"MEET THE BEATLES" STEREO LP BLACK COLORBAND SUBSIDIARY CAPITOL LABELS - NrMT

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40

                                                DESCRIPTION

ARTIST:                                THE BEATLES

TITLE:                             “MEET THE BEATLES”

PRESSING:              1968 Second Capitol “Black Rainbow” Pressing STEREO LP of The Beatles debut album!

CATALOG #:           CAPITOL  ST 2047

LABELS:                   Super clean “Black Colorband” labels with “A Subsidiary of Capitol Industries Inc” added in the border.

Comments:                Extremely RARE vinyl LP to locate in pristine condition.

                                                CONDITION  ( Please refer to Grading Standards below)

COVER:                    NrMT-

Comments:                Extremely clean “pastedown” cover with “BEATLES” in Brown displays sharp vivid colors with No ring wear on the front side, No marks or writing, No seam splits, No creases, and No cut out marks, discount holes or bar codes. The back of the cover has ever so light ring wear and slight aging of the white borders (see photograph), but still very nice.

VINYL:                      Side 1  NrMT+   Side 2  NrMT

Comments:                Full original gloss “Thick” vinyl with virtually no flaws, just a tiny rub on side 2 seen under bright light from sliding in and out of the original inner sleeve. The LP plays beautifully throughout the entire recording! Probably played just a few times, doesn’t get much better than this for an original 46 year-old vinyl LP.

INNER SLEEVE:    Original and correct “Burnt Orange” CAPITOL inner sleeve used by the company at the time of release (1968) of this LP. The inner sleeve is in NrMT/MT condition with No seam splits, which is unheard of for a nearly 50 year-old sleeve to this popular album.

Comments:                “Subsidiary of Capitol” thick vinyl pressings of this highly sought after Stereo LP, are extremely difficult to locate in highly collectible condition! LP features several early Beatles classic songs including “I Want To Hold Your Hand”, “I Saw Her Standing There”, “This Boy”, “All My Loving”, and “I Wanna Be Your Man”.

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                                    GRADING STANDARDS

                        COVER

MINT             Perfect in every way, rarely used grade

NrMT+           Hint of corner/edge wear, no ring wear

NrMT             Slight corner/edge wear, hint of ring wear

NrMT-            Very light corner/edge wear, faint ring wear

VG+                Light overall corner/surface wear, light ring wear

VG                  Moderate shelf wear, light to moderate ring wear

                        VINYL

MINT             Absolutely no marks on the vinyl surface, rarely used grade

NrMT+           Very faint rub or two with no surface marks

NrMT             No scratches or spindle marks – may have a few extremely faint, inaudible hairlines or a paper scuff seen only under very bright light

NrMT-            No scratches or spindle marks – may have a few light, inaudible hairlines seen under bright light from sliding in and out of the inner paper sleeve

VG+                No scratches, may have a spindle mark – light inaudible hairlines and/or paper scuffs will be present, which do not affect play or overall quality of the recording