STEREO COVER WITH "AD BACK" VARIATION

FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES IS PROUD TO OFFER ONE OF THE "HOLY GRAIL" OF BEATLES RECORDS, THE VEE-JAY STEREOPHONIC "AD BACK", CONSIDERED ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL AMERICAN BEATLE LP RECORDS. THIS IS THE FIRST VERSION OF THE FIRST BEATLES ALBUM IN AMERICA.

THIS STUNNING AND BOLD "AD BACK" COVER IS A SPLENDID NEAR MINT MINUS WITH COLORS AND GRAPHICS RADIATING IN VIBRANT DETAIL.

THE ACCOMPANYING NEAR MINT RECORD IS THE STEREO COLORBAND AND OVAL LOGO VARIATION (VJ1062(1).SR1Bi, SPIZER.) WITH THIN PRINT FONTS AND THE WORD "STEREO" APPEARING AT THE 3 O'CLOCK POSITION BELOW THE SIDE NUMBERS.

THE ORIGINAL VEE-JAY "AD BACK" INNER PROTECTIVE SLEEVE IS ALSO INCLUDED.

CONDITION: NM- / NM
ITEM#: LP518
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OF ALL THE BEATLES VEE-JAY ALBUMS AND ANY OTHER U.S. COMMERCIAL ISSUED ALBUM, THIS PARTICULAR VERSION OF "INTRODUCING THE BEATLES" IS THE RAREST VARIATION. IT IS THE EARLY 1964 VERSION ONE STEREOPHONIC PRESSING FEATURING THE "TITLES ON BACK" COVER.

WITH APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN TO TWENTY OF THIS COVER VARIATION HAVING BEEN VERIFIED TO EXIST AT ALL - IT MAKES IT MUCH RARER AND SCARCER THAN BOTH THE VEE-JAY "AD BACK" STEREO ALBUM, AND "THE BEATLES AND FRANK IFIELD" STEREO "PORTRAIT COVER" ALBUM.

THE COVER HAS THE "SEARS & ROEBUCK" LOOSE STYLE BAGGY- WRAPPING STILL RETAINED. THE BAGGY HAS DONE ITS JOB IN PRESERVING THE COVER IN ITS 'AS NEW' NEW NEAR MINT CONDITION. THE RECORD IS THE VERY FIRST LABEL VERSION ONE STEREO VARIATION - AND IS AMONG THE BEST EXAMPLES OF THIS DISC WE HAVE SEEN. THE VINYL IS TRULY 'AS NEW' NEAR MINT WITH NEAR MINT LABELS. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF BEING PLAYED.

THIS IS INDEED A WORLD CLASS EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE ALL TIME RAREST BEATLES ALBUMS IN THE WORLD. THIS IS OUR FIRST OFFERING OF THIS MEGA-RARITY, AND UNLESS SEALED PERFECT, IT CANNOT BE UPGRADED.

ACCOMPANIED BY LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM PERRY COX, BEATLES U.S. RECORDS EXPERT, AUTHOR OF "THE BEATLES RECORD PRICE GUIDE" SERIES OF BOOKS.

CONDITION: NM / NM
ITEM#: LP412
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FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES IS PROUD TO OFFER THE "HOLY GRAIL" OF BEATLE RECORDS . . . . THE MONO "AD BACK". REMAINING ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL AMERICAN BEATLE LP RECORD ALBUMS, THIS IS THE FIRST VERSION OF THE FIRST BEATLES ALBUM IN AMERICA.

THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE IS AN ABSOLUTE GEM, EASILY THE VERY BEST WE HAVE EVER ACQUIRED INDEED - AND THE STUNNING COVER REMAINS IN ITS ORIGINAL 'SEARS ROEBUCK AND CO'  IN-STORE BAGGY WRAP.

THE ORIGINAL ACCOMPANYING VERSION ONE RECORD FEATURES THE  LABEL VARIATION WITH THE COLORBAND AND OVAL LOGO (VJ1062(1).MR1B, SPIZER). THE CONDITION OF THIS RECORD IS AN ASTONISHING MINT UNPLAYED JEWEL.

