FACTORY # 5 ON BACK COVER, LOS ANGELES, CA. PRESSING. EXTREMELY TIGHT SEAL CORNER TO CORNER. NO RIPS, NO BREAKS. NO TEARS.
ORANGE/RED INNER SLEEVE (LATE 1964 2ND CAPITOL SLEEVE) BARELY VISIBLE THROUGH MOUTH OPENING. 3 FACTORY SHRINK "BREATH HOLES" EVIDENT (2 ON FRONT COVER, 1 ON BACK COVER).  SPINE IS ABSOLUTE PERFECTION.

"STEREO NEEDLE DAMAGE" PRINT INFO IS ON BOTTOM BACK COVER, SIGNIFYING THIS IS TRUE FIRST ISSUE.

STEREO COPIES OF BEATLES ALBUMS MANUFACTURED PRIOR TO 1967 ARE SIGNIFICANTLY RARER THAN THEIR MONO COUNTERPARTS. IT'S ESTIMATED THAT ONLY TEN PERCENT OF CAPITOL'S BEATLES ALBUMS MANUFACTURED PRIOR TO 1967 WERE STEREO.

THIS IS A MAGNIFICENT STEREO, RARER WEST COAST SEALED EXAMPLE OF CAPITOL'S CHRISTMAS 1965 RELEASE.