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TITLE
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HAPPY CHRISTMAS | |||
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RELEASE DATE
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20th December 1968 | |||
| SLEEVE: FRONT--> Click! | SLEEVE: BACK--> Click! | LABEL -->Click! | DISK: FRONT -->Click! | DISK: BACK |
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| The 1968 Christmas record is unique because, unlike the others, flexi disk is double-sided. | The free flexi came from the fan club by Freda Kelly (Joint National Secretaries). | It was edited together by Radio 1 disc-jockey Kenny Everett. | ||
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| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | some with "Superpix" sales insert | ||
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CATALOG NUMBER
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LYN 1743/1744 | |||
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LABEL
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Lyntone | |||
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MIX
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Mono | |||
| MATRIX No. | Side1: LYN 1743 - 1L | |||
| Side2: LYN 1744 - 1L | ||||
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VINYL COLOR
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BLACK | |||
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PRODUCER
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COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES
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RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
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Lyntone Company | |||
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PUBLISHER'S NAME
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The Official Beatles Fan Club | |||
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PRINTER'S NAME
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COMMENTS
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Recorded in November 1968 at
the lush London homes of Beatle John and Beatle Paul and in the back
of Beatle Ringo's diesel-powered removal van, somewhere in Surrey,
The voice of Beatle George is heard because yours faithfully, the
G.P.O., did something right and joined up 6,000 miles of telephone
links at an appropriate moment. The 1968 and 1969 Christmas recordings are unique because, unlike the others, each flexi disk is double-sided; and while all of the 1963 through 1967 flexi's had paper record labels, the 1968 and 1969 disks had the information printed right on the black flexi disk with white ink. Both recordings consist of separately taped pieces by each of the Beatles, and on the 1968 disk George introduced Tiny Tim singing a bizarre little version of Nowhere Man. A collage of sounds and Fab greetings, including "Happy Christmas, Happy New Year," Johns poem "Jock & Yono" and "Once Upon a Pool Table." Guest-appearing artist Tiny Tim destroys "Nowhere Man". |
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