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All copies of Ticket To Ride released by Capitol Records have the "Eight Arms to Hold You" blurb until the purple label release in the late '80s.

Oh well, still sounds good anyway, love those 45's.

I was going to point that out Kris. Good call.

Here are a couple of links that place value on the picture sleeves. I think the picture sleeves are what make the 45 valuable.

http://www.rarebeatles.com/sleeves/sleeves.htm
http://members.aol.com/egweimi/btls/ps.htm

The second site is probably closer in price to what they're actually going for, although true NM examples will bring appreciably more.

I bought several of the sleeves from a store in the Sunset District in San Francisco called LET IT BE RECORDS. I think it is closed now, but from about 1978 to 1983 I bought several sleeves.

Let It Be records was a very well known and respected Beatles collectibles shop. They are certainly missed in the collecting community.

In the late 70's / early 80's, a lot of Beatles Capitol picture sleeves were reproduced. These sold in legitimate record stores for $3-$4 apiece. They can be distinguished from originals by perforations along the fold lines, as well as blurred / hard to read small print (such as the 'Made in USA' mark. They are all east coast variation sleeves. I have personally seen "Paperback Writer", Strawberry Fields Forever", "Yesterday" and "We Can Work It Out" from this series, but I understand that all Capitol sleeves were produced.

Know that all Beatles picture sleeves have been counterfeited at one time or another. No known counterfeits of west coast (with a thumb tab) sleeves have been seen (at this time). Typical counterfeit tipoffs are: Blurred photos or printing (especially small print like in the Capitol logo), colors not quite right when compared to a known original, sleeve cut too tight or too short, perforated folds.

Reproducing paper goods is too easy, especially these days. Be careful when buying collectible paper goods.

Picture sleeves were not that big in UK in 60's, the first Beatles picture sleeve was Strawberry berry fields/Penny Lane, 250,000 were issued in this sleeve.

According to my guide which probably need updating as a year old now these are worth £50 which would be about $85.

Before I knew what these things were worth and because I had the tracks on a album,I swapped my copy for a Meatloaf album I think, though really don't like the guy.

I also had the first issue of the Let it Be Album, which came in a black box with a good quality colour booklet. I threw the box away and the kids destroyed the booklet. The old saying if I knew then what I know now comes to mind.

I suppose most of you will have similar stories so share them.

I threw all of my records on vinyl out in 1985 or so. Oh well. They had not been played for years. There were some classics in the collection too.

I sold my vinyl two years ago for $12,000 USD. Bought a few nice guitars with that money!

Well, i've had a big wooden car with wheels made of disks somewhere... but the music on those disks had nothing to do with classics, in fact.

Roy wrote:
"Picture sleeves were not that big in UK in 60's, the first Beatles picture sleeve was Strawberry berry fields/Penny Lane, 250,000 were issued in this sleeve."

This was actually one of only two original Beatles sleeves issued in the UK. The other is Let It Be. LIB is more common than SSF because it was issued in a larger quantity, and had a heavy paper construction - So more of them have survived the years.

I figure if I still had my entire 45 collection, my Corgi Batmobile and my Peter Max lunchbox, I could probably retire tomorrow...

Well, I never had a Peter Max lunchbox, but I do still have my entire 45 collection and my Corgi Batmobile - And I still can't retire!

It was funny selling the vinyl. I took large plastic storage bins full to a friend's store, two or three each weekend. They were full of records, mostly import LP's, colored vinyl and picture sleeve singles (all mint in plastic covers). I'd leave before the buyers would arrive, because I had told my friend that I wasn't interested in seeing collector geeks pawing through my stuff. One Saturday I arrived a little late and the buyers were waiting for the next load. I made smalltalk and pointed out a few of the rare records. Some began to ask why I was selling off everything. I told them that the time had come to get rid of this stuff. Later I began to suspect that they thought I was dying of some terminal disease. Later my friend confirmed my suspicions.

Boy Randy $12000 must have been some collection.

Kris spot on about Let It Be still have the original issue of that, though some were issued in a glossy sleeve rather than the matt finish and those are more valuable.

I have started to sell a lot of vinyl went well at first but appears to be little interest of late though I realise it may be my tastes so to speak that have no appeal.

Peter Max has to be a American thing not a clue what he was.