CAPITOL RECORDS AND PRESSING INFORMATION EXCERPTED FROM "THE BEATLES' STORY ON CAPITOL RECORDS", PART ONE: BEATLEMANIA & THE SINGLES" WRITTEN BY BRUCE SPIZER. RECORDS ARE LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF RELEASE DATE.

FORMAT CODES:
PS PICTURE SLEEVE
SC STRAIGHT-CUT (EAST COAST)
TC TAB-CUT (WEST COAST)
OSC ORIGINAL STOCK COPY (EAST/WEST COAST PRESSINGS WILL BE INDICATED)
W/PS WITH PICTURE SLEEVE
EP EXTENDED PLAY 7" RECORD

THE PHOTOGRAPHS DISPLAYED IN THIS SECTION ARE USED FOR YOUR REFERENCE PURPOSES ONLY, UNLESS STATED THAT ACTUAL IMAGES ARE DISPLAYED. 45 PICTURE SLEEVES & 45 RECORDS ARE SOLD SEPARATELY. EP SLEEVES & RECORDS ARE SOLD TOGETHER, AND EP GRADING LISTING IS FOR COVER/RECORD.

INCREDIBLY-RARE ALTERNATE FOLDED VARIATION WITH A-SIDE  "I'LL CRY INSTEAD" HEADER TITLE ON DROP DOWN 'TAB-CUT ' FOLDED SIDE OF SLEEVE.

ORIGINAL FIRST ISSUE OF CAPITOL RECORDS BEATLES PICTURE SLEEVE OF "I'LL CRY INSTEAD" B/W "I'M HAPPY JUST TO DANCE WITH YOU". THIS VERSION IS THE INCREDIBLY-RARE WEST COAST LOS ANGELES VERSION WITH THE A-SIDE HEADER TITLE  "'LL CRY INSTEAD" PRINTED ON THE 'TAB CUT' FOLDED SIDE OF SLEEVE. THE STANDARD WEST COAST ISSUE OF THIS RELEASE HAS THE A-SIDE HEADER TITLE PRINTED ON STRAIGHT CUT SIDE OF THE SLEEVE.

THIS WEST COAST VARIATION OF THIS TITLE EQUALS THE RARITY OF THE WEST COAST ALTERNATE FOLDED SLEEVE OF "I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND".  NONE OF THE 10 TITLES WITH THE ALTERNATE FOLDED VARIATION TITLES HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED IN ANY PUBLICATION TO DATE.

CONDITION: VG+
ITEM#: PS769
PRICE: $875

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WITH VIBRANT, CRISP AND BOLD COLORS THROUGHOUT, THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE BEAUTY  FOR THIS  STRAIGHT CUT EAST COAST ISSUE OF THIS TITLE.

WITH JUST A LIGHT TOUCH OF A WEAR MARK ON THE B-SIDE OF THE SLEEVE, THIS EXAMPLE IS A WINNER. GREAT STRAIGHT EDGES, NO SPLITS.

CONDITION: NM
ITEM#: PS781
PRICE: ------

NO SPLITS, NO WRITING, NO RINGWEAR AT ALL. GORGEOUS.

CONDITION: NM
ITEM#: PS628
PRICE: ------