ARTIST: The Beatles

ALBUM: Songs And Pictures Of The Fabulous Beatles (Introducing The Beatles)

LABEL: Vee-Jay Records (Black label with silver text and bracket VJ logo)

CATALOG NUMBER: VJ 1092 / VJLP 1092

MEDIA CONDITION: MINT Vinyl - EX Sleeve

DETAILS:

Important Note for Collectors: This album is a well-documented, vintage counterfeit/bootleg pressing from the late 1960s or 1970s. It serves as a fascinating historical novelty piece from the height of early Beatlemania record duplication. 

Key identification points verifying this version:

- Title Variation: The front cover title reads "Songs And Pictures Of The Fabulous Beatles," omitting the word "Stories" from the legitimate Vee-Jay gatefold release.

- Jacket Style: This is a standard non-gatefold sleeve rather than the authentic 2/3 fold-open gatefold jacket.

- Tracklist Variation: The record contains 13 tracks instead of the usual 12, featuring both "Please Please Me" and "From Me To You" on Side 1 while omitting the song "Anna."

- Label Layout: The text layout features the track numbers aligned uniquely below the center spindle hole.

MATRIX / RUNOUT INFO:

- Side 1: U-3822 / VJ-1092-1 (Hand-etched)

- Side 2: U-3822 / VJ-1092-1 (Hand-etched)