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TITLE
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THE BEATLES BALLADS 20 ORIGINAL TRACKS |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | PCS 7214 |
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RELEASE DATE
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20th October 1980 / 1st Press |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| Yesterday |
Something |
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| Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) |
The Fool On The Hill |
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| Do You Want To Know A Secret |
Till There Was You |
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| For No One |
The Long And Winding Road |
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| Michelle |
Here Comes The Sun |
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| Nowhere Man |
Blackbird |
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| You've Got To
Hide Your Love Away |
And I Love Her |
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| Across The
Universe ("Wildlife" version) |
She's Leaving
Home |
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| All My Loving |
Here, There And
Everywhere |
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| Hey Jude |
Let It Be |
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| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISC | |
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| INNER SLEEVE | BACK COVER CLOSE-UP | ||||
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"EMI Records Ltd." credit and Parlophone
logo mark were printed at the lower right side of the back
cover. |
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| Catalog number was printed at the upper right corner of the back cover. | "Available
on tape", "This compilation ℗1980 by EMI. Records
Limited", and "All sound recordings owned by EMI. Records Limited" in uppercase were printed at the lower right of the
back cover. |
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The credits for the producer, painter, photographer, art director, and designer were printed at the bottom of the back cover. |
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The label had two boxed EMI logos printed in black on white backgrounds. "EMI RECORDS LTD…" printed at the start perimeter print. |
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"℗
Original sound recording made by EMI Records Ltd." credit
was printed at the left side of the center hole. |
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GT. BRITAIN" in uppercase was printed at the end of
the perimeter print. |
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| LABEL | Black/white Parlophone label with silver print Type-3 | ||||
| MIX | STEREO |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | PCS 7214 A2 |
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| SIDE 2 | PCS 7214 B2 AM (hand etched) | ||||
| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | EMI Records Ltd. | ||||
| CENTRAL REMARK "SOLD IN U.K." |
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| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | This compilation ℗ 1980 by EMI Records
Ltd. |
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| COVER FORM | Unlaminated single-pocket sleeve. |
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| PRINTER CREDIT | TM 8010 GL |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Cover Painting by John Patrick Byrne Back Cover Photograph: Stephen Goldblatt Art Direction: Peter Shepherd Design: Shoot That Tiger! |
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| INNER SLEEVE | White paper sleeve "IMPORTANT NOTICE in rectangle box" Type-3 | ||||
| PRODUCER | Produced by George Martin / "The Long And
Winding Road" Produced by Phil Spector |
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| COMMENTS | The Beatles Ballads is a compilation album
featuring a selection of ballad songs by The Beatles. The
album was not released in the United States, but in Mexico,
the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Germany, Italy,
India, Japan, South Korea and Australia. Ten of the 20 tracks had been issued just three years earlier on the "Love Songs" album. This album includes a reworked stereo version of “Norwegian Wood”, with the backing track on the right rather than the left and the vocals centered. The cover art by "Patrick" (John Byrne) had been created in 1968 as a possible cover for what would become The Beatles ("The White Album"). Its style and concept have been associated with the album’s original working title, A Doll’s House; this is an interpretation of the artwork. The cover art was taken from the Alan Aldridge book "The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics" and is a painting by John Patrick Byrne which was used in the foreword on page 6 of the edition referenced here. "Patrick" had also done album covers for other artists in the early seventies. The sleeve was manufactured by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. 1st Press / 20th October 1980: Black label with 2 white-black EMI logos and silver print. "EMI RECORDS LTD. ..." printed at the start perimeter print and "MADE IN GT BRITAIN" printed at the end of the perimeter print. Matrix numbers: Side-1: PCS 7214 A2 Side-2: PCS 7214 B2 2nd Press / 1982: Black label with two white-black EMI logos and silver print. “ALL RIGHTS OF THE PRODUCER…” printed at the start perimeter print. Around the 11 ‘o’ clock position in the rimtext the wording is: “…UNAUTHORISED PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, BROADCASTING, COPYING AND HIRING…”. Instead, added “MANUFACTURED IN THE UK BY EMI RECORDS LIMITED” text at the end of the perimeter print. Matrix numbers: Side-1: PCS 7214 A4 (maybe) Side-2: PCS 7214 B3 (maybe) |
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