Always meticulously made, interesting and a real treat to watch. Hats off to you, Andrew! I wish more people would discover this gold mine of Beatles material. Never disappoints.
I recently found a stereo second state Butcher album in the shrink wrap at a record store here in Arizona for 10 bucks. They’re still out there! It’s the second one I’ve found in the wild, I found a nice mono copy about 10 years ago at a used bookstore for 4 bucks.
Yes. A friend has found two butchers at used record stores, and I recently found a fan club Christmas lp ( yes, a real one) still in the shrink for free. The moral of course? These items can and are found.
I still cry remembering walking into Main Music in Spfld., Ma the day the "butcher cover" was released. I looked at it, told Frank, the owner, I've already got these on singles and lps. Buy it Thom they are going to pull it... nah, they won't pull a beatles lp... GAH HOW DUMB I WAS
My collection is probebly worthless, but has sentimental value as the singles were collected by my mum as they were released. And she bought me some albums for birthdays and christmas growing up. I've continued to collect them ever since. But only for listening pleasure. :)
Not worthless at all. That’s true value. The rest is just older, richer people drooling and spending. Don’t be fooled. John would probably say something similar.
Best deal I ever made, original Beatles singles , 4 I recall, that I bought off my best friend with the same last name for a buck fifty. He’s in my Will so If I kick it first,I can replay the favour.😊
My Beatles rarities are not all that rare, but they are still valuable to me. "Twist And Shout" on the Tollie label, and "She Loves You" on the Swan label.
Not only do I agree... Hey EMI, how about an RSD release on 7" 45rpm and 10" 78rpm...? You did an awesome RSD 78 of The Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations". Oh c'mon, Please Please (Me lol), with sugar on top...? #recordstoreday (hey I hear this hashtag thingie works) EDIT: Nowadays there are far more options and advances in digital restoration of the recording itself than there was in 1994/5 when it was done for the Anthology 1 set. Each lacquer (or misnomered "acetate") can be a different restoration animal of its own. If I could work on a new transfer of that disc, cleaned and played properly with an archival 78 stylus (matched to groove size), I'd make it a year long project to remove all scratches 'manually' (sometimes visually reconstructing the soundwave) for best quality, send its remaining surface noise to the basement where it belongs, and retune its frequencies so you could hear more of what that HMV mic picked up in that room.
I love this channel! It’s is the most complete encyclopedia on the recordings of the beatles! whenever I buy a new record, I go to this channel to find out curious facts. Great work Andrew!
How interesting the very first Beatles record is a "McCartney-Harrison" release. I've read that Paul wrote the song and George contributed the solo yet Paul shared songwriting credit, pretty cool that he did that. Thank you Andrew for yet another meticulously researched entertaining video! You are a boon to serious Beatles fans everywhere.
I was half-expecting a VeeJay or Swan label disc to pop up in this list. But when even the bloody Royal Family can't keep a single collection complete without losing one, what are you going to do?
Remember getting a copy of that album when I was about 8 years old. I thought they looked like someone cut their hair with a knife. Vee-Jay label. First Beatle record, first any record I got was a Tollie ‘ Love Me Do - PS I Love You
Next thing I'm gonna find out is that there are 78s of Nevermind and Edison cylinders of Cardi B's WAP, lol. I had no idea about the 1969 78s of the Beatles.
Not sure if you're aware of a brilliant TH-cam channel called "Techmoan' (he deals with outmoded sound technologies). A current electronic music duo sent him an Edison cylinder of one of their new releases. Pretty cool. The music was crap, but it was great that they did it.
No rare Beatles for me, but in 1978(aged 18) I bought a copy of the White album from our only local record store for the massive price of £9.70. The young girl shop assistant gave out a large cry at the price, of course very embrassing for myself.
My own rarest Beatle album is the Mono Box, given that most of my individual album copies are not remotely rare or even the best issues. The rarest Beatle album I've seen is a copy of the Butcher cover with the replacement cover on the BACK side of the album. It looked like it had been sitting in a flooded basement, and now I wonder if it could possibly be a third state where the replacement cover was removed intact enough to put it on the back cover. It would seem an impossible feat.
Nice video Andrew! Beatles vs the Four Seasons "Stereo" version commands a hefty price too. As well as the "Stereo" version of the Beatles and Frank Iffield on Stage "portrait cover".
Your videos have completely refreshed my excitement over The Beatles. I would like to request a topic- Could you do a comparison of The Beatles and The Monkees? The Monkees were, of course, created to capitalize on The Beatles, but, it turned out GREAT, somehow. I'd like to see you explore the similarities in both the music, and the visual presentation. It sounds like a fun topic ( to me, anyway). Thank you for these shows, they are part of my daily life now, and my stereo is surrounded with all my Beatles CDs right now.
Before I sold my record collection many years ago, I did have a UK mono copy of the two virgins John Lennon album. I later found out via the Apple documentary, that they were withdrawn and destroyed.
Your clips are always such a treat to watch, they are so well made and you are really entertaining and engaging. If it hasn't happened already, I am pretty sure you will one day capture the attention of someone from the Beatle's camp who will reach out to to for your knowledge and expertise on the Beatles. Of this, I am positive.
The rarest Beatles record I got is the Beatles please please me stereo gold with a demo sticker and BBC records library on the label in very good shape
Found a VJLP 1085 Beatles & Frank Ifield stereo portrait cover back in the 80's. Think i paid £3........ terrible condition though. Got it in a 2nd hand record shop in Cork, Ireland.....God knows how it got there. I had seen a photo of the back cover slick in a rare records book (with the "copulation" text) though the book had been referring to the Jolly What (old gentleman cover) version. It wasnt until we had entered the interwebs age that i was able to find out all about it. I subsequently had it authenticated as genuine original by a collector in the US. My best find......so far!😊
While I was watching this, I won an eBay listing of the nicest white album I’ve ever seen, no EMI with three zeros (10,000s literally ten thousand and something). It’s no number 1 but when it’s within a full collection of UK 1st pressings in near mint it will be worth more than it is by itself. And of course like every other great record I’ve bought, it was in pounds not dollars!!!
Nothing rare just very odd. I bought Abbey Road on Cd when it they were first released. I took it home and it played Mozart' clarinet adagio among other classical tracks! Strange.
Beautifully done! Really enjoyed it. My sister wrote "I (HEART) Paul" on the cover of all our original Capitol albums, just like millions of other girls in the U.S. Still, I treasure them, and even the first Apple re-releases, which I bought when they were first issued, seeing as the Capitols had been played to death! It's still fun playing the old, scratched ones -- brings back the joy of first loving The Fab Four's music!
The rarest album I've bid on and lost unfortunately, is the 1971 Yesterday and Today on the US Red Target label. Only 4 copies have surfaced I believe, and I heard even less of a Red Target Revolver US. They started pressing, and immediately stopped because they were supposed to be pressed on the Apple US label instead. They were however pressed on the Red Target label in Canada identical to the US except "made in Canada" on label. I'm guessing worth around $4000 - $6000 US if you can find one.
The US red target Y&T is considerably harder to find than Revolver. I have a copy of the latter (and all of the Canadian red target LPs, all of which are far more common than the two US LPs).
