 Pickwick 1st Sleeve |
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TITLE
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The Beatles Featuring Tony
Sheridan |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | CN 2007 |
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RELEASE DATE
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4th June 1976 / First Press | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| Ain't She Sweet - The Beatles |
Sweet Georgia Brown - The Beatles |
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| Cry For A Shadow - The Beatles |
The Saints - The Beatles |
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| Let's Dance - Tony Sheridan And The Beat
Brothers |
Ruby Baby - Tony Sheridan And The Beat
Brothers |
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| My Bonnie - The Beatles |
Why (Can't You Love Me Again) - The Beatles |
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| Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby - The
Beatles |
Nobody's Child - The Beatles |
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| What'd I Say -
Tony Sheridan And The Beat Brothers |
Ya Ya - Tony Sheridan And The Beat Brothers | ||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISC | |
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| INNER SLEEVE | FRONT COVER CLOSE UP |
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The "contour" logo was printed in the upper-left corner of
the front cover. The front cover is marked “Electronically Created Stereo”. |
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The catalog number "CN 2007" was printed in the upper-right corner of the front cover. The text “Collectors Item ORIGINAL RECORDINGS” was printed in the upper-right corner. |  |
The back cover also carries the “Electronically Created Stereo” statement. | ||
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Liner notes: Tony Sheridan Producer and A&R: Bert Kaempfert Sleeve design: Andrew Christian |
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| Pickwick Records was an American record label
known for budget albums, sound-alike recordings, and
reissues under labels such as Design. In the U.K., it
operated as a distributor and entered into exclusive
licensing agreements with major record companies, handling
budget reissues from labels such as RCA and CBS. Pickwick was sold in 1977 to American Can Company, which relocated Pickwick’s corporate headquarters from Long Island City, New York to Minneapolis, Minnesota. |
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Orange Label Type-1 (Artist-First Layout) featuring the
“pickwick PRESENTS contour” logo. |
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Catalog number "CN 2007" was printed at the right side of the label. | ||
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The credits “A PICKWICK INTERNATIONAL PRODUCT”
and “MADE IN ENGLAND” were printed around the label rim. |
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Track A4, “My Bonnie,” is the version without the introduction. | |||
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Track B6, “Ya Ya,” was recorded at Studio Rahlstedt, Hamburg, on 28th August 1962, according to the discography published by Frontera Digital. | |||
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| LABEL | Orange Label Type-1 (Artist-First Layout) |
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| MIX | STEREO |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | CN 2007 1Y//1 420 |
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| SIDE 2 | CN 2007 2Y//1 420 |
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| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | Pickwick International Inc (GB) Ltd | ||||
| CENTRAL REMARK "SOLD IN U.K." |
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| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | ℗ 1962 |
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| COVER FORM | Single sleeve with a laminated front cover. |
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| PRINTER CREDIT | - |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Sleeve notes: Tony Sheridan Sleeve design: Andrew Christian |
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| INNER SLEEVE | Plain white paper inner sleeve. |
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| PRODUCER | Bert Kaempfert | ||||
| COMMENTS | “The Beatles Featuring Tony Sheridan” was
issued on the Contour label by Pickwick (*), with the
catalog number CN 2007. This album is a reissue of the British album “The Early Years” (Contour 2870 111). The cover was redesigned, and the former album title “The Early Years” was omitted. The text “Collectors Item ORIGINAL RECORDINGS” was printed in the upper-right corner of the front cover. The catalog number was also changed to CN 2007. The U.K. sleeve retained the Contour logo on both the front and back covers. The front cover was laminated. This copy includes a plain white paper inner sleeve. Despite the “Electronically Created Stereo” statement on the cover, the recordings are in true stereo. First pressing: Orange Label Type-1 (Artist-First Layout), featuring the “pickwick PRESENTS contour” logo. Artist names generally follow the song titles; vocal credits are printed on separate lines. Second pressing: White and blue labels featuring the “pickwick PRESENTS contour” logo. Third pressing: Orange Label Type-2 (Publisher-First Layout), featuring the “pickwick PRESENTS contour” logo. Songwriter and publisher credits generally precede the artist names; vocal credits are combined with artist credits. (*) Pickwick Records was an American record label known for budget albums, sound-alike recordings, and reissues under labels such as Design. In the U.K., it operated as a distributor and entered into exclusive licensing agreements with major record companies. For many years it served as an official budget reissue outlet for labels such as RCA and CBS. Pickwick was sold in 1977 to American Can Company, which relocated Pickwick’s corporate headquarters from Long Island City, New York to Minneapolis, Minnesota. In the 1970s the label changed direction, and began reissuing LPs that had been deleted from catalogs of the major record labels, in particular the RCA Records subsidiary RCA Camden, itself a reissue label. Pickwick also reissued numerous LPs from the Motown catalog during the 1970s. Pickwick’s assets were purchased by PolyGram Records in the late 1970s. |
