Pearl Quality | Pearl Paradise

Pearl Quality | Pearl Paradise: "Pearl Paradise uses the most recognized ranking system: A, AA, AA+, and AAA to grade the pearls featured on our website. Six factors determine the quality, value, and beauty of pearls: nacre, luster, surface, shape, color and size.

Type of Pearl


The first step is to identify the type of pearl; freshwater, akoya, Tahitian or South Sea, "



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PEARLS AND JAPAN: HISTORY, KOKICHI MIKIMOTO, CULTURED PEARLS, AND PEARL MARKETS | Facts and Details

PEARLS AND JAPAN: HISTORY, KOKICHI MIKIMOTO, CULTURED PEARLS, AND PEARL MARKETS | Facts and Details: "Famous pearls include a pair of pearl earrings given Napoleon to Josephine; a pearl-and-gem broach given by Prince Albert to Queen Victoria on their third wedding anniversary; a 10-gram, pear-shaped La Peregrina owned Liza Taylor; a pearl necklace given to Marilyn Monroe by Joe Dimaggio on their honeymoon in 1954. They were also favored by Jacqueline Kennedy and Grace "



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Amazon.com : Aquatop PF40-UV Hang-On Filter with UV Sterilization : Aquarium Filters : Pet Supplies

Amazon.com : Aquatop PF40-UV Hang-On Filter with UV Sterilization : Aquarium Filters : Pet Supplies: "The featured UV Sterilizer of the PFUV-40 requires no extra plumbing, allowing for a quick and easy installation. The UV Sterilizer of the PFUV-40 helps eliminate unwanted algae blooms, keeping aquarium water crystal clear and aids in the health of your aquatic creatures by eradicating free-floating parasites. The PF-UV Series fits on aquarium rims up to 3/4 inch, and comes equipped for mechanical, chemical and biological filtration. With a replaceable filter pad, ceramic rings, UV Sterilization and a self-adjusting surface skimmer, the PFUV-40 is a one-of-a-kind filter for all your aquarium needs."



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The Value of Pearls | Demand for Natural Pearls at Auction | Skinner Inc.

The Value of Pearls | Demand for Natural Pearls at Auction | Skinner Inc.: "Your typical baby-sized strand of natural pearls could be valued as little as $300 or as high as $1,500.

If you’re interested in finding out what your pearls may be worth at auction, give the Skinner Fine Jewelry department a call at 617-874-4313."



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How to Choose a Pond Pump - The Pond Blog

How to Choose a Pond Pump - The Pond Blog: " Another way to calculate this is 1″ of fish for every 10 gallons of water in your pond.  You want to err on the conservative side here – fewer fish are happier fish.  Don’t forget to allow for growth (and breeding!). Predators will “help” here"



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How to Choose a Pond Pump - The Pond Blog

How to Choose a Pond Pump - The Pond Blog: "Then if you take that quarter gallon and spread it over a 2 foot wide waterfall, you’re probably going to be disappointed with the trickle you end up with. Also, the sound of a waterfall usually becomes one of a pond owners favorite parts of their water garden.  So, one of the first things you should consider is how much water do you want flowing over your waterfall and how wide will that waterfall be?"



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The Aquarium Sump Filter - Why Sump Filters Are so Efficient - Oscarfishlover.com

The Aquarium Sump Filter - Why Sump Filters Are so Efficient - Oscarfishlover.com: " There are various different ways that you can set up an aquarium so it can house a sump filter, however one of the more common ways is to use overflow boxes.  Overflow boxes are normally installed inside the aquarium.  Depending on the size of your tank, you can either have one overflow box installed, or two.  If you look at the simple diagram above you can see that this illustration shows two overflow boxes located at the rear of the aquarium. "



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Dream On Me Dream On Me, Jessica Changing Table - Baby - Baby Furniture - Changing Tables

Dream On Me Dream On Me, Jessica Changing Table - Baby - Baby Furniture - Changing Tables:



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The Beatles Rarity » Collector’s Corner – Introducing The Beatles (the world’s most counterfeited album):

The Beatles Rarity » Collector’s Corner – Introducing The Beatles (the world’s most counterfeited album):: "There is another lesser common variation where the word “Stereophonic” in all capital letters appears above the word “Beatles” in the title. Version 2 albums came with the same paper inner sleeve as the version 1 albums.

