"THE BEATLES' SECOND ALBUM" JUKEBOX COMPACT 33
COMPACT 33 DISC
CAPITOL, SXA 2080
EAST COAST PRESSING
ISSUED APRIL 1964

ACCOMPANIED BY ORIGINAL "CAPITOL COMPACT 33" GENERIC BLACK PRINTED SLEEVE
 
CONDITION: NM
ITEM#: S850
PRICE: $1,750

DURING THE SIXTIES, CAPITOL ISSUED STEREO COMPACT 33 DISCS OF SOME OF THE LABEL'S MOST POPULAR ALBUMS FOR JUKEBOX PLAY. THESE 7" RECORDS HAD A SMALL CENTER HOLE AND PLAYED AT 331/3 RPM. THESE MINI-ALBUMS WERE NORMALLY PROGRAMMED WITH THREE SONGS FROM THE ALBUM ON EACH SIDE OF THE DISC. THE SONGS FEATURED ON THE COMPACT 33 RECORDS WERE OFTEN UNAVAILABLE IN THE 45 SINGLES FORMAT. THE COMPACT 33 DISCS WERE PRODUCED WITH THE CAPITOL GLOSSY LABEL BLACK BACKDROPS, WITH THE OUTER RIM COLOR BAND AND THE CAPITOL LOGO AT THE BOTTOM.

A LIMITED NUMBER OF THE DISCS WERE HOUSED IN A CARDBOARD JACKET, WHICH HAD A MINIATURE REPRODUCTION OF THE ALBUM COVER ON THE FRONT AND A BLANK WHITE BACK SIDE, AND INCLUDED FIVE CONNECTED SEEBURG 3" X 1" JUKEBOX BLUE TITLE PLASTIC STRIPS AND THREE 17/8" X 17/8" MINI LP COVER PAPER INSERTS, BOTH MANUFACTURED BY THE STAR TITLE STRIP COMPANY.

CAPITOL PRODUCED THREE BEATLES COMPACT 33'S STARTING WITH "MEET THE BEATLES", THEN "THE BEATLES' SECOND ALBUM" AND "SOMETHING NEW" BEING THE FINAL TWO. ALL THREE WERE MANUFACTURED AND PRESSED BY CAPITOL'S SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA FACTORY.

BEING OFFERED HERE IS A MOST STELLAR AND GORGEOUS EXAMPLE OF THE SECOND BEATLES COMPACT 33 DISC, "THE BEATLES' SECOND ALBUM", RELEASED IN APRIL 1964 AT THE TIME OF THE RELEASE OF THE LP ALBUM.

AS MENTIONED ABOVE, A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF THESE DISCS WERE DISTRIBUTED WITH THE REPRODUCTION ALBUM COVER CARDBOARD JACKETS, WHICH IS NOT INCLUDED WITH THE COMPACT 33 DISC BEING OFFERED HERE. ACCOMPANYING THE DISC IS ITS ORIGINAL "CAPITOL COMPACT 33'" GLOSSY BLACK GENERIC PRINTED SLEEVE IN SOLID NEAR MINT MINUS CONDITION.

THE CONDITION OF THE DISC IS AN AMAZING AND STUNNING NEAR MINT AND TRULY APPEARS UNPLAYED.  THE LABELS ARE A BEAUTIFUL NEAR MINT AS WELL..