THE BEATLES INTRODUCING THE BEATLES US ORIG'64 VJ MONO "AD BACK" COVER SEARS

$

876

Vee-Jay Records

“Introducing... The Beatles”

THE BEATLES

Original incredibly rare only 3,500 copies made "Ad Back" version thick cardboard cover with twenty five "Other Fine Album Of Significant Interest" Vee Jay releases on the back. Very early first run front cover slicks with "Printed In U.S.A." in the lower left hand corner near the spine. The cover is still in its original loose-fitting distributor protective 'Sears Roebuck and Co.' baggy with the orange Sears logos in the opposite corners. Original first print colorband Vee Jay VJLP 1062 catalog number 2'75 diameter deep groove pressing ring black print oval VJ logo MR 1A 'Long Playing' 'Microgroove' label with a multicolored spectrum ('rainbow') band along the label's edge and oval version logo (Vee Jay logo is encircled by a white oval line). First withdrawn track lineup of "Introducing The Beatles" which includes 'Love Me Do' and 'P.S. I Love You'. Unique variation label with the centered song titles. Original 1st US mono release "Monarch Records Mfg. Co.", Monarch Los Angeles, CA record plant pressing with the 'MR' logo stamped in the runout. Original thick, heavy plate, glossy vinyl pressing with the first matrix numbers and  original 'AudioMatrix' machine stamp in the trail off vinyl (dead wax) area, which is considered a proof of authenticity of the first pressing. The vinyl has a unique first release date '6-29-63' stamp handwritten in the trail-off vinyl on both side. Side 1: 63-3402 AudioMatrix 6-29-63 ?5702 A MR logo within a circle stamp Side 2: 63-3403 AudioMatrix 6-29-63 ?5702-X A MR logo within a circle stamp. The front and back cover have only a very light hint of ring wear at the top, but not at the bottom or sides. The front and back cover have only a very light hint of ring wear at the top, but not at the bottom or sides. Very clean copy without any writing or soiling. The back cover has some super light scuffing at the top, but remains vivid and bright. The corners have some wear with the bottom corners also having some light bumping. Very hard to find version, especially in this condition. The cover comes with the original Vee-Jay Records "Other Fine Albums of Significant Interest" white inner sleeve with 25 color photos of other Vee-Jay albums on each side of the sleeve without any splits and having only a barely noticeable tear at the top. The inner sleeve is in great shape, considering that the majority of these inner sleeves are found with heavy splitting and tears. The vinyl contains some very light surface marks and scuffs from the inner sleeve with the beautiful saturated labels with the vivid colorband and deep rich black background. The labels are very clean, without any wear, only having some very light spindle marks on Side 2.

VINYL - VERY GOOD PLUS (VG+)  

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