"4 BY 4 : 4 BY THE BEATLES"
CAPITOL R-5365, EXTENDED PLAY (EP)
RELEASED: 2/1/65
HARDCOVER PICTURE SLEEVE WITH EP RECORD
RARER WEST COAST, LOS ANGELES PRESSING
 
CONDITION: NM "AS NEW" / M- (UNPLAYED "AS NEW")
ITEM#: EP831
PRICE: $1,875

THE EXTENDED PLAY FORMAT WAS SUCH A POPULAR FORMAT IN THE 1950s, BUT ITS POPULARITY WANED DRAMATICALLY IN THE 1960s AMONG THE YOUNG KIDS, WHO OPTED FAR MORE OFTEN FOR THE FULL ALBUM OR THE SINGLES. ODDLY, THE EPs DIDN'T REALLY FEATURE THE CHARTED HIT SINGLES TRACKS THAT THE TWO SONG SINGLES AND LPs WOULD CONTAIN.

PRESENTED AND BEING OFFERED HERE IS A MOST INCREDIBLE RARER WEST COAST PRESSING OF THE SECOND OF THE ONLY TWO CAPITOL RECORDS BEATLES EXTENDED PLAYS (EP). "4 BY 4 : 4 BY THE BEATLES" (CAPITOL R 5365), ISSUED ON FEBRUARY 1, 1965. THE FIRST BEATLES EP ENTITLED " FOUR BY THE BEATLES " WAS ISSUED IN MAY 1964.

THIS AMAZING WORLD CLASS NEAR MINT "AS NEW" COVER IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING, CRISP AND VIBRANT FROM CORNER TO CORNER. NO SPLITS, NO RINGWEAR. THE COVER IS GORGEOUS AND LAYS FLAT. THERE ARE NO CREASES OR SPLITS. THE GLOSSY, COLORFUL TEXTURE OF THE CARDBOARD COVER APPEARS BRAND NEW. IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY STORED OVER THE LAST 50+ YEARS WITH THE RECORD STORED SEPARATELY OUT OF THE COVER.

THE FACT THAT THE EP COVER HAS THE BACK SIDE DISPLAYING THE PASTE-ON SLICK STYLE FOR THAT SIDE (THE EAST COAST COVER HAS THE PASTE-ON SLICK ON THE FRONT) , DEFINES THIS AS THE MATCHING, CORRECT AND RARER WEST COAST, LOS ANGELES ISSUE OF THIS EXTENDED PLAY.

THE WEST COAST, LOS ANGELES PRESSING RECORD IS AN IMMACULATE AND GLIMMERING MINT MINUS UNPLAYED "AS NEW" JEWEL, AND OBVIOUS IT'S NEVER BEEN ON A TURNTABLE. THE MINT MINUS LABELS ARE EQUALLY GLEAMING AND VIBRANT.