As with version 1 records, the record labels for the stereo and mono version 2 records have numerous variations. The logos used on all of these is either the Vee Jay ‘oval’ logo, brackets logo or plain letters logo (all pictured here)."



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The Beatles Rarity » Collector’s Corner – Introducing The Beatles (the world’s most counterfeited album):

The Beatles Rarity » Collector’s Corner – Introducing The Beatles (the world’s most counterfeited album):: "3) Titles-On-Back (aka column-back): These back covers list the song titles in two columns. One for the side one songs and the other for the side two songs. The album title runs across the top with a bracketed Vee Jay logo centered above it. This is the most common of the three back covers for mono copies, but for stereo copies, there are only a couple of these known to exist."



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The Beatles Rarity » Collector’s Corner – Introducing The Beatles (the world’s most counterfeited album):

The Beatles Rarity » Collector’s Corner – Introducing The Beatles (the world’s most counterfeited album):: "Needless to say, there was a big court battle over Vee Jay’s right to issue The Beatles on record. In the end, the court ruled that Vee Jay would be allowed to continue to release the 16 songs it controlled in any configuration, until October 15, 1964, at which time it would relinquish all rights over this material to Capitol. By this time, Introducing The Beatles had sold 1.3 million mono copies and 41,000 stereo copies. Since only about 3% of these records were in stereo, these copies are much more rare than their mono counterparts. Introducing The Beatles stalled at number 2 due (held out by Meet The Beatles!) on the Billboard and Cash Box "



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The Beatles Rarity » Collector’s Corner – Introducing The Beatles (the world’s most counterfeited album):

The Beatles Rarity » Collector’s Corner – Introducing The Beatles (the world’s most counterfeited album):: "Version 1
Side 1: “I Saw Her Standing There,” “Misery,” “Anna (Go To Him),” “Chains,” “Boys,” “Love Me Do”
Side 2: “P.S. I Love You,” “Baby It’s You,” “Do You Want To Know A Secret,” “A Taste Of Honey,” “There’s A Place,” “Twist And Shout”

Version 2
Side 1: “I Saw Her Standing There,” “Misery,” “Anna (Go To Him),” “Chains,” “Boys,” “Ask Me Why”
Side 2: “Please Please Me,” “Baby It’s You,” “Do You Want To Know A Secret,” “A Taste Of Honey,” “There’s A Place,” “Twist And Shout”"



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The Beatles Rarity » Collector’s Corner – Introducing The Beatles (the world’s most counterfeited album):

The Beatles Rarity » Collector’s Corner – Introducing The Beatles (the world’s most counterfeited album):: "The first bit of legal trouble however was not directly from EMI/Transglobal, but from Beechwood Music. Beechwood held the U.S. publishing rights for “Love Me Do” and “P.S. I Love You,” and furthermore were a subsidiary of Capitol Records. Naturally they refused to allow Vee Jay a license, especially since the two songs had not been previously released in the U.S. A restraining order was issued to stop distribution of the album, and in response Vee Jay instead reconfigured the record by removing “Love Me Do” and “P.S. I Love You” and replacing them with the other two previously deleted tracks, “Please Please Me” and “Ask Me Why.” The initial version of Introducing The Beatles with “Love Me Do” is now termed ‘version 1′ of the record and the reconfigured album that instead includes “Please Please Me” is referred to as ‘version 2′. The version 2 copies made it into the stores on around February 10, 1964. There were also a few version 1 albums deceptively included in version 2 jackets, to avoid the suspicion of breaching the restraining order."



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The Beatles Rarity » Collector’s Corner – Introducing The Beatles (the world’s most counterfeited album):

The Beatles Rarity » Collector’s Corner – Introducing The Beatles (the world’s most counterfeited album):: "When it was discovered that Vee Jay President, Ewart Abner, was using company funds to cover gambling debts, a management shake-up ensued, and one of the consequences was canceling the release of Introducing The Beatles, along with a few other albums.


