The UK laminated covers are quite beautiful. Of course, in the States we were treated with the plain matted covers. I have a four original UK covers and I cherish them. As every Beatles person knows, the UK LPs generally sound better and look better.
You're not wrong, of course, but as an impercunious UK collector who has a reasonable collection of some very nice, good, clean UK originals, I still enjoy the US and Canada imports that I've managed to get over the years... 🙂 They make a nice change, and it's interesting to see how the sound differs, and how differently the covers were put together!
@@stevesstuff1450 I agree,Steve,with your "not necessarily"reply.A couple notable North American must haves for those in the UK and Europe,are mostly the mono Something New,with true mono mixes of I'll Cry Instead(2:05 timing),Any Time At All,When I Get Home,(not issued in the UK)and,of course,Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand.Yesterday And Today would be the other one for the earlier mixes of I'm Only Sleeping,Dr.Robert(with the "OK Herb" end bit,and the louder guitar mix of And Your Bird Can Sing,none of which were UK issued..The Second Album does have the initial dry vocal mix of Long Tall Sally,not issued in the UK.
So good to see original pressing albums in such good condition. Whoever owned these records certainly knew how to look after their vinyl! How unusual to see the Let it Be book still intact! Thank you for sharing this unboxing with us, Andrew!
Those look beautiful. I don't think I've ever seen an original White Album with the cover that clean and pristine. If the LP's are as clean and quiet as they look and the sleeves are, they'll definitely make for an amazing listening experience!
Another excellent clip. I find it differcult to understand anyone buying these back in the 60's and not playing them a thousand times. What kind of fan from the 60's would buy them to preserve them in mint condition ?. I can see their value today, but a well played LP is a loved LP, bought by a real fan who saved their pennies to buy it.
He probably played them once to copy them to reel-to-reel. That's what I would have done if I was alive back then and I had the money. In fact in the 90s I used to buy a lot of ambient, trance, etc. stuff that was only largely available on vinyl and the first thing I would do was copy them to VHS Hi-Fi so I didn't have to wear the records out and I had a pristine capture of them.
As the person appears to have consistently gone out and bought each one fairly early after release, I think they probably qualify as a fan. Possibly an older fan who, yes, copied them to tape.
When these albums came out I was still a kid, but a Beatles fan. I remember going to all the department stores and going to the record department. I only had money for 45's, if that. Seeing these albums in this shape from the UK is exciting. Good job again.
I came across a tattered beatles for sale 1st issue stereo. But packed in a fresh crispy EMI inner lay an amazing sounding and looking 1st issue. Whatever sticky teen had that album grew out of it quick, but It was loved because it was a little played. But for it's age it was a rarity for me and my collection!
Wow this is absolutely amazing Andrew! Phenomenal collection. I dream of finding these records in such condition. Let’s hope they end up in a very good home (if you are not keeping them), there cannot be that many sets around like this and I would hope they could be preserved in the same condition for another 50 years. What a great find, would love to hear the back story!
I would think they were immediately transferred to tape, maybe a Revox A77 running at 15 ips. In my opinion the tape transfers sound incredible, and you don’t have to put any groove wear on your vinyl.
Incredible set! That was so exciting to see how clean and well-kept everything was. I would love an update in the future about the sound quality of these, espcially Abbey Road. It looked unplayed! I’ll bet the -2/-1 cut sounds KILLER with a dead silent background!
When I was younger so much younger than today, I was given, the entire Beatles collection to play. ( like about 3 years old ) But now those days are gone and now I am assured, I wish I could have my time again, the records I wouldn't play no more. Yes, the entire Australian collection, with a first pressing of Please Please Me, with the gold label. Which I still have but as a kid you don't look after stuff. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Just brilliant to see an ultra clean set sent to you! Worth hearing your reactions and above all…seeing that someone really cared and loved their collection!! That was a treat from beginning to end! Cheers!
The UK stereo Rubber Soul -2/-2 is the best-sounding copy I have heard. Other UK pressings are, in my limited experience, too harsh, too bright. Lots of sibilance. I can't recall, but you might have made mention of your own favorite in a previous video. I do remember your favorite UK mono, so there is still a little brain function happening......
Afternoon Andrew , as a first generation American fan who was brought up with the original Capitol LP's , I must say I surely wouldn't mind making a great haul like you just did , if one could afford it , but I say to you CONGRATULATIONS AND WELL DONE !!!
I bought all the original albums as they came out in Australia in the 1960s. From memory, all were pressed in Australia with the exception of Sgt Pepper which was imported from the UK - presumably because EMI Australia couldn't print the gate-fold sleeve at that stage. You have acquired a great collection!
I gather that this person must have been the audiophile type: Middle-aged, choosing stereo over mono pressings, caring for the collection, and so on. I also noticed that both Please Please Me and With The Beatles were missing from this collection; the earliest album featured here was A Hard Day's Night. Very telling. Perhaps the owner did not take The Beatles seriously until after A Hard Day's Night was released, and then he/she made sure not to miss any subsequent Beatles albums as soon as these came off the pressing plant!
