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| TITLE | The Beatles | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | 28 174-1 | ||||
| RELEASE DATE | 1972 / First Press | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| She Loves You (sim. stereo) | Can't
Buy Me Love |
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| Thank You Girl | You Can't Do That | ||||
| From
Me To You |
Roll Over Beethoven | ||||
| I'll Get You (sim. stereo) | Till
There Was You |
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| I Want To Hold Your Hand | Money | ||||
| Hold
Me Tight |
Please Mister Postman | ||||
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BESONDERS VERVIELFÄLTIGUNG (AUSSER ZUM PERSÖNLICHEN GEBRAUCH), VERMIETUNG. AUFFÜHRUNG, SENDUNG, VORBEHALTEN" and "MADE IN GERMANY" |
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| LABEL | EMI/Odeon
Blue
Label "Club Special Edition" type-1 |
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| MIX | STEREO (except as noted) | ||||
| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | F 65063A-2 | |||
| SIDE 2 | F 65063B-2 | ||||
| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | EMI/Odeon | ||||
| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | - | ||||
| COVER FORM | Single type. Housed in a non laminated German-printed cover | ||||
| PRINTER CREDIT | - | ||||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Front cover photo: Our World broadcast June 25 1967 | ||||
| INNER SLEEVE | Poly-lined inner-sleeve (maybe) | ||||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | ||||
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COMMENTS
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Only released to members of a
book club (=mail order system) and never released to record stores.
"The Beatles" original German record club pressing in unique cover from 1972 on the blue & black Odeon record label Cat. No. 28 174-1. 4th. pressed non laminated cover - "Sonderauflage Deutscher Schallplattenclub" is printed on front. Earliest ever A2/B2 matrix endings - machine stamped on both sides. Record Club Issue variations.
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| TITLE | THE WORLD'S BEST - THE BEATLES | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | 27 408-4 | ||||
| RELEASE DATE | 1981 / Second Press? | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| Good Day Sunshine | Things
We
Said Today |
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| All
My Loving ("Hi-hat" intro) |
Michelle |
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| Eight
Days A Week |
Dr.
Robert |
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| No
Reply |
Yellow
Submarine |
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| Rock And Roll
Music |
If I Fell |
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| A Hard Day's
Night |
And Your Bird Can
Sing |
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| I
Should Have Known Better |
Girl |
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| And I Love Her | Eleanor Rigby | ||||
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BESONDERS VERVIELFÄLTIGUNG (AUSSER ZUM PERSÖNLICHEN GEBRAUCH), VERMIETUNG. AUFFÜHRUNG, SENDUNG, VORBEHALTEN" and "MADE IN GERMANY" |
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| LABEL | EMI/Columbia Blue Label "Club Special Edition" type-2 | ||||
| MIX | STEREO | ||||
| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | 12 PAL 4158 - 4 | |||
| SIDE 2 | 12 PAL 4159- 4 # | ||||
| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | EMI / ELECTROLA / Odeon | ||||
| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | - | ||||
| COVER FORM | Single type. Housed in a full laminated German-printed cover | ||||
| PRINTER CREDIT | Printed in Germany by Drunckhaus Maack KG, Lüdenscheid | ||||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Electrola Image Archives Cover design: Rathin Chattopadhyay |
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| INNER SLEEVE | Poly-lined inner-sleeve (maybe) | ||||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | ||||
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COMMENTS
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A German unique
compilation, is a true rarity, its third edition was pressed in low
numbers only, moreover, with a Columbia Label, an error record was
reserved to the domestic market, it was published by EMI/Electrola,
as one can read on the cover, too. It's a Club-Sonderauflage, which translates to "Book Club Special Edition". The World's Best ended a huge series of compilations made for and released in Germany, it's the last unique title on the market, first released in December 1967, along with three other compilations, namely "The Beatles" (Orange Odeon Impressum 6279), "The Beatles" (Red Odeon "Deutscher Schallplattenclub" H 052), and "The Beatles Great Hits" (Light Blue Fono-Ring SFGLP 77939) - all the four released in December 1967. Housed in a fully laminated German-printed cover. The printer's name "Druckhaus Maack KG, Lüdenscheid (*)" was printed at the right of the back cover. "All My Loving" includes five taps a hi-hat just prior to beginning of the recording. "The World's Best" album variations.
