THE BEATLES ~ MEET THE BEATLES ~ LP on “GLOSSY” CAPITOL! MONO! NICE! 1964!

Sold Date: November 8, 2015
Start Date: November 1, 2015
Final Price: $21.07 (USD)
Bid Count: 2
Seller Feedback: 1982
Buyer Feedback: 32


Here is an EXCELLENT! ORIGINAL! LP by THE BEATLES titled MEET THE BEATLES!. It is an US pressing on the “GLOSSY” CAPITOL label, catalog #T 2047 in MONO sound and released in 1964. The vinyl is in EXCELLENT! condition, shiny and black, with light wispy non-sounding hairlines and should have excellent playback. It has ITS’ ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE! The cover is in EXCELLENT MINUS! condition with bottom edge seam taped, some small spotting on rear, light corner and edge wear. It is your opportunity to purchase this LP by THE BEATLES. It’s a true gem for the BRITISH INVASION / MERSEYBEAT / ROCK collector! Email me with any questions and be sure to look at the pic’s. I DO NOT ACCEPT BIDS FROM OR MAIL TO SOUTH AMERICA, SOUTH AFRICA, ITALY & OTHER COUNTRIES. IF YOU ARE NOT FROM THE USA CONTACT ME BEFORE BIDDING! International bidders can email me for shipping rates. SHIPPING IN THE US IS $4.00 for MEDIA MAIL. I COMBINE SHIPPING. BUYERS PLEASE WAIT FOR INVOICE! Thanks for Looking & Good Luck!

Music Review from AllMusic.com by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

 wasn't the first  album released in the U.S. (that would've been , on Vee Jay), but as the first  album released by Capitol Records, it was indeed the LP where many millions of Americans were introduced to the Fab Four. As an introduction, there could hardly have been one better. Largely comprised of material released on their second U.K. LP,  -- the album art offers a blue-tinted spin on that late-1963 release --  contains nine of that album's 14 songs, cutting out almost all the covers (all the better for publishing rights, but also an effective showcase of the group's talents; it's hard not to view the inclusion of the one remaining cover, "Till There Was You" from The Music Man, as a way to illustrate how  could appeal to parents) in a quest to trim the LP down to 12 songs. What was added to the  material are three of  best early songs: their American breakthrough single "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and its U.K. B-side ballad "This Boy," plus "I Saw Her Standing There" from their U.K. debut  (this song was the B-side of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" in the U.S.). The revisions make  slightly more of a frenetic rock & roll record than its parent LP -- there isn't much R&B or as many ballads -- which, at the time, made it an appropriate soundtrack for the wild heyday of Beatlemania but, as the years have passed, the emphasis on joyous, exuberant rock & roll means that  still sounds fresh and exciting on its own terms.