Beatles Meet the Beatles Capitol 2nd Label Variation MONO LP in Nice Condition
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Description
In this auction:
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“MEET THE BEATLES!” LP by The Beatles
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This LP is Capitol Records T 2047.
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This is a MONO (Monaural) LP.
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The Cover is a Capitol-marked cover with “Capitol” on the front cover, rear cover and spine.
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The LP in this auction was produced at Capitol Records’ Scranton pressing plant. This is based on the number “3” printed on the rear cover at lower right.
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The VINYL has a triangle “△” in the trail-off wax which is the symbol Capitol Records used to identify vinyl pressed at its Scranton Pressing Plant. So, this is the correct vinyl for this cover with the #3 on the cover and the “△” in the dead wax.
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Therefore, this Scranton cover and Scranton vinyl are correctly matched/paired.
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NOTE: Some sellers may intentionally or accidentally switch vinyl and covers in order to create an LP with a nicer grade cover and vinyl combination, but NOT correctly matched to the same pressing plant. I don’t do that. This is the correct cover and vinyl for this pressing/issue.
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The vinyl has black Capitol labels with color bands.
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This MONO PRESSING is the SECOND LABEL VARIATION that credits ASCAP for every song except “I Want to Hold Your Hand” which is credited to BMI.
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As you probably know, the First Variation/First Pressing labels for “MEET THE BEATLES” had NO ASCAP or BMI PUBLISHING CREDITS printed on the labels, and these First Variation/First Pressings have become tough (and high-dollar) to find these days.
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COVERS for SECOND LABEL VARIATION VINYL did not have the George Martin production credit printed on the rear cover and had “BEATLES” on the front cover in tan or brown. The COVER in this auction DOES NOT HAVE the George Martin production credit printed on the rear cover, and “BEATLES” is BROWN In COLOR; therefore, this is the CORRECT COVER for this SECOND LABEL VARIATION VINYL.
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The COVER is in VERY STRONG VG+ to NEAR MINT MINUS (NM-) CONDITION. There is very minimal cover wear as you can see in the images, just a tiny bit or tiny “hint” of wear at the bottom center of the front cover. There are 2 staple holes at the top left corner where an original price tag was probably attached. The rear cover is nice and clean. There is NO WEAR on the corners, seams or spine at all. There is 1 tiny “push” on the lower left corner. As you probably know, this primarily-black front cover slick was notorious for easily developing and often showing wear.
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The VINYL is in NICE VG CONDITION with a number of very light/slight surface hairlines/scuffs (none “feel-able”). The vinyl has LOTS of GLOSS!
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This record comes with what I believe is its original and correct Capitol Records BLUE INNER PAPER SLEEVE that has NO SPLITS.
Thanks to the Price Guide for the Beatles American Records. 6th Edition by Perry Cox and Frank Daniels for some information about this LP.
FYI: I use the COVER/SLEEVE GRADES and RECORD GRADES listed and described on page 8 of the Price Guide for the Beatles American Records, 6th Edition for grading. These grades are Poor (P), Fair (F), Good Minus (G-), Good (G), Good+ (G+), Very Good Minus (VG-), Very Good (VG), Very Good Plus (VG+), Near Mint Minus (NM-), Near Mint (NM), Mint Minus (M-), and Mint (M or MT) to VISUALLY GRADE this LP, so please know the descriptions of these grades before bidding. Please ask any questions BEFORE bidding. And please check my other auctions for more Beatles vinyl that you may want to add to your collection. Be high bidder on several and combine shipping on auction items that finish the same day. (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 make payment within 5 days of auction close. Add $4.50 for shipping to a U.S. address via Media Mail with tracking.
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