The company was sold in October 2000 to the TOPAC Multimedia Print GmbH, a subsidiary of the Bertelsmann Group. |
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| TITLE | THE WORLD'S BEST - THE BEATLES | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | 27 408-4 | ||||
| RELEASE DATE | 1982 / 3rd. Press? | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| Good Day Sunshine | Things
We
Said Today |
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| All
My Loving ("Hi-hat" intro) |
Michelle |
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| Eight
Days A Week |
Dr.
Robert |
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| No
Reply |
Yellow
Submarine |
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| Rock And Roll
Music |
If I Fell |
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| A Hard Day's
Night |
And Your Bird Can
Sing |
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| I
Should Have Known Better |
Girl |
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| And I Love Her | Eleanor Rigby | ||||
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| LABEL | Odeon Light Green label Type-1 "Club Special Edition" | ||||
| MIX | STEREO | ||||
| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | 12 PAL 4158 - 4 | |||
| SIDE 2 | 12 PAL 4159- 4 | ||||
| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | EMI / ELECTROLA / Odeon | ||||
| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | - | ||||
| COVER FORM | Single type. Housed in a full laminated German-printed cover | ||||
| PRINTER CREDIT | Printed in Germany by Drunckhaus Maack KG, Lüdenscheid | ||||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Electrola Image Archives Cover design: Rathin Chattopadhyay |
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| INNER SLEEVE | Poly-lined inner-sleeve (maybe) | ||||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | ||||
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COMMENTS
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A German unique
compilation, is a true rarity, its third edition was pressed in low
numbers only, moreover, with a Columbia Label, an error record was
reserved to the domestic market, it was published by EMI/Electrola,
as one can read on the cover, too. It's a Club-Sonderauflage, which translates to "Book Club Special Edition". The World's Best ended a huge series of compilations made for and released in Germany, it's the last unique title on the market, first released in December 1967, along with three other compilations, namely "The Beatles" (Orange Odeon Impressum 6279), "The Beatles" (Red Odeon "Deutscher Schallplattenclub" H 052), and "The Beatles Great Hits" (Light Blue Fono-Ring SFGLP 77939) - all the four released in December 1967. Housed in a fully laminated German-printed cover. The printer's name "Druckhaus Maack KG, Lüdenscheid (*)" was printed at the right of the back cover. "All My Loving" includes five taps a hi-hat just prior to beginning of the recording. "The World's Best" album variations.
The company was sold in October 2000 to the TOPAC Multimedia Print GmbH, a subsidiary of the Bertelsmann Group. |
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| TITLE | 20
GREATEST HITS |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | 32 113-3 (1C
064-07 674) |
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| RELEASE DATE | 1982 / Second
Press? |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| She Loves You |
Penny Lane |
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| Love Me Do |
All You Need Is Love | ||||
| I Want To Hold Your Hand | Hello, Goodbye | ||||
| Can't Buy Me Love | Hey Jude (Short Version) | ||||
| A Hard Days Night | Get Back | ||||
| I Feel Fine | Come Together | ||||
| Eight Days A Week | Let It Be | ||||
| Ticket To Ride | The Long And Winding Road | ||||
| Help | |||||
| Yesterday | |||||
| We Can Work It Out | |||||
| Paperback Writer | |||||
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"32113 3" was printed at the upper right of the back cover. |
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"Club-Sonderauflage (Club Edition)" was printed at the upper right
of the back cover. |
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All 20 songs reached the No.1
position on the pop single charts As compiled by Billboard Magazine International Music Trade Publication All selection have been previously released. |
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| LABEL | Odeon Light
Green label Type-1 "Club-Sonderauflage (Club Edition)" |
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| MIX | STEREO |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | 07674-A1 1 |
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2 |
07674-B1 1 |
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| VINYL
COLOR |
BLACK |
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| RECORD
COMPANY'S NAME |
EMI/ELECTROLA |
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| RECORDING
PUBLISHED CREDIT |
(P)1962 - (P)1970 This compilation (P) 1982 EMI Records (UK) Ltd. (P) Original sound recordings made by EMI Records Ltd. |
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| COVER
FORM |
Single type.
