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Japanese Guide to
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Collection of the Beatles' music media
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In the Far East, Japan has released a huge number of records and tapes since Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd. began handling The Beatles in 1964.
By the time of their 1966 Japan tour, more than twice as many singles had been released as records released in the UK. As a result, Japan has become one of the world's leading countries in terms of Beatles love.
In particular, Japanese records have a unique culture of Japanese titles, lyric sheets, colored records, and obi, making them popular with collectors.
This page introduces Japanese singles, EPs, LPs, sheet music, etc.
As far as possible, I have collected variations from each era for each item, and arranged them in order of release.
Jackets, records, sleeves, lyric sheets, etc. are introduced in the combinations that were released at the time, to the extent that I can.
I hope that this will be helpful for your collection.


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  • Jason Anjoorian :"The Beatles Japanese Record Guide" Published by: Jason Press
  • Toru Mitsui (ed.), Peter Ingham :"The Complete, Illustrated Discography of the Beatles' Records in Japan 1962-1986" Published by: Shinko Music Publishing Co.,Ltd.
  • Kanji Hirota (ed.):"Beatleworld nowhere" Published by: Produce Centre
  • "TOKYO BEATLES FAN CLUB MAGAZINE" Published by : Tokyo Beatles Fan Club
  • Jun Asano (ed.), Yuuji Terao :"Record Collectors extra number-The Beatles Complete Works1, 2" Published by: Music Magazine.