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THE DAY FOLLOWING THEIR TRIUMPHANT APPEARANCE ON "THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW", THE BEATLES HELD A SERIES OF PRESS CONFERENCES AT NEW YORK'S PRESTIGIOUS PLAZA HOTEL ON FEBRUARY 10, 1964. THE BEATLES WERE ALREADY STAYING THERE, SO THE GROUP MADE THEIR WAY DOWN TO THE TERRACE  ROOM AT 11AM, WHERE REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS RECEIVED A PACKET OF SPECIALLY PRODUCED PROMOTIONAL ITEMS THAT INTRODUCED THE BEATLES TO THE PRESS CORPS OF AMERICA, INCLUDING TWO GLOSSY 8" X 10" PHOTOS, THE NATIONAL RECORD NEWS TABLOID, BIOGRAPHIES, AND 'NEWS BRIEF' SHEETS. LASTLY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, CAPITOL RECORDS DISTRIBUTED SPECIALLY STICKERED COPIES OF "MEET THE BEATLES!" LP ALBUM COVERS. CAPITOL DID NOT INCLUDE THE RECORDS IN THE COVERS, JUST THE PRESS KITS.

(THE PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE PLAZA'S TERRACE ROOM CAN BE SEEN IN THE PHOTOGRAPH ABOVE, WHERE MEMBERS OF THE PRESS CLUTCH THESE LEGENDARY PROMOTIONAL 'STICKERED'  LP ALBUM COVERS ).

THE BEATLES WERE ONCE AGAIN SUBJECTED TO A LARGE CONTINGENT OF PHOTOGRAPHERS ARMED WITH A SEEMINGLY ENDLESS SUPPLY OF FLASHBULBS. AT 1PM THEY MOVED TO THE HOTEL'S BAROQUE ROOM FOR ANOTHER PRESS CONFERENCE WITH MAGAZINE WRITERS. THE BOYS LATER MET WITH DISC JOCKEYS AND RADIO AND TELEVISION REPORTERS. CAPITOL PRESIDENT ALAN LIVINGSTON WAS IN ATTENDANCE, AND PRESENTED THE BEATLES WITH GOLD RECORD AWARDS FOR MEET THE BEATLES AND I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND.

THE ALBUM COVERS HAVE A 1½" X 6 3/8" YELLOW-GREEN STICKER AFFIXED TO THE COVER, WHICH STATES "PRESS INFORMATION (INSIDE JACKET) THIS IS AMERICA'S BEST-SELLING ALBUM!". AGAIN, THE RECORDS WERE NOT INCLUDED. ONLY FOUR OTHER SURVIVING, VERIFIED COPIES OF THE STICKERED ALBUM COVERS HAVE SURFACED TO DATE, AND NOW THIS BRILLIANT EXAMPLE BEING THE FIFTH, WHICH REMAINS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION.

TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME EVER THAT THE MEGA-RARE 12" x 9" CAPITOL RECORDS "PLEASE RUSH" NEWS ENVELOPE THAT HELD THE PRESS JUNKET HAS EVER SURFACED. THIS EXAMPLE IS IN VG CONDITION, SHOWING SOME JAGGED EDGES AND STAINS.

ADDITIONALLY,  THE TWO NEAR MINT MINUS 8" X 10" PROMOTIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WERE INCLUDED, ARE STILL ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR TWO ULTRA-RARE 7" X 8" PHOTO 'DETAIL' SHEETS THAT DESCRIBE EACH SHOT. THESE WERE ONCE GLUED TO THE BACK OF EACH PHOTO RESPECTFULLY, BUT HAVE FALLEN OFF DUE TO THE AGING OF THE OLD GLUE. REMNANTS OF SMALL GLUE SPOTS STILL REMAIN ON THE BACK OF EACH PHOTO AND AT THE TOP OF EACH PHOTO 'DETAIL' SHEET. THE CONDITION OF THE TWO PHOTO 'DETAIL' SHEETS ARE VG+++.

THE FIVE 8½" X 11" GRAY 'BIOGRAPHY' PACKETS WERE PREPARED IN JANUARY 1964, AND IN AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE, CAPITOL PRODUCED NOT ONLY ONE FOR THE BAND, BUT ALSO ONE FOR EACH OF THE FOUR MEMBERS OF THE GROUP. EACH OF THE FIVE BIOGRAPHY PACKETS ARE STAPLED, WITH THE GROUP BIOGRAPHY HAVING FIVE PAGES, AND EACH MEMBER BIO IS THREE PAGES. ALL OF THESE REMAIN IN BEAUTIFUL NEAR MINT CONDITION.

THE FOUR 8½" X 11" BEIGE COLORED 'NEWS' BRIEFS SHEETS COME FROM THE CAPITOL RECORDS PUBLIC RELATIONSHIPS DEPARTMENT, AND COVERS TOPICS RANGING FROM "WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BEATLELAND", THE BEATLES UPCOMING PERFORMANCES IN WASHINGTON D.C. ON THE 11TH AND CARNEGIE HALL ON THE 12TH, MAGAZINE COVERAGE UPDATES, AND REPORTS OF THE SLEW OF BEATLES MEMORABILIA HITTING THE U.S. MARKET, INCLUDING BEATLES ICE CREAM. THE FINAL PAGE ANNOUNCES THE GOLD RECORD AWARDS THAT THE BEATLES WILL RECEIVE WHILE HERE IN AMERICA. ALL THE PAGES ARE NEAR MINT.

FINALLY, THE FOUR PAGE NEAR MINT SPECIAL BEATLES ISSUE OF THE NATIONAL RECORD NEWS WAS INCLUDED IN THE PRESS JUNKET. THE 14¾" X  11½" TABLOID HAS PICTURES AND STORIES ON THE GROUP, AND CONTAINS TALES OF BEATLEMANIA AND FASHION NEWS REGARDING THE BEATLE HAIRDO, BIOGRAPHIES, INCLUDING THAT OF MANAGER BRIAN EPSTEIN, WHO IS CALLED THE "FIFTH BEATLE". THERE ARE ERRORS ON THE HEAD SHOTS WHERE PAUL IS IDENTIFIED AS JOHN, GEORGE AS PAUL AND JOHN AS GEORGE. ONLY RINGO IS CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED.

FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES IS VERY PROUD TO OFFER THIS HISTORICAL PLAZA HOTEL PRESS CONFERENCE ARCHIVE - ONE THAT IS TRULY COMPLETE, AND IN ITS ENTIRETY.