German-printed cover |
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| PRINTER
CREDIT |
Printed in
Germany by 4P Nicolaus GmbH, Köln (*) |
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| COVER
DESIGN / PHOTO / NOTES |
Art
Direction: Roy Kohara / Peter Shea, Collage: Chuck Ames, Color Tinting: Larry Dupont |
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| INNER
SLEEVE |
Issued with a
custom photo-collage inner sleeve. |
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| PRODUCER | George Martin re-produced for disc by Phil Spector |
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| COMMENTS | A German
Record-Club-Edition Released through EMI-Odeon Germany on the light-green Label from around 1982. 20 Greatest Hits is a compilation album featuring a selection of songs by The Beatles that were number one singles in the UK and US. It was released on 11 October 1982 in the United States and 18 October in the United Kingdom and marked the 20th anniversary of The Beatles' first record release, "Love Me Do," in the UK in October 1962. 20 Greatest Hits was the last Beatles album to be released with variations between the US and UK versions (some Beatles hits in the US were not released as singles in the UK, such as "Eight Days a Week" and "Yesterday"). Housed in a German-printed cover. The printer's name "4P Nicolaus GmbH (*)" was printed at the bottom of the back cover. (*) "4P Nicolaus GmbH" was a packaging company, located in Pulheim, Germany. |
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| TITLE | THE BEATLES GOLDEN GREATEST HITS | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | 38
308 3 |
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| RELEASE DATE | 1983 / Second Press (First Press: 20th. Novwmber 1979) | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| Twist
And Shout |
Help! |
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| Ob-La-Di,
Ob-La-Da |
Lady
Madonna |
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| Ticket
To
Ride |
Yesterday |
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| Let
It Be |
We
Can Work It Out |
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| Paperback Writer |
Hey Jude |
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| Penny Lane |
Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band |
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| Day Tripper |
With A Little Help From
My Friends |
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| All
You Need Is Love |
Lucy
In The Sky With Diamonds |
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| LABEL | Odeon Light Green label Type-2 "Club Edition" | ||||
| MIX | STEREO | ||||
| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | F 666 638 A-1 | |||
| SIDE 2 | F 666 638 B-1 | ||||
| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | EMI ELECTROLA | ||||
| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | - | ||||
| COVER FORM | Single type. German-printed cover | ||||
| PRINTER CREDIT | Printed
in
Germany by 4P Nicolaus GmbH, Köln (*) |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | - |
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| INNER SLEEVE | Poly-lined inner-sleeve (maybe) | ||||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | ||||
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COMMENTS
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Bertelsmann Club Edition. German entertainment club system, where members can buy books, music and movies at a special price. The products they sell always contain a special Club catalog. Vinyl releases could be identified mainly by the wording "Club Edition" - "Club-Edition", sometimes 'Club-Sonderauflage'. The problem is, that also other clubs used this wording. Especially 'Club-Sonderauflage' was common for Bücherbund or Deutscher Schallplattenclub. CDs contain in place of the EAN/UPC a special barcode with Club catalog# and price attached. Housed in a German-printed cover. The printer's name "4P Nicolaus GmbH (*)" was printed at the bottom of the back cover. (*) "4P Nicolaus GmbH" was a packaging company, located in Pulheim, Germany. |
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| TITLE | YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! A Hard Day's Night | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | 41
600 8 (1C-072-04145) |
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| RELEASE DATE | 1983 / First. Press | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| A
Hard Day's Night |
Any
Time At All |
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| I
Should Have Known Better |
I'll
Cry Instead |
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| If I
Fell |
Things
We
Said Today |
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| I'm
Happy Just To Dance With You |
When
I Get Home |
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| And I Love Her |
You Can't Do That |
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| Tell Me Why |
I'll Be Back |
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| Can't
Buy Me Love |
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| LABEL | Odeon Light Green label Type-1 "Club Edition" | ||||
| MIX | STEREO | ||||
| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | 1C062-04145-A-1
//
//
YEX 126-1 |
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| SIDE 2 | 1C062-04145-B-1 // // YEX 127-1 | ||||
| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | EMI / Odeon | ||||
| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | - | ||||
| COVER FORM | Single type. German-printed cover | ||||
| PRINTER CREDIT | Printed
in
Germany by 4P Nicolaus GmbH, Köln (*) |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Robert Freeman / Notes: Tony Barrow |
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| INNER SLEEVE | Poly-lined inner-sleeve (maybe) | ||||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | ||||
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COMMENTS
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A German Record-Club-Edition
of the famous Hard day´s night Album. Released through EMI-Odeon
Germany on the light-green Label from around 1983. Housed in a German-printed cover. The printer's name "4P Nicolaus GmbH (*)" was printed at the bottom of the back cover. (*) "4P Nicolaus GmbH" was a packaging company, located in Pulheim, Germany. |
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