Great find Andrew, especially the White Album and the LIB box set! Hopefully you already a first/early pressing of PPM, WTB,, BFS, and YS to complete the set. There's a few thousand pounds worth of vinyl there I presume?
My two box sets were nice.I had the Canadian SOAL number green label disc.The UK was awesome!!Book was practically untouched!!The HDN you're showing,Andrew, is tough indeed. The Pye contractor(first contractor,Phillips took over as secondary)is tough to find mint.I had a few.
Many of the early '70s one and two box EMI Parlophone label represses use the same metal to press them and they sound equal to the originals..... after that, through the '80s, yeah, there were some rather dodgy DMM pressings, and later re-cut metal that never sounded as 'full' as the originals. 'Controversially' I like the 2009 remasters/2012 digital Stereo LP pressings, and I love the 2014 Mono repressings.....
Impressive haul! My wife bought her copy of Abbey Road the first week of issue, and got a black Apple inner. I have about seven copies now, and two have black inners, the rest white.
I've had the blue box German set for almost 40 years and they never been on a table. Also have the black stereo set and white box mono set on cd just to name a few in my collection. Jim
Someone had a very consistent thumbnail! Beautiful records. I never saw these growing up. I had all the US pressings. My aunts gave me their early Rubber Heels and Pellet Gun :^) And a family friend gave me Hello Jude :^) Otherwise, I had the purple and Orange capitols growing up. The sound was magic to my 8 year old toes :^) Anyway, those are in better condition than the represses I have bought in the last year.
I’m amazed the Pepper was in the Fool’s sleeve ,and it wasn’t split . Great stampers on a lot of these ,two letters beginning with G ,and R . How many people took this much care to take care of not only their vinyl but covers as well ? Nice albums …
Amazing, that's literally my dream! I starting with my Beatles collection, I'm from Venezuela, I have all the Canon discography (some Americans, some nationals from 80s editions) but I wish having the 1st edition of the UK albums, I bet they sound far better! (Also, our Revolver and Rubber Soul have the song list from the American versions, a revolver with no I'm only sleeping is a nightmare! At least I have yesterday and today...) Great video man, I really love your content!
In my hands I never take these 1st yet.Only copies produced by EMI Japan.And Capital Albuns,but also make it by EMI Japan with Apple Stamp.But is good.Now you achieve material hard of found and with good prices.Nice video. I don’t have access in this material.Uchino of Japan. I see you Andrew.
The Rubber Soul is a Decca/Oriole,Revolver is a Phillips(primary contractor,Decca/Oriole was secondary),Sgt.Pepper was Phillips,and the rest were Phillips plant exclusives.
@@debessar95 I bought my buddy's entire 40 bin run of mostly Beatles and Stones lps,a lot were aUK and other country originals.Ivebhad plenty of pre and post '63 45's of each UK label to know each's font styles.Pye had a certain type,so did Decca,Phillips and the EMI labels(Parlophone ,Columbia,etc.)
Wow this was great. New subscriber. Huge Beatles fan but all my original American copies are beat to hell as I played them continuously when I was a kid & unfortunately didn’t take great care with them. Some Beatles albums I have several different copies of Sgt. Pepper & yesterday & today. Great video.
I wondered what that white sheet of paper was with the White Album photos! My copy isn’t nearly as clean as that cover…but the discs are. It sounds great.
Cool beans my friend ! UK pressings smell different than our Canadian pressings.. I think it's the lamination and the glue they used? But both sometimes share that Nicotine issue from back in the day !!! LOL Always love to see the UK Rubber Soul cover. Fav Beatles cover next to the album after it Revolver. I notice though with the UK Revolver - way more issues with it yellowing than the non laminated N.American version I wasn't aware those were rice paper inners that come with these stock . Very good choice. I don't like ANY plastic other than the Vinyl.
I noticed a couple of things with the White album. The Stereo print on the back cover looks a little too large and too black and should be exactly the same colour as the front number stamp ink. The "green Apple" labels are too bright especially on the lower right side and look smooth rather than texturised and should be rough to the touch.
Andrew, you credited the “vintage” plastic covers as having preserved these gems in such great condition, so I was disappointed when you said you were going to get rid of them as you don’t need them any more. If those plastic covers have preserved the gems so well for over 50 years, maybe they’ll do another 50. Why get rid of them?
Are you referring to the laminated cover - Clarfoil I think is what they called the laminate - the outer sleeve protector’s are something entirely different.
Interesting that the UK Let It Be Side 1 label shows the standard Apple Records green apple. As a U.S. fan, I'm used to our red apple. The red apple was used only for Let It Be.
Why is it called misaligned apple on some Abbey Road back covers when it's actually just a different alignment of the song titles column? The apple is always on the same brick in the wall on all covers.
