THE BEATLES R & R MUSIC VOL. 2 RARE SEALED ORIG '80 CAPITOL PROMO LP w/STICKER

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·       BEATLES – ROCK ’N’ ROLL MUSIC VOL. 2 – ORIGINAL 1980 CAPITOL RECORDS STEREO LP SN-16021

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

*** STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING ***

·       *** PROMOTIONAL COPY; THE RECORD (PROBABLY) HAS STOCK LABELS; HOWEVER, THE PROMOTIONAL STAMP ON THE COVER CLEARLY IDENTIFIES THE ITEM AS PROMOTIONAL ***

·       GUARANTEED ORIGINAL DARK GREEN CAPITOL LABEL WITH BLACK PRINT (USED FOR SELECT POP AND ROCK TITLES IN THE MID-TO-LATE 70’s)

·       THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL’S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.

·       TWO “BREATHE” (AIR) HOLES NOTED ON THE SHRINK WRAP

·       ORIGINAL, THIN CARDBOARD COVER (NO THICK CARDBOARD COVERS WERE EVER PRODUCED FOR THIS TITLE)

·       COVER HAS A NIFTY 'HYPE' (ADVERTISEMENT) STICKER STILL AFFIXED TO THE SHRINK WRAP.

·       FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least thick, and 10 being the thickest), we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 5.

·       As far as we know, this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other way, manner or format.

(?PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you'll get. GUARANTEED!)

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On toward the mid-'70s, it dawned on the powers-that-were at Capitol/EMI that millions of listeners had come of age since the breakup of the Beatles in 1969 and, thus, had never experienced the group except in a historical context. (This notion was aided by true tales of younger Wings fans discovering -- to their amazement -- that Paul McCartney had been "a member of another group"). All of the Beatles' albums were still in print and easily available (and routinely stocked by most record stores), but it was thought that some new excitement was needed, some fresh exposure, to re-introduce their work to these younger listeners. The label could have launched a new advertising and promotion campaign, but more of an effort seemed in order -- especially as the same company had recently seen a huge resurgence of interest in its catalog of Beach Boys material, owing to the chart-topping Endless Summer compilation and its nearly as successful follow-up, Spirit of America. And so the company decided to try a similar repackaging/re-marketing scheme with the Beatles. And the result was Rock & Roll Music, complete with an accompanying single release of "Got to Get You into My Life." One of the harder rocking songs off of Revolver, the decade-old track was released in June of 1976 with a B-side of "Helter Skelter"; the latter (likely chosen at all because of the song's renewed topicality in a then-recently shown and widely watched made-for-television movie about the Manson killings) rode the charts for 11 weeks, peaking at number seven. Given the title and focus of the collection, a lot of the emphasis on the double-LP set was on the group's pre-psychedelic period; it also emphasized -- more than anything seen from them since 1965 -- their joyous renditions of other songwriters' work, especially old rock & roll standards like "Long Tall Sally," "Slow Down," "Dizzie Miss Lizzie," "Twist & Shout," etc., which had been a significant part of their output before their in-house songwriting came to dominate their recordings.

Even focusing on their originals, the results were impressive, with the first LP appearance of the Paul McCartney-authored Little Richard homage "I'm Down," originally a single B-side that had also been their concert closer on the 1965 tour; "Anytime at All"; and the delightful late-era "Birthday," which was an opposite of sorts to the darker "Helter Skelter" from the same original album. Of course, for anyone who had been around for the group the first time, none of this was new, despite original producer George Martin's remixing of five of the early songs, owing to the poor sound of the existing masters; additionally, the Beatles U.S. catalog already had one magnificent rock & roll album for fans to savor in The Beatles' Second Album, one of those thrown-together American releases from their early days that was perfect from beginning to end and never slowed down for a ballad, except when they did a Motown song. And the packaging and graphics here seemed curiously irrelevant, seemingly equating the Beatles and their music with distinctly 1950s-oriented images and symbols, including Marilyn Monroe; indeed, thinking about it now, one wonders if this record's jacket wasn't made up of images rejected at some point for some Beach Boys compilation. But Rock & Roll Music did work as a marketing concept, the album rising to number two on the U.S. charts (and kept out of the top spot only by -- rather fittingly -- Wings at the Speed of Sound). The record was divided into two separate, notably unsatisfying budget-priced single LPs in the 1980s, before being deleted later in that decade. And neither the original album nor its supporting single release, "Back in the U.S.S.R." b/w "Twist and Shout," were as successful in England -- then in the throes of booms related to glam rock and punk rock, where the Top Ten and Top 20, respectively, were as high as each got.

(REVIEW REPRINTED COURTESY OF BRUCE EDER, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

What else needs to be said? Unavailable in any way, manner of format in almost 40 years, this set, lovingly compiled more than a quarter of a century ago (1976, then split in two volumes in 1980) is easily the best "concept" album Beatles ever made. You will hear some of the songs you (think you) know for the first time. One more thing: this is the only album – absolutely anywhere – where you will find TRUE STEREO versions of some of the early Beatles songs. They cannot be found anywhere else.

The PROMOTIONAL, RADIO STATION-, AUDITION OR DEMONSTRATION COPIES AND RELEASES (such as the one we have here) were often distributed among the radio stations before the record was released to the public, sometimes as much as four months ahead. These records are generally considered to be the "first among equals", which is to say the VERY FIRST generation and the VERY FIRST pressings of the particular title; a PROTOTYPE and the earliest known official pressing of the record.

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·       CONDITION:

·       RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records ?click here (PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID).

(b)          The record is apparently pressed on a RELATIVELY thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy ('dynaflex' type), vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl, either.

(c)           The record comes in a hi-grade PVC inner sleeve (we can see it through the opening)

(d)          Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                               THE COVER

COVER IS NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL ?SHRINK WRAP (A PIECE OF SHRINK WRAP IS MISSING)

(PLEASE NOTE: THE SHRINK WRAP HAS SEPARATED ALONG ABOUT 30% ON THE TOP SEAM AND SPINE SIDE AND 15% ON THE OPENING SIDE, BUT THE ALBUM IS STILL VISIBLY SEALED)

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        The cover has a 5" razor-like line (cut), as if someone attempted to cut away the shrink wrap with a razor, but inadvertently left the mark on the cover as well. The paper slick is intact and no part is missing, but the razor line is visible.

-        Cover has one corner slightly dinged (nothing significant)

-        Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine and the top seam

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER

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