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#12-1 Ballad Beatles (1st Press "Wine Red Label with silver print": UXP-796-V)
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TITLE BALLAD BEATLES
CATALOG NUMBER UXP-796-V
RELEASE DATE 31th May 1987 / First Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Mr. Moonlight
Till There Was You
Ask Me Why
A Taste Of Honey
To Know Her Is To Love Her
Besame Mucho
Why
September In The Rain
Hallelujah I Love Her So
Where Have You Been All My Life
Sweet Georgia Brown
Sure To Fall (In Love With You)
Falling In Love Again
I Remember You
Sheik Of Araby Take Good Care Of My Baby
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INNER SLEEVE
LYRIC SHEET (Bifold)
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LYRIC SHEET CLOSE UP
sleeve Overseas Records and Teichiku Records credits were prointed at the bottom of the lyric sheet.
FRONT AND BACK COVER CLOSE UP
sleeve sleeve Catalogue No. & Overseas logo were printed at the upper right corner of the front cover. A barcode is printed on the lower left corner of the back cover.
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The credit "Manufactured By Teichiku Records Co. Ltd. Japan ¥2,300" is printed at the lower right corner of the back cover.
Light Green Paper OBI: FRONT CLOSE UP
sleeve sleeve The top of the front of the obi lists the album title and price, and the catalog numbers for the CD and cassette tape. At the bottom it says "Overseas Records / Released by Teichiku Co., Ltd."
Light Green Paper OBI: BACK CLOSE UP
sleeve sleeve The message "Golden Jukebox Hits Series Now on Sale!" and a list of the records in the series are included.
The bottom of the cover has information about handling the records.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label Wine red label with silver print.
label Overseas Records logomark is printed at the top of the label.
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The credit "MADE BY TEICHIKU RECORDS CO. LTD. JAPAN" was printed in capital letter at the perimeter.
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1
SIDE 2
Tracks A4, A6: at Polydor 1961-1962
Tracks A2, A3, A8, B1, B3, B4, B6,& B8: at their Decca audition, 1st Jan. 1962
Tracks A1, A5, A7, B2, B5, and B7: at The Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; Dec. 1962
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RECORD LABEL Wine Red label with Silver print
MIX MONO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 XP  796  A  X1
SIDE 2 XP  796  B  X1
PRESS MARK SIDE 1 +  2  1
SIDE 2 +  3  1
VINYL COLOR BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME SLEEVE MANUFACTURED BY TEICHIKU RECORDS CO. LTD. JAPAN
LABEL MADE BY TEICHIKU RECORDS CO. LTD. JAPAN
SYMBOL/PRICE ¥2,300
LYRIC SHEET STYLE Bifold Type
COVER FORM Single type without flaps
INNER SLEEVE
Polythene Inner Sleeve
OBI
Light Green Obi with illustrations of playing card
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES July 3rd 1964 - Photoshoot with John Launois on a small street in Lyall Mews, London
COMMENTS
Teichiku started releasing Beatles recordings other than EMI recordings on the Overseas label in September 1985.

Teichiku only had three recordings, excluding some fragmentary songs from press conferences and interviews:
  • Decca Audition recording from January 1, 1962
  • Polydor session recordings from June 1961 to June 1962
  • Live recordings from the Star Club in Hamburg recorded in December 1963.
These three recordings were combined with interview recordings to release a wide variety of LPs.
Teichiku released a total of 19 Beatles LPs between September 1985 and November 1988.

"Ballad Beatles" is a compilation album of 16 songs from Polydor, Decca, and Star Club recordings.

  • Tracks A4, A6: Recorded at Polydor 1961-1962
  • Tracks A2, A3, A8, B1, B3, B4, B6,& B8: recorded at their Decca audition, 1st Jan. 1962
  • Tracks A1, A5, A7, B2, B5, and B7: recorded live at The Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; Dec. 1962



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