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| TITLE | THE BEATLES' greatest hits VOLUME 2 | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | PCSO 7534 | ||||
| RELEASE DATE | 16th February 1967 / First Press | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| A Hard Days Night |
Anna |
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| Boys |
Ticket To Ride | ||||
| I Should Have Known Better |
Eight Days A Week |
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| I Feel Fine |
Help! |
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| She's A Woman |
Yesterday |
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| Till There Was You |
We Can Work It Out |
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| Rock And Roll Music | Day Tripper | ||||
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| INNER SLEEVE | FRONT AND BACK COVER CLOSE UP | ||||
| Original Polythene Inner Sleeve (maybe) |
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Covers for this LP
came with no front "stereo" indicator. |
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1st. Press: Housed in a twin-flipback printed cover (Semi wrap-around cover) and with "STEREO" Sticker. | |
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"MADE AND DISTRIBUTED IN AUSTRALIA BY E.M.I. (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED" and "SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES" were printed at the bottom of the back cover. | ||||
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Silver Parlophone and
A.K.A. "Banner" STEREO label. The 1st. stereo label has a second line of rim print reading, "Made in Australia by E.M.I. (Australia) Limited." |
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SIDE 2 | Matrix No.: Side-1: YAPAX 1009 Side-2: YAPAX 1010 |
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| LABEL | Silver Parlophone "Banner" STEREO | ||||
| MIX | STEREO | ||||
| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | YAPAX 1009 (hand writing) | |||
| SIDE 2 | YAPAX 1010 (hand writing) | ||||
| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
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LABEL | E.M.I. (Australia) Limited. | |||
| COVER | E.M.I. (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED | ||||
| PUBLISHER'S CREDIT | SIDE 1 | CASTLE MUSIC / CHAPPELL'S SYDNEY /
NORTHERN SONGS (italic) / JEWEL MUSIC |
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| SIDE 2 | NORTHERN SONGS (italic) / WALLABY
MUSIC |
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| COVER FORM | Single type. Housed in a twin-flipback printed cover (Semi wrap-around cover). | ||||
| PRINTER CREDIT | - | ||||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Robert Whitaker |
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| INNER SLEEVE | Original Polythene Inner Sleeve (maybe) | ||||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | ||||
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COMMENTS
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Silver Parlophone and
A.K.A. "Banner" STEREO label. The label has a second line of rim print reading, "Made in Australia by EMI (Australia) Limited."
Both volumes ("Greatest Hits Volume 1 & 2") were conceived in early 1966, with EMI (Australia) requesting stereo tapes from EMI UK for the tracks not already in its vaults. This means that both volumes, despite not being released locally in stereo until February 1967 (Volume 2) and February 1968 (Volume 1), contain the 1965 stereo mixes of "I Want To Hold Your Hand", "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Out" rather than the new mixes that were created by EMI UK in November 1966 for A Collection Of Beatles Oldies. This also explains why the two volumes contain no post-1965 “greatest hits”. Volume 2’s claim to fame was being the only album worldwide, until the 1980 eight-LP The Beatles Box release, to contain the stereo mix of She’s A Woman. The mono masters of both volumes were folddowns of the stereo tapes, with only "She Loves You" and "I’ll Get You" appearing in true mono, due to the unavailability of stereo mixes at the time of compilation. Both mono volumes were mastered together in 1966. Mysteriously, the stereo version of Volume 1 would not be released until twenty months after the mono release, and twelve months after the release of Volume 2! This is why the Volume 2 sleeve refers only to the mono release of Volume 1. For the stereo release of Volume 1, EMI (Australia) replaced the mono mix of She Loves You with the fake stereo mix created by EMI UK in November 1966. The covers for both volumes borrowed heavily from overseas releases. Volume 1 used elements from the US Beatles VI and German The Beatles Beat and Volume 2 used elements from the (surprisingly even earlier) US Beatles ‘65 as well as what was left of Beatles VI. Use of these 1965-period photos emphasises the genesis of these albums. (According to "The Beatles Australia Album Labelography") |
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