I had the rare honor (for someone my age) of listening to REVOLVER for the first time in my life on an original UK pressing from 1966. Being a mere 14 year old brazilian boy with little to no allowance, I then took an old cassete tape from some kids material my sisters didn’t care about anymore and made a copy of that vinyl and listened to it for months on end, until on Christmas that year I was given an original REVOLVER cassete tape from those late 80s reissues. Some purists would say I made a poor choice, for those hisses, wheezes and that stuffy sound are supposed to be part of the experience of listening to a psychedelic album, particularly one from the greatest band ever
I found a White album no. 0000076 in a record store some months ago; when I was about to pay the asking price of 30$, the owner of the shop refused to sell it. The condition was poor; the cover was EX-, the records was maybe VG- and was missing the photos, had a rip in the poster and no black sleeves. Some weeks later the owner of the shop contacted me that he's got 3500$ for it, and offered me a mono-release from Argentina, no 0014800 something, complete in NM condition, for free. Maybe that's the rarest I have... Or the re-issue of "Butcher cover" with a red vinyl. Bought it for 17$ some weeks ago.
You mean the re-issue, released sometime around 2015? Nah, it's not worth anything much; I think I paid maybe $20 for it then, just as a curiosity piece, to go with my original Stage 1 in Stereo. Looks good, though, and it's a good reproduction, including the rainbow labels. That red vinyl, though...
I don't own it, but in Mexico, in 1965, there was a Beatles E.P. that had the song "I'll Be On My Way" on it- something that was apparently recorded at the BBC, and can be found on the first "live At The BBC" CD set, today.
I have a peeled Butcher cover, as well as a possible _My Bonnie_ 45 on Polydor, although I understand there are counterfeits available of that. I also have a US 45 demo copy of _Penny Lane_ with the extra trumpet notes.
I can’t stop drooling 🤤! All that beautiful vinyl! Great job on the pics and explanations. Makes me sad and euphoric at the same time! Thanks again! Brilliant episode!!
Nice video Andrew. As a beatlescollector I have a few gems: a unpeeled butcher mono, ppm black gold mono,white albun 00001576, beatles vs four seasons. But i think the rarest is my dick james acetate of i want to hold your hand. Also have the 3 capitol singles 33 rpm wich is an idea for a video for you to make?
The value of average condition original records has plummeted? Someone forgot to tell the record show vendors charging $60 for a water-stained US pressing of Sgt. Pepper’s with no inserts or inner sleeve.
Some dealers do need a kick up the backside for their prices .... something is only worth what a buyer is willing to pay, and overestimating that value can leave you with a lot of very expensive inventory that has a declining marketplace.
My rarest and I suspect it's not very rare is my copy of the US release "Beatles VI". What makes it a little bit rare is that while it's the US track set, it's a Parlophone labeled pressing. I received it as a gift while living in West Germany back in the late 60s. My father was in the USAF and it was purchased from the base BX.
My first Beatles record was a single I "inherited" from my mother, "Hard Days Night" c/w "All My Loving", which I can only assume was a combination put together by the pressers in South Africa.
I can't say I have anything rare by them, but I'm still waiting for the day "Carnival Of Light" is released. I don't care if it ends up not meeting expectations, I'd still be excited.
I have two Parlophone black and silver label "Love me do" singles (version with Ringo on drums). The publishing year stated on the label is "1964" and the disc was Made in India.
I bought 'Wonderwall' when it first came out. I was meticulous with my records, so it stayed in very good condition. Alas, it was stolen along with the rest of my record collection in the early 'Eighties. Some time in the 2000s I discovered that it was quite a rare record and was worth quite a bit. Damn.
I bought Wonderwall with my own hard earned cash in 1969. After barely making it through side one I was complaining to 'me Mum' about wasted $$ when she offered to reseal the record with Saran Wrap and her trusty iron. 'me Dad' then took it back to the store saying something to the effect of 'He's already got this one' ... 😁
Want a good laugh? I used to think my bootleg LP set called "Live In Anytown" was worth something spectacular. Been a long time since looking it up, but it's a recording of a 1960s 'multimedia' live show, featuring Beatles' records, pictures, film and audio clips. Apparently it usually went clunky at Best (pun intended, but it really suffered many device failures during shows). If I really wanted to accept an audio restoration challenge, the records sound awful...and so does the vinyl, clean as they appear. What's "rarest"? I dunno. Maybe my 1st Dutch pressing of Sgt. Pepper is the one?. Could it be my Canadian 1978 greyish splatter vinyl of the same album? I bought all 3 Anthology sets, Live At The BBC, and Love new on vinyl when first released in the 90s (and I got the store's 12" ad card for Anthology 2 when taken down). For years I've wondered about a mix difference on my Canadian 'Capitol swirl' copy of "Hello Goodbye/I Am The Walrus"...especially of I Am The Walrus. Everyone knows about the 4 extra beats on original 45s, but no one talks about the drums being removed during the 'I'm crying' bit! Some say I'm 'full of it' when I tell them it's what I have because they think it doesn't exist. It was one of the first records I digitized about 20 years ago, just to prove doubters. Besides, it's not my stylus to lie like that about a record.
I've got a Cdn. splatter Sgt. Pepper, the only problem is with that vinyl it's hard to tell what kind of shape it's in. I got it for a couple of bucks, so I wasn't too disappointed when I put it on and it sounded quite beat up. Not sure who would buy that and treat it like rubbish, but I remember they were in most record stores when they came out in the late '70s. I wish I'd tracked down all those coloured vinyl LPs (Red and Blue LPs, Sgt. Pepper, White Album, Love Songs), but I did get a numbered gold vinyl copy of the 1982 Reel Music LP (which I've barely played) that's worth $100 or so.
Late to comment, but the reason Yellow Sub was on the Odeon label is because it was EMI's universal export label. This is the same for the Pink Floyd lps, Yardbirds lps, Noel Coward lps etc that were exported. UK Columbia lps were shipped initially with the Odeon label, but later with the gold Odeon foil labels pasted over the Columbia logo on the lp, and front and back of the jackets. But they used Odeon even when they had the copyright - like Capitol UK - but when they did not, like Columbia and HMV, they used Odeon. I suspect they had an international control over that, and maybe not for Parlophone. Even if they did, they used Odeon for everything.
Would you know if the acetate of Summertime still exists? It’s the first ever recording with John Paul George and Ringo before Ringo joined The Beatles.
Yes indeed, Paul still tells that story! Heard in Orlando this past May. It’s actually not a bad little tune and of course it’s so cool to hear it from the man himself.
In my opinion, although not an official pressing, one of the rarest is A Hard Day's Night pink vinyl on United Artists. Only one copy is known to exist, and how and why it was pressed is still a mystery.
The rarest Beatles album I own is a mono copy #5 of the White Album signed by all 5 members of the Rolling Stones. Just kidding. I've never acquired anything really rare. Perhaps my nice German copy of Wonderwall Music is a bit unusual, as was a copy of the Get Back sessions bootleg 'Black Album', which I sold for the staggering sum of £80 (cos it had the poster). Very interesting video as ever- I still keep my eyes peeled for Beatles 78s in charity shops but no luck yet.
I still have my copy of the "Black Album" with the poster! Good to know it's worth a bit more than the $60 (£30-ish) I paid for it decades ago. I have a couple of other vinyl Beatlegs from that period, Codename: Russia and The Real Case Has Just Begun which, at the time they came out, had material that hadn't been heard by collectors at that point, but I'm sure it's all been issued now. They were taken directly from tapes that had presumably been stolen from the Apple offices and sounded first-rate compared to other boots.
