OUR "FEATURED ITEMS" ARE THOSE ITEMS WE RANDOMLY CHOOSE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS… PERHAPS FOR THEIR UNIQUENESS, OR PERHAPS JUST FOR THEIR PLAIN 'FUN FACTOR' (THOSE ITEMS THAT TRANSPORT US BACK TO A SPECIFIC MEMORY LIVED DURING PAST FAB BEATLES DAYS.

ACCOMPANYING RECORD IS RARER ORIGINAL ALBUM FIRST TITLE "THE BEATLES AGAIN" WITH INITIAL RECORD NUMBER PREFIX "SO-385". SIDE 1 OPENING TRACK "CAN'T BUY ME LOVE" ABOVE THE SPINDLE HOLE.

THIS IS A PHENOMENAL EXAMPLE OF THE 1970 "HEY JUDE" ALBUM, WHICH IS THE BELL SOUND JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS PRESSING (INDICATED BY THE MACHINE STAMPED "0" IN THE RUN-OUT WAX) OF THE RARER ORIGINAL FIRST TITLE OF THE ALBUM "THE BEATLES AGAIN" WITH THE ORIGINAL RECORD NUMBER "SO-385" PRINTED ON THE LABELS. THIS WAS TO BE THE ORIGINAL TITLE, UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE CHANGE TO "HEY JUDE".

THE JACKSONVILLE LABELS HAVE THE OPENING TRACK "CAN'T BUY ME LOVE" ABOVE THE SPINDLE HOLE ON SIDE ONE, THE "HEY JUDE" (SW-385) COVER REMAINS IN THE ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINKWRAP AND INCLUDES AN UNUSED, UNATTACHED SEPARATE MINT ORIGINAL 1970 LARGE 10" X 2" "HEY JUDE" HYPE STICKER ACCOMPANYING IT WHICH RETAINS THE PRINTER'S BACKING ADHESIVE PAPER INTACT.

THE COVER IS A STUNNING MINT MINUS "AS NEW" WITH COLORS AND GRAPHICS THAT REMAIN BOLD AND DARK, AND THE DISC IS A MINT MINUS UNPLAYED "AS NEW" JEWEL.

ATLANTIC CITY CONVENTION CENTER
AUGUST 30, 1964
ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY, USA

ORIGINAL FULL UNUSED "THE BEATLES SHOW" CONCERT TICKET

"WHITE" COLORED WITH BLUE PRINT 'MAIN FLOOR' $3.90 SEAT LOCATION

WE OFFER THIS STUNNING 5½" X 2⅝" FULL, UNUSED CONCERT TICKET. THIS "MAIN FLOOR" SEAT TICKET IS THE "WHITE" COLOR, WITH DARK BLUE PRINT AND REMAINS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. IT IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS, CLEAN AND BRIGHT AND FIRM. THE BACK OF THE TICKET IS CLEAN AS WELL.

THIS VENUE IS ONE OF THE RARER TICKETS TO ACQUIRE IN IT'S FULL OR STUB STATE DUE TO IT BEING THE BEATLES' ONLY PERFORMANCE IN NEW JERSEY - AND THIS "WHITE" COLORED MAIN FLOOR UNUSED, FULL TICKET IS A BEAUTY TO BEHOLD.

"THE BEATLES' SECOND ALBUM"
JUKEBOX COMPACT 33
COMPACT 33 DISC
CAPITOL, SXA 2080
EAST COAST PRESSING, ISSUED APRIL 1964

ACCOMPANIED BY ORIGINAL "CAPITOL COMPACT 33" GENERIC BLACK PRINTED SLEEVE

DURING THE SIXTIES, CAPITOL ISSUED STEREO COMPACT 33 DISCS OF SOME OF THE LABEL'S MOST POPULAR ALBUMS FOR JUKEBOX PLAY. THESE 7" RECORDS HAD A SMALL CENTER HOLE AND PLAYED AT 331/3 RPM. THESE MINI-ALBUMS WERE NORMALLY PROGRAMMED WITH THREE SONGS FROM THE ALBUM ON EACH SIDE OF THE DISC.

BEING OFFERED HERE IS A MOST STELLAR AND GORGEOUS EXAMPLE OF THE SECOND BEATLES COMPACT 33 DISC, "THE BEATLES' SECOND ALBUM", RELEASED IN APRIL 1964 AT THE TIME OF THE RELEASE OF THE LP ALBUM.

