The True Story of the Beatles' Real First U.S. Album

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  @michaelrochester48 · 3 years ago

  Frankie Valli has claimed that he has seven of the stereo pressings of “the Beatles versus the four seasons” albums in his possession

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  @orbyfan · 3 years ago

  The person responsible for "The Beattles" was probably the same one responsible for "Farnk Ifield."

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  @Stonecutter334 · 3 years ago

  As a teenager in the mid 70’s i can attest to the fact that the counterfeit ones were literally everywhere. Even if you went into the little local department stores or five and dime type places. Whats more we all had at least one copy. You could pick them up for a couple of dollars anywhere. <br>Great stuff as always.

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  @TerAnce-s3f6o · 2 weeks ago (edited)

  The Vee Jay story and the lengths it went to exploit the Beatles is facination had the Beatles vs the Four Seasobs Damn!

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  @pagano60 · 3 months ago

  For a long time, I’ve wondered why &quot;From Me to You&quot; didn&apos;t appear on a Capitol/Apple album in the U.S. until the Red Album. &nbsp;Now, I learn that it was just because Capitol didn&apos;t want to put in the effort of including it in &quot;The Early Beatles.&quot; &nbsp;Seems legit.

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  @ChristopherSobieniak · 3 years ago

  At least now we get a better undertstanding of how Vee-Jay got in on this British Invasion head-on before Capitol (whom EMI already bought previous).

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  @ROGER2095 · 1 year ago

  In 1964, shortly after the Beatles became big on the radio, I bought my first Beatles album. I was 11 years old. I went to the neighborhood Walgreens who had a display with equal numbers of &quot;Meet the Beatles&quot; and &quot;Introducing the Beatles.&quot; Same price - $3.98. I thought about it and finally decided on &quot;Meet the Beatles&quot; since it had &quot;I Want to Hold Your Hand.&quot; Years later I regretted the decision since &quot;Introducing&quot; would be more valuable. But after watching this video, maybe the &quot;Introducing&quot; that Walgreens had might have been a counterfeit even in 1964? <br>(I still have the &quot;Meet the Beatles!&quot;)

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  @CharlesOlver · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=algKSYPPU-c&amp;t=1350">22:30</a> - &quot;It is with a good deal of pride and pleasure that this copulation has been presented.&quot;

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  @kromedome101 · 3 years ago

  Little known fact? Certain 80s pressings of &quot;The Early Beatles&quot; featured hype stickers proclaiming &apos;Includes Twist &amp; Shout&apos; due to it featured in the film &quot;Ferris Beulers Day Off&quot;.

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  @jtlynn23 · 3 years ago

  Another fabulous video, Andrew! &nbsp;I bought one of the counterfeit &quot;Introducing&quot; albums from the budget bin in the 1980s. &nbsp;The person at the counter warned me that it was a fake, which I had already figured, but it was only $2.99. :) &nbsp;The first thing I noticed was that one of the channels on the record would just drop for a few seconds mid-song. The building where Vee-Jay was located is now a coworking space with a coffee shop in Chicago&apos;s growing South Loop neighborhood. After Vee-Jay left, Brunswick Records took over the space until the 1970s. &nbsp; Also, Universal Recording Company has a very deep history as one of Chicago&apos;s premier studios-- lots of jazz and blues greats recorded there.

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  @darryl3422 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I had Introducing the Beatles and The Beatles vs The 4 Seasons In 1965 Wish my mon hadn&apos;t thrown them away when I went to Vietnan Great video

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  @JLLLEL · 3 years ago

  I was nearly nine when the Beatles hit it big in America. I had &quot;Meet&quot; and &quot;Introducing&quot; by the end of February &apos;64. My copy had &quot;Love Me Do&quot; and &quot;P.S. I Love You&quot; on the back cover, but the record itself had &quot;Please Please Me&quot; and &quot;Ask Me Why.&quot; Seems I got one during the transition period. Of course, I have no idea what happened to it during the last 59 years.

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