ORIGINAL 1ST MONO PRESSING 2LP SET COPY IN THE ORIGINAL DISTRIBUTOR
SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO. BAGGY
THE BEATLES VS THE FOUR SEASONS
ORIGINAL 11 X 23 VEE-JAY RECORDS FOLD-OUT PROMOTIONAL COLOR POSTER
Original 1st Mono pressing two record set copy of The International Battle of the Century: The Beatles vs The Four Seasons . As a bonus the album comes with an original full color Beatles picture suitable for framing 11 x 23 promotional poster, which is larger than the size of 8 x 15 misprinted on the album s cover. Cardboard gatefold cover still remains in the original loose-fitting distributor Sears, Roebuck and Co protective baggy. The album comes with 2 very rare original The Greatest Gospel Sound On Record Is On Vee-Jay Records inner sleeves. This LP set features 2 LPs, Introducing the Beatles and The Golden Hits of the Four Seasons.
Introducing the Beatles - Original 1st print colorband Vee Jay VJLP 1062 catalog number 2 75 diameter pressing ring black print VJ brackets logo, Long Playing Microgroove , multicolored spectrum rainbow band along the label s edge.Original 1st Mono release Allentown Record Co., PA as identified by the ARC in the trail-off vinyl on both sides. Original thick, heavy, glossy vinyl pressing with the very early first matrix -A1 / - A1 numbers. The vinyl also contains a date stamp and a machine AudioMatrix stamp. The full matrix numbers are as follows: Side 1 - 63-2402-1 ARC URJ A1 AudioMatrix / Side 2 - 63-2303-1 ARC URJ A1 AudioMatrix.
The Golden Hits of The Four Seasons - Original first print colorband Vee Jay VJLP 1065 catalog number 2 75 diameter pressing ring black print VJ brackets logo, Long Playing Microgroove , multicolored spectrum rainbow band along the label s edge. Original thick, heavy, glossy vinyl pressing with the very early first matrix numbers in the trail-off vinyl dead wax . The vinyl also contains a date 8/28/63 stamp and machine AudioMatrix stamp. The full matrix numbers are as follows: Side 1 - 63-3408 ARC A1 RA 2-3-63 5713 AudioMatrix MR in Circle Side 2 - 63-3409 ARC A1 RA 2-3-63 5713-X AudioMatrix MR in Circle.
I grade the cover as somewhere between Very Good Plus and Excellent Minus. It s very clean overall and doesn t have much of a ring wear that the majority of the copies of this album are found with. The cover has some light scuffing along with some staining at the bottom of the front and back cover. The spine contains a fully readable text including the DX 30 catalog number, having some light scuffing and seams from the cover being opened and closed. The edges don t have any splits with the corners having some light soling. The interior gatefold is super clean and is in Near Mint condition. The original Vee-Jay Records inner sleeve are also somewhere in between Very Good Plus and Excellent Minus with one of them having a writing Introducing the Beatles at the top and the other having some light staining at the bottom. The original large promotional poster is in an unused Near Mint condition. I grade the Introducing the Beatles vinyl as Strong Very Good Plus. The vinyl retains its beautiful gloss having some very light non-feelable surface hairlines and scuffs from the inner sleeve. The labels are in Excellent Minus condition, very clean and wear-free, only having some light spindle marks. The Golden Hits of the Four Seasons vinyl is also in Strong Very Good Plus condition. Just like the vinyl of Introducing the Beatles , the record retains its beautiful shiny lacquer only having some light non-feelable surface hairlines and scuffs from the inner sleeve. The labels are in Excellent Minus condition, very clean and wear-free, only having some light spindle marks. The records sound great overall only having some light background noise, which is most likely just static and will get reduced or go away if the record is professionally cleaned using a VPI cleaning machine.
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