Yes I've wondered that. I think the apple is always in the same place when you compare with the street sign, as you say it's the song titles that are misaligned strictly speaking.
Quite a few years ago I bought (from a reputable dealer) what I was told were original UK pressings (apparently superior to the US pressings but I don't know) of all the Beatles albums released in the UK. Was also told the box holds it's value if unopened. To this day I have left it unopened, but am tempted to open to see what I purchased. The box is still sitting in my bedroom cupboard unopened, waiting for me to do something with it.
Very nice collection Andrew ! Will you be keeping these copies or auctioning them on at future date ? I love the "Let it be" box set you've got there !
18:35 - Put that book RIGHT BACK IN...that's right......I've never seen that book and I'm wondering if the contents of that made their way into the two Get Back books that came out last year - the one with the LP box set and the other one sold in the shops.
I grew up in the 60's with the Capitol Issue Beatle Albums. I know The Beatles didn't issue some of their albums like: sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ɴᴇᴡ- ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴀᴛʟᴇs ᴠɪ- ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴀᴛʟᴇs 𝟼𝟻- ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴀᴛʟᴇs ʏᴇsᴛᴇʀᴅᴀʏ...ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴏᴅᴀʏ, Etc. Capitol records put these albums together to generate more money. I loved them, even The American releases of "A Hard Days Night, Help, Rubber Soul & Revolver.
These US albums were cobbled together and can never be considered proper albums. I also don't think Parlophone were too careful about the copy master tapes sent over - maybe something to do with some subtle revenge on Capital for all the years of backhanded treatment over UK recordings from EMI and Parlophone that Capital had ignored - until The Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan. Capital had also rejected both the Love Me Do and Please Please Me singles for North American release. The fools.
Is that LIB a Decca contract pressing? I notice it has the chamfered (raised) label area indicative of Decca LPs at the time (which in their case were atopped with a smaller-than-standard radius label so the chamfer was left visible for about 5mm around the label).
If you don’t mind, how much do you think these are worth in this condition? I bought a couple of VG+ first pressings and it ran me a couple hundred bucks. A Hard Days Night Stereo VG+/VG+ $144 Revolver Mono VG+/VG+ $450 Abbey Road VG+/NM $114
Will these be for sale on your site at all? If so, I'd better start saving some money! They all look so good, I'd be happy (in nirvana) with just one and over the moon with more!
Revolver Boxset is rumoured to include the Tomorrow Never Knows RM 11 Rumoured track lists: CD1: 2022 Stereo Mix by Giles Martin & Sam Okell 01. Taxman 02. Eleanor Rigby 03. I'm Only Sleeping 04. Love You To 05. Here, There And Everywhere 06. Yellow Submarine 07. She Said She Said 08. Good Day Sunshine 09. And Your Bird Can Sing 10. For No One 11. Doctor Robert 12. I Want To Tell You 13. Got To Get You Into My Life 14. Tomorrow Never Knows CD2: Sessions 01. Tomorrow Never Knows (Take 1) 02. Tomorrow Never Knows (Mono Mix RM 11) 03. Got To Get You Into My Life (First Version/ Take 5) 04. Got To Get You Into My Life (2nd Version/ Unnumbered Mix) 05. Got To Get You Into My Life (2nd Version) 06. Love You To (Take 1) 07. Love You To (Unnumbered Rehearsal) 08. Love You To (Take 7) 09. Paperback Writer (Takes 1 & 2/Backing Track) 10. Rain (Take 5) 11. Rain (Take 5/Slowed Down) 12. Doctor Robert (Take 7) 13. And Your Bird Can Sing (First Version/Take 2) 14. And Your Bird Can Sing (First Version/ Take 2/ Giggling) CD3: Sessions 01. And Your Bird Can Sing (2nd Version/Take 5) 02. Taxman (Take 11) 03. I'm Only Sleeping (Rehearsal Fragment) 04. I'm Only Sleeping (Take 2) 05. I'm Only Sleeping (Take 5) 06. I'm Only Sleeping (Mono Mix RM11) 07. Eleanor Rigby (Speech Before Take 2) 08. Eleanor Rigby (Take 2) 09. For No One (Take 10/Backing Track) 10. Yellow Submarine (Songwriting Work Tape/ Part 1) 11. Yellow Submarine (Songwriting Work Tape/ Part 1) 12. Yellow Submarine (Take 4 Before Sound Effects) 13. Yellow Submarine (Highlighted Sound Effects) 14. I Want To Tell You (Speech & Take 4) 15. Here, There And Everywhere (Take 6) 16. She Said She Said (John's Demo) 17. She Said She Said (Take 1/Backing Track) CD4: 2022 Mono Transfer of original tape CD5: Bonus EP 01. Paperback Writer (2022 Stereo) 02. Rain (2022 Stereo) 03. Paperback Writer (Mono) 04. Rain (Mono)
Hi, fascinating video and I would also like to hear about the background story to these vinyl records, especially as the Let It Be original box set appears to be the best kept one I've seen. I would like to ask a novice's question as, whilst I've been a hardcore fan since 1974, I'm afraid I have never really been into seeking out original, 1st, 2nd etc pressings. What is the "stamper number", where do you find it on a record (the run out grove ??) and what is its significance ? If you have already done a video explaining the information to be found on a vinyl record (eg Patents Apply", a link to it would be great thanks. Cheers, Tim
