MEGA-RARE RARE HYBRID LABELS
CREATING UNDOCUMENTED TWO "BMI" PUBLISHING CREDITS VARIATION

CONDITION: VG+++ / NM-
ITEM#: LP452
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DESCRIPTION
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FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES PROUDLY OFFERS THIS EXTRAORDINARY FIND - A LOS ANGELES MONO PRESSING OF "MEET THE BEATLES!" WITH A TWO "BMI" PUBLISHING CREDITS LABEL VARIATION. THIS UNDOCUMENTED HYBRID VARIATION WAS CREATED BY MIXING A WEST COAST THIRD LABEL VARIATION WITH TWO "BMI" ON SIDE ONE, TOGETHER WITH A SECOND LABEL WEST COAST VARIATION THAT HAS ALL "ASCAP" CREDITS ON SIDE TWO - YET ACTUALLY, DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE FIRST LABEL VARIATION (WITHOUT PUBLISHING CREDITS) OF THIS LP WAS SOLELY PRODUCED ON THE EAST COAST, THE SECOND LABEL (ONE "BMI" CREDIT) PRESSED IN LOS ANGELES, IS THEREFORE THE VERY FIRST PRESSING OF THE ALBUM ON THE WEST COAST.

THE RARER WEST COAST EARLY FEBRUARY 1964 PRESSING #6 COVER, HAS "BEATLES!" IN OLIVE GREEN PRINT LETTERING, AND DOES NOT HAVE THE "PRODUCED BY GEORGE MARTIN" CREDIT PRINT ON THE BACK COVER (CAP2047.SC1A, SPIZER). THE COVER GRADES A VG+++, DISPLAYING VERY NICELY WITH SOME MINOR HANDLING WEAR, AND PROPER AGING. NO RINGWEAR, NO SPLITS.

THE RECORD IS A GLISTENING NEAR MINT MINUS WITH JUST A COUPLE OF SUPERFICIAL MARKS, AND THE HYBRID TWO "BMI" LABELS ARE A GLOSSY NEAR MINT MINUS, REMAINING BOLD AND CRISP. ACCOMPANIED BY THE CAPITOL EARLY TO LATE 1964 BLUE INNER DUST SLEEVE.

IT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED THAT 80% OF CAPITOL'S ALBUMS WERE PRESSED ON THE EAST COAST, THEREFORE MAKING THE WEST COAST PRESSINGS OF THE FIRST THREE LABEL VARIATIONS OF "MEET THE BEATLES!" CLEARLY MORE SCARCE - AND THIS EXAMPLE BEING A RARE, UNDOCUMENTED TWO "BMI" HYBRID COMBINATION LABEL VARIATION, MAKES IT THAT EXTRA SPECIAL.