The Beatles Jolly What The Beatles & Frank Ifield on Stage Rare VJ Mono LP

$

66

I am clearing out more duplicates of some BEATLES and BEATLES-RELATED LPs from my collection. So, please check my other auctions.

In this auction: 

·       “JOLLY WHAT! THE BEATLES & FRANK IFIELD ON STAGE”  by the Beatles & Frank Ifield 

·       This LP is Vee Jay Records VJLP 1085.

·       This LP was released in February of 1964.

·       The LP (cover and vinyl) in this auction is the REAL THING. It is NOT a counterfeit. We know this because:

1)   The cover has excellent print quality without blurred letters or images.

2)   The cover has the printing on the spine: “JOLLY WHAT!  THE BEATLES & FRANK IFIELD   VJLP1085”.

3)   The vinyl has the Monarch Records logo (MR in a circle) scratched out in the trail off on both sides. 

·       This version has the ALL BLACK LABEL WITH “VJ VEE-JAY RECORDS” IN SILVER PRINT. 

·       As you probably know, Vee Jay Records, for a short period of time in 1963-1964, held the rights in the U.S. to a handful of Beatles songs that the record company recycled several times by selling the same vinyl recordings in different covers with different titles. The buying public quickly realized that they were not acquiring any new Beatles’ material in each Vee Jay album they purchased. Instead, they were buying basically the same Beatles’ tunes when they purchased “Introducing the Beatles”, “Songs, Pictures & Stories of the Fabulous Beatles”, “The Beatles vs The Four Seasons” (Beatles disk), and the LP in this auction. 

·       However, with the issue of this LP, Vee Jay Records carried their misrepresentation of their Beatles’ material to a new level by stating on the cover “ON STAGE” which naturally implied to the average Beatles LP-buyer that this LP contained LIVE recordings from Beatles and Frank Ifield concerts… which it didn’t!!! 

·       This LP contains the following Beatles’ tunes: “Please Please Me”, “From Me To You”, “Ask Me Why”, and “Thank You Girl”.

·       The rear cover states that The Beatles and Frank Ifield were combined on this LP as they “are the most popular recording stars in Europe” (of course, at that time).

·       The COVER is in VG CONDITION. There is light to moderate overall wear on the cover. There is light wear on the corners at the opening and moderate to heavy wear on the corners at the top and bottom of the spine where there is some “balding” on those corners. The bottom seam is strong. There is some light to moderate wear on the lower portion of the spine. There is some moderate cracking and flaking on the top seam with some intermittent paper loss.   The rear cover, that is primarily white, is overall quite nice with some light staining/soiling near the spine. This COVER has NO SEAM SPLITS!

·       The VINYL is in STRONG VG CONDITION with very light surface hairlines/scuffs (none “feel-able”). The vinyl has lots of gloss.  

·       Please keep in mind that the oval or brackets VJ logo disc is most commonly found in this LP. The all-black label with silver print, like the LP in this auction, is found less often. 

·       This is one of the less-common Vee Jay LP issues.

Thanks to the Price Guide for the Beatles American Records by Perry Cox and Frank Daniels for information about this record.

FYI: For this LP, I used the COVER/SLEEVE GRADES and RECORD GRADES listed and described on page 8 of the Price Guide for the Beatles American Records. These grading Good+ (G+), Very Good Minus (VG-), Very Good (VG), Very Good+ (VG+), Near Mint Minus or Very Good++ (NM- or VG++), Near Mint (NM), Mint Minus (M-), and Mint (M or MT) to VISUALLY grade this LP, so please know the descriptions of these grades before bidding. Please ask any questions BEFORE bidding. And please check my other auctions for more items you may want to add to your collection. Be high bidder on several and combine shipping on auction items that finish on the same weekend. Winning bidder must remit payment within 5 days of auction close by PayPal. Add $4.00 for shipping to a U.S. address with tracking.