@@Parlogram Your welcome ! I wouldn't mind some help on the "stamper code" question I asked ! Done some research but still a bit confused about them ! Cheers Tim
Love your videos, been watching for a while now. But oh, c’mon dude, please! Spill the beans, how much did this little lot cost? Y’know, so I can dream about spending my lottery winnings in your shop…
I was looking at my 2014 mono Rubber Soul LP as you were looking at your original stereo - the fon't different on these labels. I wouldn't get the stereo LPs from 2012 because they were copied from the digital masters that brought us the CDs. I think that's where Mobile Fidelity got the idea for their "One" Steps. Wouldn't you know it, the '12 stereos are still in print and the monos are nowhere, man, to be found. Now that I think of it, I was looking at my Giles remix of Abbey Road and since Pepper, Abbey Road, White and Let It Be were all remixed in stereo, were these mastered from the analogue tapes of the remix or are these digitised as well? Cheers, Andrew, love your stuff. 👍
Hi Andrew, just wondered if you have ever (or are likely to) do a video on stamper codes? I have been trying to look online for info on my Revolver mono 606-1 with 1R/1G stampers and there isnt really anything that explains this in the great way you do! thanks
Here's my idiots guide for EMI Parlophone. EMI - Lacquer, Master, Stamper The dash at the bottom: Dash 1 is the FIRST lacquer Dash 2 is the second lacquer etc On the left side will be a number 1 = the FIRST mother On the right side will be letters used to spell out GRAMOPHONELTD G = 1 R = 2 etc D = 0 GD = 10 An original Beatles’ Please Please Me matrix would be 1-1-G, the very first pressing = the First Stamper, from the First Mother, generated from the First Lacquer If an album has three letters on the right side, that means it’s at least the 100th stamper generated from the mother Under 50 is considered an early pressing.
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Whoever had these treated them like the treasures they are. To be this old and yet be this pristine, a great find
...or they didn't like them 🤣
The original owner cared for this collection very lovingly, treated it very gingerly. Such a joy to watch!
The UK laminated covers are quite beautiful. Of course, in the States we were treated with the plain matted covers. I have a four original UK covers and I cherish them. As every Beatles person knows, the UK LPs generally sound better and look better.
You're not wrong, of course, but as an impercunious UK collector who has a reasonable collection of some very nice, good, clean UK originals, I still enjoy the US and Canada imports that I've managed to get over the years... 🙂 They make a nice change, and it's interesting to see how the sound differs, and how differently the covers were put together!
@@stevesstuff1450 I agree,Steve,with your "not necessarily"reply.A couple notable North American must haves for those in the UK and Europe,are mostly the mono Something New,with true mono mixes of I'll Cry Instead(2:05 timing),Any Time At All,When I Get Home,(not issued in the UK)and,of course,Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand.Yesterday And Today would be the other one for the earlier mixes of I'm Only Sleeping,Dr.Robert(with the "OK Herb" end bit,and the louder guitar mix of And Your Bird Can Sing,none of which were UK issued..The Second Album does have the initial dry vocal mix of Long Tall Sally,not issued in the UK.
Still wiuldnt mind a butcher cover lp 1st issue
God... they're almost in MINT condition, my friend. Really glad to see in these SUPERB shapes!!!!
So good to see original pressing albums in such good condition. Whoever owned these records certainly knew how to look after their vinyl! How unusual to see the Let it Be book still intact! Thank you for sharing this unboxing with us, Andrew!
Glad you enjoyed it, Nick!
Those look beautiful. I don't think I've ever seen an original White Album with the cover that clean and pristine. If the LP's are as clean and quiet as they look and the sleeves are, they'll definitely make for an amazing listening experience!
And be worth a ton.
It’s sad they didn’t carry on the poly lined inners on the later albums. Nice set and as always great video
Those Emitex inners definitely have something. Really elegant-looking.
Another excellent clip. I find it differcult to understand anyone buying these back in the 60's and not playing them a thousand times. What kind of fan from the 60's would buy them to preserve them in mint condition ?. I can see their value today, but a well played LP is a loved LP, bought by a real fan who saved their pennies to buy it.
He probably played them once to copy them to reel-to-reel. That's what I would have done if I was alive back then and I had the money. In fact in the 90s I used to buy a lot of ambient, trance, etc. stuff that was only largely available on vinyl and the first thing I would do was copy them to VHS Hi-Fi so I didn't have to wear the records out and I had a pristine capture of them.