ACCOMPANYING THE DISC IS ITS ORIGINAL "CAPITOL COMPACT 33' GLOSSY BLACK GENERIC PRINTED SLEEVE IN SOLID NEAR MINT MINUS CONDITION.

THE CONDITION OF THE DISC IS AN AMAZING AND STUNNING NEAR MINT AND TRULY APPEARS UNPLAYED.  THE LABELS ARE A BEAUTIFUL NEAR MINT AS WELL.

RARER STAMPED 7-UP BEVERAGE PROMOTIONAL "GIVE-AWAY" ISSUES & ACCOMPANIED BY THE RARE ORIGINAL 7-UP BOTTLING COMPANY MAIL-IN ENTRY FORM FLIER TO WIN TICKETS TO THIS 3:00 SHOW

ALSO INCLUDED IS CONCERT TICKET STUB TO THE EVENING PERFORMANCE

FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES IS PROUD TO OFFER TWO NEAR MINT FULL, UNUSED CONCERT TICKETS IN CONSECUTIVE SEATING ORDER TO THE FIRST BEATLES' WHITE SOX PARK 3:00 PM SHOW. THESE ARE TWO OF THE GIVE-AWAY PAIRS OF 2,000 TICKETS FROM THE RARER 7-UP BEVERAGE PROMOTIONAL CONTEST, EVIDENT BY THE BLUE STAMP "SPECIAL RATE ORGANIZATION" PRINT ON THE BACK OF THE TICKETS.

THE FULL TICKETS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THE RARE ORIGINAL TWO-SIDED 7-UP BEVERAGE COMPANY CONTEST ENTRY FORM FLIER TO WIN TICKETS TO THIS 3:00PM  SHOW.

ALSO INCLUDED IS AN ORIGINAL CONCERT TICKET STUB TO THE 8:00 PM EVENING PERFORMANCE. THE EVENING SHOW TICKET STUB IS 1½" X 1 5/16" AND IS IN NEAR MINT MINUS CONDITION.

ULTRA-RARE "BLUE AIRPORT" PICTURE SLEEVE

ACCOMPANIED BY PROMOTIONAL "NOT FOR SALE"
WHITE LABEL 45 SINGLE

THE ACCOMPANYING WHITE LABEL PROMOTIONAL "NOT FOR SALE" DISC, PRESSED BY COLUMBIA RECORDS AT ITS TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA FACTORY, IS IN BEAUTIFUL NEAR MINT CONDITION,

THE BEATLES AT CANDLESTICK PARK
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA
AUGUST 29, 1966

COMPLETE FULL UNUSED CONCERT TICKET
GREEN STRIPE "UPPER STAND RESERVED"

AFTER CLOSING WITH "LONG TALL SALLY", THE BEATLES STEPPED OFF THE STAGE AT CANDLESTICK PARK IN SAN FRANCISCO FOREVER. AFTER NINE YEARS AND MORE THAN 1,400 LIVE PERFORMANCES - THE BEATLES HAD GIVEN THEIR FINAL SHOW.

PRESENTED HERE IS A FULL, UNUSED, NEAR MINT TICKET TO THAT MOST FAMOUS BEATLES CONCERT.

THIS PRISTINE NEAR MINT HUGE TICKET MEASURES 5 3/4" X 2 1/2" AND IS THE ULTIMATE TICKET FOR THIS TRULY HISTORICAL FINAL VENUE.

“Press To Play” is Paul’s sixth solo studio album, released in August 1986, and his first solo album to be issued internationally by Capitol/EMI following a six-year alliance with Columbia Records in the United States. The autograph dates from shortly following the album’s release.

The signature is STUNNING, vibrant and beautifully executed, with the overall cover condition grading a VG++, displaying some paper loss and tears on the edges of the back cover due to the cover being removed from a frame.

ACCOMPANIED BY A LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM PERRY COX, PROMINENT BEATLES U.S. RECORDS EXPERT AND AUTHOR OF "THE BEATLES RECORD PRICE GUIDE" SERIES OF BOOKS.

