INTRODUCING THE BEATLES
STEREO "AD BACK"
VEE-JAY LP - SR1062
RELEASED  JANUARY 10, 1964

ITEM # :  LP886
CONDITION : NEAR MINT MINUS/ VG +
PRICE :  $12,000

 

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.

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 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 :

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 ).

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.