As the person appears to have consistently gone out and bought each one fairly early after release, I think they probably qualify as a fan. Possibly an older fan who, yes, copied them to tape.
When these albums came out I was still a kid, but a Beatles fan. I remember going to all the department stores and going to the record department. I only had money for 45's, if that. Seeing these albums in this shape from the UK is exciting. Good job again.
I came across a tattered beatles for sale 1st issue stereo. But packed in a fresh crispy EMI inner lay an amazing sounding and looking 1st issue. Whatever sticky teen had that album grew out of it quick, but It was loved because it was a little played. But for it's age it was a rarity for me and my collection!
So nice to see Beatles OG records in great shape such as these ones, Andrew. Bye for now, Nelio.
Wow this is absolutely amazing Andrew! Phenomenal collection. I dream of finding these records in such condition. Let’s hope they end up in a very good home (if you are not keeping them), there cannot be that many sets around like this and I would hope they could be preserved in the same condition for another 50 years. What a great find, would love to hear the back story!
I'm willing to bet that whoever owned these had another set which were the play copies. One to play and one to display.
I always taped my LPs and played the tapes leaving the records in immaculate condition.
I would think they were immediately transferred to tape, maybe a Revox A77 running at 15 ips. In my opinion the tape transfers sound incredible, and you don’t have to put any groove wear on your vinyl.
I was thinking the same thing. It looks like the lps have pretty much never been played.
Incredible set! That was so exciting to see how clean and well-kept everything was. I would love an update in the future about the sound quality of these, espcially Abbey Road. It looked unplayed! I’ll bet the -2/-1 cut sounds KILLER with a dead silent background!
Thanks for a great vinyl unboxing video. I have no intention of collecting vinyl, so this video let me enjoy the experience vicariously!
When I was younger so much younger than today, I was given, the entire Beatles collection to play. ( like about 3 years old )
But now those days are gone and now I am assured, I wish I could have my time again, the records I wouldn't play no more.
Yes, the entire Australian collection, with a first pressing of Please Please Me, with the gold label. Which I still have but as a kid you don't look after stuff.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Love this kind of videos. Great as always! Thank You Andrew!
Just brilliant to see an ultra clean set sent to you! Worth hearing your reactions and above all…seeing that someone really cared and loved their collection!!
That was a treat from beginning to end!
Cheers!
A really fascinating video, i bet you're over the moon with those vinyl, thanks.
I must admit I am jealous! Good on you! Those LPs have aged well!
AMAZING UNBOXING Thank you very much for sharing!!!!!!
Thanks for watching!
Wonderful copies. These are a real treat to view. Thanks for sharing.
I look forward to these more than I should! Thanks.
Wonderful as usual! I always enjoy your unboxing videos. As always, I’m already looking forward to what you have for us next week.👍👍
The UK stereo Rubber Soul -2/-2 is the best-sounding copy I have heard. Other UK pressings are, in my limited experience, too harsh, too bright. Lots of sibilance. I can't recall, but you might have made mention of your own favorite in a previous video. I do remember your favorite UK mono, so there is still a little brain function happening......
Very nice collection Andrew! Thanks for presenting this. Always nice to see clean copies of original British records. Take care
I had a really wonderful time. Thanks a lot, Andrew
I love these unboxing videos! I could watch then for hours. Keep em up!
Afternoon Andrew , as a first generation American fan who was brought up with the original Capitol LP's , I must say I surely wouldn't mind making a great haul like you just did , if one could afford it , but I say to you CONGRATULATIONS AND WELL DONE !!!
I bought all the original albums as they came out in Australia in the 1960s. From memory, all were pressed in Australia with the exception of Sgt Pepper which was imported from the UK - presumably because EMI Australia couldn't print the gate-fold sleeve at that stage. You have acquired a great collection!
I gather that this person must have been the audiophile type: Middle-aged, choosing stereo over mono pressings, caring for the collection, and so on. I also noticed that both Please Please Me and With The Beatles were missing from this collection; the earliest album featured here was A Hard Day's Night. Very telling. Perhaps the owner did not take The Beatles seriously until after A Hard Day's Night was released, and then he/she made sure not to miss any subsequent Beatles albums as soon as these came off the pressing plant!
@@debessar95 :))
Great find Andrew, especially the White Album and the LIB box set! Hopefully you already a first/early pressing of PPM, WTB,, BFS, and YS to complete the set. There's a few thousand pounds worth of vinyl there I presume?
Thanks Andrew really beautiful examples here! I wish my Let it Be box set looked that good ☹️
My two box sets were nice.I had the Canadian SOAL number green label disc.The UK was awesome!!Book was practically untouched!!The HDN you're showing,Andrew, is tough indeed. The Pye contractor(first contractor,Phillips took over as secondary)is tough to find mint.I had a few.
Reissues don't even come close. Hope they sound as good as they look. What a brilliant haul. Congrats!
