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Beatles Fan Club Flexidisc (7 inch)
Every Christmas from 1963 through 1969, The Official Beatles Fan Club sent free 7 inch Christmas records to their fan club members, which contained skits, messages and brief songs which were otherwise unavailable. The disks were flexi's made by the Lyntone company, and each of them came in special picture sleeve.

These special records were never available for sale in stores.
At the end of 1963, the Fan Club was unprepared for the tons of extra subscriptions it received, so in addition to the multiple thousands of Christmas disks it mailed out in December, they also made a complete extra run of the flexi-disks without the sleeves (to save time), mailing them out early February 1964 with a letter of apology and an explanation from the Club. The total of 1963 Christmas disks made, both with and without sleeves, was just over 30,000 copies.

Notice* Click the label of each record, so you can see the large picture image.

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TITLE
 Sincere Good Wishes for Christmas and the New Year from the Beatles
RELEASE DATE
 6th December 1963/First Press
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CATALOG NUMBER
 LYN 492
LABEL
 Lyntone
MIX
 Mono
VINYL COLOR
 BLACK
PRODUCER
 -
COVER DESIGN/PHOTO/NOTES
 Notes: Bettina Rose, Anne Collingham
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
Lyntone Company
PUBLISHER'S NAME
 The Official Beatles Fan Club
PRINTER'S NAME
 -
COMMENTS
 Gatefold type.
These special records were never available for sale in stores.
At the end of 1963, the Fan Club was unprepared for the tons of extra subscriptions it received, so in addition to the multiple thousands of Christmas disks it mailed out in December, they also made a complete extra run of the flexi-disks without the sleeves (to save time), mailing them out early February 1964 with a letter of apology and an explanation from the Club. The total of 1963 Christmas disks made, both with and without sleeves, was just over 30,000 copies.


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TITLE
 Another Beatles Christmas Record
RELEASE DATE
 18th December 1964/First Press
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On the back cover, Fan Club address and printer's name were printed.
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OTHER ITEM "gatefold newsletter insert"
CATALOG NUMBER
 LYN 757
LABEL
 Lyntone
MIX
 Mono
VINYL COLOR
 BLACK
PRODUCER
 -
COVER DESIGN/PHOTO/NOTES
 Notes: Tony Barrow
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
Lyntone Company
PUBLISHER'S NAME
 The Official Beatles Fan Club
PRINTER'S NAME
 MacNeill Press Ltd.
COMMENTS
 By December 1964, the Fan Club membership had risen to 65,000 and Christmas flexi disks were made for them all, again with a special sleeve and with a Fan Club newsletter (the 1963 one was on the inside cover of the flexi).

Only the 1964 Fun Club record plays at 45 rpm; all the other six play at 33 1/3rpm.


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TITLE
 The Beatles Third Christmas Record
RELEASE DATE
 17th December 1965/First Press
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On the back cover, Fan Club address and printer's name were printed.
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OTHER ITEM "gatefold newsletter insert"
CATALOG NUMBER
 LYN 948
LABEL
 Lyntone
MIX
 Mono
VINYL COLOR
 BLACK
PRODUCER
 -
COVER DESIGN/PHOTO/NOTES
 Photo: Robert Whitaker, Notes: Tony Barrow
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
Lyntone Company
PUBLISHER'S NAME
 The Official Beatles Fan Club
PRINTER'S NAME
 MacNeill Press Ltd.
COMMENTS
 Issued in December 1965.


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TITLE
 Everywhere It's Christmas.
RELEASE DATE
 December 1966/First Press
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On the back cover, Fan Club address and printer's name were printed.
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OTHER ITEM "slip sheet newsletter insert"
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CATALOG NUMBER
 LYN 1145
LABEL
 Lyntone
MIX
 Mono
VINYL COLOR
 BLACK
PRODUCER
 -
COVER DESIGN/PHOTO/NOTES
 Sleeve Design: Paul McCartney
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
Lyntone Company
PUBLISHER'S NAME
 The Official Beatles Fan Club
PRINTER'S NAME
 MacNeill Press
COMMENTS
 Issued in December 1966.


