ACCOMPANYING RECORD IS RARER ORIGINAL ALBUM FIRST TITLE "THE BEATLES AGAIN"
WITH INITIAL RECORD NUMBER PREFIX "SO-385".
SIDE 1 OPENING TRACK "CAN'T BUY ME LOVE" ABOVE THE SPINDLE HOLE

CONDITION: M- "AS NEW" / M- (UNPLAYED) "AS NEW"
ITEM#: LP560
PRICE: $1,575

FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES PROUDLY OFFERS THIS PHENOMENAL EXAMPLE OF THE 1970 "HEY JUDE" ALBUM, WHICH IS THE BELL SOUND JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS PRESSING (INDICATED BY THE MACHINE STAMPED "0" IN THE RUN-OUT WAX) OF THE RARER ORIGINAL FIRST TITLE OF THE ALBUM "THE BEATLES AGAIN" WITH THE ORIGINAL RECORD NUMBER "SO-385" PRINTED ON THE LABELS. THIS WAS TO BE THE ORIGINAL TITLE, UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE CHANGE TO "HEY JUDE". SEVERAL EARLY DISCS WERE ALREADY PRESSED WHEN THE CHANGE WAS MADE, SO APPLE WENT AHEAD AND INSERTED THE RECORDS INTO THE NEW "HEY JUDE" COVERS.

THE JACKSONVILLE LABELS (APP 385.SR1J(as), SPIZER) HAVE THE OPENING TRACK "CAN'T BUY ME LOVE" ABOVE THE SPINDLE HOLE ON SIDE ONE, AND THE ALBUM'S TITLE AND GROUP'S NAME CENTERED AT THE TOP OF THE APPLE AND "PRODUCED BY GEORGE MARTIN" AND "RECORDED IN ENGLAND" CENTERED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE APPLE. THIS VARIATION ALSO HAS "MANUFACTURED BY APPLE RECORDS, INC." BETWEEN THE PRODUCTION CREDIT AND RECORDING LOCATION. THE CONDITION OF THE RECORD IS AN IMMACULATE, UNPLAYED MINT MINUS JEWEL, WITH MINT LABELS.

THE "HEY JUDE" (SW-385) COVER REMAINS IN THE ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINKWRAP AND INCLUDES AN UNUSED, UNATTACHED SEPARATE MINT ORIGINAL 1970 LARGE "HEY JUDE" HYPE STICKER ACCOMPANYING IT. THE STICKER RETAINS THE PRINTER'S BACKING ADHESIVE PAPER INTACT. THE ULTRA-RARE 10" X 2" TITLE BANNER STICKER (APP.385.S4, SPIZER) IS THE LARGEST IN SIZE OF THE THREE STICKER VARIATIONS PRODUCED FOR THIS TITLE (THE OTHER TWO ARE 5" X 2"). THE STICKER IS ABSOLUTE PERFECTION - WITH A BRILLIANT WHITE BACKGROUND THAT REMAINS BRIGHT AND THE RED PRINT IS VIBRANT AND CRISP. EACH CORNER OF THE STICKER IS SHARP. AGAIN, THE "HEY JUDE" HYPE STICKER THAT WAS ISSUED WITH SOME ALBUM COVERS WERE ADHERED TO THE FRONT COVER OR SHRINKWRAP. THIS ONE IS UNUSED, UNATTACHED SEPARATE - AND IN MINT CONDITION.

THE COVER IS A STUNNING MINT MINUS "AS NEW" WITH COLORS AND GRAPHICS THAT REMAIN BOLD AND DARK. THERE IS NO RINGWEAR AT ALL. IT IS TRULY BEAUTIFUL FROM CORNER TO CORNER AND RETAINS THE COMPLETE SHRINKWRAP THAT HAS ONLY BEEN OPENED AT THE MOUTH TO REMOVE THE "AS NEW" DISC. THESE COVERS MUST HAVE THE ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINKWRAP ON THEM TO DISPLAY NO COVER WEAR AND THIS EXAMPLE HAS NO COVER WEAR AT ALL. THERE ARE NO RIPS OR TEARS TO THE WRAP, AND THERE ARE FOUR FACTORY SHRINK "BREATH HOLES" EVIDENT ( 2 ON THE FRONT, 2 ON THE BACK). THIS COVER IS THE INITIAL FIRST PRINTED ISSUE WITH THE TONE OF PAUL'S TROUSERS BEING DARK AND MURKY, BLENDING RIGHT INTO THE SURROUNDING IMAGE. THESE FIRST COVERS ALWAYS HAD THE FIRST ISSUE LABEL HAVING THE LP TITLED AS "THE BEATLES AGAIN ". THE SECOND RUN OF COVERS HAD BRIGHTENED UP THE TONE OF PAUL'S TROUSERS AND THE DISCS PACKAGED IN THOSE SECOND COVERS HAVE THE DISC LABELS BEARING THE FINAL TITLE AS "HEY JUDE".

THE ORIGINAL OFF-WHITE COLORED CENTER HOLE DIE-CUT CAPITOL RECORDS INNER DUST SLEEVE (WITH NO SPLITS) IS ALSO INCLUDED.

ACCOMPANIED BY A LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM PERRY COX, BEATLES U.S. RECORDS EXPERT. AUTHOR OF "THE BEATLES RECORD PRICE GUIDE" SERIES OF BOOKS, PURVEYOR OF VINTAGE ROCK AND POP MEMORABILIA AND AUTOGRAPHS.