Many of the early '70s one and two box EMI Parlophone label represses use the same metal to press them and they sound equal to the originals..... after that, through the '80s, yeah, there were some rather dodgy DMM pressings, and later re-cut metal that never sounded as 'full' as the originals.
'Controversially' I like the 2009 remasters/2012 digital Stereo LP pressings, and I love the 2014 Mono repressings.....
Impressive haul! My wife bought her copy of Abbey Road the first week of issue, and got a black Apple inner. I have about seven copies now, and two have black inners, the rest white.
I've had the blue box German set for almost 40 years and they never been on a table. Also have the black stereo set and white box mono set on cd just to name a few in my collection. Jim
I was drooling so much I needed a bib
Help is the Phillips primary contractor copy.
Nice haul Andrew, thanks for sharing.
One of the best copy of the Let It Be boxset I've seen.
Someone had a very consistent thumbnail! Beautiful records. I never saw these growing up. I had all the US pressings. My aunts gave me their early Rubber Heels and Pellet Gun :^) And a family friend gave me Hello Jude :^) Otherwise, I had the purple and Orange capitols growing up. The sound was magic to my 8 year old toes :^) Anyway, those are in better condition than the represses I have bought in the last year.
I’m amazed the Pepper was in the Fool’s sleeve ,and it wasn’t split . Great stampers on a lot of these ,two letters beginning with G ,and R . How many people took this much care to take care of not only their vinyl but covers as well ? Nice albums …
A really beautiful like new collection, Andrew. That guy took care of his lp's like I do. C
ongratulations and cheers.
Amazing, that's literally my dream!
I starting with my Beatles collection, I'm from Venezuela, I have all the Canon discography (some Americans, some nationals from 80s editions) but I wish having the 1st edition of the UK albums, I bet they sound far better! (Also, our Revolver and Rubber Soul have the song list from the American versions, a revolver with no I'm only sleeping is a nightmare! At least I have yesterday and today...)
Great video man, I really love your content!
Thank you, Diego!
In my hands I never take these 1st yet.Only copies produced by EMI Japan.And Capital Albuns,but also make it by EMI Japan with Apple Stamp.But is good.Now you achieve material hard of found and with good prices.Nice video. I don’t have access in this material.Uchino of Japan. I see you Andrew.
I'm sitting here exclaiming 'oh man!' and my wife is rolling her eyes.
Oh man!
How much does something like this cost?
Wow! I don’t think they played these at all. Fantastic little purchase.
What a treat to view!
The Rubber Soul is a Decca/Oriole,Revolver is a Phillips(primary contractor,Decca/Oriole was secondary),Sgt.Pepper was Phillips,and the rest were Phillips plant exclusives.
@@debessar95 I bought my buddy's entire 40 bin run of mostly Beatles and Stones lps,a lot were aUK and other country originals.Ivebhad plenty of pre and post '63 45's of each UK label to know each's font styles.Pye had a certain type,so did Decca,Phillips and the EMI labels(Parlophone ,Columbia,etc.)
Great video Andrew. Just put them in the box and send them on to me lol
amazing copies! that let it be box set is great!
Wow this was great. New subscriber. Huge Beatles fan but all my original American copies are beat to hell as I played them continuously when I was a kid & unfortunately didn’t take great care with them. Some Beatles albums I have several different copies of Sgt. Pepper & yesterday & today. Great video.
Thanks Joe and welcome aboard!
I wondered what that white sheet of paper was with the White Album photos! My copy isn’t nearly as clean as that cover…but the discs are. It sounds great.
Cool beans my friend ! UK pressings smell different than our Canadian pressings.. I think it's the lamination and the glue they used? But both sometimes share that Nicotine issue from back in the day !!! LOL Always love to see the UK Rubber Soul cover. Fav Beatles cover next to the album after it Revolver. I notice though with the UK Revolver - way more issues with it yellowing than the non laminated N.American version I wasn't aware those were rice paper inners that come with these stock . Very good choice. I don't like ANY plastic other than the Vinyl.
You wouldn't want a Canadian pressing for all the tea in China. Lol. No contest.
I noticed a couple of things with the White album.
The Stereo print on the back cover looks a little too large and too black and should be exactly the same colour as the front number stamp ink.
The "green Apple" labels are too bright especially on the lower right side and look smooth rather than texturised and should be rough to the touch.
I like The Beatles so much 🤩
Peace and love ☮✌
Wow! great Let It Be set!
Andrew, you credited the “vintage” plastic covers as having preserved these gems in such great condition, so I was disappointed when you said you were going to get rid of them as you don’t need them any more. If those plastic covers have preserved the gems so well for over 50 years, maybe they’ll do another 50. Why get rid of them?
Are you referring to the laminated cover - Clarfoil I think is what they called the laminate - the outer sleeve protector’s are something entirely different.
