Introducing...The Beatles (US 1st pressing) OVAL MONO ver 1

US 1st pressing 1964, VJLP1062

45 Size Oval Logo Label (VER 1)

matrix: AUDIO MATRIX Circle MR Delta 5702 6-29-63, AUDIO MATRIX Circle MR Delta 5702-X 6-29-63

<1” gap – last track to end

 Column Back -sleeve, (mono version 1)
disc weight 139g

VEE JAY:n  Introducing...The Beatles lienee maailman väärennetyin levy. Tämä koskee suurimmaksi osaksi stereo-albumeita. Tässä on kokoelmani harvinainen Vee Jay ovaali-logolla varustettu 45-etikettipainos monona. Etiketti painettiin ilmeisesti vahingossa 7" levyn kokoon sopivana. Keskiosasta jää osa näkyviin. Kansi on ns. Column Back, eli biisit listattu kahteen riviin ja VJ-logo ylhäällä. Kansi on 1. painoksen mono, eli biisit Love Me do ja P.S. I Love You ovat kannessa, etiketeissä ja soivat levyllä. Hieman myöhemmin VEE JAY:n ja Capitolin riidan seurauksena ne vaihdettiin Please Please Me ja Ask Me Why -kappaleisiin.

Originaalin tunnistamisessa on huomioitu seuraavat seikat: 45-label, "Audio Matrix" -koneella painettuna soittoalueen ulkopuolelle (deadwax), oikeat matriisinumerot koneella painettuna, oikea kansi oikeassa levyssä, George Harrisonin varjo näkyy yms. Viimeisen biisin ja deadwaxin lopussa on alle tuuman väli.

Harvinaisuus: 2,5+

Etukansi

Takakansi (Column Back)

A-side (45-label)

B-side (45-label)

Dead Wax - Audio Matrix machine stamped

Näistä tuntomerkeistä tunnistaa väärennöksen (lähde: http://www.eskimo.com/~bpentium/beatles/intro/intro.html):

Some of the more common characteristics found on COUNTERFEIT COVERS:

• Covers with a brown border around the front cover photo are fakes.
• Covers with a bright yellow tint and the word "STEREO" printed in black at the upper left are fakes.
• Covers without George Harrison's shadow-visible to his right of where he stands, near the edge are fakes.
• Covers with red, blue, and yellow dots, unmistakable under the top of the back cover, are fakes. The dots are used by the printers during the printing process. On originals, the dots are in a different area and are not normally visible. (This fake is of particular importance due to the high quality of the front cover photo. For that reason, this cover has fooled many a collector. Look for the dots! Fake covers are almost always accompanied by a fake disc.)
• Covers for the stereo issue that list Love Me Do and P. S. I Love You, among the two columns of tracks on the back, are almost always fakes. Only a couple of authentic copies of these versions are known to exist.
• If either the front or the back cover is flat (lacking gloss) it's is a counterfeit.

Some of the more common characteristics found on COUNTERFEIT DISCS:

• Any labels with flat textured rainbow/colorband labels are fakes.
• Labels that have "THE BEATLES" and "INTRODUCING The BEATLES" separated by the center hole are fakes.
• If the width of the vinyl trail-off -the gap between the end of the last track and the edge of the label is greater than one inch, you have a fake.
• Any copy with black labels that do not have the rainbow colorband, that are printed on glossy paper stock, are fakes.
• Copies with rainbow/colorband labels that have faint print and/or weak color brightness and a lack of clarity are fakes.

Näistä taasen tunnistaa originaalin:

Some of the more common characteristics found on ORIGINAL COVERS:

• Covers-front and back-must have slicks that are either glossy or semi-glossy.
• Printing on covers must be of high quality and professional looking.
• Back cover lists contents in two columns
• Stereo copies must meet one of the following conditions:
  

  1. Back cover pictures 25 color photos of other Vee-Jay albums. This copy is commonly known as the "Ad Back" cover.

  2. Back cover is totally blank; a completely white slick with no print whatsoever.

  3. Back cover lists content in two columns, almost always containing Please Please Me and Ask Me Why. Only a couple of original copies have been verified listing Love Me Do / P.S. I Love You.

Some of the more common characteristics found on ORIGINAL DISCS:

• Labels have "THE BEATLES" and the title "INTRODUCING THE BEATLES" above the center hole.
• Only gloss or semi-gloss rainbow/colorband labels are used on originals.
• All original labels have bright, sharp silver print.
• The vinyl trail-off -the gap between the end of the last track and the edge of the label usually measures from 7/8" to 1" wide, but never greater.
• The rainbow/colorband that circles the perimeter of an original label is of high resolution, with smooth, gradual changes in color.
• The vinyl trail-off area on over 90% of all originals has one or more of the following mechanical Stampings:
  

  1. The term "AudioMatrix."

  2. The letters "MR" inside of a circle.

  3. The letters "APP" in italics. Among originals, only those made in Santa Monica lack machine Stampings. Regardless, these still have the aforementioned bright silver print and glossy labels. To date, we have never seen a counterfeit copy with machine stamping in the trail-off area.




• We have never found a counterfeit with the word "STEREO" printed on the label.


• Any copy with "STEREO" printed on the label is more than likely an original.


• All originals with black labels that do not have the rainbow colorband are printed on a flat-not glossy-paper stock.


• Any item under scrutiny must measure up in all the above areas of originality testing. If either the cover, disc or label fails even one criterion of the test, then it is likely from that secluded, middle Eastern country: Itsa Faykuh!