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#1 No One's Gonna Change Our World (1st. Press: SRS 5013)
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NO ONE'S CHANGE OUR WORLD
CATALOG NUMBER SRS 5013
RELEASE DATE
12th December 1969 / First Press: charity album
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Across the Universe / The Beatles
Marley Purt Drive / Bee Gees
What the World Needs Now Is Love / Cilla Black
I'm a Tiger / Lulu
Cuddly Old Koala / Rolf Harris
Bend It / Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
Wings / The Hollies
In the Country / Cliff Richard
Ning Nang Nong / Spike Milligan
When I See an Elephant Fly / Bruce Forsyth
The Python / Spike Milligan Land of My Fathers / Harry Secombe

 
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label No One's Gonna Change Our World is a charity album released in the UK on 12 December 1969 for the benefit of the World Wildlife Fund.
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The words "Recommended Retail Price 19/11 (19 shillings and 11 pence)" ware printed at the corner of the front cover. 
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The album was released on Regal Starline catalogue number SRS 5013.
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It features liner notes by Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

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MANUFACTURED IN GT. BRITAIN BY THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD. SIDE 1 SIDE 2
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LABEL REGAL starline label
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MATRIX No. SIDE 1 SRS 5013 A-1
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RECORD COMPANY'S NAME E.M.I. RECORDS (capital letter)
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COVER FORM Single type. Housed in a front laminated, tri-flipback cover
PRINTER CREDIT TPS   Printed made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.  Patent No. 943,895   SRS 5013
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Back Cover: (C) Vogue - Photograph of H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, by permission of CONDE NAST Publications Ltd.: by Norman Parkinson
Front Cover Artwork: Michael Grimshaw
INNER SLEEVE Plain white paper Type-2 / PATENT No. 1,125,555 / MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN
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COMMENTS During the February 1968 recording sessions, Spike Milligan dropped into the studio and on hearing the song suggested the track would be ideal for release on a charity album he was organizing for the World Wildlife Fund. At some point in 1968 the Beatles agreed to this proposal. In January 1969 the best mono mix was remixed for the charity album.
In keeping with the 'wildlife' theme of the album, sound effects of birds were added at the beginning and end of the track. The original (mono) mix from February 1968 is 3:37.
After the effects were added the track was sped up; so that even with 20 seconds of effects the track is only 3:49. By October 1969 it was decided the track needed to be remixed into stereo.
This was done by for the first time by George Martin immediately prior to the banding of the album.
The song was first released in this version on the Regal Starline SRS 5013 album No One's Gonna Change Our World, in December 1969.
It features liner notes by Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The album is largely known by fans of The Beatles as the first release of the song "Across the Universe" – the title of the album comes from a line in this song, "Nothing's gonna change my world". It was also the first release of the Hollies song "Wings", one of the last songs they did with Graham Nash in early 1968.

This version was issued on three Beatle compilation albums, the British version of Rarities.



#2-1 The Best Of George Harrison (1st. Press: PAS 10011)
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THE BEST OF GEORGE HARRISON
CATALOG NUMBER PAS 10011
RELEASE DATE
20th November 1976 / First Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 / THE BEATLES
SIDE 2 / GEORGE HARRISON
Something
My Sweet Lord
If I Needed Someone
Give Me Love
Here Comes The Sun
You
Taxman
Bangla Desh
Think For Yourself
Dark Horse
For You Blue
What Is Life
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
 
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label The UK edition contained Bob Cato's color photo of Harrison sitting in front of an antique car, with art direction for the package being credited to Cream designs.
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label label Capitol released the album on 8 Nov.1976 in U.S. with the catalog number Capitol ST 11578. The U.K. issue, as PAS 10011 on EMI's Parlophone label, followed on 20 Nov.
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LABEL Silver Parlophone label Two EMI Marks Type-3
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RECORD COMPANY'S NAME E.M.I. RECORDS (capital letter)
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RECORDING  PUBLISHED CREDIT (P) 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975
COVER FORM Single type. non laminated cover
PRINTER CREDIT 7611 TM Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Front cover photograph by Bob Cato
Inner sleeve photograph by Michael Putland
Design by Cream
INNER SLEEVE With Original Round-Cornered Cardboard Picture/Discography Inner sleeve
PRODUCER George Harrison (tracks: B1 to B6)
George Martin (tracks: A1 to A7)
Phil Spector (tracks: B1, B4, B6)
COMMENTS The Best of George Harrison is a 1976 compilation album by English musician George Harrison, released following the expiration of his EMI-affiliated Apple Records contract. Uniquely among all of the four Beatles' solo releases (apart from live albums), it mixes a selection of the artist's Beatles-era songs on one side, with later hits recorded under his own name on the other.
Capitol Records released The Best of George Harrison on 8th. November 1976 in U.S., with the catalogue number Capitol ST 11578. The UK issue, as PAS 10011 on EMI's Parlophone label, followed on 20th, November.