Thanks Andrew, fascinating video! In summer of 1978 at a major record show I had an opportunity for a "near mint" first state Butcher Cover for $300 USA dollars. It was not mint due to being opened, but other than that.... I had $150 saved from lawn cutting and my ultracool Dad said he would loan me the $150...I debated looking at it and other Butcher Covers the dealer displayed for various amounts, the cheapest a few $75-100 dollar poorly peeled ones. I passed on all and bought some 60 albums in total ranging from a VG Rolling Stones collection (12 in all) with many Who/Kinks/Hendrix/Zep/Sabbath/Yes/Pink Floyd/Robin Trower/Albert King/Allman Bros/Dylan thrown in for good measure. Obviously in 1978 I was pleased as pudding with my haul but in 2022. I SMH and wonder how much that mint minus or "near mint" first state Butcher Cover would be?
I know the feeling. Back in 2002, I had the opportunity to buy a decent mono Butcher vinyl in VG condition. The peel job was a 6/10, meaning there were places where the original glue had peeled the original cover in some areas. The store owner offered it to me for $200 and I passed because I had just been laid off from work. I wish I could go back and buy it then. 😀
The Beatles' website was wrong then. "Hello Little Girl" is definitely not the first song written by John Lennon. It's merely the first one he wrote that he could *remember* afterwards. The actual first one was called "Calypso Rock". Source: Lewisohn, "All These Years vol. 1".
My probably rarest record is the Soviet Antrop copy of Abbey Road, where the designer put shoes on Paul's feet and made John barefoot instead. This is probably the rarest Beatles record released by Antrop, though not valuable at all.
Enjoyed your video about rare beatles records. Yes i have a story about one. I was shopping w mom and dad on a saturday. My dad saw the butcher cover he actually had one in his hands and said it was an ugly cover and wouldnt buy it for me
Much enjoyable video Andrew! Thank you! Unfortunately, I can't say I own any rare copy. My boyfriend taught me of another British group I had no idea about until last week. Jethro Tull. I'd like your opinion on them as well. I found the music brilliant and I had Wind Up on repeat for hours 😆
Certainly one of my favorites back in the 60's and 70's. Played a unique blend--after their initial release of bluesy material called "This Was"--of what I would describe as "Renaissance rock/jazz", with an impressive string of ever-evolving records to their credit ("Stand UP", "Benefit", etc); Got a chance to see them, too, at the Fillmore West in S.F., just as "Aqualung" was released. What a stage presence was Ian Anderson--you had to see him to get the full effect! Great band, even with personnel changes. Got lots and lots of air play over the years, practically all of it their own, original music (except for an "only they could do this" version of Bach's of "Bouree"). And you know what? They are, incredibly, shamefully, NOT, in the R&R Hall of Fame, despite their legacy as an original and influential musical group! Instead, we must hold our noses as the Bangles, the Go-Go's, and all that other moronic "talent" out there, have been "enshrined"; What B.S.! Ah well, whoever said "Life's fair"?
@@h.gordonkemnitz7736 thanks for the reply. I saw them live a few weeks after this comment. My town was in their tour and managed to get tickets on time. It was definitely a once in a lifetime experience. But to be honest, a little disappointing at the same time, regarding Ian's singing. Yeah, I know he's old etc but, I was stupidly expecting more. Most likely, because I tried to catch up with as more of their discography as possible before the live, and most of what I listened to was prior mid 1980s.
I have super rare hip hop records nobody cares this much about. 😂 and i have acquired all my dad’s Beatles records but unfortunately none that are rare. 👎🏽👎🏽
Hi Andrew. My name is Dave and I'm in Australia. Thanks SO much for your imformative and interesting video. I'm wondering if you have some idea of the value of the set of 34 CEMA/Capitol "For Jukeboxes Only" colored 45's, including the black pressing of Birthday/Taxman.
A German Copy of The Beatles A Doll's House...I..had it in grade school....but I recently got it will the 50th anniversary of the white album... really cool to have it again!!!
Hello, Polygram! Love your auctions!! The Beatles lost Surround recordings podcast has reviews of the new surround sound Yellow Submarine Songtrack, including where they can be bought. The first week of February the podcast will play selections from surround sound Hey Jude and Revolver. In 5.1!!!!!!
Where does the legendary "Akustic Studios" 78rpm disc of Lu Walters and the Beatles (Ringo played but was still with Rory Storm) of which 6 copies were made of "Summertime" in 1960? If a surviving copy were located, certainly it would be in the #2 spot behind "Despite of All The Danger"
I'd like your opinion on the rarity of a 45 record I once owned but foolishly loaned to somebody in 1976. My first father was a disc jockey in the 1950's and '60's. I was born in '57. Estranged from him since 1960, he visited me in 1966 and presented me with two small wire racks of singles he had played over the years. One was a Disc Jockey-only NOT-FOR-SALE pressing distributed to DJ's at the beginning of Beatlemania. It wasn't music, however. It was a faux Beatles interview that had the four of them giddily answering a series of standard interview questions. There was space between each recorded response for a disc jockey to ask the questions. The overall effect, of course, was to make it sound like the Beatles were giving a live interview to your friendly, local DJ. It was a plain, short single, no photography or artwork. Like I said, I lost it years ago, but the memory of it haunts me. Any idea of its rarity, should it still exist?
I hope people that equate The Beatles as valuable watch this video! At a Car Boot Sale in Essex 1997 a trader offered me Sgt Pepper on Vinyl for £25 claiming it to be a first pressing stereo copy, I felt terrible pointing out it was actually a 1977 pressing and offered £2.50! My offer was turned down and the guy watched me like a Hawk after that, 3 hours later I bumped into someone that bought it for £30 believing they had a bargain! Poor Guy! I feel that the internet has taken the fun away from record collecting and as this video's presenter points out rare now just means expensive! Round-a-bout 2000 a charity shop local to me had a few vinyl LPs in the shop window with prices exactly the same as Record Collector 1999, condition grading was about right - my Good condition is probably someone else's Mint- the records on display didn't sell until the Manager's Husband advertised them in Record Collector. I don't own any rare or collectable Beatles records but until TH-cam etc thought I had most (if not everything) that was released commercially on UK CD. I do keep my eye open when at Boot Sales, charity shops etc for Fan Club Christmas Singles, I met a Guy in 1995 who claimed that he had a Xmas single from either 68 or 69 that hadn't been officially released for some reason or another. I was 18 years old at the time and was impressed by this Guy's claims and more so when he went on to say that since 1981 Paul McCartney (or a representative of his) would call him in early December offering a lot of cash for this Xmas Fan Club single. I'd love to know if the Guy's claims were true and nearly 30 years laters if he ever sold it to Macca? I guess that the internet has made listening to rare stuff so easy that there is barely anything left in The Beatles back catalogue that hasn't been heard, the Anthologies and BBC Live CD's cover a lot. So I'm thinking, would "Carnival Of Light" be the rarest Beatles recording?
Hi, great post thanks - I have a very rare John Lennon misprint single - R6003 9 Dream from 1974 The Core side - What you got is blank. No writing at all, just the white apple core. Does anyone know anything about this single and what it could be worth? Its in great shape - VG+ at least.