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TITLE
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The Beatles Featuring Tony
Sheridan |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | CN 2007 |
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RELEASE DATE
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1970s? / Second Press (First release: 4th June 1976) | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| Ain't She Sweet - The Beatles |
Sweet Georgia Brown - The Beatles |
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| Cry For A Shadow - The Beatles |
The Saints - The Beatles |
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| Let's Dance - Tony Sheridan And The Beat
Brothers |
Ruby Baby - Tony Sheridan And The Beat
Brothers |
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| My Bonnie - The Beatles |
Why (Can't You Love Me Again) - The Beatles |
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| Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby - The
Beatles |
Nobody's Child - The Beatles |
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| What'd I Say -
Tony Sheridan And The Beat Brothers |
Ya Ya - Tony Sheridan And The Beat Brothers | ||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISC | |
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| INNER SLEEVE | INNER SLEEVE CLOSE UP |
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| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | ||||
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This copy has a protective inner sleeve made in Japan. Japanese plastic inner sleeve with four straight purple stripes. |
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| FRONT COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
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The catalog number "CN 2007" was printed in the upper-right corner of the front cover. The text “Collectors Item ORIGINAL RECORDINGS” was printed in the upper-right corner. |  |
The "contour" logo was printed in the upper-left corner
of the front cover. The front cover is marked “Electronically Created Stereo”. |
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| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
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The back cover also carries the “Electronically Created Stereo” statement. |  |
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| Liner notes: Tony Sheridan Producer and A&R: Bert Kaempfert Sleeve design: Andrew Christian |
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| BACK COVER AND STICKER CLOSE UP --> Click! | |||||
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Pickwick Records was an American record label
known for budget albums, sound-alike recordings, and
reissues under labels such as Design. In the U.K., it
operated as a distributor and entered into exclusive
licensing agreements with major record companies, handling
budget reissues from labels such as RCA and CBS. Pickwick
was sold in 1977 to American Can Company, who
relocated their corporate headquarters from Long Island
City, New York to Minneapolis, Minnesota. This copy was exported to Japan. An import and distribution sticker on the back cover reads "Made in England / Imported & distributed by Avenue Recordings Japan Inc." |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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White and blue labels featuring the “pickwick PRESENTS
contour” logo. |
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Catalog number "CN 2007" was printed at the right side of the label. | ||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
The credits “A PICKWICK INTERNATIONAL PRODUCT”
and “MADE IN ENGLAND” were printed around the label rim. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
Track A4, “My Bonnie,” is the version without the introduction. | |||
 |
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Track B6, “Ya Ya,” was recorded at Studio Rahlstedt, Hamburg, on 28th August 1962, according to the discography published by Frontera Digital. | |||
| OTHER ITEM | |||||
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| LABEL | White and Blue Label | ||||
| MIX | STEREO |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | CN 2007 1Y//2 420 |
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| SIDE 2 | CN 2007 2Y//2 420 | ||||
| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | Pickwick International Inc (GB) Ltd | ||||
| CENTRAL REMARK "SOLD IN U.K." |
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| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | ℗ 1962 |
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| COVER FORM | Single sleeve with a laminated front cover. |
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| PRINTER CREDIT | - |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Sleeve notes: Tony Sheridan Sleeve design: Andrew Christian |
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| INNER SLEEVE | Japanese plastic inner sleeve with four straight purple stripes. | ||||
| PRODUCER | Bert Kaempfert | ||||
| COMMENTS | “The Beatles Featuring Tony Sheridan” was