Meet The Beatles! Capitol's first Beatles LP, released on Jan. 20, 1964

Since Vee Jay was struggling with a large amount of debt by the summer of 1963, the company ignored it’s obligation to pay the royalties owed for the sales of it’s two Beatles singles. After all, it wasn’t like The Beatles were a very high priority in America at this time, so Vee Jay execs were more focused on the important stuff. Consequently, EMI affiliate, Transglobal, declared Vee Jay’s contract with them null and void on August 8, 1963. By December of 1963, when Capitol announced it was going to do a full scale promotional campaign for The Beatles, Vee Jay was desperate for cash. Fully aware that it meant some legal troubles afterward, Vee Jay released Introducing The Beatles around January 10, 1964, which was 10 days before Capitol released their first Beatles album Meet The Beatles!"



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The Beatles Rarity » Collector’s Corner – Introducing The Beatles (the world’s most counterfeited album):

The Beatles Rarity » Collector’s Corner – Introducing The Beatles (the world’s most counterfeited album):: "Paul McCartney’s count-in at the intro of “I Saw Her Standing There” was truncated (except for the “four!”) as it was thought to not be intended as an actual part of the song. Since the title song had been removed, a new album title was necessary and Introducing The Beatles was chosen – an apt title considering it was the groups first U.S. LP. Initial plans were to release the album in July 1963 and preparations were made to do that, but that is not what happened"



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The Beatles Rarity » Collector’s Corner – Introducing The Beatles (the world’s most counterfeited album):

The Beatles Rarity » Collector’s Corner – Introducing The Beatles (the world’s most counterfeited album):: "In America, EMI offered the “Please Please Me” single to Capitol Records (a company owned by EMI) in January 1963, but Capitol declined, and the rights to the two songs ended up with a much smaller label known as Vee Jay Records. Vee Jay released the single and entered into an agreement that eventually gave them the rights to the first 16 tracks released by The Beatles in the U.K. – specifically the 14 tracks from their first English LP, also titled Please Please Me, and the two tracks from the follow-up single “From Me To You” b/w “Thank You Girl.”"



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The Beatles Rarity » Collector’s Corner – Introducing The Beatles (the world’s most counterfeited album):

The Beatles Rarity » Collector’s Corner – Introducing The Beatles (the world’s most counterfeited album):: "he “Please Please Me” b/w “Ask Me Why” single did just that on the British charts, reaching the top spot in Melody Maker on March 2, 1963. It also reached number one on the New Musical Express and Disc charts, and number two on the Record Retailer charts. Since Record Retailer is recognized today as being the British standard, “Please Please Me” was left off of the hits compilation CD of Beatles #1’s called, One, released in November of 2000."



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The Beatles Rarity » Collector’s Corner – Introducing The Beatles (the world’s most counterfeited album):

The Beatles Rarity » Collector’s Corner – Introducing The Beatles (the world’s most counterfeited album):: "When The Beatles released their first single, “Love Me Do” b/w “P.S. I Love You,” in the U.K. in October of 1962, it went on to be a top 20 hit. That was one thing, but can you imagine the excitement when on November 26, 1962 after recording the two tracks for their follow-up single, producer George Martin predicted it would go all the way to number one. The “Please Please Me” b/w “Ask Me Why” single did just that on the British charts, reaching the top spot in Melody Maker on March 2, 1963."



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The Beatles Rarity » Collector’s Corner – Introducing The Beatles (the world’s most counterfeited album):

The Beatles Rarity » Collector’s Corner – Introducing The Beatles (the world’s most counterfeited album):: "When The Beatles released their first single, “Love Me Do” b/w “P.S. I Love You,” in the U.K. in October of 1962, it went on to be a top 20 hit. That was one thing, but can you imagine the excitement when on November 26, 1962 after recording the two tracks for their follow-up single, producer George Martin predicted it would go all the way to number one. The “Please Please Me” b/w “Ask Me Why” single did just that on the British charts, reaching the top spot in Melody Maker on March 2, 1963."



