Introducing the Beatles stereo authentic pressing

$

400

Due to errors I've had to relist this, sorry to everyone involved...

This auction is for Introducing the Bealtes authentic stereo copy. This is a version 2 disc with version 1 labels, an obvious error at the plant.
It has the version 2 title back cover. Apx 40,000 version 2 stereo copies were pressed, however how many made it out of the plant with the wrong
labels is anyone's guess. I want no surprises for the winning bidder, that's why I pulled the original listing.

This is still an authentic stereo pressing with correct matrix stampers and numbers. Pressed at Monarch Record Mfg. Co., Calif. in 1963.

There was obviously some confusion since this one made it out of the plant with the wrong labels. Track listing on the cover is the same as
the record both are version 2 stereo but with the version 1 stereo labels by mistake from the plant.
This is a super rare occurance normaly found on bootlegs. This is not a bootleg. All aspects check out....

The above information is why I pulled the original listing..... more exciting now, super rare occurance!!!!

The description and pictures below are still accurate. Thanks for everyone's patience.

From online at http://en.allexperts.com/q/Beatles-386/Introducing-Beatles.htm

Original Disk Identification

Most, but not all, counterfeit discs use the Version I song selection (P.S. I Love You and Love Me Do) on the disk label printing. A good many of the fakes will actually play the Version II selections (Please, Please Me and Ask Me Why). Any copies that list Version I and play Version II are most likely counterfeits. (Original factory error copies have been verified with similar mislabeling, however, these are quite rare and check out well in every other area of testing.)

This disk does indeed check out in every other aspect. This is a rare occurance, version 2 disk with version 1 labels!!!!!

From http://www.friktech.com/btls/bc2.htm 

• Song titles centered on label. "Long Playing" and "Microgroove" on label. STEREO at top of label. Pressed by ARP. (see above for photo)
• Song titles left-justified. Thin print. STEREO at right. Pressed by Monarch.
• as above, but STEREO at left. Many copies of this label style actually play the "Version Two" songs. ******************************************

The cover is absolutly beautiful. Crisp 90 degree corners, spine is near perfect, no ring wear. No bends, dents or scratches. Semi gloss front and back slicks however name
written on back left side apx 2.5" long. There is also an issue along the bottom edge about 3" long where there are some minor tears, see photos. 
I would grade the cover as excellent or 8/10.

Wax is still quite glossy, numerous sleeve marks and some very light marks but no deep scratches. I've played the whole LP through several times to be sure for this
listing, no pops, ticks or over bearing back ground noise. Moderate noise on quiet tracks however I have not attempted to clean this, sold my VPI here on ebay
last year. I did wipe down with a pad and some groove glide which helped with the noise. Great stereo seperation, excellent sound. Visually a 7/10 with the marks,
the flash really brings them out in the pics. Sound would be 7/10. Labels are clean with only very faint spindle marks if at all. Like I said, I have listened to it
4 times in the last week and have heard no bad ticks pops or distracting noise.

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 Version one

Vee-Jay's financial problems forced it to take care of its most pressing debt first. Because the Beatles and Ifield were low priorities, the label chose not to report royalties on their sales. As a result, Transglobal declared its contract with Vee-Jay null and void on 8 August 1963.[14]

On 14 December 1963, Billboard magazine mentioned that Capitol Records planned an all-out promotional campaign for the Beatles in the United States.[15] On 7 January 1964, Vee-Jay's board of directors met for the first time since that announcement, and it discussed the Beatles' material it had in the vault. Desperate for cash, the board decided to release Introducing... The Beatles, even if it meant legal trouble in the future.[15]

Metal parts were already at Vee-Jay's three primary pressing plants, and 6,000 front covers were already printed. But it had no back cover prepared. So, as a stopgap, the label used a back cover slick made from one side of its standard inner sleeve, consisting of full-color reproductions of the covers of 25 "other fine albums of significant interest".[16] This cover is known by collectors as the "Ad Back" version and is highly sought-after. A second stopgap back cover was used when the "Ad Back" slicks were exhausted; because it is all-white with no printing at all, it is known by collectors as the "Blank Back" edition and is also very rare. Finally, third editions contain Vee-Jay's official back cover, with Introducing the Beatles (no ellipsis) near the top and the song titles in two columns underneath. All of these were available on the market within days of the 10 January release date.[16]

But on 16 January 1964, less than a week after Introducing... The Beatles was released, Vee-Jay was served with a restraining order stopping further distribution. Beechwood Music, Inc., Capitol Records' publishing subsidiary, owned the American publishing rights to "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You", and because the two songs had not yet been officially released in the U.S., Beechwood refused to issue a license for Vee-Jay to release them.[2] Approximately 80,000 copies of Introducing... The Beatles had been released with the two songs on them, with only 2,000 or so in stereo.[2]

Version two

In order to circumvent the restraining order, Vee-Jay quickly reconfigured Introducing... The Beatles. It removed "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You" and replaced them with the previously deleted "Ask Me Why" and "Please Please Me". The new versions were prepared in late January and began appearing in stores approximately 10 February 1964.[2]

Because of the initial restraining order, Introducing... The Beatles did not enter the Billboard album charts until one week after Meet the Beatles!. Once it did, it quickly rose to the #2 spot, where it stayed for nine straight weeks.[17] It also peaked at #2 in Cash Box, and it got to #1 in Record World magazine.[18]

Even with the replacement of the two Beechwood Music songs, Vee-Jay and Capitol battled in court throughout the early part of 1964. Injunctions against Vee-Jay's album were issued, lifted and restored more than once.[19] Because the album was often pressed quickly between restraining orders, there are almost two dozen different label variations, including mono and stereo copies, manufactured at numerous pressing plants.[20] Finally, on 9 April 1964, the two labels settled. Vee-Jay was granted a license giving it the right to issue the 16 Beatles songs it controlled, in any way it saw fit, until 15 October 1964. At that time, its license expired, and all rights would revert to Capitol.[21] During the time Introducing... The Beatles was available, it sold approximately 1,300,000 mono copies and approximately 41,000 stereo copies. Because only 3.1 percent of all of the LPs were in stereo[22], true stereo copies are rare.

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