The Beatles Songs, Pictures and Stories of the Fabulous '64 VJ 1st Press Sealed

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3,050

ORIGINAL AUTHENTIC COPY OF THE BEATLES'
ALBUM "SONGS, PICTURES AND STORIES OF THE
FABULOUS BEATLES" IN FACTORY SEALED CONDITION

THE BEATLES ~ SONGS, PICTURES AND STORIES OF THE

ORIGINAL UNIQUE ⅔ GATEFOLD COVER

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It's hard to tell how many factory sealed copies of this album exist in the world. But based on the fact that you won't be able to find one when you want to purchase it their number is minimal. This copy is 100% authentic and original version of this album. Some time after the release of the "Introducing the Beatles" album, Vee-Jay Records made a decision to repackage the album and prepared a new cover design for young girls, assigning it a new catalog number and, at the same time, keeping the same vinyl and labels, calling it "Songs, Pictures and Stories of the Fabulous Beatles". The gatefold cover has a front flap which is ⅔ of the cover's full length. Black glossy gatefold cover with a contrasty "BEATLES' banner of orange color right above the song titles in red and Vee-Jay Records brackets logo in blue. When creating the design of the cover Vee-Jay records decided to use Dezo Hoffmann's photo that was also used by Capitol Records on the "I Want to Hold Your Hand" picture sleeve. Right above the photo there is a greeting from The Beatles reading "All Our Best" along with each band member's autograph below it. The right side of the back flap features a color drawing of each Beatle, also used on the "Souvenir" LP and the picture sleeve of "Do You Want to Know a Secret" single. The design of the album turned out to be vivid and colorful. As indicated in the text located in the lower right-hand corner of the back flap the gatefold interior contains a complete story of the band members' favorite male and female singer, their favorite foods, types of girls, hobby, songs etc. Please pay attention that the front flap has a yellow record store sticker notifying a potential buyer that "This album may be played on STEREO Phonographs" with the word "STEREO" written in caps. Don't mix up this sticker with another "STEREO" sticker which indicates the Stereo format of the album. This copy is the Monophonic 2nd version of the "Introducing the Beatles" album. Usually, the majority of copies coming with this cover had the black Vee-Jay labels with silver text but once in a while they also came in a much rarer combination, having the colorband label.  The back flap has a record store price tag in the upper right-hand corner. Both, the sticker and price tag, are affixed to the shrink wrap which contains original breathe holes. The condition of this copy can be described with one word - brilliant. I can't believe I've decided to part ways with it. It's in impeccable Mint condition as the shrink wrap doesn't have any splits or tears. 

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