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New Rare Records – Beatles, Elton John, Simon and Garfunkel

new rare records - beatles, elton john, simon and garfunkel

new rare records - beatles, elton john, simon and garfunkel

New items in our store include:

Beatles – White Album still sealed 1978 white vinyl 2 LP set
Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road limited edition 1978 yellow vinyl UK LP
Simon and Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water sealed Mobile Fidelity 2 LP “One-Step” box set

You can browse the rest of our items in our store.

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New Rare Records – Fleetwood Mac, Joni Mitchell, Beatles

rare records, fleetwood mac, joni mitchell, beatles

rare records, fleetwood mac, joni mitchell, beatles

New items in our store include:

Fleetwood Mac – Rumours limited edition white vinyl Netherlands LP
Joni Mitchell – Court and Spark unreleased Classic Records 200 gram test pressing audiophile LP
Beatles – 1962-1966/1967-1970 Japan red vinyl and blue vinyl compilation LPs

You can browse the rest of our items in our store.

Louise Harrison Caldwell (Beatles) – All About the Beatles sealed 1964 LP

(Beatles) Louise Harrison Caldwell - All About the Beatles sealed 1964 LP

Offered for sale is a still sealed copy of All About the Beatles by, Louise Harrison Caldwell, the sister of George Harrison of the Beatles.

About this copy: This copy of All About the Beatles is a still sealed original pressing from 1964 on Recar Records.  The record is presumably new and unplayed, and the album likely also includes the mail-in card for the Beatles photo album, which is almost always missing. (see photo to see what the card looks like)

While the album is still sealed, the wrap is split along the entire bottom edge of the cover and a bit of wear at that edge.  There is also a small (1″ x 2″) tear in the shrink wrap where a price sticker was removed, and a very small (1/2″ or so) piece of the cover has been torn away.

While this isn’t a perfect example of a sealed copy, the wrap is otherwise tight and there are no holes, saw marks or tears in either the wrap or the cover.  This title is quite hard to find in any condition, and this is only the second copy we’ve ever had for sale and the only still sealed copy we’ve ever seen.

A nice copy of a very rare Beatles-related album.

Background: In 1964, when the Beatles first became a worldwide sensation, every record company in America tried to find something that they could release to allow them to cash in on Beatlemania.  Some labels issued early recordings by the band, others released albums by soundalike groups, and still others released interview albums.

One of the more interesting albums in the latter group is All About the Beatles, credited to Louise Harrison Caldwell.  Mrs. Caldwell was George Harrison’s sister, and she had moved to the United States in the 1950s.  At one point, before becoming famous, George had come to the U.S. to visit his sister, and he was the only member of the group to have visited the U.S. prior to their becoming famous.

Tiny Recar Records from Minneapolis, Minnesota managed to secure an interview with Louise Harrison Caldwell and put that interview on record.  The album also included a card for a mail-in offer for a Beatles photo album, which is almost always missing when copies of this album turn up for sale.

As with most of these attempts to cash in on Beatlemania, All About the Beatles was only available for a short time, as the window of opportunity to sell anything to Beatles fans was pretty short.  The album did not sell well and today, the album is one of the harder titles to find among early Beatle-related albums.

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Beatles – The Beatles Story Rainbow Label Capitol Stereo 2 LP set

Beatles - The Beatles Story Rainbow Label Capitol Stereo 2 LP set

Offered for sale is a scarce stereo pressing of the 1964 documentary 2 LP set, The Beatles Story issued by Capitol Records.

About this copy: The copy offered for sale is in beautiful condition and is a much rarer stereo copy.  The records are M-, with no marks of any kind on either the vinyl or the label.  The cover is VG++, with the faintest traces of wear on the bottom of the front of the cover.  There are no splits or tears.

The discs are Los Angeles pressings, with the common 1-4, 2-3 labels, as the record was designed to be played in sequence on record changers.  This is an early pressing without the “subsidiary…” text that appeared on later labels.

Matrix numbers are:

SIDE 1: STBO-1-2222-A-3
SIDE 2: STBO-2-2222-A-3
SIDE 3: STBO-3-2222-A-3
SIDE 4: STBO-4-2222-A-3

One disc has a plain white inner sleeve; the other has a custom white Capitol sleeve with the word “Capitol” around the perimeter.

Background: At the height of Beatlemania, record companies couldn’t get enough Beatles product out on the shelves to satisfy consumers.  When Vee Jay records issued the interview-only album Hear the Beatles Tell All, Capitol issued their own documentary album as a two-record set, entitled The Beatles Story.  This album featured interviews, press conference excerpts, narration about the history of the band, and brief snippets of some of their songs.

The album reached number seven on the US albums chart and was certified gold by the RIAA.

AllMusic.com gave the Beatles Story this review:

The strangest of all albums released during the Beatles’ lifetime, The Beatles Story appeared in November 1964, during the thick of Beatlemania. In fact, Beatlemania, not the Beatles, is the very topic of The Beatles Story, a tedious neo-documentary record that tells the tale of the Fab Four’s rise to power via a collection of musical snippets, interview excerpts, and scripted narrative. …It’s an artifact and it’s interesting because it captures some of the madness surrounding Beatlemania, but it’s not something to hear more than once.

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Country of origin: US
Size: 12″
Record Label: Capitol
Catalog Number:
STBO-2222
Year of Release: 1964
Format: Stereo
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