Beatles" is the first Beatles album released in the United States. Originally scheduled for a July 1963 release, the LP came out on 10 January 1964, on Vee-Jay Records, ten days before Capitol's "Meet the Beatles!". The latter album, however, entered the US album chart one week before the former. Consequently, when "Meet the Beatles!" peaked at #1 for 11 consecutive weeks, "Introducing...The Beatles" stalled at #2 where it remained 9 consecutive weeks. It was the subject of much legal wrangling, but ultimately, Vee-Jay was permitted to sell the album until late 1964, by which time it had sold more than 1.3 million copies. On 16 January 1964, less than a week after "Introducing...The Beatles" was released, Vee-Jay was served with a restraining order stopping further distribution from Beechwood Music, Inc., Capitol Records' publishing subsidiary, owned the American publishing rights to "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You", and because the two songs had not been officially released in the US, Beechwood refused to issue a license for Vee-Jay to release them. To circumvent the restraining order, Vee-Jay quickly reconfigured "Introducing...The Beatles". It removed "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You" and replaced them with the previously omitted "Ask Me Why" and "Please Please Me", though some pressings of the album did not alter the track list. The new versions (Version II) were prepared in late January and began appearing in stores around 10 February 1964. This is the 10 February 1964 AUTHENTIC US Vinyl Pressing on the Vee-Jay Records label. The catalog # on the spine is: LP1062. The label is black with silver lettering. Matrix # in the dead wax is: 63-3402 on Side 1 and 63-3403 on Side 2. Has MR in a circle also stamped. Triangle 6307X also stamped in dead wax. The record is visually graded by Goldmine standards as NEAR MINT. Appears hardly played. The cover is graded as EX+/NEAR MINT. The front cover is almost PERFECT and GLOSSY. There is a small, slight crease along George Harrison's elbow. There is some slight brownish discoloration on the back, upper cover. Please see pictures. The initials BH is written and appear fading on the lower right, back cover. The record has been stored in a heavy duty anvil case since 2006. Record will be shipped following business day as soon as payment is received. Media Mail WILL TAKE AT LEAST 3 TO 5 WEEKS DUE TO BEING SHIPPED BY BOAT, NOT AIR, from Hawaii. Priority Mail is $12 from Hawaii.
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