CONDITION: M- / M (UNPLAYED)
ITEM#: LP433
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THE SECOND VARIATION OF THE "INTRODUCING THE BEATLES" BACK COVER IS A GLOSSY BLANK WHITE SLICK AND KNOWN AMONG COLLECTORS AS THE "BLANK BACK" COVER. SOME BELIEVE THAT THESE COVERS MAY BE THE RESULT OF A PRODUCTION ERROR, OR PERHAPS THAT VEE-JAY USED THESE COVERS FOR PROMOTIONAL ISSUES OF THE LP. THE CORRECT HISTORICAL FACT IS THAT THE BLANK BACK WAS A LIMITED AND SHORT TRANSITIONAL RUN THAT WAS A SUBSTITUTION AFTER ALL AD BACK SLICKS HAD BEEN USED, BUT JUST PRIOR TO THE RECEIPT OF THE THIRD BACK COVER THAT LISTED THE SONG TITLES. ONE THING IS CERTAIN, THE "BLANK BACK" PARTICULARLY IN STEREO, ARE EXTREMELY RARE.

OFFERED HERE IS THE VERY BEST AND EXEMPLARY EXAMPLE OF THE ULTRA-RARE VERSION ONE STEREOPHONIC "BLANK BACK" WE HAVE EVER ACQUIRED, THIS BEING ONLY THE THIRD COPY WE HAVE OFFERED.

THE ORIGINAL NEAR MINT ACCOMPANYING VERSION ONE STEREO RECORD FEATURES THE LABEL VARIATION WITH THE COLORBAND AND OVAL LOGO WITH "STEREO" AT THE 12'OCLOCK POSITION IT HAS CENTERED SONG TITLES AND SONGWRITERS' CREDITS WITH "INTRODUCING THE BEATLES" IN MEDIUM PRINT AND  "LONG PLAYING" AND "MICROGROOVE" ON THE LABEL. THIS VARIATION WAS PRESSED BY ARP.

THE SET IS ACCOMPANIED WITH THE ORIGINAL VEE-JAY DIE-CUT GENERIC "WHITE" INNER DUST SLEEVE.

THIS AMAZING, WORLD CLASS, HIGH-END EXAMPLE OF AN "INTRODUCING THE BEATLES" STEREOPHONIC "BLANK BACK'" WOULD BE QUITE AN ADDITION TO AN IMPORTANT BEATLES RECORD COLLECTION.

CONDITION: COVER NM- / RECORD NM
ITEM#: LP471
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THE SECOND VARIATION OF THE "INTRODUCING THE BEATLES" BACK COVER IS A GLOSSY BLANK WHITE SLICK AND KNOWN AMONG COLLECTORS AS THE "BLANK BACK" COVER. SOME BELIEVE THAT THESE COVERS MAY BE THE RESULT OF A PRODUCTION ERROR, OR PERHAPS THAT VEE-JAY USED THESE COVERS FOR PROMOTIONAL ISSUES OF THE LP. THE CORRECT HISTORICAL FACT IS THAT THE BLANK BACK WAS A LIMITED AND SHORT TRANSITIONAL RUN THAT WAS A SUBSTITUTION AFTER ALL AD BACK SLICKS HAD BEEN USED, BUT JUST PRIOR TO THE RECEIPT OF THE THIRD BACK COVER THAT LISTED THE SONG TITLES.

OFFERED HERE IS THE VERY BEST AND EXEMPLARY EXAMPLE OF THE ULTRA-RARE VERSION ONE MONO "BLANK BACK" WE HAVE EVER ACQUIRED, THIS BEING ONLY THE SECOND COPY WE HAVE OFFERED.

THE ORIGINAL ACCOMPANYING VERSION ONE RECORD FEATURES THE  LABEL VARIATION WITH THE COLORBAND AND OVAL LOGO (VJ1062(1).MR1A, SPIZER). THE CONDITION OF THIS RECORD IS A MAGNIFICENT AND STELLAR MINT UNPLAYED JEWEL.

CONDITION: M- / M (UNPLAYED)
ITEM#: LP434
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PRESENTED AND PROUDLY OFFERED HERE IS AN ULTRA-RARE STILL FACTORY SEALED EXAMPLE OF THE MONO VERSION ONE "INTRODUCING THE BEATLES" ALBUM COVER THAT FEATURES THE ORIGINAL LINE-UP OF THE TRACKS "LOVE ME DO" AND "P.S. I LOVE YOU". THIS COVER IS THE VARIATION OF WHICH HAS  THE "TITLES ON COVER" BACK SLICK.

THE CONDITION OF THIS STUNNING AND BRIGHT SEALED LP ALBUM IS SIMPLY MAGNIFICENT, A MOST TRULY IMMACULATE EXAMPLE. NO RINGWEAR, NO RECORD IMPRESSION, AND ALL FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP. The SEALED shrink wrap is fully intact WITHOUT any splits, tears or missing pieces.