#5 Back to the top of the line
TITLE
 THE BEATLES FIFTH CHRISTMAS RECORD
RELEASE DATE
 15th December 1967/First Press
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LABEL -->Click! LABEL CLOSE UP BACK COVER CLOSE UP
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On the back cover, Fan Club address was printed.
ENVELOPE -->Click!
ENVELOPE CLOSE UP
OTHER ITEM "slip sheet newsletter insert"
FRONT --> Click!
BACK --> Click!
CATALOG NUMBER
 LYN 1360
LABEL
 Lyntone
MIX
 Mono
VINYL COLOR
 BLACK
PRODUCER
 -
COVER DESIGN/PHOTO/NOTES
 Sleeve Design: Julian Lennon, John Lennon and Ringo Starr
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
Lyntone Recordings
PUBLISHER'S NAME
 The Official Beatles Fan Club
PRINTER'S NAME
 MacNeill Press
COMMENTS
 Issued in December 1966.


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TITLE
 THE BEATLES SIXTH CHRISTMAS RECORD
HAPPY CHRISTMAS
RELEASE DATE
 20th December 1968/First Press
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sleeve sleeve
CATALOG NUMBER
 LYN 1743/4
LABEL
 Lyntone
MIX
 Mono
VINYL COLOR
 BLACK
PRODUCER
 -
COVER DESIGN/PHOTO/NOTES
 -
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
Lyntone Company
PUBLISHER'S NAME
 The Official Beatles Fan Club
PRINTER'S NAME
 -
COMMENTS
 The 1968 and 1969 Christmas recordings are unique because, unlike the others, each flexi disk is double-sided; and while all of the 1963 through 1967 flexi's had paper record labels, the 1968 and 1969 disks had the information printed right on the black flexi disk with white ink.
Both recordings consist of separately taped pieces by each of the Beatles, and on the 1968 disk George introduced Tiny Tim singing a bizarre little version of Nowhere Man.


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TITLE
 THE BEATLES SEVENTH CHRISTMAS RECORD
HAPPY CHRISTMAS 1969
RELEASE DATE
 19th December 1969/Sample Disk
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LABEL (none) BACK COVER CLOSE UP
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On the back cover, Fan Club address and printer's name were printed.
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CATALOG NUMBER
 LYN 1970/1-IL
LABEL
 Lyntone
MIX
 Mono
VINYL COLOR
 BLACK
PRODUCER
 -
COVER DESIGN/PHOTO/NOTES
 Cover design: Richard Sterkey and Zak Starkey
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
Lyntone Company
PUBLISHER'S NAME
 The Official Beatles Fan Club
PRINTER'S NAME
 West Brothers
COMMENTS
 The 1968 and 1969 Christmas recordings are unique because, unlike the others, each flexi disk is double-sided; and while all of the 1963 through 1967 flexi's had paper record labels, the 1968 and 1969 disks had the information printed right on the black flexi disk with white ink.
Both recordings consist of separately taped pieces by each of the Beatles.


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TITLE
 THE BEATLES SEVENTH CHRISTMAS RECORD
HAPPY CHRISTMAS 1969
RELEASE DATE
 December 1969/First Press
SLEEVE: FRONT--> Click! SLEEVE: BACK--> Click! DISK: FRONT DISK: BACK
sleeve sleeve jude revolution
LABEL --> Click! BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label sleeve sleeve
On the back cover, Fan Club address and printer's name were printed.
ENVELOPE -->Click!
ENVELOPE CLOSE UP
OTHER ITEM
sleeve sleeve
some with foolscap Fan Club newsletter
CATALOG NUMBER
 LYN 1970/1-IL
LABEL
 Lyntone
MIX
 Mono
VINYL COLOR
 BLACK
PRODUCER
 -
COVER DESIGN/PHOTO/NOTES
 Cover design: Richard Sterkey and Zak Starkey
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
Lyntone Company
PUBLISHER'S NAME
 The Official Beatles Fan Club
PRINTER'S NAME
 West Brothers
COMMENTS
 Issued in December 1969.


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