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THE BEATLES
"A GIFT FROM YOUR HOLIDAY INNKEEPER" 45RPM PROMOTIONAL FLYER / SLEEVE CAPITOL RECORDS ISSUED JULY 1964 ULTRA-RARE
14½" X 8½" UNTRIMMED AND UNFOLDED VERSION |
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DESCRIPTION (ACTUAL IMAGES) CAPITOL RECORDS WAS INVOLVED IN A BEATLES TIE-IN WITH THE POPULAR MOTEL CHAIN HOLIDAY INN, AND PREPARED PROMOTIONAL FLYERS, (CAPPRO.HI.PS1, SPIZER) PROMOTING HOLIDAY INN AND THE BEATLES. APPARENTLY, THE FLYERS WERE FOLDED AT THE CENTER AND DISTRIBUTED TO GUESTS OF THE MOTEL WITH A REGULAR BEATLES 45 SINGLE PLACED INSIDE. THE FLYERS WERE STAPLED TO HOLD THE RECORD IN PLACE. THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 125 EXAMPLES OF THE 7" X 7" TRIMMED AND FOLDED RARE FLYER/SLEEVE KNOWN TO EXIST. OF THOSE 125, ONLY A HANDFUL HAVE BEEN FOUND IN ITS ORIGINAL 14½" X 8½" FACTORY RELEASED UNTRIMMED, UNFOLDED STATE. THIS EXAMPLE IS ONE OF THEM - STORED AWAY FOR THE LAST 50+ YEARS. ONE CAN SEE THE PRINTER'S TINY GUIDE LINES AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES WHERE THE TRIMMING SHOULD OCCUR, AND THE SMALL GUIDE LINE ON THE LEFT EDGE CENTER WHERE THE HORIZONTAL FOLD SHOULD BE EXECUTED. THIS EXAMPLE IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND REMAINS IN NEAR MINT 'FACTORY FRESH', UNCIRCULATED CONDITION. THE PIECE PRESENTS ITSELF AS IT JUST rolled off the LOS ANGELES FACTORY production line YESTERDAY. PREPARED BY CAPITOL IN JULY 1964 SHORTLY AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE "SOMETHING NEW" ALBUM, THIS UNIQUE PROMOTIONAL ITEM BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF THE BEATLES EARLY MUSIC AND SUMMER CAR TRIPS SPENT AT VARIOUS HOLIDAY INNS ACROSS AMERICA. IT IS INDEED A RARE PIECE, AND IS HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE. THESE ARE SURFACING LESS AND LESS THESE DAYS. ACCOMPANIED BY A LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM PERRY COX, BEATLES U.S. RECORDS EXPERT AND AUTHOR OF "THE BEATLES RECORD PRICE GUIDE" SERIES OF BOOKS.
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