The UK edition contained Bob Cato's colour photo of Harrison sitting in front of an antique car, with art direction for the package being credited to Cream designs.
The inner sleeve of the original LP in Britain contained a picture by Michael Putland, showing Harrison on a wintry beach in Cannes, where he was attending the Midem music-industry trade fair in January 1976.



#2-2 The Best Of George Harrison (MFP Press: MFP 50523)
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THE BEST OF GEORGE HARRISON
CATALOG NUMBER MFP 50523
RELEASE DATE
25th. November 1981? / Reissue
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 / THE BEATLES
SIDE 2 / GEORGE HARRISON
Something
My Sweet Lord
If I Needed Someone
Give Me Love
Here Comes The Sun
You
Taxman
Bangla Desh
Think For Yourself
Dark Horse
For You Blue
What Is Life
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
 
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The credit "(P) Original Sound Recording made by EMI Records Limited." and "Previously released on the EMI label (PAS 10011) under the same title" were printed at the back cover.
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Printer's credit "Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrod & lofthouse International Ltd." was printed at the bottom of the back cover.
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LABEL Music For Pleasure original red label Type-1
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MATRIX No. SIDE 1 YEX 961-3         H+M (hand etched)
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RECORD COMPANY'S NAME Music For Pleasure Limited 80 Blyth Road, Hayes, Middlesex, UB3 1 AY.
(P) Original Sound Recording made by EMI Records Limited.
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RECORDING  PUBLISHED CREDIT (P) 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975
COVER FORM Single type. non laminated cover
PRINTER CREDIT Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrod & lofthouse International Ltd.
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Front cover photograph: taken by John Kelley in the autumn of 1968
INNER SLEEVE White paper sleeve "IMPORTANT NOTICE in rectangle box" Type-3-2
PRODUCER George Harrison (tracks: B1 to B6)
George Martin (tracks: A1 to A7)
Phil Spector (tracks: B1, B4, B6)
COMMENTS Release by Music For Pleasure Records, MFP 50523.
1981 budget re-issue of album originally released on 1976 (#2-1).
The front cover came with reproduced Harrison's 1968 White Album portrait taken by John Kelley.

Music For Pleasure:
Label started in 1965 as a joint venture between Hamlyn and EMI Records, selling low cost re-issues and also some original material. EMI provided the music and Hamlyn the publishing. The logo around this time has 'Paul Hamlyn' and 'EMI Records' circling the "mfp" logo.



#3 A Monument To British Rock (1st. Press: EMTV 17)
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A MONUMENT TO BRITISH ROCK
CATALOG NUMBER EMTV 17
RELEASE DATE
4th. May 1979 / First Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 / THE BEATLES
SIDE 2 / GEORGE HARRISON
Roll Over Beethoven / Electric Light Orchestra
Get Back / The Beatles
My Sweet Lord / George Harrison
Itchycoo Park / Small Faces
Here Comes The Night / Them (With Van Morrison)    The Resurrection Shuffle / Ashton, Gardner & Dyke
Got To Get You Into My Life / Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers
Black Night / Deep Purple
Shakin' All Over / Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
Imagine / John Lennon
When I'm Dead And Gone / McGuinness Flint  Apache / The Shadows
Natural Born Bugie / Humble Pie
Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) / Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Wild Thing / The Troggs
A Whiter Shade Of Pale / Procol Harum
Down Down / Status Quo
The Hippy Hippy Shake / The Swinging Blue Jeans
Out Of Time / Chris Farlowe
See My Baby Jive / Wizzard
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Credit "Monument Liam Neary  Photo Terry Ellis" was printed at the bottom of the back cover.
Tracks A5, A8, A10, B1, B2, B8 and B9 are mono recordings electronically reprocessed to give a stereo effect on stereo equipment.
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"Compilation (P) 1979 EMI Records (UK)" was printed at the left side of the center hole.
Catalog number: EMTV 17"
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Including The Beatles, George Harrison, John Lennon, Small Faces, Procol Harum & more.
No writer or artist credits on labels.
"MADE IN GT BRITAIN" appears on the end of the perimeter.
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MIX Tracks A5, A8, A10, B1, B2, B8 and B9 are mono recordings electronically reprocessed to give a stereo
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 EMTV 17 A-1
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RECORD COMPANY'S NAME EMI Records Ltd.
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COVER FORM Single type. laminated front and back
PRINTER CREDIT Garrod & lofthouse Ltd.
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Monument: Liam Neary
Photo: Terry Ellis
INNER SLEEVE White paper sleeve "IMPORTANT NOTICE in rectangle box" Type-2-2
PRODUCER -
COMMENTS 1979 UK compilation vinyl LP, which is unusual in that it includes tracks that otherwise only appeared on Immediate, Regal Zonophone or Apple, including The Beatles, George Harrison, John Lennon, Small Faces, Procol Harum & more.

