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| CURRENT INVENTORY / VEE JAY LP ALBUMS INTRODUCING THE BEATLES VERSION 1 | VIEW CART |
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INTRODUCING THE BEATLES VJLP SR1062 STEREO RELEASED: 1/10/64 VERSION 1 STEREO "AD BACK" CONDITION: NM-/VG+ ITEM#: LP886 PRICE: -----  |
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DESCRIPTION FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES IS PROUD TO OFFER THE "HOLY GRAIL" OF BEATLE RECORDS . . . . THE STEREO AD BACK! THE RAREST OF ALL AMERICAN BEATLE LP RECORDS, THIS IS THE FIRST VERSION OF THE FIRST BEATLES ALBUM IN AMERICA!! THERE ARE THREE DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT VARIATIONS TO THE MONO AND STEREO BACK COVERS TO VERSION ONE OF INTRODUCING THE BEATLES. IN ITS FIRST INCARNATION, THE BACK COVER SERVES AS AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR 25 OF VEE-JAY'S "OTHER FINE ALBUMS OF SIGNIFICANT INTEREST" - THUS BEING TAGGED THE "AD BACK" COVER AMONG THE COLLECTOR'S WORLD. THE CONDITION OF THE RECORD IS A MOST RESPECTABLE VG +, WITH SOME PLAY TIME EVIDENT. JUST A FEW SUPERFICIAL SCRATCHES, YET THE ORIGINAL SHEEN TO THE GROOVES ARE STILL EVIDENT THROUGHOUT. THE LABELS GRADE A BEAUTIFUL NEAR MINT MINUS. THE LABEL VARIATION IS THE VERY FIRST ISSUE OF VERSION ONE, WHICH MATCHES THE COVER PRECISELY AND CORRECTLY. IT IS THE COLORBAND AND OVAL LOGO VARIATION WITH THE WORD "STEREO" AT THE 12 O'CLOCK POSITION. IT HAS CENTERED SONG TITLES AND SONGWRITERS' CREDITS. IT ALSO HAS "LONG PLAYING" AND "MICROGROOVE" ON THE LABEL. THIS VARIATION WAS PRESSED BY ARP. ( VJ1062(1).SR1A SPIZER ). IN ADDITION, THE VERY FIRST SLICKS USED FOR THE ALBUM ARE EASILY IDENTIFIABLE AS THEY HAVE "PRINTED IN U.S.A." RUNNING VERTICALLY ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FRONT JACKET ONE TO TWO INCHES FROM THE LOWER LEFT CORNER. THE "AD BACK" IS THE RAREST VERSION ONE. IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, NO MORE THAN 5,000 AD BACK COVERS WERE MADE. BECAUSE ONLY 2,202 STEREO COPIES OF VERSION ONE WERE MANUFACTURED, THE NUMBER OF STEREO AD BACKS IS OBVIOUSLY VERY LIMITED, AND ONE THING IS CERTAIN: THE STEREO AD BACK IS EXTREMELY RARE. IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED THAT LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND STEREO COPIES WERE MANUFACTURED, WITH LESS THAN A HANDFUL SURVIVING TO THIS DAY!! THIS MOST SPLENDID EXAMPLE IS A TREASURE INDEED !THE ACCOMPANYING RECORD IS THE 1ST LABEL WITH COLORBAND AND OVAL VJ1062(1).SR1A, SPIZER THE VERTICALLY POSITIONED "PRINTED IN U.S.A." TEXT IS INDEED PRESENT ALONG THE SPINE IN LOWER LEFT CORNER OF THE FRONT COVER TO THE LEFT OF PAUL. THE CONDITION OF THIS STUNNING AND BOLD COVER HAS BEEN WELL TAKEN CARE OF OVER THE YEARS, AND BOTH SIDES MERIT A MOST SOLID NEAR MINT MINUS GRADING WITH ALL THE COLORS IN VIBRANT DETAIL. NO RINGWEAR, NO SEAM SPLITS OR WEAR, NO WEAR TO THE IMAGES. MINOR FLAWS EVIDENT ARE TWO SLIGHTLY PUSHED CORNERS. LOOK AT THE TITLE SPINE OF THIS BEAUTY. ROCK SOLID - SIMPLY MARVELOUS AND LEGIBLE. THIS EXAMPLE OF AN INTRODUCING THE BEATLES STEREO AD BACK WOULD BE QUITE AN ADDITION IN ONE'S BEATLES RECORD COLLECTION. THE ORIGINAL VEE-JAY "AD BACK" INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO INCLUDED. BY THE TIME VEE-JAY RESUMED TAKING ORDERS FOR INTRODUCING THE BEATLES IN THE SECOND WEEK OF FEBRUARY, THE COMPANY HAD DECIDED TO REISSUE THE ALBUM WITH "PLEASE PLEASE ME" AND "ASK ME WHY" REPLACING "LOVE ME DO " AND "P.S. I LOVE YOU". THIS HELPED CREATE THE MORE COMMON VERSION TWO, WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE "COLUMN BACK", ISSUED ONCE THE LEGALITIES HAD CLEARED IN EARLY FEBRUARY 1964. 
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