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ITEM # : AA089
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ORIGINAL PARLOPHONE MONO
"BEATLES FOR SALE"
LP ALBUM COVER
AUTOGRAPHED ON THE FRONT BY

SIGNED IN GREEN BALLPOINT PEN
CIRCA EARLY 1965
AUTOGRAPHED A SECOND TIME BY
PAUL McCARTNEY
INSIDE THE LEFT GATEFOLD NEAR HIS IMAGE

IF 1963 HAD BEEN THE YEAR IN WHICH THE BEATLES
CONQUERED BRITAIN, THEN IN 1964 THEY CONQUERED THE WORLD.
THROUGHOUT 1964 THE PACE OF THE BEATLES' WORK -
THEIR FIRST HISTORIC U.S. VISIT,
FILMING "A HARD DAY'S NIGHT", COMPOSING, RECORDING,
PRESS INTERVIEWS, LIVE CONCERTS, RADIO AND TV APPEARANCES -
WAS AWESOME, YET NEVER WAS THE QUALITY
SHOWN TO SUFFER. IT HAD BEEN QUITE A YEAR.

THE TUMULTUOUS YEAR OF 1964 ENDED WITH THE BEATLES
ATOP THE WORLDWIDE SINGLE CHARTS WITH "I FEEL FINE"
AND AT NUMBER ONE IN THE LP CHARTS WITH YET ANOTHER
NEW OFFERING, "BEATLES FOR SALE", SOMEHOW RECORDED
IN BETWEEN ONE ACTIVITY OR ANOTHER.

"A HARD DAY'S NIGHT" HAD BEEN OUT JUST TWO MONTHS
WHEN ON TUESDAY 11 AUGUST 1964, THE BEATLES BEGAN
RECORDING THE LP, IN KEEPING WITH THE FORMULA OF
TWO ALBUMS PER YEAR, THE SECOND AIMED AT THE
CHRISTMAS SALES MARKET. THIS ONE WOULD REMAIN UNTITLED
UNTIL THE RELEASE DATE WAS IN SIGHT, 4 DECEMBER 1964,
AND EVENTUALLY BEING NAMED "BEATLES FOR SALE".

THE FRONT COVER TO "BEATLES FOR SALE" FEATURES THE
COLOR ROBERT FREEMAN PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN IN HYDE PARK
DURING AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON PHOTO SESSION.
THE BEATLES, LOOKING SOMEWHAT SOMBER, DRESSED IN
DARK CLOTHES AND WRAPPED IN SCARVES, APPEAR WORN.
BEATLEMANIA HAD TAKEN A BIT OF A TOLL ON THEM IN 1964.

FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES IS PROUD TO OFFER THIS ORIGINAL MONO ISSUE
AUTOGRAPHED BY THE BEATLES ON THE FRONT COVER,
ALL FOUR SIGNING ABOVE THEIR RESPECTIVE
IMAGE IN MATCHING GREEN BALLPOINT PEN,
CIRCA EARLY 1965.

JOHN HAS ADDED "LOVE FROM" ABOVE HIS SIGNATURE,
AND AN "X" BELOW :

PAUL'S PEN HAS SKIPPED SLIGHTLY, NOTICEABLE BETWEEN THE
"U" AND "L" IN HIS FIRST NAME AND IN THE 'A" IN "McCARTNEY".
THIS IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE HIGH GLOSS LAMINATED
TEXTURE USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF ALL
BRITISH PARLOPHONE LP COVERS :

ADDITIONALLY, PAUL HAS SIGNED THE INSIDE OF THE ALBUM'S
LEFT GATEFOLD JACKET IN THE SAME GREEN BALLPOINT,
ON A PHOTO OF THE BEATLES PERFORMING
ON STAGE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. DURING THEIR FIRST U.S. VISIT :

HE SIGNS :
" TO JENNY
LOVE FROM
PAUL
McCARTNEY " :

ACCORDING TO HIGHLY RESPECTED
BEATLES AUTOGRAPH PREMIER EXPERT FRANK CAIAZZO :
"Authentic beatle signed lp covers are extremely rare
and are difficult to come by. the majority of the ones which do
surface are on the british parlophone label and are almost
always signed on the reverse on the paperstock surface
which was generally more accommodating to ballpoint
or fountain pen. album jackets which have been signed on the
front are almost impossible to find, as only a few have ever
come into the marketplace. this particular lp
"beatles for sale", is not a common title to see signed
because the beatles were increasingly
INaccessible throughout 1964 and beyond."

the signed cover is accompanied by
the original mono first pressing record,
along with its original "emitex" inner sleeve.

THE VINYL IS IN NEAR MINT TO
NEAR MINT MINUS CONDITION, WITH A GORGEOUS
DEEP GLOSS AND SHEEN. THE LABELS ARE EQUALLY BEAUTIFUL,
WITH JUST VERY LIGHT & MINIMAL SPINDLE MARKING.

THE MATRIX ON SIDE ONE IS "XEX 503-3N",
AND SIDE 2 IS "XEX 504-3N",  SIGNIFYING THAT THIS
IS A VERY EARLY PRESSING OF THE LP.  SIDE TWO ALSO HAS
THE "MT TAX CODE" ON THE CENTER OF THE LABEL.

ACCOMPANIED BY
LIFETIME LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM
FRANK CAIAZZO & FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES

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