John Lennon Authentic "Sings The Great Rock & Roll Hits" (Beatles)

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John Lennon Authentic "Sings The Great Rock & Roll Hits" (Beatles)

Vinyl is near mint Cover has wear - see pictures
Roots: John Lennon Sings the Great Rock & Roll Hits is a rare mail-order album issued by Adam VIII consisting of rough mixes of John Lennon's Rock 'n' Roll album. It was available through television sale for three days in January 1975 before Lennon and Apple/EMI pulled it off the market. Lennon then rush-released his "official" version in February 1975.
The following law suit was resolved in favor of Capitol Records and John Lennon. Production of this LP was halted and about 3000 copies survived.

Many counterfeits exist. This is the genuine version of both the record and cover, which have all of these features:
1) SPINE: 
- spine is square. Counterfeits can have round or flat spines. 
- title on spine says "GREAT", as it does on the cover. Some counterfeits say "GREATEST". 
2) COVER MATERIAL is white posterboard. Some counterfeits have paste-on cover slicks. 
3) FRONT COVER IMAGE: the skin of John's shoulder at lower right is visible. Some counterfeits use a slightly enlarged copy of the front cover which crops out the shoulder.
4) FRONT COVER LETTERING: has the word "STEREO" in the bottom right corner of the cover printed in separate letters. Some counterfeits have the letters running together.
5) REAR COVER IMAGES: the printing on the little album covers in the advertisement are legible. This is not to say they are perfectly obvious because the print is really small. But the lettering on the Solid Gold album that read "Original Hits" & "By the Original Artists" are in distinct letters that don't bleed into each other. Similarly, the artist names on the small Soul Train cover ("Sylvia", "Isaac Hayes", "B.B.King", "Spinners", "The Dells", etc.) are in distinct white letters that don't bleed into each other. Lettering on counterfeits are illegible.
6) VINYL WEIGHT: originals are light-weight. Some counterfeits were pressed on unusually thick vinyl. 
7) MATRIX: has "Bell Sound" stamp in tight italics. Some counterfeits lack the Bell Sound stamp. 
8) RECORD LABEL SIZE: originals are standard. Some counterfeits have an unusually large compared to a standard 1970's pressing. 
9) "A8018" ETCHED IN SIDE A LABEL: There is one definitive thing that separates the originals from the fakes. All original copies have the matrix number of A 8018 pressed into Side 1 Label. No counterfeits have this feature.

Copies under this listing satisfy all these criteria, and match the photos. 

It does not include the original inner advertising sleeve