THE BEATLES AT CANDLESTICK PARK
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA
AUGUST 29, 1966

COMPLETE FULL UNUSED CONCERT TICKET
PURPLE STRIPE "LOWER STAND ADMISSION"

AFTER CLOSING WITH "LONG TALL SALLY", THE BEATLES STEPPED OFF THE STAGE AT CANDLESTICK PARK IN SAN FRANCISCO FOREVER. AFTER NINE YEARS AND MORE THAN 1,400 LIVE PERFORMANCES - THE BEATLES HAD GIVEN THEIR FINAL SHOW.

PRESENTED HERE IS A FULL, UNUSED, NEAR MINT TICKET TO THAT MOST FAMOUS BEATLES CONCERT.

THIS PRISTINE NEAR MINT HUGE TICKET MEASURES 5 3/4" X 2 1/2" AND IS THE ULTIMATE TICKET FOR THIS TRULY HISTORICAL FINAL VENUE.

ULTRA-RARE COVER VARIATION:
LOW-GLOSS 'POWDER COAT' FLAT FINISH BACK COVER SLICK WITH "PLEASE PLEASE ME" WITHOUT COMMA. ACCOMPANIED BY COLORBAND AND BRACKETS LOGO LABELS

PRESENTED AND OFFERED HERE IS THE ULTRA RARE MONO VERSION TWO "INTRODUCING THE BEATLES" ALBUM COVER THAT FEATURES AN EXTREMELY RARE COVER VARIATION OF WHICH THE "TITLES ON COVER" BACK SLICK DOES NOT HAVE THE COMMON GLOSS FINISH, BUT RATHER A FLAT FINISH, KNOWN AS A 'POWDER COAT'. MOST NOTABLY IS THAT THE ¼" FLAPS AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE INSIDE COVER ARE NOT PRESENT.

ADDITIONALLY, THE SONG LISTING ON THE BACK COVER HAS "PLEASE PLEASE ME" PRINTED WITHOUT THE COMMA FOLLOWING THE FIRST "PLEASE". THIS RARE FACTOR IS ONLY EVIDENT ON THESE RARE VERSION TWO "POWDER COAT" FLAT FINISH ASSEMBLED COVERS WITHOUT THE INSIDE FLAP.

FOREST HILLS TENNIS STADIUM, TENNIS PLACE
FOREST HILLS, QUEENS, NEW YORK, USA
AUGUST 28, 1964

ORIGINAL CONCERT TICKET STUB

"WHITE" FIELD CHAIR RIGHT $5.95 LOCATION

The BEATLES' GAVE THE first of two sold out performances IN FRONT OF 16,000 FANS AT THE FOREST HILLS TENNIS STADIUM, QUEENS, NEW YORK, the SECOND OF WHICH TOok place the following night. these shows IN QUEENS, would be a prerequisite of what the beatles would endure a year later in the same neighborhood  - at shea stadium.

HERE IS A BEAUTIFUL 1½" X 1¾" TICKET STUB FROM THE BEATLES' FIRST SHOW AT FOREST HILLS. THE 1964 FOREST HILLS SHOWS ARE AMONG THE RAREST CONCERT TICKET VENUES TO FIND IN IT'S FULL OR STUB STATE.

THE VERY FIRST VERSION OF CAPITOL RECORDS' "MEET THE BEATLES" ALBUM RELEASED IN VERY EARLY 1964, FEATURES THE CAPITOL RAINBOW LABELS LACKING THE PUBLISHING PRINT "BMI" OR "ASCAP" ON BOTH LABELS. IT IS KNOWN THAT ONLY THE FIRST 200,000 TOTAL COPIES WERE PRESSED IN THIS MANNER AND ALL SUBSEQUENT ISSUES ADDED THE PUBLISHING PRINT. OF THOSE INITIAL PRESS NUMBERS, ONLY A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE WERE PRESSED IN STEREO.

THIS GORGEOUS NEAR MINT MINUS COVER REMAINS WRAPPED IN ITS ORIGINAL IN-STORE 'SEARS ROEBUCK & CO.' DISTRIBUTOR LEVEL BAGGYWRAP.

THE ULTRA-RARE RECORD GRADES A NEAR MINT MINUS, WITH A HIGH SHIMMERING GLOSS TO THE VINYL AND GROOVES. THE LABELS ALSO GRADE A BRIGHT AND COLORFUL NEAR MINT MINUS DISPLAYING VERY BEAUTIFULLY WITH VERY MINIMAL PLAY EVIDENT.

THE SET ALSO INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL AND CORRECT LATE 1963 / EARLY 1964 FIRST ISSUE ROYAL BLUE INNER SLEEVE.

