THE BEATLES MEET THE BEATLES US ORIG'64 CAPITOL RECORD CLUB PROMO BROCHURE

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1,309

Capitol Records

“Meet The Beatles!”

THE BEATLES

Up for an auction is a Capitol Records Club Issue of The Beatles Meet the Beatles! with one of the rarest Beatles memorabilia items, a four-page misprint brochure made for record club members, urging them to order copies of the American LP debut from England's hot new hitmakers. Heritage Auctions listed one of these very rare brochures for $3,450.00. The iCollector auction listed one of these Record Club brochures with a starting price of $1,400.00 with the “Estimated At” price of $5,600.00 - $8,400.00. The listing was sold for $4,750.00 (please see the photo). Printed in light blue and black, this 5" x 8" booklet opens up to reveal mis-identified photos of the lads, with John and George's photos switched! Even more astounding is the back page, which is completely devoted to an ad for the then-current Al Martino album, Painted, Tainted Rose, Capitol's way to hedge their bets in case the Fab Four turned out to be a flop! Please see the detailed high-resolution photos of this remarkable item. We’ve listed this auction without a reserve price and perhaps it’s your only chance to acquire this one of the rarest Beatles memorabilia items. The brochure comes with an original, native to the brochure, Record Club Decca Pinckneyville Contract Pressing of The Beatles Meet the Beatles! The back cover contains a factory designator RIAA 16 with the vinyl containing an original black label with a multicolored spectrum ("Rainbow") band along the label's edge with the “Manufactured Under License From Capitol Records Inc., Hollywood” rim text and unique record club ST-82047 catalog number along with only Decca pressing 1’ inch diameter pressing ring. The trail-off vinyl contains “2” at the end of the matrix stampers, which serves as the main identifier, confirming this copy to be a very rare contract Decca Records pressing.

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