Good day Andrew. I have a 1970 Taiwan release of Abbey Road on First Records FL-1777. It is in stereo and has the blue label. It is etched with the designation YEX 749 & YEX 750 on the inner groove. It came in a paper up and down sleeve with the Abbey Road side with the track listing in Black and White. The zebra crossing photo is in color. Are Taiwan Beatles albums considered rare? Just curious. Thanks for all you do. Have a great summer, RNB
Great video, Andrew! I do hope to hear your opinion about Export LPs. I own Abbey Road (yellow and black), White Album (yellow and black), Let it be (black and silver), Hey Jude (Black and Silver) and Yellow Submarine (Odeon). And I have an impression Export LPs are superior in sound quality, especially Hey Jude.
I remember going into the snack bar at RAF Kirknewton Scotland in 1962 and had to ask the girl behind the counter about the song that was playing. “Who is that”?? “Oh thats the Beatles” “The Beatles? Who are they and why would they name their group after a bug”?? Little did I know😂😂😏
Could you do a video on spanish Beatles vinyl (EMI-Odeon)? It would be great to know why, for instance, my "A hard day's night" copy (translated ¡Qué noche la de aquel día!) has a light blue cover (instead the usual dark blue panel for the Beatles' pictures), and sounds so atrocious. It was made in the mid 80s, and I can tell that the quality is rock bottom. The vinyl is as thin as possible, and the sound is neither stereo or mono. Sounds like they put the guitars and vocals out of phase to create a mock stereo. They have probably zero collectible value, but it's a mistery what happenned in Spain around then.
I know I have something rare that's connected to The Beatles. I don't know if it's worth anything. It's a Beatles Fan Club record made about 9 months before they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. It's a telephone conversation with George Harrison made in March 1963, about a week after his 20th birthday. I found this record for 10 cents in a second hand store called _The Better Buy._ either in late 1968 or early 1969. It has the same thing on both sides. Unfortunately, it didn't come with a cover. It was just in a paper shelve. That store smelled so musty it sometimes took your breath away. I think it's the smell of old paperbacks. I also found The Beatles white album there in the early 70s. It was only 50 cents! I quickly realized when I got home that it was missing the second album. I finally bought a brand new copy in 1976. I have nine Beatle albums on vinyl. I went into a record store in 1993 and bought all 13 Beatles CDs at the same time.
Hi,I have read that EMI in Australia made 497 copies of SGT Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1983,the story sounds to me that this record would have to be one of those rare and sought after Beatles albums,have any of you out there know about it?
Beatles were "iffy" in USA at first: I had Please Please Me album on Veejay records, She Loves You single on Swan. Capitol records finally decided the Beatles were a "thing" & put out their albums... sort of. The Beach Boys were also on Capitol records. I had an album that one side was the Beach boys and other side was Beatles and maybe some Peter and Gordon. It was white, with left side photo of Beach Boys and right side the Beatles. I am not making this up.... Maybe it was called something like "US vs UK". Have you ever heard of this?
I had Butcher Block peeled off under cover. I believe mono? It was stolen from me by commercial movers. My gun and the Butcher block. Insurance paid for gun, i figured Butcher block not worth anything. It was a good peel.. but far from perfect. Two 12 year olds with steam kettle. But it was my fav album by them.
An LP called "Beatels Forever" ( I am from Brazil) with a white cover similar to "Let it be" but with pictures o the White album. It was the first time i had favorites of mine like "Strawberry fields" , "Yes it is", "Baby youré a rich man" adn "Inner light"
Do you know the story behind .. (thing a my bob) Harrison,Dylan exchange? .On your box sets reviews You should seriously consider revewing the prrety things box set.Since not a helluva a lot of people know about or many have even heard of the Preety Things.I was lucky to see them live at club in S.F ca called slims (.No more) rip Phil May ..
I stood in the long lines of pre-teens at the dime store waiting to open at 9am in October1963 to just get a 45 import from London of these squirrely guys called the Beatles that combed their hair down instead of up. How weird! Vjay records, had one left. Still plays and sounds great.
I don't have any discs of particular value; the singles are worn and even though prcieless to me, I'm sure that's only to me. The exception is a boxed set of all the main albums, pressed in Australia. I've never had it valued, but I'm interested if anyone knows what it could be worth. The box is well worn, as it's been through several moves, but I can count on one hand how many tmes they've been played. The "Rarities" album is a different combination of songs than the US version. Thanks in advance.
There's a blue vinyl copy of the White Album which I saw in the Beatles Story. It's the only copy which was made at the pressing plant which I believe came about because a worker was pressing another artists album in blue just before they started on the White Album. Surely that's worth a few quid?
Always meticulously made, interesting and a real treat to watch. Hats off to you, Andrew! I wish more people would discover this gold mine of Beatles material. Never disappoints.
Thank you, Bo.
Totally agree ...
I wanna come clean with my dads Beatles encounter in Sweden at the Beatles first concert abroad (If you exclude Hamburg in Germany)
I recently found a stereo second state Butcher album in the shrink wrap at a record store here in Arizona for 10 bucks. They’re still out there! It’s the second one I’ve found in the wild, I found a nice mono copy about 10 years ago at a used bookstore for 4 bucks.
Lucky you.
Good stuff bro!!!! Congrats!!!
Just found a VG second state for free at a thrift store in Arkansas.. just lucky.. but yes they are out there!! Great job
Yes. A friend has found two butchers at used record stores, and I recently found a fan club Christmas lp ( yes, a real one) still in the shrink for free. The moral of course? These items can and are found.
Doubt that
I still cry remembering walking into Main Music in Spfld., Ma the day the "butcher cover" was released. I looked at it, told Frank, the owner, I've already got these on singles and lps. Buy it Thom they are going to pull it... nah, they won't pull a beatles lp... GAH HOW DUMB I WAS
My collection is probebly worthless, but has sentimental value as the singles were collected by my mum as they were released. And she bought me some albums for birthdays and christmas growing up. I've continued to collect them ever since. But only for listening pleasure. :)
Not worthless at all. That’s true value. The rest is just older, richer people drooling and spending. Don’t be fooled. John would probably say something similar.
@@rosschops9509 When I said 'worthless', I was referring to the monetary side. As a collection, to me they are priceless. :)
Best deal I ever made, original Beatles singles , 4 I recall, that I bought off my best friend with the same last name for a buck fifty.
He’s in my Will so If I kick it first,I can replay the favour.😊
Great video as normal Andrew, speaking of the White Album I think that I'd like to own copy number 9, number 9, number 9! How cool would that be?
My Beatles rarities are not all that rare, but they are still valuable to me. "Twist And Shout" on the Tollie label, and "She Loves You" on the Swan label.
As unlikely as it is to happen, it'd be amazing if they did a mass release of That'll Be The Day / In Spite of All the Danger as a 7 inch
Not only do I agree... Hey EMI, how about an RSD release on 7" 45rpm and 10" 78rpm...? You did an awesome RSD 78 of The Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations". Oh c'mon, Please Please (Me lol), with sugar on top...?