THE VERY FIRST VERSION OF CAPITOL RECORDS' "MEET THE BEATLES" ALBUM RELEASED IN VERY EARLY 1964, FEATURES THE CAPITOL RAINBOW LABELS LACKING THE PUBLISHING PRINT "BMI" OR "ASCAP" ON BOTH LABELS. IT IS KNOWN THAT ONLY THE FIRST 200,000 TOTAL COPIES WERE PRESSED IN THIS MANNER AND ALL SUBSEQUENT ISSUES ADDED THE PUBLISHING PRINT.

THE ULTRA-RARE RECORD GRADES A SHIMMERING NEAR MINT MINUS, WITH A HIGH SPARKLING GLOSS TO THE VINYL AND GROOVES, WITH VERY MINIMAL PLAY EVIDENT. THE RARE EVER-IMPORTANT LABELS GRADE A BRIGHT AND COLORFUL NEAR MINT DISPLAYING VERY BEAUTIFULLY. THE POLISHED CAPITOL RECORDS' SEMI-GLOSS LABELS ARE STUNNING TO BEHOLD.

SECOND PRINTED "PRINT-ON- POSTERBOARD" ISSUED COVER WITH "HER MAJESTY" ADDED ON BOTH COVER AND LABELS

WE PROUDLY OFFER AN ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS FACTORY SEALED EXAMPLE OF THE SECOND INITIAL ISSUED PRESSING OF THE "ABBEY ROAD" LP ALUM (APPLE SO 383) THIS IS THE SECOND BATCH OF COVERS (WRAP-AROUND PRINT-ON POSTERBOARD STYLE) THAT DOES LIST "HER MAJESTY" ON THE BACK COVER TRACK LISTING AND ON THE RECORD LABELS.

THE CONDITION ON THIS FACTORY SEALED COPY IS STUNNING WITH AN EXTREMELY TIGHT SEAL ALL AROUND, ESPECIALLY AT THE MOUTH OPENING. THERE ARE FOUR FACTORY SHRINKWRAP "BREATH HOLES" EVIDENT (2 ON THE FRONT COVER AND 2 ON THE BACK).  THE COLORS AND GRAPHICS ARE BRILLIANTLY CRISP AND BOLD. THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP. THE SPINE IS SOLID THROUGHOUT AS IS THE PRINT. SIMPLY STATED, THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE WINNER.

THIRD AND FINAL PRINTED ISSUED COVER WITH
PAPER SLICKS ADHERED TO THE BACK OF STANDARD CONSTRUCTED FLATS. BACK COVER IS WITHOUT "HER MAJESTY".

HERE IS A MOST OUTSTANDING AND IMMACULATE FACTORY SEALED EXAMPLE OF AN "ABBEY ROAD" LP ALBUM. THIS EXAMPLE IS THE THIRD AND FINAL OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUED COVERS THAT HAS THE PAPER SLICKS ADHERED ONTO THE BACK OF THE STANDARD CONSTRUCTED FLATS (AS OPPOSED TO THE FIRST TWO ISSUES THAT HAVE THE PRINT-ON-BOARD COVERS).

THIS IMPECCABLE AND IMMACULATE COVER HAS AN EXTREMELY TIGHT SEAL CORNER TO CORNER, WITH FOUR FACTORY SHRINK "BREATH HOLES" EVIDENT (2 ON FRONT, 2 ON BACK). THERE ARE NO RIPS, TEARS AND ALL FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP. AS  DEPICTED IN OUR IMAGES, THE COLORS REMAIN VIBRANT, CRISP AND BOLD ON BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK, WITH A PERFECT, LEGIBLE SPINE. A TRUE WINNER INDEED - AND TRULY A WORLD-CLASS EXAMPLE.

INCLUDES RARE WEST COAST VERY FIRST PRESSING RECORD WITH FIRST-RUN LABELS WITHOUT THE "X" IN THE "(ST-1-2576)" MATRIX NUMBERS AND THE "LENNON - McCARTNEY" CREDITS.

THESE STICKERS WERE APPLIED ON A ON A LIMITED NUMBER OF COPIES OF THE ALBUM. THE STICKER STATES IN BLACK PRINT "INCLUDES THE BEATLES' FABULOUS YELLOW SUBMARINE & ELEANOR RIGBY! ST-2576". CAPITOL ONLY PRINTED THESE STICKERS WITH THE STEREO PREFIX (ST-2576), BUT WERE ALSO ADHERED TO MONO COVERS, WHICH ARE FOUND IN MORE NUMBERS. THIS PARTICULAR LP BEING THE STEREO PRESSING, ARE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND WITH THE STICKER.

