Introducing The Beatles Vinyl Counterfeit

It may be off center or crooked.

Introducing the beatles vinyl counterfeit.

The legitimate copy shown in. There are other things about these records that indicate they were not pressed in 1964 such as improper trail off area markings and thin vinyl. All tracks were recorded on february 11 1963. Vee jay packaged the early singles as introducing the beatles their first u s.

Having beatles under the hole is a red flag crappy printing on the cover is a red flag the missing shadow is a red flag an extra wide trailoff area is a red flag and a stereo covered copy that plays mono is a huge red flag. If the group s name is below the center hole the record is a fake most likely pressed in the 70s. By 1964 a court awarded the rights to all beatles recordings to emi capitol and the record went out of print only to become one of the most counterfeited albums in music history. This particular edition has matrix numbers of 63 3402 and 63 3403 printed on the disc labels and in the run out grooves.

The glossy back slick is better made but close examination of the lettering reveals unevenness. The disc labels are black and silver with no color band. Most are identified with a variety of stereo stickers. The face colors in this fake almost match the background color.

There are several copies of this album genuine and counterfeit all with the same catalog number vjlp 1062. Still there are a number of well known examples that most collectors are likely to encounter sooner or later and that would include not surprisingly counterfeit records by the beatles. Here are some ways to spot a real one and also id a fake. A few stereo copies of introducing the beatles were packaged in mono sleeves.

Lp 1062 is in again in a serif font. Introducing the beatles introducing the beatles is the granddaddy of all counterfeit albums. No other record has ever come close. All that being said fakes of that album are common as muck and the genuine ones aren t.