TWO FACTORY "breathe holes" are EVIDENT ON THE FRONT. THE ¼" CONSTRUCTION FLAPS AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE INSIDE COVER near the mouth opening ends ARE INDEED PRESENT, CONFIRMING THE CONCRETE LEGITIMACY AND AUTHENTICITY OF THIS VERSION ONE VEE-JAY COVER.

THIS STILL SEALED EXAMPLE is unprecedented, MAKING IT A WORLD-CLASS ACQUISITION. to our knowledge, this IS THE FIRST FACTORY SEALED EXAMPLE OF A VERSION ONE MONO "TITLES ON BACK" COVER that HAS SURFACED.

CONDITION: STILL SEALED
ITEM#: LP546
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WITH EXTREMELY RARE SMALLER 45 RPM SIZE
OVAL LOGO LABELS

OFFERED HERE IS A MOST fascinating EXAMPLE OF THE MONAURAL PRESSING OF THE VERSION ONE "INTRODUCING THE BEATLES" ALBUM THAT FEATURES THE ORIGINAL LINE-UP OF THE TRACKS "LOVE ME DO" AND "P.S. I LOVE YOU". THIS COVER IS THE VARIATION OF WHICH HAS  THE "TITLES ON COVER" BACK SLICK.

WHEN VEE-JAY'S FACTORY RAN SHORT OF THE STANDARD LARGER ALBUM LABELS, THEY WOULD SUBSTITUTE THE SMALLER 45 RPM-SIZE RECORD LABELS INSTEAD, RATHER THAN WAIT UNTIL THE CORRECT ALBUM LABELS WERE RESTOCKED. THE RARER SMALLER 45 RPM SIZED LABELS USED ON THIS DISC is THE black label with an outer rim colorband featuring a small oval logo on a 45-size label, pressed after Monarch ran out of album-size oval logo label backdrops, but prior to receiving the new album-size brackets logo label back-drops in mid-January 1964.

ALSO INCLUDED IS THE ACCOMPANYING ORIGINAL VEE-JAY "AD BACK" INNER DUST SLEEVE.

CONDITION: NM - / NM-
ITEM#: LP565
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HERE IS THE ULTRA RARE MONO VERSION ONE "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'. ADDITIONALLY, THE ¼" FLAPS AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE INSIDE COVER ARE NOT PRESENT.

ONLY SEVERAL OF THESE RARE COVERS HAVE SURFACED TO DATE, AND ACCOMPANIED BY THE VEE-JAY COLORBAND AND BRACKETS LOGO STYLE LABELS. ONLY 4,925 OF THE ARC DISCS WITH THE BRACKETS LOGO REPRESENT ONLY ABOUT 6% OF THE TOTAL MONO VERSION ONE RECORDS PRESSED, THUS EXPLAINING THEIR RELATIVE SCARCITY AND HIGH VALUE IN THE COLLECTOR'S MARKET. THE RECORD ALSO HAS THE ORIGINAL RED BORDER VEE-JAY "THE REALLY GREAT RECORDED TALENT IS ON VJ" INNER DUST SLEEVE INCLUDED.

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

CONDITION: VG+++ (NM-)  /  VG+++ (NM-)
ITEM#: LP522
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THE CONDITION OF THIS VERSION ONE "TITLES ON BACK" COVER IS A SPARKING NEAR MINT MINUS, WITH VERY MINIMAL CORNER WEAR THAT PREVENTS IT FROM A NEAR MINT GRADING. FRONT COVER GRAPHICS ARE SPARKLING AND SHARP. NO RINGWEAR, NO SPLITS AND THE SPINE IS SOLID AND LEGIBLE FROM EDGE TO EDGE.

BACK COVER IS A GORGEOUS WHITE. THERE IS A "C" CIRCULAR PRICE STAMP REMAINING FROM 1964 ON THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF THE BACK COVER.

THE ACCOMPANYING RECORD IS THE COLORBAND AND OVAL VARIATION IN VERY BEAUTIFUL VG++ (BORDERING NEAR MINT MINUS) CONDITION, DISPLAYING ONE LIGHT SUPERFICIAL SCRATCH ON SIDE 1 FROM THE RUN-OUT GROOVE INTO THE LAST TRACK. THE SHINY SHEEN REMAINS TO THE GROOVES THROUGHOUT THE VINYL. (VJ1062(1).MR1C, SPIZER).

CONDITION: NM- / NM- (VG++)
ITEM#: LP913
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