Vinyl Album - The Beatles - Meet The Beatles! - Capitol

Vinyl Album

Artist:	The Beatles
Title:	Meet The Beatles!
Label:	Capitol
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	T-2047
Date:	13 Jan 1964
Format:	Mono LP (also Stereo LP)
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	75 Own, 4 Want
Price Guide:	$33
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PRICE GUIDE

$33

Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	The Beatles	I Want To Hold Your Hand	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	10.0 Rate
A2	The Beatles	I Saw Her Standing There	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	10.0 Rate
A3	The Beatles	This Boy	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	9.0 Rate
A4	The Beatles	It Won't Be Long	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	8.5 Rate
A5	The Beatles	All I've Got To Do	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	7.5 Rate
A6	The Beatles	All My Loving	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	9.7 Rate
B1	The Beatles	Don't Bother Me	George Harrison	8.3 Rate
B2	The Beatles	Little Child	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	7.5 Rate
B3	The Beatles	Till There Was You	Meredith Willson	7.7 Rate
B4	The Beatles	Hold Me Tight	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	8.7 Rate
B5	The Beatles	I Wanna Be Your Man	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	8.0 Rate
B6	The Beatles	Not A Second Time	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	8.3 Rate

Notes

-- all tracks produced by George Martin
-- album scheduled for Jan. 20th release, but moved up one week
-- all mono mixes on this album (except for A1 and A3) were derived from EMI's twin-track stereo masters folded down to mono by US Capitol and not original mono masters found on UK Lp's.

 Label variation One: No ASCAP or BMI affiliation after song titles (SCRANTON only) (Jan 1964)
 Label variation Two: All songs credited to ASCAP except track A1 which is credited to BMI (second SCRANTON and initial Los Angeles pressings) (Jan 1964)
 Label Variation Three: All songs credited to ASCAP except tracks A1, A2 and B5 which are credited to BMI (SCRANTON and LOS ANGELES) (Feb 1964)
 Label variation Four: All songs credited to BMI except tracks B1 and B3 which are credited to ASCAP (SCRANTON, LOS ANGELES and JACKSONVILLE) (March 1966)

-- There are 3 Promotional cover variations:
-- A press kit version with a yellow "Press Information" sticker on front cover with bios inside and two 8x10 photos inside
-- For general promotional release a back cover stamped "Free Promotional Album Not To Be Sold"
-- Later promotional copies have the word "PROMO" drilled into the right upper corner (mid 1964 onwards)

-- Front covers can have the word "BEATLES" in an array of colors...ranging from Maroon. Brown, Tan to Olive Green (and some colors in-between)
-- back covers have the notation "Produced by George Martin" added after the initial press run.

monaural release discontinued early 1968

Images

Number: 489033 THUMBNAIL Uploaded By: nicoldo64 Description: Front	Number: 489034 Uploaded By: nicoldo64 Description: Back cover	Number: 517636 Uploaded By: resbeatlefan Description: First edition mono without publishing credits Side 1 SCRANTON only	Number: 517637 Uploaded By: resbeatlefan Description: First edition mono without publishing credits Side 2 SCRANTON only
Number: 517638 Uploaded By: resbeatlefan Description: 2nd press mono label w/ 1 BMI pub. credit.SCRANTON Side 1	Number: 517639 Uploaded By: resbeatlefan Description: 2nd press mono label w/ 1 BMI pub. credit. SCRANTON Side 2	Number: 489041 Uploaded By: nicoldo64 Description: A side variation on BMI variation First LOS ANGELES pressing	Number: 489042 Uploaded By: nicoldo64 Description: B side variation
Number: 489036 Uploaded By: nicoldo64 Description: A side Third SCRANTON variation	Number: 489037 Uploaded By: nicoldo64 Description: B side Third SCRANTON variation	Number: 718761 Uploaded By: Gizmobob Description: Rare 4th Press Mono Jacksonville... CAP 2047.MR4J	Number: 718762 Uploaded By: Gizmobob Description: Rare 4th Press Mono Jax (CAP 2047.MR4J)
Number: 3421749 Uploaded By: LaurenceD SUBS ● Description: alt label side 1	Number: 3421750 Uploaded By: LaurenceD SUBS ● Description: alt label side 2	Number: 730318 Uploaded By: kab2112 SUBS Description: Gold Disc	Number: 1898307 Uploaded By: BandBox244 Description: Cash Box January 1st, 1964
Number: 3071865 Uploaded By: Felonious Description: In store display	Number: 489039 HIDDEN Uploaded By: nicoldo64 Description: Inner Sleeve A	Number: 489040 HIDDEN Uploaded By: nicoldo64 Description: Inner Sleeve B

Comments and Reviews


Louval 1st May 2024



W.B.lbl 21st Nov 2023		Hmm. Sounds like whichever plant pressed this got L.A.'s metalwork.



LaurenceD SUBS ● 20th Nov 2023		FWIW, here is the runout info for { 3421749 & 3421750 }: - side 1: (hand etched:) T-1-2047-G-8 (stamped:) 6 [5-pointed-star] - side 2: (hand etched:) T-2-2047-F-11-1 (stamped:) 2 [6-pointed-star]



W.B.lbl 20th Nov 2023		Given the 2.875" diameter pressing ring on the newly-added {Images #3421749 & 3421750}, can anyone advise where that version was pressed? A few different West Coast plants used that type ring - among them Monarch, Research Craft, Custom Fidelity, Fidelatone, the Bihari brothers' Cadet plant . . .



baldybeano 15th Sep 2019		I got this album for Christmas and was a bit disappointed that 'Please Please Me' was not on it, as it was the first Beatles song I heard on the radio. A few months later I bought my mono copy of Vee-Jay's "Introducing The Beatles" album at Woolworth's for $3.98 (my parents gave me the money) simply because it had the missing song and I soon realized, outside of 'I Saw Her Standing There', that ALL of the other songs were different that the ones on my 'Meet the Beatles' album! Needless to say, that 10 year old version of me was absolutely thrilled at having another virtually new album of more Beatles tunes to listen to. Also needless to say, my parents were a bit less than thrilled to have to listen to me constantly play even more of that music.



Record Collector 31st Aug 2015		Saw one of these today on cd along with other American releases didn't buy it as they wouldn't be the same mix as the British issues



Record Collector 20th Jun 2015		Interesting I want to hold your hand wasn't intended to be a album track and look where it ends up



kab2112 SUBS 26th Apr 2015		Gold Disc scan added



Gizmobob 12th Apr 2015		The rarest, yet not most valuable, version of this mono album is the Fourth Pressing from Jacksonville. Although the deadwax displays the Hollywood Star, it was pressed in very small quantities in Jacksonville in 1966 using Hollywood Stampers. This 4th Pressing, Jacksonville, is rarer than a 1st Pressing Stereo. I've only seen a few copies pop up in the past 10 years. Most valuable version is the First Pressing, missing Publishing Credits (no BMI/ASCAP). There are 21 different black/rainbow label variations of the mono and stereo pressings from the '60's.



resbeatlefan 20th Apr 2014		I added the rest of my Stereo variation to the mono page by mistake. Can someone please move them



resbeatlefan 19th Apr 2014		Added first pressing mono labels without publishing credits.



JPGR&B SUBS 27th Aug 2013		Good luck BJ.



BEATLEJOHN 27th Aug 2013		Well I've added a US Lp for fun!....I've got a lot more release Notes to add to this....(The Stereo notes will be a nightmare...augggggh!) John