#recordstoreday (hey I hear this hashtag thingie works)
EDIT: Nowadays there are far more options and advances in digital restoration of the recording itself than there was in 1994/5 when it was done for the Anthology 1 set. Each lacquer (or misnomered "acetate") can be a different restoration animal of its own. If I could work on a new transfer of that disc, cleaned and played properly with an archival 78 stylus (matched to groove size), I'd make it a year long project to remove all scratches 'manually' (sometimes visually reconstructing the soundwave) for best quality, send its remaining surface noise to the basement where it belongs, and retune its frequencies so you could hear more of what that HMV mic picked up in that room.
I love this channel! It’s is the most complete encyclopedia on the recordings of the beatles! whenever I buy a new record, I go to this channel to find out curious facts. Great work Andrew!
Thanks Juan!
How interesting the very first Beatles record is a "McCartney-Harrison" release. I've read that Paul wrote the song and George contributed the solo yet Paul shared songwriting credit, pretty cool that he did that. Thank you Andrew for yet another meticulously researched entertaining video! You are a boon to serious Beatles fans everywhere.
Thanks Fred!
I have a VeeJay version of "Introducing The Beatles" released in the US a few months before the Capitol release. Fairly rare but didn't make the list.
I was half-expecting a VeeJay or Swan label disc to pop up in this list. But when even the bloody Royal Family can't keep a single collection complete without losing one, what are you going to do?
Remember getting a copy of that album when I was about 8 years old.
I thought they looked like someone cut their hair with a knife.
Vee-Jay label. First Beatle record, first any record I got was a
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Next thing I'm gonna find out is that there are 78s of Nevermind and Edison cylinders of Cardi B's WAP, lol. I had no idea about the 1969 78s of the Beatles.
Not sure if you're aware of a brilliant TH-cam channel called "Techmoan' (he deals with outmoded sound technologies). A current electronic music duo sent him an Edison cylinder of one of their new releases. Pretty cool. The music was crap, but it was great that they did it.
No rare Beatles for me, but in 1978(aged 18) I bought a copy of the White album from our only local record store for the massive price of £9.70. The young girl shop assistant gave out a large cry at the price, of course very embrassing for myself.
My own rarest Beatle album is the Mono Box, given that most of my individual album copies are not remotely rare or even the best issues.
The rarest Beatle album I've seen is a copy of the Butcher cover with the replacement cover on the BACK side of the album. It looked like it had been sitting in a flooded basement, and now I wonder if it could possibly be a third state where the replacement cover was removed intact enough to put it on the back cover. It would seem an impossible feat.
Nice video Andrew! Beatles vs the Four Seasons "Stereo" version commands a hefty price too. As well as the "Stereo" version of the Beatles and Frank Iffield on Stage "portrait cover".
Your videos have completely refreshed my excitement over The Beatles.
I would like to request a topic- Could you do a comparison of The Beatles and The Monkees? The Monkees were, of course, created to capitalize on The Beatles, but, it turned out GREAT, somehow. I'd like to see you explore the similarities in both the music, and the visual presentation. It sounds like a fun topic ( to me, anyway).
Thank you for these shows, they are part of my daily life now, and my stereo is surrounded with all my Beatles CDs right now.
That Quarrymen 78 might be the most valuable record ever made. Possibly most valuable music recording ever.
Before I sold my record collection many years ago, I did have a UK mono copy of the two virgins John Lennon album. I later found out via the Apple documentary, that they were withdrawn and destroyed.
Your clips are always such a treat to watch, they are so well made and you are really entertaining and engaging. If it hasn't happened already, I am pretty sure you will one day capture the attention of someone from the Beatle's camp who will reach out to to for your knowledge and expertise on the Beatles. Of this, I am positive.
The rarest Beatles record I got is the Beatles please please me stereo gold with a demo sticker and BBC records library on the label in very good shape
WOW!! The India PLEASE PLEASE ME 78 rpm-record reads "Mc Cartney Lennon" and not "Lennon Mc Cartney"! Twice as rare!!!
Found a VJLP 1085 Beatles & Frank Ifield stereo portrait cover back in the 80's. Think i paid £3........ terrible condition though. Got it in a 2nd hand record shop in Cork, Ireland.....God knows how it got there. I had seen a photo of the back cover slick in a rare records book (with the "copulation" text) though the book had been referring to the Jolly What (old gentleman cover) version. It wasnt until we had entered the interwebs age that i was able to find out all about it. I subsequently had it authenticated as genuine original by a collector in the US. My best find......so far!😊
Thank you Andrew for another enjoyable video. You make this wonderful slice of history come alive!
Glad you enjoyed it, Michael!
While I was watching this, I won an eBay listing of the nicest white album I’ve ever seen, no EMI with three zeros (10,000s literally ten thousand and something). It’s no number 1 but when it’s within a full collection of UK 1st pressings in near mint it will be worth more than it is by itself. And of course like every other great record I’ve bought, it was in pounds not dollars!!!
My mum bought me my first album, can’t remember which birthday, about 1964 I guess, Hard Day’s Night, I still have it, I’m 68 😃
I do have one records of them rubber soul release on 1965..
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Nothing rare just very odd. I bought Abbey Road on Cd when it they were first released. I took it home and it played Mozart' clarinet adagio among other classical tracks! Strange.
Beautifully done! Really enjoyed it. My sister wrote "I (HEART) Paul" on the cover of all our original Capitol albums, just like millions of other girls in the U.S. Still, I treasure them, and even the first Apple re-releases, which I bought when they were first issued, seeing as the Capitols had been played to death! It's still fun playing the old, scratched ones -- brings back the joy of first loving The Fab Four's music!
Thanks for watching, David!
The rarest album I've bid on and lost unfortunately, is the 1971 Yesterday and Today on the US Red Target label. Only 4 copies have surfaced I believe, and I heard even less of a Red Target Revolver US. They started pressing, and immediately stopped because they were supposed to be pressed on the Apple US label instead. They were however pressed on the Red Target label in Canada identical to the US except "made in Canada" on label. I'm guessing worth around $4000 - $6000 US if you can find one.
The US red target Y&T is considerably harder to find than Revolver. I have a copy of the latter (and all of the Canadian red target LPs, all of which are far more common than the two US LPs).
I have the ORIGINAL My Bonnie as issued in the UK for business jukeboxes.
I had the rare honor (for someone my age) of listening to REVOLVER for the first time in my life on an original UK pressing from 1966. Being a mere 14 year old brazilian boy with little to no allowance, I then took an old cassete tape from some kids material my sisters didn’t care about anymore and made a copy of that vinyl and listened to it for months on end, until on Christmas that year I was given an original REVOLVER cassete tape from those late 80s reissues. Some purists would say I made a poor choice, for those hisses, wheezes and that stuffy sound are supposed to be part of the experience of listening to a psychedelic album, particularly one from the greatest band ever
I thought this video was about how Beetle bugs broke world records by creating some kind of sand mountain underground. Man, was I wrong !!
I found a White album no. 0000076 in a record store some months ago; when I was about to pay the asking price of 30$, the owner of the shop refused to sell it. The condition was poor; the cover was EX-, the records was maybe VG- and was missing the photos, had a rip in the poster and no black sleeves. Some weeks later the owner of the shop contacted me that he's got 3500$ for it, and offered me a mono-release from Argentina, no 0014800 something, complete in NM condition, for free. Maybe that's the rarest I have...
Or the re-issue of "Butcher cover" with a red vinyl. Bought it for 17$ some weeks ago.
