The Beatles Vs The Four Seasons US Orig'64 VJ DXS-30 Stereo Poster Sticker Sears

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1,580

ORIGINAL 1ST STEREO PRESSING 2LP SET COPY IN THE ORIGINAL PROTECTIVE DISTRIBUTOR
"SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO." RED LOGO BAGGY

THE BEATLES VS THE FOUR SEASONS

ORIGINAL 11½" X 23" VEE-JAY RECORDS FOLD-OUT PROMOTIONAL COLOR POSTER

VERY EARLY -A1 / -A1 MATRIX NUMBERS

MACHINE-STAMPED"AUDIOMATRIX" IN THE RUNOUT GROOVE ON BOTH SIDES

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Original incredibly rare two record set copy of The International Battle of the Century: The Beatles vs The Four Seasons, Stereo Version. The cover is still in its original distributor protective 'Sears Roebuck and Co.' baggy with the red Sears logo in the opposite corners. The back cover displays Score Cards and the gatefold interior contains the Biographies of the band members. The right bottom corner of the front cover has an original very rare red Day-Glo "Stereo" The album comes with two original red background Vee-Jay "The Greatest Gospel Sound On Record Is On Vee-Jay Records" inner sleeves with 25 color photos of other albums on the Vee-Jay record label on each side of the sleeve, also used on Introducing… The Beatles Version One and early pressings of Version Two.

Introducing the Beatles - Original 1st print colorband Vee Jay VJLP 1062 catalog number 2¾” diameter deep groove pressing ring black print brackets VJ logo labels with a “Stereo" banner above it at 12 o’clock, 'Long Playing' 'Microgroove', multicolored spectrum ('rainbow') band along the labels' edge and brackets version logo. Unique variation label with the centered song titles. Original 1st US Stereo release "American Record Pressing Co.," Owosso, Michigan record plant pressing with the 'ARP' logo stamped in italics into the runout groove on both sides. Original thick, heavy, glossy vinyl pressing with the very early 1st matrix -A1 / - A1 numbers in the trail-off vinyl. The vinyl also contains a date "1-24-64" stamp, machine "AudioMatrix" stamp and "S" suffix, identifying the issue format as Stereo. The full matrix numbers are as follows:  Side 1: S 63-3402-1 URJ 1A 1-24-64 ARP AudioMatrix; Side 2: S 63-3403-1 URJ 1A 1-24-64 ARP AudioMatrix.

 The Golden Hits of The Four Seasons - Original 1st print colorband Vee Jay VJLP 1065 catalog number 2'75 diameter pressing ring black print oval VJ logo labels with a "Stereo" banner above it at 12 o’clock, 'Long Playing' 'Microgroove', multicolored spectrum ('rainbow') band along the labels' edge and oval version logo. Original thick, heavy, glossy vinyl pressing with the very early 1st matrix -A1 / - A1 numbers in the trail-off vinyl. The vinyl also contains the machine-stamped "AudioMatrix". The full matrix numbers are as follows: Side 1: 63-3408-S A1 ARP AudioMatrix; Side 2: 63-3409-S A1 ARP AudioMatrix.

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I grade the cover as somewhere between Strong Very Good Plus and Excellent Minus. It’s very clean and doesn’t have any writing or splits. The ring wear is almost absent, except for some light hints of it at the top of the front and back cover. Some very light soiling on the corners and several very small barely noticeable indentation marks on the back cover. The rigid spine contains a fully readable text. The gatefold interior is also very clean and is in Near Mint Minus condition. The original red background Vee-Jay Records inner sleeves and poster are in Excellent condition.

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I grade the “Introducing…The Beatles” vinyl as Good and the “Golden Hits of the Four Seasons” as Very Good Plus for Side 1 and Very Good for Side 2. Comparing the condition of these two records one can easily see who ended up being the winner of the battle. The “Introducing…The Beatles” vinyl contains many marks and hairlines along with scuffs from the inner sleeve. The labels are also somewhere between Very Good Plus and Excellent minus having some light scuffing and several light spindle marks. The vinyl plays well throughout , but has background noise and a series of light pops in some parts. The “Golden Hits of the Four Seasons” record has some very light surface hairlines along with scuffs from the inner sleeve with Side 1 having much less of them. The labels are in Excellent Minus condition, very clean and are scuff- and wear-free. The vinyl plays very well, having some light background noise, which becomes more evident during the quiet passages and in between the songs. Some of the background noise on both records is most likely static and could possibly get reduced if the records are professionally cleaned using a VPI cleaning machine.

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