BEATLES INTRODUCING 1964 AD-BACK STEREO OVAL VJ LP RARE

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THE BEATLES

"INTRODUCING THE BEATLES"  1964 US ORIGINAL STEREO VEE JAY SR-1062,  THE 'AD BACK' ORIGINAL!

I ALWAYS PRESUMED THIS TO HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN SPRING/SUMMER 1963 ALONG WITH VEE JAY'S ATTEMPTS TO MAKE "PLEASE PLEASE ME" AND "FROM ME TO YOU" RADIO HITS, BUT YEARS LATER DISCOVERED THAT THEY HELD OFF ON THE LP UNTIL LATER, BY DESIGN OR BY DEFAULT, UNTIL IT LOOKED LIKE THE BEATLES WOULD ACTUALLY BREAK BIG IN THE STATES WHEN IN DECEMBER 1963 SOME RADIO STATIONS STARTED PLAYING "I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND" AND THE SEEDS OF BEATLEMANIA WERE FINALLY PLANTED EFFECTIVELY BY CAPITOL. THUS, IN EARLY JANUARY 1964, THIS NOW-MONSTER COLLECTIBLE LP HIT THE STORES, BRIEFLY. VEE JAY OF COURSE SOON ALTERED THE LP TO WITHOLD "LOVE ME DO" & "P.S. I LOVE YOU" FOR THE TOLLIE SINGLE AND PUT BACK "PLEASE PLAEASE ME" AND "ASK ME WHY" WHICH BY SPRING '64 OF COURSE HAD BECOME AGAIN HOT SINGLE TRACKS. THIS ALBUM THEN MORPHED INTO THE MORE FAMILIAR VERSION, WITHOUT THE AD BACK COVER, AND WITHOUT LOVE ME DO/PS I LOVE YOU. STEREO PRESSINGS OF THIS VERSION OF THE ALBUM ARE RARE IN THE EXTREME. 

THERE IS LIGHT FINE-POINT BALLPOINT WRITING UP & DOWN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BACK COVER AND THERE ARE TWO LITTLE OVALS DRAWN AROUND TITLES ON THE FRANK IFIELD ALBUM COVER ARTWORK. I FIDDLED WITH THIS BALLPOINT A BIT WITH AN ERASER AND IT DOES ERASE OK. I ONLY HAD A PENCIL ERASER TO EXPERIEMENT WITH WHICH TENDS TO DULL THE FINISH SO AFTER SEEING THAT THE INK CAN BE REMOVED I LEFT IT ALONE. IF YOU HAVE A VERY SOFT, 'GUM' ERASER OR MAYBE THAT MR. CLEAN ERASING PAD I AM SURE YOU CAN GET 90% OF THIS BALLPOINT OFF WITH PATIENCE. IT WOULD BE WORTH THE TIME I CAN TELL YOU BECAUSE THE COVER IS OTHERWISE IN VERY NICE SHAPE. NOT SPLIT, NO MARKER INK OR STICKERS.

CONDITION DETAILS:

FRONT COVER:

• HAS A SMALL, FAINT 'X' ON EACH SIDE TOP CORNER
• TINY LITTLE PINKISH STAIN ABOVE THE 'T' IN BEATLES
• LIGHT MINOR SHELF SOIL
• TOUCH OF LIGHT PARTIAL WEAR RING ONLY AT THE BOTTOM CENTER ON PAUL'S JACKET

BACK COVER (SEE NOTES ABOVE ABOUT BALLPOINT REMOVAL):

• 'X' UPPER RIGHT CORNER
• 4 SMALL AREAS OF BALLPOINT NOTATIONS (BEATLES SONG TITLES) ALONG THE FAR LEFT SIDE BORDER
• 1 RECTANGULAR BALLPOINT SPOT WITH 'DONNA' WHICH HAS BEEN BLOCKED OUT WITH MORE BALLPOINT OVER IT
• THERE WAS SOME OTHER BALLPOINT WRITING ACROSS THE TOP BORDER BUT MY EXPERIMENT REMOVED ALMOST ALL OF IT. THE REST WILL CERTAINLY COME OFF AS WELL.
• LIGHT MINOR SHELF SOIL

SEAMS:

• TOP SEAM HAS 1 SMALL NICK AND THE VERY VERY TIP OF THE OPEN SIDE CORNER HAS A TEENY TINY LITTLE SPLIT, TOO SHORT TO MEASURE
• SPINE: BASICALLY PERFECT. ALL SPINE PRINT CLEAR AND UNDAMAGED. CLEAN.
• BOTTOM SEAM: TYPICAL SHELF WERA HERE & THERE, SOME EDGE WEAR SLIGHTLY VISIBLE WHEN LOOKING STRAIGHT AT THE COVER BUT MINOR, 1" BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER SEAM SPLIT. NOT DETRACTING, HASN'T BEEN AGGRAVATED.
• MOUTH: NOT WORN. 

RECORD & LABELS:

•  THE LP IS THE 'DEEP GROOVE' LABEL OVAL LOGO COLORBAND DESIGN WITH 'STEREO' IN LARGE LETTERS ABOVE THE LOGO, ALSO RARE. LABELS ARE CLEAN. PLAYING SURFACES HAVE LIGHT TO MODERATE OVERALL GENERAL PLAY WEAR,  SUPERFICIAL SCUFFS & SOME NOT SO SUPERFICIAL SCUFFS, AND A NUMBER OF LIGHT BUT ACTUAL SCRATCHES AND MARKS.  I HAVE PLAYED THIS ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND IT PLAYS FINE WITH THE EXPECTED SURFACE NOISE, POPS AND TICKS. I CLEANED IT SUPERFICIALLY WITH WINDEX BUT IT NEEDS A GOOD VPI OR NITTY GRITTY CLEANING TO LESSEN SOME OF THE BACKGROUND NOISE THAT IS NO DOUBT JUST 45 YEARS OF ACCUMULATED MICRO-GROOVE DUST. IT ACTUALLY SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD AS IT IS IF YOU DON'T MIND THE POPS ETC, AND THE STEREO IS TRULY AMAZING. 
• THIS HAS NOT BEEN INTENTIONALLY ABUSED AND IT'S NOT "BEAT UP", JUST HAS MARKS FROM BEING SHOWN SOME REAL LOVE....

TRACKS:

• I SAW HER STANDING THERE
• MISERY
• ANNA
• CHAINS
• BOYS
• LOVE ME DO
• P.S. I LOVE YOU
• BABY IT'S YOU
• DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET
• A TASTE OF HONEY
• THERE'S A PLACE
• TWIST AND SHOUT

OTHER THAN THE WRITING WHICH I AM SURE MOST OF WHICH IS REMOVABLE,

OVERALL A NICE VG+ OR BETTER COVER AND OVERALL VG LP WITH VG++ LABELS! 

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