RARER WEST COAST (LOS ANGELES) PRESSING

CONDITION: COVER NM / RECORDS NM "AS NEW"
ITEM#: LP502
PRICE: ------

HERE IS A GLORIOUS 1964 FIRST PRESSING STEREO ORIGINAL "THE BEATLES' STORY" DOUBLE ALBUM WITH GATEFOLD COVER. IN ALL CASES, THE MONO COPIES ARE SCARCER, BUT FOR THIS TITLE ON THE ORIGINAL LABEL, IT'S THE STEREO ISSUES THAT GET THE NOD. OF COURSE, IT MAKES SENSE BACK IN 1964..... WHY SPEND THE EXTRA MONEY ON A STEREO COPY OF AN ALBUM THAT CONSISTS MAINLY OF INTERVIEWS (BUT IT DOES HAVE BEATLES MUSIC AND BACKGROUND MUSIC AS WELL).  DUE TO THIS FACTOR, FAR LESS NUMBERS OF STEREO COPIES WERE MANUFACTURED OR SOLD.

THE COVER IS BEAUTIFUL ALL THE WAY AROUND FROM CORNER TO CORNER. THE DISCS ARE SIMPLY STUNNING AND ARE "AS NEW" NEAR MINT ON ALL FOUR SIDES. THIS IS TRULY A SUPER HIGH-GRADE EXAMPLE OF THIS SCARCER ORIGINAL BEATLES ALBUM SET. TO RAISE THE BAR, THIS IS THE SCARCER WEST COAST LOS ANGELES PRESSING. THIS VERSION HAS RECORD ONE AS "SIDE 1" & "SIDE 4", AND RECORD TWO AS "SIDE 2" & SIDE 3". ALL THE SEAMS ON THE COVER ARE NEAR MINT.

THE AMAZING HIGH-GLOSS STYLE WEST COAST LABELS ARE SHIMMERING GEMS, AND WHAT ALSO STANDS OUT OF THIS TITLE IS THE "CREAM" TONE COLORED WRAP-AROUND SLICK ON THE COVER, THAT IS EVIDENT ONLY ON THESE WEST COAST ISSUES. THE IMPORTANT "STEREO NEEDLE DAMAGE" DISCLAIMER PRINT IS EVIDENT ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE RIGHT SIDE INNER GATEFOLD (SEE IMAGE BELOW), SIGNIFYING THIS COVER AS A TRUE FIRST PRESSING.

INCLUDED ARE THE TWO ORIGINAL LATE 1964 / EARLY 1965 LOS ANGELES "CAPITOL RECORDS INC." GOLD AND SILVER" PRINT INNER DUST SLEEVES (LA12TC-A), BOTH IN NEAR MINT CONDITION.

THIS SET IS 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.