ULTRA-RARE COLORBAND & BRACKETS LOGO LABEL VARIATION
WITH ALL UPPER CASE FONTS AND "MICROGROOVE" & "LONGPLAYING" ADDED

CONDITION: NM- / NM
ITEM#: LP564
PRICE: ------

VEE-JAY PREPARED NEW COVERS FOR THE REVAMPED VERSION TWO ALBUM, RELEASED ONE MONTH AFTER VERSION ONE ON FEBRUARY 10, 1964, WHICH IS SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS THE "PLEASE, PLEASE ME" OR THE "ASK ME WHY"  VERSION. THE FRONT COVER OF THE ALBUM IS THE SAME AS THE VERSION ONE COVER BUT WITHOUT "PRINTED IN U.S.A." IN THE LOWER LEFT OF THE FRONT COVER. THE BACK COVER IS IDENTICAL TO THE TITLES ON BACK VARIATION OF VERSION ONE, EXCEPT FOR THE SUBSTITUTION OF THE TITLES OF THE TWO SONGS THAT REPLACED "LOVE ME DO" AND "P.S. I LOVE YOU".

The number of label and typesetting variations for the mono Version Two records OF VEE-JAY'S "INTRODUCING THE BEATLES" boggles the mind. THIS EXTREMELY RARE LABEL VARIATION BEING OFFERED HERE has the black label with an outer rim colorband featuring THE "VJ" BRACKETS logo. The typesetting variation of this record (VJ 1062(2).MR2C, SPIZER) has left justified song titles and songwriters' credits in small type with medium type "INTRODUCING THE BEATLES" and "SIDE I" and "SIDE II" and small type "LONGPLAYING" and "MICROGROOVE" on the label.
 

THE DIFFERENTIAL FACTOR AND WHAT MAKES THIS VARIATION UNIQUE IS THAT ALL FONTS ARE IN UPPER CASE LETTERS, ESPECIALLY NOTICEABLE IN THE ALBUM'S TITLE. THE WORD "THE" IS ALL CAPITALIZED, AS COMPARED TO ALL OTHER VERSIONS WHICH HAVE THE WORD "the" IN LOWER CASE. also the addition of the word "LONGPLAYING" has been printed as one word.

furthermore, This variation has a humorous typo in the songwriters' credit for the song track "Chains", which was written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. The label credits the tune to "Coffin-King. "The record's trail off areas include the following hand etched markings: "URJ," "AI," the date 2-6-64 and the matrix number followed by "-1." The machine stamped Audio Matrix logo also appears. This thick vinyl pressing was manufactured by Southern Plastics.

THE DISC IS A MAGNIFICENT AND SHIMMERING NEAR MINT THROUGHOUT ON BOTH THE VINYL AND RARE LABELS. THE HIGH-GLOSS AND DEEP GLIMMERING GROOVES IS EVIDENCE OF A RECORD THAT HAD PERHAPS ONLY ONE PLAY. IT'S AN ABSOLUTE GEM. ALSO INCLUDED IS THE ACCOMPANYING ORIGINAL VEE-JAY "AD BACK" INNER DUST SLEEVE IN BEAUTIFUL NEAR MINT MINUS CONDITION.
 

THIS TYPE SETTING IS IDENTICAL TO THE RAREST OF ALL "INTRODUCING THE BEATLES" LABEL VARIATIONS AS SEEN BELOW,
THE ALL BLACK LABEL ISSUE. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE BLACK LABEL HAS THE SMALL "VEE-JAY RECORDS" BRACKETS LOGO.
 

THE NEAR MINT MINUS VERSION TWO ALBUM COVER RETAINS A FRESH "NEWNESS" TO IT. THE FRONT COVER IMAGES ARE GORGEOUS, BOLD AND CRISP WITH OUTSTANDING SHARP GRAPHICS. THE BACK COVER'S WHITE BACKGROUND IS "SNOW" WHITE WITH NO YELLOWING ANYWHERE. THERE IS NO RINGWEAR OR RECORD IMPRESSION ON THE COVER AT ALL. THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY SHARP AND LEGIBLE. NO SEAM SPLITS. SOME VERY SMALL AREAS OF WEAR AT THE BOTTOM SEAM, BUT 95% HAS NONE. THE TOP SEAM IS NEAR MINT ACROSS. THE BACK COLUMNS AND PRINT IS ALL THERE AND BEAUTIFUL. THE ORIGINAL STORE PRICE "C" CODE LIGHT PURPLE STAMP REMAINS  AT THE UPPER RIGHT BACK COVER.THERE IS NO RINGWEAR OR RECORD IMPRESSION ON THE COVER AT ALL. THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY SHARP AND LEGIBLE. ALL FOUR CORNERS HAVE VERY MINIMAL WEAR.