THE BEATLES 1972 Alpha Omega Box Set 4-LP Very Rare Vinyl VG
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Okay. This is a crazy story, but I dug a little and found out what these are. Audio Tape, Inc. from New Jersey decided to "produce" a greatest hits of Beatles songs up to 1972. Without any copyright license, the made three pressings of "volumes" called, Alpha and Omega (A to Z in Greek). The first volume of four records had a color cover, and many of those can be found. Copyright laws at that time were in kind of a gray zone for music. Anyhow, the Beatles sued, and won. No more were printed. They issued another volume set, Volume 2, that has a different track listing than the one you see here. This is the "third" Volume 2 set of four records, and rarer. Same set list of the first Volume 2, just in different orders and such. The Beatles did "officially" respond with the famous blue and red volumes we all know (from the article, 'What A Thing to Do: The Alpha Omega Incident'). A must for die hard collectors.
Records are all playable and nice. There are finger print smudges. I did not clean these (not a professional). However, I do play and collect records, and have cleaned them. Based on my experience, these are in Very Good condition after a clean. The cover, as shown, has each corner "split" at the seams - didn't want to tape or repair these issues (they can be repaired nicely if you know what you are doing). Sleeves are white with center whole and all match, which means to me that they are original. These sets did not have any artwork originally.
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