The Beatles Four By The Beatles 1964 Capitol EP Record & Pic Cover - VERY NICE

$

256

In this auction: One Picture Cover & One 7-inch Record. Here are the details:

• “FOUR BY THE BEATLES” 7-Inch Extended Play (EP) Record & Picture Cover by The Beatles

• This is Capitol Records EAP 1-2121.

• It was issued May 11, 1964.

• This EP contains 4 songs. Side 1: “ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN” & “ALL MY LOVING” Side 2: “THIS BOY” & “PLEASE MISTER POSTMAN”.

• This EP was issued in a cardboard cover entitled “FOUR BY THE BEATLES”.

• The PICTURE COVER is in VERY NICE NEAR MINT MINUS (NM-) CONDITION!!! You will see in the images that it is indeed a BEAUTIFUL COVER with VERY MINIMAL WEAR which consists of: VERY TINY pushes on one of the top corners and one of the bottom corners and a couple of VERY SMALL and VERY LIGHT creases (not very noticeable) near one of the top corners. There are NO seam splits and NO flaking (in fact, there is NO wear on the seams, not a bit at all!). Often I’ve seen this cover with seam splits usually near the opening. There is NO writing and NO ring wear on this cover. It ranks as one of the nicest picture covers of this EP release that I’ve seen in a long time.

• The VINYL is graded VERY STRONG VG+ CONDITION (not far from Near Mint) with just a few VERY LIGHT surface hairlines/scuffs. One label has a star written lightly in ballpoint which would lower the record grade a bit, but the vinyl itself is as described. (The star is much more pronounced in the images due to the camera flash. It is not as pronounced when viewing the label in natural lighting.)

• The EP format (7-inch record with 2 songs on each side) for Beatles’ records was not common at all in the U.S. In fact, only 3 Beatles’ EPs were commercially released in the U.S. in the 1960s: 2 were issued by Capitol Records and one was issued by Vee Jay Records.

  It’s an UNCOMMON BEATLES EP IN VERY NICE CONDITION that deserves a prominent place in someone’s Beatles or vinyl collection!

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

FYI: 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 item, so please know the descriptions of these grades before bidding. Please ask any questions BEFORE bidding. And please check my other auctions for more items you may want to add to your collection. Be high bidder on several and combine shipping on auction items that finish the same weekend. (NOTE: If more than 1 item is won by the same bidder, please do NOT make payment until I send an invoice with combined shipping cost.) Winning bidder must remit payment within 5 days of auction close. Add $3.50 for shipping to a U.S. address via media mail with tracking.