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Released on EMI but on the Harvest Label.
Monument: Liam Neary
Tracks A5, A8, A10, B1, B2, B8 and B9 are mono recordings electronically reprocessed to give a stereo effect on stereo equipment.
No writer or artist credits on labels.

2nd. Press: Brown and Red EMI label (maybe)

From the summer of 1976 E.M.I. embarked on a new series of T.V. advertised albums, the first of these was EMTV 1 - The Beach Boys "20 Golden Greats" which stayed at the top slot for 10 weeks. Glen Campbell was EMTV 2, The Shadows were the third, and The Beatles became the 4th ... hence the unusual catalogue number.
EMTV 5 was The Supremes, EMTV 6 was Cliff Richard, EMTV 7 was The Black and White Minstrels, EMTV 8 was Buddy Holly, EMTV 9 was Nat 'King' Cole, and EMTV 10 was Frank Sinatra.
All of the above were heavily (and expensively) promoted on nationwide T.V. and all had immense chart success.

Harvest Records was created by EMI in 1969 to market progressive rock music and to compete with Philips' Vertigo and Decca's Harvest labels, initially under the direction of Malcolm Jones and Norman Smith. The first release in July 1969 was a UK issue of Deep Purple’s “Book Of Taliesyn” which had originally been released in the US on the Tetragrammaton label at the end of 1968.
cf: "Rare Record Collector"



#4 The Abbey Road Collection (Promotional Record: PSLP 366)
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THE ABBEY ROAD COLLECTION
CATALOG NUMBER PSLP 366
RELEASE DATE
September? 1982 / Promotional Use Only
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Oh Mein Papa / Eddie Calvert
Shakin' All Over / Johnny Kidd and the Pirates
Living Doll / Cliff Richard
You're Driving Me Crazy / Temperance Seven
What Do You Want / Adam Faith I Remember You / Frank Ifield
Apache / The Shadows How Do You Do It / Gerry and the Pacemakers
Softly Softly / Ruby Murray She Loves You / The Beatles
Side Saddle / Russ Conway Bad To Me / Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas
Anyone Who Had A Heart / Cilla Black World Without Love / Peter and Gordon
Walkin' Back To Happiness / Helen Shapiro Do-Wah-Diddy-Diddy / Manfred Mann
Lily The Pink / Scaffold I'm Alive / The Hollies
If Not For You / Olivia Neutron-Bomb January / Pilot
My Sweet Lord / George Harrison Sat In Your Lap / Kate Bush
Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) / Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel Mull Of Kintyre / Wings
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label Official U.K. Abbey Road Promo Only vinyl LP  issued in 1982 to celebrate 50 years of Abbey Road studios.
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The sleeve contains  an advert for a book called, "The Book of the Record of the Studio: Abbey Road" 
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The Beatles are represented on 3 tracks of the 24, with "She Loves You", George's "My Sweet Lord", and Paul's "Mull Of Kintyre". Plus as composers of two others.
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With the words "PP8209GL" at the right corner of the back cover.
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MATRIX No. SIDE 1 SPSLP 366 A-1-1-1
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RECORD COMPANY'S NAME EMI RECORDS LIMITED (capital letter)
CENTRAL REMARK
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RECORDING  PUBLISHED CREDIT This Compilation (P) 1982 by EMI Records Ltd.
COVER FORM Single type. The non - laminated sleeve
PRINTER CREDIT PP8209GL
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES -
INNER SLEEVE Plain white paper Type-4-1:
PATENT Nos. 1,125,555    1,325,071     1,072,844      782        MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN
PRODUCER -
COMMENTS "The Abbey Road Collection" 1982 PROMOTIONAL album to celebrate 50 years of Abbey Road studios. These were sent to a limited number of radio stations as part of a promotional campaign to celebrate the now legendary studios.

