Sold Date: September 26, 2015
Start Date: September 19, 2015
Final Price: $22.00 (USD)
Bid Count: 1
Seller Feedback: 93
Buyer Feedback: 3

The BEATLES with MEET THE BEATLES! from 1964.  High Fidelity recording - so it's MONO.  Recorded in England.  Matrix reads:  T1-2047-F1; Side 2 shows T2-2047-T26.  This version of the LP does show the Ascap and BMI notes after each song.  I like the heavy weighing vinyl back from this time!  It's thick!

Side 1:  I Want to Hold Your Hand; I Saw Her Standing There; This Boy; It Won't Be Long; All I've Got To Do; All My Loving.
Side 2:  Don't Bother Me; Little Child; Till There Was You; Hold Me Tight; I Wanna Be Your Man; Not A Second Time.

Front cover is in great shape with no actual ring wear showing, but there are those small white fade spots all over and you can see them in the photo. It's a pretty solid cover.  The left side seam has some tearing, see photo, and one little tear at bottom seam.  Back cover looks great considering its age.  Extremely light barely noticeable ring wear.  Someone wrote in pencil the numbers 1964 at the bottom middle of the back cover and 2 pencil check marks after two song names.  There was no inside cover though, but will include a plain one. 

The Capitol label side one has no marks, but side two has some kind of dot marks to the left side of the label under the Capitol logo and some light wear along the color band.  Looking under the bright lamp, there are over 20 very light surface scratches or maybe its scuffing on both sides, but side two has way less.  You can't feel them.  I played both sides on my Technics turntable.  No skips or pops!  Between the songs I could hear minor crackles that make you realize it is an album you are playing.  But nothing major.  It's in great shape considering other albums I've seen from this time period for the Beatles! 

I give the cover sleeve a Very Good Plus (VG+) grading!  The vinyl in sound quality a Very Good Plus Plus (VG++) but Very Good Plus (VG+) for looking at it under the bright light because of several light scratches and/or the scuff marks mainly on Side 1.  

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GUIDELINES TO GRADING:  Guidelines I use to rate the quality of these records (based on the Goldmine Grading Guide):

M: Mint - could be still sealed, so vinyl and cover are still in perfect condition, unless otherwise explained in more detail.

NM:  Near Mint - Vinyl, still shiny, as if opened for the first time. No writing or stickers on the vinyl. No obvious scratches. Label: No writing or stickers and no fading of the label.  LP cover should have no creases, folds, seam splits or similar defects. 

NM-: Near Mint Minus (My grading item/description).   Similar to NM but will have some very light scratches on the vinyl not affecting the sound quality. No writing or stickers on label and no fading (or ringwear) on cover or label.

EX: Excellent - Not quite a Goldmine Standard Listing, but being used by many now. Cover: No ink wear, minor creases to corners, no seam tears. Vinyl can have scratches, but not felt by your fingers. Sound quality must be mint. No more than 15% of the surface should have wear or scuffs on it. To me, EX is like a VG++.

VG+: Very Good Plus - Similar to NM- except that on the label, there may be a sticker or writing, but it shows very little wear. There may be only a couple light surface scratches on the grooves, but do not affect the playback with noise or skips. You may only see these scratches if you put them under a bright light and really look for them. The cover might have light creasing or minor seam or corner wear, but still in great condition to show off.

VG to VG-: Very Good to Very Good Minus - May not be that shiny anymore and you will see scratches without putting it under a bright light, but they still would not affect the quality of the playback. The sound quality is still pretty good, maybe a little noise, but not enough to detract from the listening experience. The label might have some fading around it, besides having stickers or writing. The cover may have obvious ringwear in the middle or around the perimeter of where the record was, maybe some side seam splits, or little tears at the top or side where the record goes back into. If less defects, then it's a VG. If it has all this just mentioned, then a VG-.

G, G+: Good or Good Plus - It doesn't mean the vinyl is trashed. It plays though without skipping, but may have heavy noise or fuzz sound because of age, quality, or worn-down grooves. Heavy writing or stickers on the label, ringwear is very obvious on the cover and cover probably has seam splits. But, amazingly, for the vinyl, if you have special audio LP recording software, you could probably clean up those crackles and fuzzes, if you want to create a CD of it for yourself.

P: Poor - This is when the vinyl is warped to the point it warps the playback also. Or it's cracked, but it may or may not still play without a skip. If a picture sleeve is with it, this is torn or marked up bigtime. But someone may want to have it for nostalgia or even attempt to fix it.