Any Beatles /Record Experts in the House?

[theantiquetiger]

I picked uo this "Meet The Beatles" album today, and it doesn't match the 142 albums on Ebay. Any help?

The strange thing is the orange label:

[Mikey]

Looks like a Capitol orange label with "rust" coloured Beatles logo.
Issued in 1975-1978

My guess,
It's worth about 2-5 dollars in this condition.

[Zemo]

This is what is on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FCH3MG

[theantiquetiger]

Yeah, ater I posed this, I found an entire list of Beatles' albums and the "value". This is a $10 common in VG cond.

Oh well, paid $1. I will list it with the other two Beatles's albums I picked up for $1 each.

[Mikey]

which other ones did you get ?

[megoat]

Just so you know--99% of Beatles records typically found at flea markets, thrift stores and yard sales are not worth much more than a few bucks. I'm way into records, I've been collecting all my life and it's funny how NON RECORD PEOPLE always think Beatles records are worth a fortune. It's sort of joke amongst record dudes. I don't know how many times I've had to flip thru a flea market vendors OVERPRICED crappy Beatles records to see that he's got actual VALUABLE records tagged at $1!

Now, that's not to say there aren't valuable Beatles records out there. There are. I find some from time to time (I found a Butcher cover this summer for a quarter!).....But like I said, MOST Beatles records yr gonna find are gonna be common.....

[Mikey]

Speaking of Beatles records ...
I have a little story for all interested ......

Back in '78 my mom bought me the Beatles White Album on white vinyl.
I opened it up and played it many times ....
One thing that always bugged me, it had some purple snot made in the vinyl of record-1

Years later I read about the White Album "splash" issue.

I knew mine wasn't that, but perhaps it was a distant cousin.

I recent refound it in the back of my closet.

2 weeks ago I took a chance and threw it on ebay.

It went for over 100 bucks

I wish I had more records with snot on them

[theantiquetiger]

Just so you know--99% of Beatles records typically found at flea markets, thrift stores and yard sales are not worth much more than a few bucks. I'm way into records, I've been collecting all my life and it's funny how NON RECORD PEOPLE always think Beatles records are worth a fortune. It's sort of joke amongst record dudes. I don't know how many times I've had to flip thru a flea market vendors OVERPRICED crappy Beatles records to see that he's got actual VALUABLE records tagged at $1!

Now, that's not to say there aren't valuable Beatles records out there. There are. I find some from time to time (I found a Butcher cover this summer for a quarter!).....But like I said, MOST Beatles records yr gonna find are gonna be common.....

I pretty much know that 99% of all Beatles albums are pretty common. I look through albums hoping to find a butcher album (or covered one).

I want to know how to determine if an album is an acetate.

[Mikey]

Acetates are crazy heavy.
They're made of a metal core with wax on it.
If you held one in your hand, you could easy see and feel the difference

[4NDR01D]

[QUOTE=megoat;219541] (I found a Butcher cover this summer for a quarter!)QUOTE]

Wow!, is this a good condition "second state"? Has anybody tried to peel off the slick yet?

[Mego Milk]

(I think) the american release of the album was called "With the Beatles".
The england release is titled "Meet the Beatles".

this makes the english version more valuable.

(I think)

[Mikey]

USA Early LP Discography

1. Introducing The Beatles
2. Meet The Beatles
3. The Beatles Second Album
4. A Hard Days Night
5. Something New


England Early LP Discography

1. Please Please Me
2. With The Beatles
3. Hard Days Night
4. Beatles For Sale
5. Help

Early Canadian LP discograpy

1. Beatlemania! With the Beatles
2. Twist and Shout
3. The Beatles' Long Tall Sally
4. Hard Day's Night
5. Something New

[Cosmicman]

You might get 40 bucks for it tops. It looks like a 6th or 7th edition.
The American Capital label did about seven issues of this record. The Capital one with the rainbow all around it is either a 1st or 2nd. Now that puppy (providing the cover is mint) is worth about eighty to hundred a believe.

...and yes Megomilk. The English versions are worth more because the American releases came later. The Beatles sold their records through American sellers like Capital.

Capital had a deal through the Beatles and released their copulation albums such as "The Beatles '65" "Yesterday...and today."
Not quite as valuable but still considered a "Beatles release."

Just recently, The Beatles catalog released the American versions of these albums on compact disc for the first time. Some of the albums aren't any different then the English versions. Just a few songs switched around or added.

[txteach]

I have a DECCA release of "Ain't She Sweet" by the beatles 45. Now that one is a bit rare.

[Cosmicman]

I have a DECCA release of "Ain't She Sweet" by the beatles 45. Now that one is a bit rare.

Yes and no.
It was actually done during the Tony Sheridan sessions and the Beatles were a backup band called "The Beat Brothers."
The engineers let "The Beat Brothers" do a few takes of some of their own songs and they were shelved. They were mainly there to be a backup to Tony Sheridan which now today is completely ironic because who the **** is Tony Sheridan today? Does anyone have a clue?

It wasn't until later that they unearthed it and re-released it as "The Beatles" when they got famous. DECCA didn't really own rights to the record but they mass produced it with as a "Beatles" release with permission from Beatles management.

Now if you actually owned the original record entitled Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers. I think it might have been on Parlophone or an off English label (before anyone had any idea who the Beatles were) then you'd be talking about some serious cash.
There were some interesting takes of My Bonnie and a bunch of songs where Tony Sheridan obviously thought he was Elvis. There is a classic musical "The Beat Brothers" do on there called, "Cry for a Shadow" that you can hear early Lennon and McCartney jam ideas. You can find a take or two of this stuff on the first Anthology.