The Beatles are represented on 3 tracks of the 24, with "She Loves You", George's "My Sweet Lord", and Paul's "Mull Of Kintyre". Plus as composers of two others.
Many other artists are featured who have a strong connection to the studios including - The Hollies, Cliff Richard, Kate Bush and The Shadows to name a few.

The label states PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY - NOT FOR SALE. These were never available for public sale, only for selected radio stations.
The sleeve contains a potted history of the legendary studios, the track listing and an advert for a book called, "The Book of the Record of the Studio: Abbey Road" by Brian Southall. Published by Patrick Stephens Limited, price £6:95.



#5 Mersey Beat (1st.Press: PCSP 1783291)
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MERSEY BEAT
CATALOG NUMBER PCSP 1783291
RELEASE DATE
October 1983 / First Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
She Loves You / The Beatles Love Of The Loved / Cilla Black
Sweets For My Sweet / The Searchers Baby, I Need Your Loving / The Fourmost
The Hippy Hippy Shake / The Swinging Bluejeans Little Children / Billy J. Kramer
Do You Love Me / Faron's Flamingoes Ferry Cross The Mersey / Gerry And The Pacemakers
Some Other Guy / The Big Three It's Love That Really Counts / The Merseybeats
I'm The One / Gerry And The Pacemakers I Know / Beryl Marsden
Just A Little Bit / The Undertakers Wild Side Of Life / Tommy Quickly
Bony Moronie / Howie Casey And The Seniors Lies / Johnny Sandon And Remo Four
Let's Stomp / Lee Curtis And The All Stars Watch Your Step / Earl Preston And The T.T.'s
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I Want To Hold Your Hand / The Beatles All My Loving / The Trends
Sugar And Spice / The Searchers Who Told You? / Freddie Starr And The Midnighters
Good Golly Miss Molly / The Swinging Bluejeans A Thousand Stars / The Chants
Reelin' And Rockin' / The Big Three America / Rory Storm And The Hurricanes
Bad To Me / Billy J. Kramer I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door / The Pete Best Four
Beechwood / Ian And The Zodiacs Magic Potion / The Kubas
Honey Don't / Rhythm And Blues Incorporated Please Stay / The Cryin' Shames
One To Cry / Escorts Tears On My Pillow / The Dimensions
Ain't Nobody Like My Babe / The Dennisons Que Sera Sera / Earl Royce And The Olympics
Everything's Alright / The Mojos  
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Editer, designer, and illustrator's name were printed at the bottom of the back cover.
Barcode: 5 099917 832939
Credit: Mono  PCSP 1783293 available on cassette TC2PCSP 1783299
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SIDE 3 PCSP 1783301 A - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1
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RECORD COMPANY'S NAME Label:EMI Records Ltd.
Album Cover: EMI Records Ltd.
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COVER FORM Non laminated "Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd" gatefold sleeve (maybe)
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COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Compilation and sleeve notes: Bill Harry. Album co-ordination: Tony Wadsworth. Design & Art Direction: Shoot That Tiger! Cover Painting: Barry Thorpe. Cavern Photographs: Peter Kaye.
INNER SLEEVE Plain white paper Type-4-2:
PATENT Nos. 1,125,555    1,325,071     1,072,844      783
563 MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN
PRODUCER Bill Harry
COMMENTS 1983 UK 37-track mono double LP, the first compilation to feature material from The Beatles, including She Loves You & I Want To Hold Your Hand, plus material from The Searchers, The Undertakers, Cilla Black, Billy J. Kramer, Escorts, The Cubas, Freddie Starr & The Midnights and more, housed in a gatefold sleeve with a great image of The Fab Four in the Caven Club on the back.