You mean the re-issue, released sometime around 2015? Nah, it's not worth anything much; I think I paid maybe $20 for it then, just as a curiosity piece, to go with my original Stage 1 in Stereo. Looks good, though, and it's a good reproduction, including the rainbow labels. That red vinyl, though...
I like the one where John confuses his elbow for his guitar. Not got that? Thousand pounds, plus shipping😆
Happiness is a warm gun is the greatest unknown beatles song by genius John. Everybody even Paul said it was the best
I have a McCartney II vinyl that has a Gladys Knight and the Pips label on it. Must have been a mix up at the record plant. I am willing to sell it.
I don't own it, but in Mexico, in 1965, there was a Beatles E.P. that had the song "I'll Be On My Way" on it- something that was apparently recorded at the BBC, and can be found on the first "live At The BBC" CD set, today.
I have a peeled Butcher cover, as well as a possible _My Bonnie_ 45 on Polydor, although I understand there are counterfeits available of that. I also have a US 45 demo copy of _Penny Lane_ with the extra trumpet notes.
I have the mono version of Please Please Me with the rare label, still worth a bit of money but nothing like the stereo version.
I can’t stop drooling 🤤! All that beautiful vinyl! Great job on the pics and explanations. Makes me sad and euphoric at the same time!
Thanks again! Brilliant episode!!
Thank you!
I love this channel. And I can’t seem to escape vids that show the horrors of pvc sleeves haha
Nice video Andrew. As a beatlescollector I have a few gems: a unpeeled butcher mono, ppm black gold mono,white albun 00001576, beatles vs four seasons. But i think the rarest is my dick james acetate of i want to hold your hand. Also have the 3 capitol singles 33 rpm wich is an idea for a video for you to make?
Very nice, Leo.
The value of average condition original records has plummeted? Someone forgot to tell the record show vendors charging $60 for a water-stained US pressing of Sgt. Pepper’s with no inserts or inner sleeve.
Some dealers do need a kick up the backside for their prices .... something is only worth what a buyer is willing to pay, and overestimating that value can leave you with a lot of very expensive inventory that has a declining marketplace.
Agreed, Stephen. Many dealers/sellers have little idea of the market they're selling to.
What about the record they made in Hamburg with Ringo replacing Pete Best and Lu Walters on vocals,what would that be worth if it was ever to turn up?
My rarest and I suspect it's not very rare is my copy of the US release "Beatles VI". What makes it a little bit rare is that while it's the US track set, it's a Parlophone labeled pressing. I received it as a gift while living in West Germany back in the late 60s. My father was in the USAF and it was purchased from the base BX.
My first Beatles record was a single I "inherited" from my mother, "Hard Days Night" c/w "All My Loving", which I can only assume was a combination put together by the pressers in South Africa.
I have a Beatles original 1963 please please me. What would the estimated value of it be today.
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I've always wondered if the Portugeuse Yellow Submarine album turned up on Odeon as because it was a film soundatrack.
I can't say I have anything rare by them, but I'm still waiting for the day "Carnival Of Light" is released. I don't care if it ends up not meeting expectations, I'd still be excited.
I have two Parlophone black and silver label "Love me do" singles (version with Ringo on drums). The publishing year stated on the label is "1964" and the disc was Made in India.
I bought 'Wonderwall' when it first came out. I was meticulous with my records, so it stayed in very good condition. Alas, it was stolen along with the rest of my record collection in the early 'Eighties. Some time in the 2000s I discovered that it was quite a rare record and was worth quite a bit. Damn.
I bought Wonderwall with my own hard earned cash in 1969. After barely making it through side one I was complaining to 'me Mum' about wasted $$ when she offered to reseal the record with Saran Wrap and her trusty iron. 'me Dad' then took it back to the store saying something to the effect of 'He's already got this one' ... 😁
it's not that rare
Yeah it’s not that rare. I bought one mint around 2010 for 30$ (US)
Thank you, Andrew! Very interesting and informative as usual.
Want a good laugh? I used to think my bootleg LP set called "Live In Anytown" was worth something spectacular. Been a long time since looking it up, but it's a recording of a 1960s 'multimedia' live show, featuring Beatles' records, pictures, film and audio clips. Apparently it usually went clunky at Best (pun intended, but it really suffered many device failures during shows). If I really wanted to accept an audio restoration challenge, the records sound awful...and so does the vinyl, clean as they appear.
What's "rarest"? I dunno. Maybe my 1st Dutch pressing of Sgt. Pepper is the one?. Could it be my Canadian 1978 greyish splatter vinyl of the same album? I bought all 3 Anthology sets, Live At The BBC, and Love new on vinyl when first released in the 90s (and I got the store's 12" ad card for Anthology 2 when taken down).
For years I've wondered about a mix difference on my Canadian 'Capitol swirl' copy of "Hello Goodbye/I Am The Walrus"...especially of I Am The Walrus. Everyone knows about the 4 extra beats on original 45s, but no one talks about the drums being removed during the 'I'm crying' bit! Some say I'm 'full of it' when I tell them it's what I have because they think it doesn't exist. It was one of the first records I digitized about 20 years ago, just to prove doubters. Besides, it's not my stylus to lie like that about a record.
I've got a Cdn. splatter Sgt. Pepper, the only problem is with that vinyl it's hard to tell what kind of shape it's in. I got it for a couple of bucks, so I wasn't too disappointed when I put it on and it sounded quite beat up. Not sure who would buy that and treat it like rubbish, but I remember they were in most record stores when they came out in the late '70s. I wish I'd tracked down all those coloured vinyl LPs (Red and Blue LPs, Sgt. Pepper, White Album, Love Songs), but I did get a numbered gold vinyl copy of the 1982 Reel Music LP (which I've barely played) that's worth $100 or so.
@@stephencooke4569 Weird enough, the way I learned it existed was when I borrowed it from our local library! Yes, and the public had trashed it.
Late to comment, but the reason Yellow Sub was on the Odeon label is because it was EMI's universal export label. This is the same for the Pink Floyd lps, Yardbirds lps, Noel Coward lps etc that were exported. UK Columbia lps were shipped initially with the Odeon label, but later with the gold Odeon foil labels pasted over the Columbia logo on the lp, and front and back of the jackets. But they used Odeon even when they had the copyright - like Capitol UK - but when they did not, like Columbia and HMV, they used Odeon. I suspect they had an international control over that, and maybe not for Parlophone. Even if they did, they used Odeon for everything.
Would you know if the acetate of Summertime still exists? It’s the first ever recording with John Paul George and Ringo before Ringo joined The Beatles.
I’d love to know, too. I don’t think there’s any known to exist in private collections, but maybe Andrew knows more.
Yes indeed, Paul still tells that story! Heard in Orlando this past May.
It’s actually not a bad little tune and of course it’s so cool to hear it from the man himself.
In my opinion, although not an official pressing, one of the rarest is A Hard Day's Night pink vinyl on United Artists. Only one copy is known to exist, and how and why it was pressed is still a mystery.
The rarest Beatles album I own is a mono copy #5 of the White Album signed by all 5 members of the Rolling Stones.
Just kidding. I've never acquired anything really rare. Perhaps my nice German copy of Wonderwall Music is a bit unusual, as was a copy of the Get Back sessions bootleg 'Black Album', which I sold for the staggering sum of £80 (cos it had the poster).
