AS "INTRODUCING THE BEATLES" HAD RECENTLY BEEN REISSUED IN A DIFFERENT COVER AS "SONGS, PICTURES AND STORIES", ONE MIGHT THINK THAT VEE-JAY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CREATE ANOTHER "NEW" ALBUM FROM THIS DISC. HOWEVER, ONE SHOULD NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE LABEL'S ABILITY TO CREATE NEW PRODUCT FROM OLD. VEE-JAY REALIZED THAT THE COMPANY COULD LEGALLY ISSUE ITS EXISTING BEATLES RECORDS IN ANY COVER, JACKET OR PACKAGE WHICH IT DEEMED APPROPRIATE, THEN WHY NOT PACKAGE AN EXISTING BEATLES RECORD WITH A FOUR SEASONS DISC. THIS WOULD ALLOW THE "INTERNATIONAL BATTLEGROUND" ALBUM TO BE RELEASED DESPITE THE OBJECTIONS OF GEORGE MARTIN AND EMI. THE MECHANICS WERE SIMPLE - PLACE AN "INTRODUCING THE BEATLES" DISC AND A "GOLDEN HITS OF THE FOUR SEASONS" DISC INTO A DOUBLE GATEFOLD COVER. NOT ONLY WOULD THIS GIVE VEE-JAY A "NEW" BEATLES ALBUM, BUT WOULD ALSO ENABLE VEE-JAY TO UTILIZE ITS OVERSTOCK OF BOTH "INTRODUCING THE BEATLES" DISC AND "GOLDEN HITS OF THE FOUR SEASONS" DISCS. THE RESULTING ALBUM TITLED "THE BEATLES VS. THE FOUR SEASONS" WAS DESIGNATED 'DX-30', WITH THE 'DX' PREFIX HIGHLIGHTING THE DELUXE PACKAGING. ALTHOUGH THE ALBUM COVER PROMISED A FREE BONUS 8" X 15" FULL-COLOR BEATLES PICTURE SUITABLE FOR FRAMING, THE ACTUAL POSTER INCLUDED WITH THE ALBUM WAS EVEN LARGER, MEASURING 11½" X 23".

FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES PROUDLY OFFERS THIS MOST OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF A MONAURAL PRESSING OF "THE BEATLES VS. THE FOUR SEASONS " WHICH IS AMONG THE VERY BEST OPENED EXAMPLES WE HAVE EVER OFFERED. THIS EXAMPLE JUST ABOUT EQUALS ANY SEALED COPIES THAT WE HAVE SEEN, WITH AN INCREDIBLY STUNNING NEAR MINT COVER AND IS ONE OF THE BEST OPENED EXAMPLES OF THIS ALBUM OUT THERE. IT IS TRULY MAGNIFICENT WITH VIBRANT COLORS AND SOLID, FIRM SEAMS. THE CORNER TIPS ARE SHARP. THE SPINE IS THE BEST WE'VE SEEN, WITH NO FLAKING OR SPLITS, AND THE PRINT IS COMPLETELY LEGIBLE AND COMPLETE THROUGHOUT. ONLY MINOR FLAW EVIDENT IS A FACTORY INDUCED VERY SMALL ⅓" SPLIT CREASE ON THE INSIDE GATEFOLD CENTER. VEE-JAY'S CONSTRUCTION UTILIZED FOR THIS DOUBLE LP GATEFOLD COVER WAS NOT OF STURDY MATERIAL. OPENED COPIES OF THIS TITLE USUALLY SURFACE WITH MUCH WEAR AND FLAKING AT THE SEAMS. NOT THIS EXAMPLE - AGAIN, MAKING IT ONE OF THE BEST IN EXISTENCE.

BOTH RECORDS ARE ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR AND GRADE A SPECTACULAR NEAR MINT AND THE VINYL ON BOTH DISPLAY AN "AS NEW" APPEARANCE. THE DISCS ARE A MATCHING PAIR OF THOSE PRESSED BY ALLENTOWN RECORD COMPANY (ARC) FOR VEE-JAY RECORDS. THE FOUR SEASONS DISC HAVE THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS AND LABELS NORMALLY FOUND WITH THE ARC-ASSEMBLED ALBUMS OF THE BEATLES. THESE TWO DISCS IN THIS PACKAGE MATCH PERFECTLY. THESE DISCS ALSO HAVE THE "MR" LOGO, INDICATING THAT THEY WERE PREPARED FROM METAL PARTS PREVIOUSLY USED BY MONARCH RECORDS. THE GLOSSY AND SHIMMERING COLORBAND AND BRACKETS LOGO VEE-JAY LABELS ARE NEAR MINT WITH A TOUCH OF WEAR.

THE TWO ORIGINAL MID 1964 VEE-JAY "THE REALLY GREAT RECORDED TALENT / THE GREATEST GOSPEL SOUND" RED INNER DUST SLEEVES ARE ALSO INCLUDED. BOTH ARE IN NEAR MINT CONDITION.

THE ORIGINAL FOLDED 11½" X 23" POSTER IS INCLUDED, AND REMAINS IN AMAZING NEAR MINT "AS NEW" CONDITION, WITH FOUR SHARP CORNERS, AND APPEARS IT'S BEEN INSIDE THE COVER SINCE ITS INSERTION.