#6 Tribute To The Cavern (Exclusively Available From The Cavern: CAV 1)
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Tribute to the Cavern
CATALOG NUMBER CAV 1
RELEASE DATE
February? 1984 / Exclusively Available From The Cavern
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Bad To Me / Billy J. Kramer With The Dakotas Love Me Do / The Beatles
Hello Little Girl / The Fourmost I Saw Her Standing There / The Beatles
You'll Never Walk Alone / Gerry & The Pacemakers Twist And Shout / The Beatles
Hippy Hippy Shake / The Swinging Blue Jeans She Loves You / The Beatles
Little Children / Billy J. Kramer With The Dakotas Money / The Beatles
You're No Good / the Swinging Blue Jeans I Want To Hold Your Hand / The Beatles
It's For You / Cilla Black Can't Buy Me Love / The Beatles
Ferry 'Cross The Mersey / Gerry & The Pacemakers A Hard Days Night / The Beatles
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Text on back of sleeve by Tony Barrows. EMI people credited - Mike Heatley, Steve Margo, Malcolm Brown, Ruth Denton, Tony Wadsworth.
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Side 1 contains tracks from Cilla Black, Fourmost, Swinging Blue Jeans etc and side -2 has 8 Beatles tracks. 
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MATRIX No. SIDE 1 CAV 1  A-1-1-1-     Penthouse
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RECORD COMPANY'S NAME EMI RECORDS LIMITED (capital letter)
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RECORDING  PUBLISHED CREDIT This Compilation (P) 1984  EMI Records Ltd.
COVER FORM Single type. The non - laminated sleeve
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COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Design: Shoot That Tiger! / Liner Notes: Tony Barrow /  Mastered At: Penthouse Mastering
INNER SLEEVE Plain white paper :
DRG PACKAGING BAGS    British Patent No. 1125555    321           2/84        MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN
PRODUCER Producer – George Martin (tracks: A1-3, A5, A7-8, B-8), Walter J. Ridley (tracks: A4, A6)
COMMENTS Black and White Parlophone label with silver print:
with two "EMI" marks, placed at the top and bottom, which are white with black print (reversed).
This label have a credit "ALL RIGHTS .... MANUFACTURED IN THE UK BY EMI RECORDS LIMITED" around the label.
The logomark "CAVERN" was printed at the right part of the label.

Catalog Number CAV 1.
A sixteen track album originally available exclusively from the Cavern Club Mathew Street in Liverpool.
This was not available from any shop or any other source at the time it contains 16 original hit tracks by various 1960s artists who had previously appeared at the Cavern Club and later became famous in their own right all getting hits in the top 20 record charts.
The Beatles, Gerry and The Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas, Cilla Black, The Four Most, The Swinging Blue Jeans housed in a black and white picture sleeve.

Semi Promo 2000 Copies (maybe).



Extra #1 The stars sing Lennon & McCartney (1st. Press: MFP 5175)
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The stars sing Lennon & McCartney
(Lennon & McCartney Songwriters)
CATALOG NUMBER MFP 5175
RELEASE DATE
1970? / First Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Bad To Me / Billy J. Kramer With The Dakotas Love Of The Loved / Cilla Black
World Without Love / Peter & Gordon
Nobody I Know / Peter & Gordon
Hello Little Girl / The Fourmost I'll Keep You Satisfied / Billy J. Kramer With The Dakotas
When I'm Sixty Four / Bernard Cribbins
Misery / Kenny Lynch
I'll Be On My Way / Billy J. Kramer With The Dakotas
I Don't Want To See You Again / Peter & Gordon
She's Leaving Home / David & Jonathan
I'm In Love / The Fourmost
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label label "mfp (music for pleasure)" logo and catalogue number were printed at the upper right corner of the front cover. label Housed in a front laminated, twin-flipback "Garrod & Lofthouse" printed cover (Semi wrap-around cover).
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Label started in 1965 as a joint venture between Hamlyn and EMI Records, selling low cost re-issues and also some original material.
MFP had offices in various cities including Amsterdam, Brussels, Johannesburg, Köln, London, Paris, and Sydney.
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Printer's credit "Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrod & Lofthouse International Ltd." was printed at the lower right side of the back cover.
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label Photograph and designer's credit was printed at the lower right corner of the back cover.
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label label label Release entitled "(The) stars sing Lennon & McCartney" on the spine and "Lennon & McCartney  Songwriters" on the label.
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label label The rim print begins "MUSIC FOR PLEASURE LIMITED. (capital letter)" and "MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN" printed at the end of the perimeter print. 
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LABEL music for pleasure turquoise label
MIX MONO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 MFP 5175 A-1G
SIDE 2 MFP 5175 B-1G
VINYL COLOR BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME MUSIC FOR PLEASURE LIMITED (capital letter)
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K."
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RECORDING  PUBLISHED CREDIT (P) 1963, 1964, 1967
COVER FORM Single type. Housed in a front laminated, twin-flipback cover.
PRINTER CREDIT Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrod & Lofthouse International Ltd.
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photograph: Barnaby's Picture Library, Pictorial Press, Keystone Press Agency
Sleeve Design: Jan Wiltshire
INNER SLEEVE Plain White Sleeve Type-3-1
Plain white paper / PATENT No. 1,125,555 / MADE IN ENGLAND in black
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COMMENTS "The stars sing Lennon & McCartney" contains 12 tracks which Lennon and McCartney composed but became hits for other artists - performed by among others billy j kramer, cilla black , peter & gordon and others.

