ULTRA-RARE COVER VARIATION:
LOW-GLOSS 'POWDER COAT' FLAT FINISH BACK COVER SLICK
WITH "PLEASE PLEASE ME" WITHOUT COMMA.
ACCOMPANIED BY  COLORBAND AND BRACKETS LOGO LABELS

CONDITION: VG+++ (NM-) / NM-
ITEM#: LP523
PRICE: $1,975

FOLLOWING THE INITIAL RELEASE OF VERSION ONE OF THE "INTRODUCING THE BEATLES" LP ALBUM ON JANUARY 10, 1964, VEE-JAY RESUMED TAKING ORDERS FOR THE ALBUM IN THE SECOND WEEK OF FEBRUARY 1964. DUE TO THE LEGAL COMPLICATIONS WITH CAPITOL RECORDS, AND ONCE THE LEGALITIES HAD CLEARED, THE COMPANY HAD DECIDED TO REISSUE THE ALBUM WITH "PLEASE PLEASE ME" AND "ASK ME WHY" REPLACING "LOVE ME DO " AND "P.S. I LOVE YOU". THIS HELPED CREATE THE VERSION TWO RELEASE.

PRESENTED AND OFFERED HERE IS THE ULTRA RARE MONO VERSION TWO "INTRODUCING THE BEATLES" ALBUM COVER THAT FEATURES AN EXTREMELY RARE COVER VARIATION OF WHICH THE "TITLES ON COVER" BACK SLICK DOES NOT HAVE THE COMMON GLOSS FINISH, BUT RATHER A FLAT FINISH, KNOWN AS A 'POWDER COAT'. MOST NOTABLY IS THAT THE ¼" FLAPS AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE INSIDE COVER ARE NOT PRESENT. ADDITIONALLY, THE SONG LISTING ON THE BACK COVER HAS "PLEASE PLEASE ME" PRINTED WITHOUT THE COMMA FOLLOWING THE FIRST "PLEASE". THIS RARE FACTOR IS ONLY EVIDENT ON THESE RARE VERSION TWO "POWDER COAT" FLAT FINISH ASSEMBLED COVERS WITHOUT THE INSIDE FLAP.

ONLY SEVERAL OF THESE RARE COVERS HAVE SURFACED TO DATE, AND THE ACCOMPANYING MONO RECORD IS THE COLORBAND AND BRACKETS LABEL VARIATION, (VJ1062(2).MR2D(ii), SPIZER). IT HAS LEFT JUSTIFIED SONG TITLES AND INDENTED CREDITS WITH "INTRODUCING the BEATLES" (THE WORD "THE" IN LOWER CASE), "MICROGROOVE" AND "LONG PLAYING" SEPARATED INTO TWO WORDS. THE TRAIL-OFF AREAS TO THIS RECORD HAVE HAND ETCHED MATRIX NUMBERS AND THE INITIALS "URJ" AND "ARC" ALONG WITH THE MACHINE STAMPED AUDIO MATRIX LOGO. IT ALSO HAS THE HAND ETCHED DATE 2-11-64. THIS RECORD WAS PRESSED BY ARC.

THE COVER IS A BRIGHT AND SOLID VG+++ (BORDERS NEAR MINT MINUS) WITH BEAUTIFUL CRISP AND BOLD GRAPHICS. NO RINGWEAR, NO SPLITS. THE CORNERS ARE NICE AND SHARP. THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY CENTERED AND COMPLETELY LEGIBLE. THE RARER FLAT FINISH "POWDER COAT" BACK COVER HAS SOME LIGHT SPORADICALLY PLACED LIGHT AGING SPOTS. THE RECORD IS A SHIMMERING NEAR MINT MINUS AND DISPLAYS VERY MINIMAL PLAY WITH A DEEP SHINE AND LUSTER TO THE GROOVES. THE LABELS ARE A GLEAMING NEAR MINT.

THE RECORD ALSO HAS THE ORIGINAL VEE-JAY RECORDS OFF-WHITE GENERIC DIE-CUT INNER DUST SLEEVE INCLUDED.