The Beatles Meet The Beatles RARE FIRST CAPITOL MONO LP: No Publishing Credits
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Description
Here is a RARE BEATLES LP, for sure!
In this auction:
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“MEET THE BEATLES” LP by the Beatles
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This LP is Capitol Records T 2047.
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This is a MONO (monaural) PRESSING.
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This is a FIRST U.S. MONO PRESSING of this LP by CAPITOL RECORDS.
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We KNOW that this is a FIRST PRESSING, because there are NO BMI or ASCAP CREDITS PRINTED ON THE LABELS. Only the composers and play times are printed after the title of each cut.
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FIRST MONAURAL PRESSINGS of “Meet The Beatles” were issued January 20, 1964.
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According to the Price Guide for the Beatles American Records, 6th Edition by Perry Cox and Frank Daniels (page 133):
“This is the most desirable mono label variation because it is the first and rarest mono label.”
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Also according to the Price Guide for the Beatles American Records, 6th Edition (page 133):
“Exact press runs are not known, but it is speculated that about 20,000 copies were manufactured with this label.”
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Only East Coast labels have been confirmed to be without BMI or ASCAP. The VINYL in this auction was PRESSED at CAPITOL’S SCRANTON PLANT. We know this because it has that plant’s triangle-shaped symbol pressed into the trail-off vinyl.
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The COVER is the proper/correct Capitol-marked cover for this pressing. We know this because the front cover slick has “BEATLES” in dark brown, and the rear cover slick does NOT have “Produced by George Martin” printed on the rear at the bottom of the liner notes. Furthermore, this cover has the number “3” printed on the rear slick in the lower right corner which identifies this cover as also having been produced at Capitol’s Scranton Pressing Plant. So, the SOURCE of BOTH the VINYL and the COVER is CAPITOL’S SCRANTON PLANT.
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The COVER is in NEAR MINT MINUS (NM-) CONDITION. There is tiny “push” on the bottom right corner and the primarily white rear cover has very light aging/”foxing”. There is NO WEAR at all on the corners, seam or spine.
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The VINYL is in VG CONDITION (maybe VG-, but I tend to think it’s in better than VG- CONDITION). There are a number of light hairlines/scuffs. These are not “feelable”. But in addition, there are also 2 “feel-able” marks on Side 1 and 1“feel-able” mark on Side 2, so there is some bit of audio distraction. I played these parts with “feelable” marks on my Technics turntable tracking at ½ gram, and there were some pops, but there were NO skips. The VINYL STILL HAS NICE GLOSS.
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A Blue Capitol Records paper inner sleeve is included.
REMEMBER: THIS IS A FIRST MONO PRESSING of “MEET THE BEATLES” and IS QUITE TOUGH TO FIND THESE DAYS in ANY CONDITION. After all, how many of the estimated 20,000 that were pressed in late 1963 and early 1964 are still around now in 2022.
A RARE 1964 FIRST MONO PRESSING of “MEET THE BEATLES” that NO BEATLES VINYL COLLECTION SHOULD BE WITHOUT!
Thanks to the Price Guide for the Beatles American Records, 6th Edition by Perry Cox and Frank Daniels for information about this LP.
FYI: I use the COVER/SLEEVE GRADES and RECORD GRADES listed and described on page 8 of the Price Guide for the Beatles American Records for grading. These grades are Poor (P), Fair (F), Good Minus (G-), Good (G), 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 records you may want to add to your collection. Be high bidder on several and combine shipping on auction items that finish the same day. (NOTE: If more than 1 item is won by the same bidder, please do NOT make payment until I send an invoice with combined shipping cost.) Winning bidder must remit payment within 5 days of auction close. Add $4.50 for shipping to a U.S. address via USPS Media Mail with tracking. (Expedited shipping is available at additional cost.)
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