A MOST IMMACULATE EAST COAST PRESSING OF THE FIRST OF ONLY TWO CAPITOL RECORDS BEATLES EXTENDED PLAYS.

THIS BRILLIANT WORLD CLASS NEAR MINT "AS NEW" COVER IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING, BOLD AND VIBRANT FROM CORNER TO CORNER. THE GLOSSY, COLORFUL TEXTURE OF THE CARDBOARD COVER APPEARS BRAND NEW. IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY STORED OVER THE LAST 50+ YEARS WITH THE RECORD STORED SEPARATELY OUT OF THE COVER.

THE RECORD, PRESSED AT THE SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA FACTORY IS A GORGEOUS AND SHIMMERING MINT MINUS "UNPLAYED" GEM  THE CAPITOL RECORDS EAST COAST "TURQUOISE" BLUE LABELS ARE EQUALLY FLAWLESS AND BRIGHT.

THIS WAS THE SECOND OF ONLY TWO CAPITOL EP'S EVER PRODUCED, WHICH Included four songs from the CHRISTMAS 1964 RELEASE OF THE "Beatles' 65" LP ALBUM: "Honey Don't", "I'm a Loser", "Mr. Moonlight", and "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby".

THIS AMAZING WORLD CLASS NEAR MINT "AS NEW" COVER IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING, CRISP AND VIBRANT FROM CORNER TO CORNER. THE WEST COAST, LOS ANGELES PRESSING RECORD IS AN IMMACULATE AND GLIMMERING MINT MINUS UNPLAYED "AS NEW" JEWEL.

THE PROMO SINGLE WAS ONLY PRESSED BY CAPITOL'S  LOS ANGELES FACTORY, AND EVIDENT BY THE MACHINE STAMPED ASTERISK IN THE RUN-OUT GROOVE.

THIS EXAMPLE IS A STUNNING NEAR MINT SHIMMERING BEAUTY.

ACCOMPANIED BY A LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM PERRY COX, PROMINENT BEATLES U.S. RECORDS EXPERT AND AUTHOR OF "THE BEATLES RECORD PRICE GUIDE" SERIES OF BOOKS.

HERE IS THE OBSCURE AND MUCH SOUGHT AFTER CORRECTED LABEL COPY TITLE FOR THE FLIP-SIDE OF THE "ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE" RELEASE, WITH THE COMMA ADDED TO THE B-SIDE "BABY, YOU'RE A RICH MAN".  THIS CHANGE WAS DONE AT THE END OF THE FIRST RUN OF LABELS.

CONDITION: M- (UNPLAYED)
ITEM#: S820
PRICE: $1,250

A WIG OF "LIFELIKE HAIR", THIS PIECE OF ORIGINAL BEATLES MEMORABILIA IS PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS AND ONE OF THE MORE DISPLAYABLE OF 1964 BEATLEMANIA IN AMERICA. ED SULLIVAN WORE ONE !

THIS GORGEOUS EXAMPLE IS STILL SEALED IN IT'S ORIGINAL PLASTIC BAG, COMPLETE WITH THE LARGE HEADER CARD OF DIE-CUT BEATLES HEADS STILL STAPLED TO THE TOP. THIS ONE IS BEAUTIFUL WITH NO RIPS, TEARS OR HOLES TO THE BAG OR HEADER CARD. THE ENTIRE PACKAGED WIG INCLUDING THE HEADER CARD MEASURES 15 1/2" X 11"

PARAMOUNT THEATRE, SEPTEMBER 20, 1964
TIMES SQUARE, NEW YORK CITY

ATTENDED BY 3,682 PEOPLE, THIS SPECIAL CHARITY CONCERT WAS GIVEN FOR FREE BY THE BEATLES AND ALL PROCEEDS WENT TO THE CAUSES.

THIS SHOW ROUNDED OFF THE GROUP'S EXHAUSTING 1964 SUMMER NORTH AMERICAN TOUR, AND was thE only U.S. benefit show of their THREE tours. these PROGRAMS are among the rarest IN EXISTENCE.