INTRODUCING THE BEATLES
MONO "AD  BACK"
VEE-JAY LP - 1062
RELEASED  JANUARY 10, 1964

ITEM # :  LP185
CONDITION : NEAR MINT / NEAR MINT
PRICE :  $7,775

S O L D !!
1/6/11

Fab 4 Collectibles is proud to offer the
"holy grail" of Beatle records . . . .
ONE rarest of all American Beatle records -
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.

THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE OF THE MONO
PRESSING IS AN ABSOLUTE GEM, EASILY THE
VERY BEST WE HAVE EVER ACQUIRED INDEED -
AND THE STUNNING COVER REMAINS IN A
"DISTRIBUTOR LEVEL" IN-STORE BAGGY WRAP.
THE ORIGINAL "$2.97" SQUARE PRICE STICKER
REMAINS TO THE LEFT UPPER AREA AS WELL.

THE COVER GRADES A MOST BEAUTIFUL NEAR MINT.
THE BOLD COLORS AND CRISP GRAPHICS ARE VERY STRIKING.
NO splits, NO ring-wear to THE
front or back cover at all. WHEN ONE CAREFULLY
PEERS UNDER THE BAGGY, EVERY DETAIL
of this particular Cover IS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT.

THE BACK COVER JUST SHINES WITH VIBRANT colors and
THE BACKGROUND IS "SNOW-WHITE" CLEAN.
THERE ARE THREE ROUND GLUE RINGS RUNNING HORIZONTALLY
ALONG THE CENTER OF THE BACK COVER WHICH ADHERES
THE BAGGY TO THE COVER. THIS WAS COMMON PRACTICE AND
A METHOD USED BY SEVERAL IN-STORE
DISTRIBUTORS DURING THE EARLY 1960'S.
THOSE THREE SPOTS OF GLUE REMAIN CLEAN WITH NO
AGING OR NEGATIVE AFFECT WHATSOEVER, AND
THE BAGGY REMAINS ATTACHED TO THE COVER IN THOSE AREAS.

 
The spine is SOLID, and the print is COMPLETELY legible.

The ORIGINAL accompanying record is the
VERY FIRST LABEL VARIATION WITH THE
COLORBAND AND OVAL, pressed by ARP.
IT ALSO HAS THE MACHINE STAMPED AUDIO MATRIX
AND "ARP" LOGOS IN THE TRAIL-OFF AREAS.
IT IS IN SUPERB AND RADIANT NEAR MINT CONDITION.
VJ1062(1).MR1A, Spizer :

The original Vee-Jay "Ad Back" Inner Sleeve is also included.

No more than 5,000 of these slicks were printed -
3,800 of which were Mono copies, MAKING ANY
Ad Back copy very limited - and extremely RARE.
This example of an INTRODUCING THE BEATLES 
MONO AD BACK would be quite an addition in
one's Beatles Record Collection.