Release entitled "The Stars Sing Lennon & McCartney" on the back, title on the spine omits "The", and "Lennon & McCartney  Songwriters" on the label.
A1, A5 and B3 credited to Billy J. Kramer on sleeve.

mfp (Music For Pleasure):
Label started in 1965 as a joint venture between Hamlyn and EMI Records, selling low cost re-issues and also some original material. EMI provided the music and Hamlyn the publishing. The logo around this time has "Paul Hamlyn" and "EMI Records" circling the "mfp" logo.
MFP had offices in various cities including Amsterdam, Brussels, Johannesburg, Köln, London, Sydney, Paris and Stockholm.
At some point in the early seventies Hamlyn pulled out and EMI took control. MFP remained an independent company in Belgium. Also at this time a parallel label, Sounds Superb, was created.
MFP carried on throughout the '70s, but at the start of the '80s ran into trouble. This was due to changes in technology and major label rationalisations. MFP ended up as little more than a worldwide distribution network.
From the 3rd April 2006 MFP was revived under the control of EMI Gold.



Extra #2 The Songs Lennon And McCartney Gave Away (1st. Press: NUT 18)
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TITLE
The SONGS LENNON AND McCARTNEY Gave Away
By The Original Artists
CATALOG NUMBER NUT 18
RELEASE DATE
18th. April 1979 / First Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
I'm The Greatest / Ringo Starr Hello Little Girl / The Fourmost
One & One Is Two / The Strangers With Mike Shannon That Means A Lot / P.J. Proby
From A Window / Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas It's For You / Cilla Black
Nobody I Know / Peter And Gordon Penina / Carlos Mendes
Like Dreamers Do / The Applejacks Step Inside Love / Cilla Black
I'll Keep You Satisfied / Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas World Without Love / Peter And Gordon:
Love Of The Loved / Cilla Black: Bad To Me / Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas
Woman / Peter And Gordon I Don't Want To See You Again / Peter And Gordon
Tip Of My Tongue / Tommy Quickly I'll Be On My Way / Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas
I'm In Love / The Fourmost Cat Call / The Chris Barber Band
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Printer's credit "7904 TM Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd." was printed at the lower right side of the back cover.
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label On the front side are all 11 artists who performed Beatles songs on this album. On the backside appeared a specification of these images.
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label label label Brown-red EMI labels characteristic for the late 1970s.
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Side 1: NUT 18 A-1
Side 2: NUT 18 B-1
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LABEL Brown and Red EMI label
MIX STEREO, except Side 1 (Tracks 2,4,6,9 & 10) and Side 2 (Tracks 1,7 & 9) which are presented in MONO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 NUT 18 A-1       HTM (hand etched)
SIDE 2 NUT 18 B-1
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RECORD COMPANY'S NAME EMI Records Limited.
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K."
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RECORDING  PUBLISHED CREDIT Compilation (P) 1979 EMI Records Ltd.
COVER FORM Single type. Housed in a front laminated.
PRINTER CREDIT 7904 TM Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Sleeve Concept: Colin Miles
Art Work/ Design: Adam Yeldham
Cutting Engineer: Harry Moss
Notes: Tony Barrow
INNER SLEEVE White paper sleeve "IMPORTANT NOTICE in rectangle box" Type-2-2
"PATENT No. 1,125,555" was printed at the bottom of the white plain paper sleeve.
"DRG" logo and "10/78" credit were added at the bottom of the sleeve.
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COMMENTS The Songs Lennon and McCartney Gave Away was a conceptual compilation album containing the original artist recordings of songs composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney in the 1960s that they had elected not to release as Beatles songs. The album was released in the UK in 1979.
With the exception of "I'm the Greatest", a Ringo Starr album track written for him by John Lennon in 1973, all songs were recorded and released as singles during the active Beatles years in the 1960s.

Front laminated sleeve printed by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd (mark 7904 TM on the back). On the front side are all 11 artists who performed Beatles songs on this album. On the backside appeared a specification of these images.
McCartney's profile in the artwork for the front cover reused a portion of the illustration from the Beatles' album Revolver, and Lennon's profile is a drawing that duplicated the back-cover photograph from his album Imagine.



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