Help IDing this Beatles Album

alanz · Post by **alanz** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 10:23 am

Images here: http://www.pbase.com/alanz01/beatles_album

A "VJ Records" release from what looks to be 1964. I told the owner I was pretty sure it's a bootleg. Does anyone have any info on this thing?

chingnchime · Post by **chingnchime** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 1:11 pm

No real info, but i remember seeing it in the stores, so i think it's legit.

oreca · Post by **oreca** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 1:27 pm

It was a US LP released by VeeJay, not a bootleg. Songs included are Regular US mixes. I'm not sure where you could find out on the cover but it could be Mono or Stereo, it was realeased in both.

If you need the track list I can get that for you.

jerrymac51 · Post by **jerrymac51** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 1:35 pm

Yes, it is a legit release

1964 Oct. Vee Jay VJLP 1092
Songs, Pictures and Stories of the Fabulous Beatles
Same record as VJLP 1062 [second issue].

1964 Jan. Vee Jay VJLP 1062 and VJSR 1062 (stereo)
Introducing the Beatles [second issue]
I saw her standing there
Misery
Anna
Chains
Boys
Ask me why
Please please me
Baby, it's you
Do you want to know a secret
A taste of honey
There's a place
Twist and shout

Which is nearly the same as the first issue of Introducing the Beatles on VeeJay except for Ask Me Why & Please Please Me replaced Love me do & PS I love you.

I don't know if the second issue of INTRO THE BEATS had the same cover (I had the first) which was John sitting and the other three lads standing around him. The photo had a brownish background, and the thing I remember most about the photo is that they seemed to have reddish almost mahogany colored hair. I wore that sucka out!!!

revolver323 · Post by **revolver323** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 3:06 pm

I have two copies of this LP in my collection.

alanz · Post by **alanz** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 8:50 pm

The liner notes are hilarious.

revolver323 · Post by **revolver323** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 1:39 am

This was Vee Jay's attempt to cash in after giving up on the group when their "From Me to You" on Vee Jay didn't do well. Swan records also released "She Loves You." Both labels got in to the act because Capitol, EMI's American arm, passed on the Beatles the first time around.v I think it was one of the Capitol execs who told them, "Groups of four are out." What market savvy. I still have Vee Jay 45s, but my only copy of the Swan release melted (really!!)

chingnchime · Post by **chingnchime** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 3:25 pm

By the way, On the INTRODUCING THE BEATLES cover with John in the chair, he looks decidedly 'nelly' as we used to say...

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 4:35 pm

Yeah, he is trying to look suave, but I think a bit of public school rubbed off in his affect, despite his Brit working class hero denials.

I tagged in here late, but VeeJay (home of the Four Seasons!) owned some rights from mid-'63, when "Please, Please Me" was released as a single in the USA and tanked despite strong DJ promotion (p-a-y-o-l-a).

In '64, when they finally swept up the charts, I dragged out my PPM VeeJay single and really got my buddies questioning their sanity.

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:22 am

"Please pay me, oh yeah, and I'll play you..."

Twang, twang, twang, twang-ee twang twang...

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 6:56 pm

Holy Alan Freed, Batman!

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 6:57 pm

chingnchime · Post by **chingnchime** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 12:11 am

Hey, where'd you get the picture of Gilligan's older brother?