Interesting that the UK Let It Be Side 1 label shows the standard Apple Records green apple. As a U.S. fan, I'm used to our red apple. The red apple was used only for Let It Be.
The condition of that white album is ASMR content all by itself.
Very special set.. Funny how all the thumbnails seem to be around the same place on all the copies. What would an average price be for this set?
Like it~ you did amazing -man~
i wish i could do this kind of thing one day
Why is it called misaligned apple on some Abbey Road back covers when it's actually just a different alignment of the song titles column? The apple is always on the same brick in the wall on all covers.
Yes I've wondered that. I think the apple is always in the same place when you compare with the street sign, as you say it's the song titles that are misaligned strictly speaking.
Great, Andrew!
Nice haul!
I love Beatles records
Quite a few years ago I bought (from a reputable dealer) what I was told were original UK pressings (apparently superior to the US pressings but I don't know) of all the Beatles albums released in the UK. Was also told the box holds it's value if unopened. To this day I have left it unopened, but am tempted to open to see what I purchased. The box is still sitting in my bedroom cupboard unopened, waiting for me to do something with it.
Is the box blue? You could have the BC 13 Beatles Collection Stereo set which is I think the only analog sourced stereo boxset of Beatles albums.
Very nice collection Andrew !
Will you be keeping these copies or auctioning them on at future date ?
I love the "Let it be" box set you've got there !
18:35 - Put that book RIGHT BACK IN...that's right......I've never seen that book and I'm wondering if the contents of that made their way into the two Get Back books that came out last year - the one with the LP box set and the other one sold in the shops.
👍👍😎✌️🤟 How sweet it must be.
I'd love to know two things. Where are boxes like this available for sale and how much do they cost?
I get very nervous when you Use the Blade 😫😥🤐
OMG drool! COME TO ME BABY!
I grew up in the 60's with the Capitol Issue Beatle Albums. I know The Beatles didn't issue some of their albums like:
sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ɴᴇᴡ- ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴀᴛʟᴇs ᴠɪ- ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴀᴛʟᴇs 𝟼𝟻- ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴀᴛʟᴇs ʏᴇsᴛᴇʀᴅᴀʏ...ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴏᴅᴀʏ, Etc. Capitol records put these
albums together to generate more money. I loved them, even The American releases of "A Hard Days Night, Help, Rubber Soul & Revolver.
These US albums were cobbled together and can never be considered proper albums. I also don't think Parlophone were too careful about the copy master tapes sent over - maybe something to do with some subtle revenge on Capital for all the years of backhanded treatment over UK recordings from EMI and Parlophone that Capital had ignored - until The Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan. Capital had also rejected both the Love Me Do and Please Please Me singles for North American release. The fools.
Is that LIB a Decca contract pressing? I notice it has the chamfered (raised) label area indicative of Decca LPs at the time (which in their case were atopped with a smaller-than-standard radius label so the chamfer was left visible for about 5mm around the label).
I don't believe so, Mark.
Love it!
Beautiful
If you don’t mind, how much do you think these are worth in this condition?
I bought a couple of VG+ first pressings and it ran me a couple hundred bucks.
A Hard Days Night Stereo VG+/VG+ $144
Revolver Mono VG+/VG+ $450
Abbey Road VG+/NM $114
The same, how can get copies in that condition without breaking my bank accounts?
@@photonext44obrian31 by scouring ebay religiously
I would be interested to know more about the Beatles Fan Club Christmas recordings. Are there any interesting stories about them?
Yes, many! We covered some of them in this video: th-cam.com/video/KSOIbAOqaDw/w-d-xo.html
@@Parlogram Thanks!
Lovely stuff. Do you have a time machine or something?!! Great video as always.
🔥THNX!🔥 edit: these are beautiful!
No ringwear ! I’m amazed …
Will these be for sale on your site at all? If so, I'd better start saving some money! They all look so good, I'd be happy (in nirvana) with just one and over the moon with more!
Interesting that it seems like the one thumbnail mark on those records is always in much the same spot. Is that common?