Very interesting video as ever- I still keep my eyes peeled for Beatles 78s in charity shops but no luck yet.
I still have my copy of the "Black Album" with the poster! Good to know it's worth a bit more than the $60 (£30-ish) I paid for it decades ago. I have a couple of other vinyl Beatlegs from that period, Codename: Russia and The Real Case Has Just Begun which, at the time they came out, had material that hadn't been heard by collectors at that point, but I'm sure it's all been issued now. They were taken directly from tapes that had presumably been stolen from the Apple offices and sounded first-rate compared to other boots.
Jolly What ?!
How much?
Thanks Andrew, fascinating video! In summer of 1978 at a major record show I had an opportunity for a "near mint" first state Butcher Cover for $300 USA dollars. It was not mint due to being opened, but other than that.... I had $150 saved from lawn cutting and my ultracool Dad said he would loan me the $150...I debated looking at it and other Butcher Covers the dealer displayed for various amounts, the cheapest a few $75-100 dollar poorly peeled ones. I passed on all and bought some 60 albums in total ranging from a VG Rolling Stones collection (12 in all) with many Who/Kinks/Hendrix/Zep/Sabbath/Yes/Pink Floyd/Robin Trower/Albert King/Allman Bros/Dylan thrown in for good measure. Obviously in 1978 I was pleased as pudding with my haul but in 2022. I SMH and wonder how much that mint minus or "near mint" first state Butcher Cover would be?
I know the feeling. Back in 2002, I had the opportunity to buy a decent mono Butcher vinyl in VG condition. The peel job was a 6/10, meaning there were places where the original glue had peeled the original cover in some areas. The store owner offered it to me for $200 and I passed because I had just been laid off from work. I wish I could go back and buy it then. 😀
I doubt my red label Parlophone promo of Rolf Harris' "Hev Yew Gotta Loight Boy" is worth £10,000...
The Beatles' website was wrong then. "Hello Little Girl" is definitely not the first song written by John Lennon. It's merely the first one he wrote that he could *remember* afterwards. The actual first one was called "Calypso Rock". Source: Lewisohn, "All These Years vol. 1".
I’ve got a copy of John and Yoko’s ‘Life with the Lions’ on a Zapple CASSETTE
Maybe 10th anniversary White Album in white vinyl on the Capitol label, most likely more than a fiver!
Wish I had one, I remember those pressings sounded quite nice (compared to other coloured vinyl from the period, like my Sgt. Pepper marble vinyl).
@@stephencooke4569 Always open to offers!😄
@@tallthinkev Tempting, but I'm trying to focus on getting new music these days! (And I already have three vinyl copies of it to boot.)
My probably rarest record is the Soviet Antrop copy of Abbey Road, where the designer put shoes on Paul's feet and made John barefoot instead. This is probably the rarest Beatles record released by Antrop, though not valuable at all.
I can imagine The Queen going on discogs looking after a lose mint "Hey Jude" to replace the missing one in her box !
Love it!
Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl but she don't have a lot to say... 😉
Enjoyed your video about rare beatles records. Yes i have a story about one. I was shopping w mom and dad on a saturday. My dad saw the butcher cover he actually had one in his hands and said it was an ugly cover and wouldnt buy it for me
Found a unpeeled Butcher Cover at the Salvation Army thrift store last year for a buck.
Still hard to believe …
Much enjoyable video Andrew! Thank you! Unfortunately, I can't say I own any rare copy.
My boyfriend taught me of another British group I had no idea about until last week. Jethro Tull. I'd like your opinion on them as well. I found the music brilliant and I had Wind Up on repeat for hours 😆
Certainly one of my favorites back in the 60's and 70's. Played a unique blend--after their initial release of bluesy material called "This Was"--of what I would describe as "Renaissance rock/jazz", with an impressive string of ever-evolving records to their credit ("Stand UP", "Benefit", etc); Got a chance to see them, too, at the Fillmore West in S.F., just as "Aqualung" was released. What a stage presence was Ian Anderson--you had to see him to get the full effect! Great band, even with personnel changes. Got lots and lots of air play over the years, practically all of it their own, original music (except for an "only they could do this" version of Bach's of "Bouree"). And you know what? They are, incredibly, shamefully, NOT, in the R&R Hall of Fame, despite their legacy as an original and influential musical group! Instead, we must hold our noses as the Bangles, the Go-Go's, and all that other moronic "talent" out there, have been "enshrined"; What B.S.! Ah well, whoever said "Life's fair"?
@@h.gordonkemnitz7736 thanks for the reply. I saw them live a few weeks after this comment. My town was in their tour and managed to get tickets on time. It was definitely a once in a lifetime experience. But to be honest, a little disappointing at the same time, regarding Ian's singing. Yeah, I know he's old etc but, I was stupidly expecting more. Most likely, because I tried to catch up with as more of their discography as possible before the live, and most of what I listened to was prior mid 1980s.
Great video, I loved it!! Congrats!! 👏👏👏👏
Thank you, Flavio!
My rarest Beatles album, I think it would be a 1971 Mexican version of Yesterday And Today, I'm starting in my Beatles collection
I have super rare hip hop records nobody cares this much about. 😂 and i have acquired all my dad’s Beatles records but unfortunately none that are rare. 👎🏽👎🏽
I have the Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby single from 1966
Hi Andrew. My name is Dave and I'm in Australia. Thanks SO much for your imformative and interesting video.
I'm wondering if you have some idea of the value of the set of 34 CEMA/Capitol "For Jukeboxes Only" colored 45's, including the black
pressing of Birthday/Taxman.
A German Copy of The Beatles A Doll's House...I..had it in grade school....but I recently got it will the 50th anniversary of the white album... really cool to have it again!!!
#4:
John I've been looking at our album....
Yes Paul?
Well John, I was wondering...
What Paul?
ARE WE THE BADDIES?
Hello, Polygram! Love your auctions!! The Beatles lost Surround recordings podcast has reviews of the new surround sound Yellow Submarine Songtrack, including where they can be bought. The first week of February the podcast will play selections from surround sound Hey Jude and Revolver. In 5.1!!!!!!
Where does the legendary "Akustic Studios" 78rpm disc of Lu Walters and the Beatles (Ringo played but was still with Rory Storm) of which 6 copies were made of "Summertime" in 1960? If a surviving copy were located, certainly it would be in the #2 spot behind "Despite of All The Danger"
I'd like your opinion on the rarity of a 45 record I once owned but foolishly loaned to somebody in 1976. My first father was a disc jockey in the 1950's and '60's. I was born in '57. Estranged from him since 1960, he visited me in 1966 and presented me with two small wire racks of singles he had played over the years. One was a Disc Jockey-only NOT-FOR-SALE pressing distributed to DJ's at the beginning of Beatlemania. It wasn't music, however. It was a faux Beatles interview that had the four of them giddily answering a series of standard interview questions. There was space between each recorded response for a disc jockey to ask the questions. The overall effect, of course, was to make it sound like the Beatles were giving a live interview to your friendly, local DJ. It was a plain, short single, no photography or artwork. Like I said, I lost it years ago, but the memory of it haunts me. Any idea of its rarity, should it still exist?
