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"MEET THE BEATLES!"
CAPITOL ST-2047 STEREO
RELEASED: 1/20/64

SECOND LABEL VARIATION WITH 1 "BMI" PUBLISHING CREDIT
EAST COAST PRESSING #3 COVER

AN IMMACULATE "AS NEW" SPARKLING EXAMPLE

CONDITION: NM / M- (UNPLAYED)
ITEM#: LP505
PRICE: ------

DESCRIPTION
(ACTUAL SCANS)

"MEET THE BEATLES!", CAPITOL (S)T-2047, BEING THE FIRST CAPITOL LP RELEASE, IT IS IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON THIS HISTORICAL AND MOST RECOGNIZED ALBUM AND LIST THE FOUR BASIC LABEL VARIATIONS THAT CAN BE DISTINGUISHED BY THE PERFORMING RIGHTS ORGANIZATION (BMI OR ASCAP) THAT APPEARS IN PARENTHESES AFTER EACH SONG TITLE. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE VARYING PERFORMING RIGHTS INFORMATION IS THAT IT WILL ENABLE YOU TO IDENTIFY THE ORDER IN WHICH THE LABELS WERE PRINTED.

THIS GENERALLY COINCIDES WITH THE ORDER IN WHICH THE RECORDS WERE MANUFACTURED, AND HELP THE "COMPLETE-IST" FILL IN THEIR COLLECTION. SOPHISTICATED DEALERS AND COLLECTORS ARE BEGINNING TO REALIZE THAT STEREO PRESSINGS WITH THE FIRST THREE LABEL VARIATIONS ARE MUCH LESS COMMON THAN THE MUCH PREFERRED AND TOUTED MONO COPIES OF "MEET THE BEATLES!" ARE CLEARLY MORE SCARCE. THE FIRST LABEL VARIATION LABELS ARE PRINTED WITHOUT "BMI" OR "ASCAP". ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF THESE FIRST-RUN LABELS WERE PRINTED, AND THE ONLY CONFIRMED FIRST LABEL PRESSINGS WERE PRINTED BY KEYSTONE ON THE EAST COAST.

OFFERED HERE IS THE EAST COAST PRESSING OF THE SECOND LABEL PREPARED FOR "MEET THE BEATLES!", WHICH LISTS "ASCAP" AS THE PERFORMING RIGHTS ORGANIZATION FOR ALL SONGS ON THE SECOND SIDE AND ALL SONGS ON SIDE ONE EXCEPT THE FIRST TRACK "I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND", WHICH IS THE SOLE TRACK CREDITED TO "BMI".

THIS WORLD CLASS EAST COAST SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA PRESSING IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE WITH THE RECORD GRADING A STELLAR "AS NEW" MINT MINUS "UNPLAYED" JEWEL. THE 1 "BMI" CREDIT EAST COAST IMPECCABLE "GLOSSY" LABELS ARE EQUALLY SENSATIONAL AND RADIATE BRILLIANTLY.

THE VERY FIRST ISSUE SCRANTON #3 COVER, HAS "BEATLES!" IN DARK BROWN PRINT LETTERING, AND DOES NOT HAVE THE "PRODUCED BY GEORGE MARTIN" CREDIT PRINT ON THE BACK COVER (CAP2047.SC1A, SPIZER). THE "STEREO NEEDLE DAMAGE" INFO AT BOTTOM OF BACK COVER IS ALSO EVIDENT. THE IMMACULATE NEAR MINT COVER APPEARS "AS NEW", AS THOUGH THE SHRINKWRAP WAS REMOVED THEN THE LP WAS STORED AWAY. THE SPINE IS PERFECT FROM END TO END.

ALSO INCLUDES THE NEAR MINT MINUS CORRECT AND MATCHING ORIGINAL EAST COAST (12-TC-1) FIRST ISSUE CAPITOL RECORDS LATE 1963 ROYAL BLUE INNER DUST SLEEVE.