Revolver Boxset is rumoured to include the Tomorrow Never Knows RM 11
Rumoured track lists:
CD1: 2022 Stereo Mix by Giles Martin & Sam Okell
01. Taxman
02. Eleanor Rigby
03. I'm Only Sleeping
04. Love You To
05. Here, There And Everywhere
06. Yellow Submarine
07. She Said She Said
08. Good Day Sunshine
09. And Your Bird Can Sing
10. For No One
11. Doctor Robert
12. I Want To Tell You
13. Got To Get You Into My Life
14. Tomorrow Never Knows
CD2: Sessions
01. Tomorrow Never Knows (Take 1)
02. Tomorrow Never Knows (Mono Mix RM 11)
03. Got To Get You Into My Life (First Version/ Take 5)
04. Got To Get You Into My Life (2nd Version/ Unnumbered Mix)
05. Got To Get You Into My Life (2nd Version)
06. Love You To (Take 1)
07. Love You To (Unnumbered Rehearsal)
08. Love You To (Take 7)
09. Paperback Writer (Takes 1 & 2/Backing Track)
10. Rain (Take 5)
11. Rain (Take 5/Slowed Down)
12. Doctor Robert (Take 7)
13. And Your Bird Can Sing (First Version/Take 2)
14. And Your Bird Can Sing (First Version/ Take 2/ Giggling)
CD3: Sessions
01. And Your Bird Can Sing (2nd Version/Take 5)
02. Taxman (Take 11)
03. I'm Only Sleeping (Rehearsal Fragment)
04. I'm Only Sleeping (Take 2)
05. I'm Only Sleeping (Take 5)
06. I'm Only Sleeping (Mono Mix RM11)
07. Eleanor Rigby (Speech Before Take 2)
08. Eleanor Rigby (Take 2)
09. For No One (Take 10/Backing Track)
10. Yellow Submarine (Songwriting Work Tape/ Part 1)
11. Yellow Submarine (Songwriting Work Tape/ Part 1)
12. Yellow Submarine (Take 4 Before Sound Effects)
13. Yellow Submarine (Highlighted Sound Effects)
14. I Want To Tell You (Speech & Take 4)
15. Here, There And Everywhere (Take 6)
16. She Said She Said (John's Demo)
17. She Said She Said (Take 1/Backing Track)
CD4: 2022 Mono Transfer of original tape
CD5: Bonus EP
01. Paperback Writer (2022 Stereo)
02. Rain (2022 Stereo)
03. Paperback Writer (Mono)
04. Rain (Mono)
Good to see they've not killed off my bootlegs entirely as there's still a number of versions they've missed off.
Wow
Hi, fascinating video and I would also like to hear about the background story to these vinyl records, especially as the Let It Be original box set appears to be the best kept one I've seen. I would like to ask a novice's question as, whilst I've been a hardcore fan since 1974, I'm afraid I have never really been into seeking out original, 1st, 2nd etc pressings. What is the "stamper number", where do you find it on a record (the run out grove ??) and what is its significance ? If you have already done a video explaining the information to be found on a vinyl record (eg Patents Apply", a link to it would be great thanks. Cheers, Tim
Great suggestion, Tim.
@@Parlogram Your welcome ! I wouldn't mind some help on the "stamper code" question I asked ! Done some research but still a bit confused about them ! Cheers Tim
Love your videos, been watching for a while now. But oh, c’mon dude, please! Spill the beans, how much did this little lot cost? Y’know, so I can dream about spending my lottery winnings in your shop…
Wow!
amazing
Wonderful, Andrew! I have to ask .. will these be up for sale at Parlogram?
Sorry Ken, they are long gone.
@@Parlogram Ah, well .. that's the way the cookie crumbles.
I have this stereo White Album 😄
I see that you have the one 'c' Rocky Raccoon copy. Did you notice that one Andrew?
Did you not see the caption? th-cam.com/video/KWDqG6ZCbOo/w-d-xo.html
@@Parlogram No sorry, my mistake.
I was looking at my 2014 mono Rubber Soul LP as you were looking at your original stereo - the fon't different on these labels. I wouldn't get the stereo LPs from 2012 because they were copied from the digital masters that brought us the CDs. I think that's where Mobile Fidelity got the idea for their "One" Steps. Wouldn't you know it, the '12 stereos are still in print and the monos are nowhere, man, to be found.
Now that I think of it, I was looking at my Giles remix of Abbey Road and since Pepper, Abbey Road, White and Let It Be were all remixed in stereo, were these mastered from the analogue tapes of the remix or are these digitised as well?
Cheers, Andrew, love your stuff. 👍
@@debessar95 I've heard of that, sure, but that's not what I heard about then, that the monos were transferred from original analogue masters.
@@debessar95 They do sound good, I'll say that for them. Well, I stand corrected.
Hi Andrew, just wondered if you have ever (or are likely to) do a video on stamper codes? I have been trying to look online for info on my Revolver mono 606-1 with 1R/1G stampers and there isnt really anything that explains this in the great way you do! thanks
Here's my idiots guide for EMI Parlophone.
EMI - Lacquer, Master, Stamper
The dash at the bottom:
Dash 1 is the FIRST lacquer
Dash 2 is the second lacquer etc
On the left side will be a number
1 = the FIRST mother
On the right side will be letters used to spell out GRAMOPHONELTD
G = 1
R = 2 etc
D = 0
GD = 10
An original Beatles’ Please Please Me matrix would be 1-1-G, the very first pressing = the First Stamper, from the First Mother, generated from the First Lacquer
If an album has three letters on the right side, that means it’s at least the 100th stamper generated from the mother
Under 50 is considered an early pressing.
@@apollomemories7399 Thanks for trying to explain. so 1R/1G is an early one then?
@@paulg2733 Yes indeed.
The White Album is NOT a first pressing. The first pressing had NO EMI on it.