I hope people that equate The Beatles as valuable watch this video! At a Car Boot Sale in Essex 1997 a trader offered me Sgt Pepper on Vinyl for £25 claiming it to be a first pressing stereo copy, I felt terrible pointing out it was actually a 1977 pressing and offered £2.50! My offer was turned down and the guy watched me like a Hawk after that, 3 hours later I bumped into someone that bought it for £30 believing they had a bargain! Poor Guy!
I feel that the internet has taken the fun away from record collecting and as this video's presenter points out rare now just means expensive! Round-a-bout 2000 a charity shop local to me had a few vinyl LPs in the shop window with prices exactly the same as Record Collector 1999, condition grading was about right - my Good condition is probably someone else's Mint- the records on display didn't sell until the Manager's Husband advertised them in Record Collector.
I don't own any rare or collectable Beatles records but until TH-cam etc thought I had most (if not everything) that was released commercially on UK CD. I do keep my eye open when at Boot Sales, charity shops etc for Fan Club Christmas Singles, I met a Guy in 1995 who claimed that he had a Xmas single from either 68 or 69 that hadn't been officially released for some reason or another. I was 18 years old at the time and was impressed by this Guy's claims and more so when he went on to say that since 1981 Paul McCartney (or a representative of his) would call him in early December offering a lot of cash for this Xmas Fan Club single. I'd love to know if the Guy's claims were true and nearly 30 years laters if he ever sold it to Macca?
I guess that the internet has made listening to rare stuff so easy that there is barely anything left in The Beatles back catalogue that hasn't been heard, the Anthologies and BBC Live CD's cover a lot. So I'm thinking, would "Carnival Of Light" be the rarest Beatles recording?
Hi, great post thanks - I have a very rare John Lennon misprint single - R6003 9 Dream from 1974 The Core side - What you got is blank. No writing at all, just the white apple core. Does anyone know anything about this single and what it could be worth? Its in great shape - VG+ at least.
Interesting video! Unfortunately the shown items aren’t affordable for me😂
Good day Andrew. I have a 1970 Taiwan release of Abbey Road on First Records FL-1777. It is in stereo and has the blue label. It is etched with the designation YEX 749 & YEX 750 on the inner groove. It came in a paper up and down sleeve with the Abbey Road side with the track listing in Black and White. The zebra crossing photo is in color. Are Taiwan Beatles albums considered rare? Just curious. Thanks for all you do. Have a great summer, RNB
Great video, Andrew! I do hope to hear your opinion about Export LPs. I own Abbey Road (yellow and black), White Album (yellow and black), Let it be (black and silver), Hey Jude (Black and Silver) and Yellow Submarine (Odeon). And I have an impression Export LPs are superior in sound quality, especially Hey Jude.
Nicd collection! Those export LPs are very coveted, valuable pressings and a wonderful addition to any Beatles collection. Well done!
@@David_Hirsh Thank you for kind message, David!
I remember going into the snack bar at RAF Kirknewton Scotland in 1962 and had to ask the girl behind the counter about the song that was playing. “Who is that”??
“Oh thats the Beatles”
“The Beatles? Who are they and why would they name their group after a bug”??
Little did I know😂😂😏
Could you do a video on spanish Beatles vinyl (EMI-Odeon)? It would be great to know why, for instance, my "A hard day's night" copy (translated ¡Qué noche la de aquel día!) has a light blue cover (instead the usual dark blue panel for the Beatles' pictures), and sounds so atrocious. It was made in the mid 80s, and I can tell that the quality is rock bottom. The vinyl is as thin as possible, and the sound is neither stereo or mono. Sounds like they put the guitars and vocals out of phase to create a mock stereo. They have probably zero collectible value, but it's a mistery what happenned in Spain around then.
I know I have something rare that's connected to The Beatles. I don't know if it's worth anything. It's a Beatles Fan Club record made about 9 months before they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. It's a telephone conversation with George Harrison made in March 1963, about a week after his 20th birthday. I found this record for 10 cents in a second hand store called _The Better Buy._ either in late 1968 or early 1969. It has the same thing on both sides. Unfortunately, it didn't come with a cover. It was just in a paper shelve. That store smelled so musty it sometimes took your breath away. I think it's the smell of old paperbacks. I also found The Beatles white album there in the early 70s. It was only 50 cents! I quickly realized when I got home that it was missing the second album. I finally bought a brand new copy in 1976. I have nine Beatle albums on vinyl. I went into a record store in 1993 and bought all 13 Beatles CDs at the same time.
Hi,I have read that EMI in Australia made 497 copies of SGT Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1983,the story sounds to me that this record would have to be one of those rare and sought after Beatles albums,have any of you out there know about it?
Beatles were "iffy" in USA at first: I had Please Please Me album on Veejay records, She Loves You single on Swan. Capitol records finally decided the Beatles were a "thing" & put out their albums... sort of. The Beach Boys were also on Capitol records. I had an album that one side was the Beach boys and other side was Beatles and maybe some Peter and Gordon. It was white, with left side photo of Beach Boys and right side the Beatles. I am not making this up.... Maybe it was called something like "US vs UK". Have you ever heard of this?
I had Butcher Block peeled off under cover. I believe mono? It was stolen from me by commercial movers. My gun and the Butcher block. Insurance paid for gun, i figured Butcher block not worth anything. It was a good peel.. but far from perfect. Two 12 year olds with steam kettle. But it was my fav album by them.
Let it be known when Andrew says a record is worth its weight in gold, that the weight of an average record in solid gold is worth about £7,000.
An LP called "Beatels Forever" ( I am from Brazil) with a white cover similar to "Let it be" but with pictures o the White album. It was the first time i had favorites of mine like "Strawberry fields" , "Yes it is", "Baby youré a rich man" adn "Inner light"
What about the mythical Carnival of Light from 1967 the never released song recorded during Sgt. Pepper?
I hope one day we'll hear the non-noise-reduced and unedited That'll Be The Day, because the one on Anthology sounds atrocious.
Do you know the story behind .. (thing a my bob) Harrison,Dylan exchange? .On your box sets reviews You should seriously consider revewing the prrety things box set.Since not a helluva a lot of people know about or many have even heard of the Preety Things.I was lucky to see them live at club in S.F ca called slims (.No more) rip Phil May ..
Here is Ellen from Germany. This Metzger Lp I have Not...also not pick at the cover 😳
Lg Ellen 😍thank you for this Information.
I stood in the long lines of pre-teens at the dime store waiting to open at 9am in October1963 to just get a 45 import from London of these squirrely guys called the Beatles that combed their hair down instead of up. How weird! Vjay records, had one left. Still plays and sounds great.
I don't have any discs of particular value; the singles are worn and even though prcieless to me, I'm sure that's only to me. The exception is a boxed set of all the main albums, pressed in Australia. I've never had it valued, but I'm interested if anyone knows what it could be worth. The box is well worn, as it's been through several moves, but I can count on one hand how many tmes they've been played. The "Rarities" album is a different combination of songs than the US version. Thanks in advance.
There's a blue vinyl copy of the White Album which I saw in the Beatles Story. It's the only copy which was made at the pressing plant which I believe came about because a worker was pressing another artists album in blue just before they started on the White Album. Surely that's worth a few quid?
I've got mainland China releases of Abbey Road and Sgt Pepper. Not so rare in the PRC, but probably quite rare in the UK.
Beatles songs recorded on X-ray films in Soviet Union -- anyone?