Beatles-Related George Martin United Artists HELP LP in Nice Condition

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The contributions of George Martin as the Beatles musical director and producer of almost all of the Beatles’ recordings have influenced many to consider him as “the Fifth Beatle” (though others, like Pete Best and Stu Sutcliffe, have also been given that title, too). His contributions to many songs and his instrumental accompaniments to LPs are beyond measure and too numerous to list here. Martin’s extensive musical training and sophisticated guidance in the studio are often credited as fundamental contributions reflected in the refined and "finished products" of The Beatles: their recordings released on vinyl.  
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“HELP!” LP by George Martin & His Orchestra
This LP is United Artists UAS 6448.
It was released in September, 1965.
This is a STEREO pressing.
The Beatles appear on the cover. (This is the same image that is inside the gate-fold cover of the Capitol Records “HELP! Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” LP.) Their images were protected; therefore, they did not appear on the cover of many LPs that were not Vee Jay or Capitol/Apple Records pressings.

This LP contains instrumental versions of 7 Beatles songs that were in the motion picture “HELP!” plus 5 other Beatles songs. Three of the songs printed on the rear cover are identified by their early working titles: “Auntie Gin’s Theme” for “I’ve Just Seen A Face”, “That’s A Nice Hat (Cap)” for “It’s Only Love”, and “Scrambled Egg” for “Yesterday”.

The labels have the actual finalized titles printed for the songs, not their early working titles.
The COVER is in VG CONDITION. There is light to moderate overall wear. There is moderate wear on the corners with some "balding" on 3 corners. There is light to moderate wear on the top and bottom seams and on the spine where there is a tiny bit of paper loss.The primarily white rear cover has some aging/foxing and some light stains near the top and bottom. (Actually, this rear cover slick may, in fact, be cream-colored or off-white, not true white, based on every copy I’ve ever seen.) There are NO SEAM SPLITS, NO WRITING, NO TEARS and NO RING WEAR on this cover. The FRONT COVER IMAGE IS NICE & CLEAN WITH MINIMAL WEAR!

This primarily black front cover was notorious for easily and quickly developing and showing wear. How often have you seen copies of this LP where ring wear has marred this great cover image? But as you can see in the images: NOT THIS ONE!
The VINYL is in VERY NICE VG to VG+ CONDITION with some small light/slight surface hairlines/scuffs (none at all “feel-able”.) The vinyl     has lots of gloss!
This LP comes with its ORIGINAL UNITED ARTISTS PAPER INNER SLEEVE that pictures and promotes other UA LPs out at the time including the Beatles’ “A Hard Day’s Night” LP.

This is a NICE BEATLES-RELATED LP BY “THEIR BRILLIANT RECORDING DIRECTOR” FOR 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 LP.

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 (P), Fair (F), 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 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 items you may want to add to your collection. Be high bidder on several and combine shipping on auction items that finish on 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 $4.25 for shipping to a U.S. address via USPS Media Mail with tracking.