The Beatles INTRODUCING THE BEATLES RARE VEE JAY VERSION 1 MONO LP w/ Oval Logo

$

71

In this auction: 

• “INTRODUCING THE BEATLES” LP by The Beatles

• This is Vee Jay Records VJLP 1062.

• This is a MONO (monaural) PRESSING.

• It was issued January 10, 1964.

• This is VERSION 1 of this LP with column back cover and INCLUDES the cuts “Love Me Do” and “P.S. I Love You”. As you probably know, legal action against Vee Jay Records required the removal of these 2 songs from future issues of this LP. Vee Jay replaced them with “Ask Me Why” and “Please Please Me” which has come to be called Version 2.

• This label variation is VJ 1062(1).MR1A, because “Long Playing” and “Microgroove” are printed in uppercase and lowercase letters.

• BOTH COVER and VINYL ARE ABSOLUTELY AUTHENTIC!  We know this because:

  1) The cover has George’s shadow and spine printing.

  2) The labels have “THE BEATLES” printed above the spindle hole.

  3) The vinyl has “AudioMatrix” stamped in the trail-off on both sides.

• So you can bid with confidence that you are receiving the real deal and NOT a counterfeit.

• The COVER is in VG- CONDITION. The front cover image has moderate wear that can be seen in the images. There is light partial ring wear primarily on the right side and bottom areas of the front cover. There is intermittent flaking on the top seam .. The bottom seam has some flaking and is half-split..There is no flaking on the spine and it looks solid..The rear cover slick has moderate aging/”foxing”, and some light staining..original VeeJay inner sleeve is rough with the top split..

• The VINYL is in VG- CONDITION. There are a number of small and light surfacehairlines/scuffs on side 1 with more on side 2. Side 2 also has some “feel-able “chatter marks”. The vinyl has NICE GLOSS. The labels look really nice actually with some wear around the spindle hole side 2 only. Looks like “45” size labels..

As you probably know VERSION 1 ISSUES of this LP are MUCH TOUGHER TO FIND than the most of the Version 2 issues.

Thanks to the Price Guide for the Beatles American Records, 6th Ed. 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 Ed. These grades 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 versions of “Introducing The Beatles” and other vinyl you may want to add to your 

collection. Be high bidder on several and combine shipping on auction items that finish on the

 same day. (NOTE: If more than 1 vinyl 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 $7.25 for shipping to a U.S. address via USPS Priority Mail with tracking. (I ship all my LPs in a standard cardboard record shipping box with the vinyl in its own clear sleeve, packed outside the cover, which is in its own sleeve as well, between two cardboard spacers)