Meet The Beatles – Super-Rare, Collectible 1964 Capitol T 2047 mono

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Meet The Beatles! – Super-Rare, Collectible 1964 Capitol T 2047 mono!

Capitol, T 2047, mono, 1964, (rare second pressing in mono)

Disc: G; numerous but light surface marks,  visually graded only, not test played, black label with colorband, "ASCAP"  credits are after each track on label, except I Want To Hold Your Hand (BMI). Cover: VG+; "Beatles" on cover in tan/brown print. No producer credit on back cover. Little to no edge wear, very minor oxidation, original(?) oxidized plain inner sleeve with no splits + protective plastic outer sleeve.

The underlined items in the description above identify this as the second pressing of this important album in its very hard-to-find mono version. Allmusic's review said: "Most can call it from memory: the image of the Beatles disembarking from their plane on a cold February day in New York. Less visible in the old black-and-white film footage, but perhaps more important, is a young girl clutching a copy of the Beatles' just-released second album, Meet the Beatles!, as if the world depended on it. And, to her and millions of other young people, it did. Meet the Beatles! wasn't simply an album; it gave the intangible yearnings of youth a voice and a face (actually, four voices and four faces), and it created a parallel world where escape was only a turntable away. Today, Meet the Beatles! is a collectible in danger of becoming forgotten, if not for the diligence of Beatles fans around the world. Compact discs have replaced vinyl, and the decision to release the original U.K. versions of the Beatles' albums in favor of their U.S. counterparts has rendered albums like Meet the Beatles! and The Beatles' Second Album obsolete. But nothing could make the music on these LPs obsolete. The infectious charm of songs like "I Want to Hold Your Hand," "I Saw Her Standing There," "It Won't Be Long," and "All My Loving" still weave their magic which, if less potent in an age jaded by a generation of musicians who had the benefit of the Beatles' songbook tucked underneath their arms, still carries an aura around it -- just as the first moon landing will never be eclipsed by subsequent forays into space. Meet the Beatles! soon topped the charts, aided by electric appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show that carried the flames of Beatlemania across the ocean, and (together with the single "She Loves You") kicked off a string of number one singles and albums. … So, in many ways, Meet the Beatles! distilled what was best about the band: original material from Lennon, Paul McCartney, and even George Harrison (his first, "Don't Bother Me"). Everyone gets a chance to sing, including Ringo Starr ("I Wanna Be Your Man," which Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham had coaxed from the band earlier), and the mix of rockers and ballads proves to be a beautiful blend. Let compact disc companies try their hand at historical revision: they can't steal the memories of Americans who still remember how they first met the Beatles, any more than they could pry that album from that young girl's hands."

In the mid-1960s, when stereo was still new, most LPs were issued in both mono and stereo editions. Kids on a budget could save a dollar by buying the mono versions which had just as much fidelity as the stereo editions, but no channel separation (usually 2.99 vs. 3.99 for stereo). So you could buy four mono albums for the price of only three of the same LPs in stereo. These mono early Beatles albums remain highly desired by collectors, and if in Near Mint condition, fetch very high prices. This one and others among my listings aren't Near Mint, but are still very worth having at a considerably lower and more realistic price. Even as a second-pressing, the Goldmine Price Guide values this iconic and rare mono edition at $200 if in NM condition, but you can have this one for a LOT less.

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