The Beatles' Second Album 1964 Capitol Stereo 1st Press A1 Matrix Scranton RIAA3

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FIRST DAY PRESSING NEAR MINT STEREO COPY WITH
"YOU CAN'T DO THAT" SHOWING 2:23 ON SIDE 1 LABEL

THE BEATLES ~ THE BEATLES' SECOND ALBUM

FIRST VINYL PRESSING WITH THE "A1" MATRIX STAMPER

EAST COAST CAPITOL RECORDS SCRANTON
PRESSING PLANT WITH RIAA 3 ON THE BACK COVER

RUBBER BLUE INK STAMP WITH THE BROADWAY,
NEW YORK ADDRESS ON THE BACK COVER

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All of the copies pressed on the 1st day of pressing contain a misprint on Side 1 label indicating the timing for the "You Can't Do That" track as 2:23 which was corrected on the next day to 2:33. Even though these misprint labels are quite rare you can nevertheless find them at an auction once in a while on the Monophonic copies of this album. Moreover, many record collectors are sure that this misprint can be found only on the Monophonic labels. Nevertheless, the copies with these rare misprint labels do exist in the Stereo format and they're much rarer than its Mono counterpart. This is one of them listed for an auction! This is an incredible luck to find this copy. In addition to this, just like on the other 1st pressing copies, it doesn't indicate the running time for the "Long Tall Sally" and "I Call Your Name" tracks. Original "Capitol Full Dimensional Stereo" banner cover contains the RIAA 3 number in the lower right-hand corner indicating that the copy was pressed at the Scranton, PA pressing plant. The back cover also has a rubber blue ink stamp which contains the Broadway, N.Y. address. One can also discern the last three numbers of the street address "645". It's hard to tell whether the street address is complete or had a 4 or 5-digit number. If the address had four digits and there was "1" before "6" then it would match the address of Capitol Theatre in New York (1645 Broadway, N.Y.) which was active until 1968 and was a 8 minute drive from Capitol Records New York address on 150 5th Avenue. Presumably, this copy belonged to one of the departments (the word "Department" can also be discerned on the stamp) of some entity located on Broadway. Therefore, we have here an incredibly rare 1st day pressing Stereo copy with the misprint labels, most likely belonging to Capitol Theatre, in an incredible barely played Near Mint condition. The glossy heavyweight vinyl is in Near Mint Minus condition and most likely, was played only once or twice because it barely has any hairlines with just a few very light scuffs from the original Capitol Records blue inner sleeve that comes with the album and is in Near Mint condition without any tears or splits. Original Capitol Records multicolored labels are also in fantastic Near Mint condition and don't have any wear or scuffs. Besides Scranton's "IAM in Triangle" stamp one can read the following 1st pressing matrix stampers in the run-out groove: Side 1 - ST - 1 - 2080 - B4 IAM in Triangle / Side 2 - ST - 2 - 2080 - A1 #3 IAM in Triangle. 

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