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Introducing... The Beatles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Introducing... The Beatles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Version two[edit]
To circumvent the restraining order, Vee-Jay quickly reconfigured Introducing... The Beatles. It removed "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You" and replaced them with the previously deleted "Ask Me Why" and "Please Please Me", though some pressings of the album did not alter the track list. The new versions were prepared in late January and began appearing in stores approximately 10 February 1964.[2]
Because of the initial restraining order, version two of Introducing... The Beatles did not enter the Billboard album charts until three weeks after Capitol's Meet the Beatles! Once it did, it quickly rose to the number two spot, where it stayed for nine straight weeks.[22] "



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Introducing... The Beatles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Introducing... The Beatles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "But on 16 January 1964, less than a week after Introducing... The Beatles was released, Vee-Jay was served with a restraining order stopping further distribution. Beechwood Music, Inc., Capitol Records' publishing subsidiary, owned the American publishing rights to "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You", and because the two songs had not yet been officially released in the US, Beechwood refused to issue a license for Vee-Jay to release them.[2] Approximately 80,000 copies of Introducing... The Beatles had been released with the two songs on them, with only 2,000 or so in stereo.[2]"



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Introducing... The Beatles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Introducing... The Beatles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Preparations for the LP's release continued in late June and early July 1963, including the manufacturing of masters and metal parts and the printing of 6,000 front covers.[10] But, despite the claims of many older books that Introducing... The Beatles was first released on 22 July 1963,[11][12][13] no paper trail exists to suggest that the album was released at any time in 1963.[14]
After a management shake-up at the label, which included the resignation of company president Ewart Abner after he used company funds to cover gambling debts,[15] Vee-Jay cancelled the release of Introducing... The Beatles as well as albums by Frank Ifield, Alma Cogan and a Jewish cantor.[15]"



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Introducing... The Beatles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Introducing... The Beatles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Originally, Vee-Jay considered releasing Please Please Me as it appeared in the United Kingdom. A surviving acetate made by Universal Recording Corporation of Chicago, probably in May 1963, contains all 14 songs in the same order as on the UK album, with the title still listed as Please Please Me.[6] But in keeping with the American norm of a 12-song album, Vee-Jay chose instead to delete "Please Please Me" and "Ask Me Why" (which had comprised the first single release) and change the album's title to Introducing... The Beatles.[7] Also, the engineer at Universal in Chicago thought that Paul McCartney's count-in at the start of "I Saw Her Standing There" was extraneous rather than intentionally placed there, so he snipped the "one, two, three" from Vee-Jay's mono and stereo masters.[8] "



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Introducing... The Beatles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Introducing... The Beatles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Even with the replacement of the two Beechwood Music songs, Vee-Jay and Capitol battled in court throughout the early part of 1964. Injunctions against Vee-Jay's album were issued, lifted and restored more than once.[26] Because the album was often pressed quickly between restraining orders, there are almost two dozen different label variations, including mono and stereo copies, manufactured at numerous pressing plants.[27] Finally, on 9 April 1964, the two labels settled. Vee-Jay was granted a license giving it the right to issue the 16 Beatles' songs it controlled, in any way it saw fit, until 15 October 1964. At that time, its license expired, and all rights would revert to Capitol.[28] During the time Introducing... The Beatles was available, it sold approximately 1,300,000 mono copies and approximately 41,000 stereo copies. "



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Introducing... The Beatles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Introducing... The Beatles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Version two[edit]
To circumvent the restraining order, Vee-Jay quickly reconfigured Introducing... The Beatles. It removed "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You" and replaced them with the previously deleted "Ask Me Why" and "Please Please Me", though some pressings of the album did not alter the track list. The new versions were prepared in late January and began appearing in stores approximately 10 February 1964.[2]"



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Introducing... The Beatles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Introducing... The Beatles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "But on 16 January 1964, less than a week after Introducing... The Beatles was released, Vee-Jay was served with a restraining order stopping further distribution. Beechwood Music, Inc., Capitol Records' publishing subsidiary, owned the American publishing rights to "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You", and because the two songs had not yet been officially released in the US, Beechwood refused to issue a license for Vee-Jay to release them.[2] Approximately 80,000 copies of Introducing... The Beatles had been released with the two songs on them, with only 2,000 or so in stereo.[2]"



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