issued on the Contour label by Pickwick (*), with the
catalog number CN 2007. This album is a reissue of the British album “The Early Years” (Contour 2870 111). The cover was redesigned, and the former album title “The Early Years” was omitted. The text “Collectors Item ORIGINAL RECORDINGS” was printed in the upper-right corner of the front cover. The catalog number was also changed to CN 2007. The U.K. sleeve retained the Contour logo on both the front and back covers. The front cover was laminated. This copy includes a Japanese plastic inner sleeve with four straight purple stripes. Despite the “Electronically Created Stereo” statement on the cover, the recordings are in true stereo. First pressing: Orange Label Type-1 (Artist-First Layout), featuring the “pickwick PRESENTS contour” logo. Artist names generally follow the song titles; vocal credits are printed on separate lines. Second pressing: White and blue labels featuring the “pickwick PRESENTS contour” logo. This copy was exported to Japan. An import and distribution sticker on the back cover reads "Made in England / Imported & distributed by Avenue Recordings Japan Inc." Third pressing: Orange Label Type-2 (Publisher-First Layout), featuring the “pickwick PRESENTS contour” logo. Songwriter and publisher credits generally precede the artist names; vocal credits are combined with artist credits. (*) Pickwick Records was an American record label known for budget albums, sound-alike recordings, and reissues under labels such as Design. In the U.K., it operated as a distributor and entered into exclusive licensing agreements with major record companies. For many years it served as an official budget reissue outlet for labels such as RCA and CBS. Pickwick was sold in 1977 to American Can Company, which relocated Pickwick’s corporate headquarters from Long Island City, New York to Minneapolis, Minnesota. In the 1970s the label changed direction, and began reissuing LPs that had been deleted from catalogs of the major record labels, in particular the RCA Records subsidiary RCA Camden, itself a reissue label. Pickwick also reissued numerous LPs from the Motown catalog during the 1970s. Pickwick’s assets were purchased by PolyGram Records in the late 1970s. |
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TITLE
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The Beatles Featuring Tony
Sheridan |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | CN 2007 |
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RELEASE DATE
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1976–1978? / 3rd Press (First release: 4th June 1976) | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| Ain't She Sweet - The Beatles |
Sweet Georgia Brown - The Beatles |
||||
| Cry For A Shadow - The Beatles |
The Saints - The Beatles |
||||
| Let's Dance - Tony Sheridan And The Beat
Brothers |
Ruby Baby - Tony Sheridan And The Beat
Brothers |
||||
| My Bonnie - The Beatles |
Why (Can't You Love Me Again) - The Beatles |
||||
| Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby - The
Beatles |
Nobody's Child - The Beatles |
||||
| What'd I Say -
Tony Sheridan And The Beat Brothers |
Ya Ya - Tony Sheridan And The Beat Brothers | ||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISC --> Click! | |
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 |
 |
 |
 |
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| INNER SLEEVE | FRONT COVER CLOSE UP |
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| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | ||||
 |
 |
 |
The "contour" logo was printed in the upper-left corner of
the front cover. The front cover is marked “Electronically Created Stereo”. |
||
| FRONT COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
The catalog number "CN 2007" was printed in the upper-right corner of the front cover. The text “Collectors Item ORIGINAL RECORDINGS” was printed in the upper-right corner. |  |
The back cover also carries the “Electronically Created Stereo” statement. | ||
| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
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Liner notes: Tony Sheridan Producer and A&R: Bert Kaempfert Sleeve design: Andrew Christian |
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| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
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| Pickwick Records was an American record label
known for budget albums, sound-alike recordings, and
reissues under labels such as Design. In the U.K., it
operated as a distributor and entered into exclusive
licensing agreements with major record companies, handling
budget reissues from labels such as RCA and CBS. Pickwick was sold in 1977 to American Can Company, which relocated Pickwick’s corporate headquarters from Long Island City, New York to Minneapolis, Minnesota. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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 |
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| Orange Label Type-2 (Publisher-First Layout), featuring the “pickwick PRESENTS contour” logo. | Catalog number "CN 2007" was printed at the right side of the label. | ||||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
The credits “A PICKWICK INTERNATIONAL PRODUCT”
and “MADE IN ENGLAND” were printed around the label rim. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
 |
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There are two distinct
orange label types, differentiated by their text layouts
rather than color. Type-1 uses "THE BEATLES featuring
Tony Sheridan," with artist names generally following
the song titles and vocal credits printed separately as
"Vocal:". Type-2 uses "THE BEATLES—Featuring Tony
Sheridan," with songwriter and publisher credits
preceding the artist names and vocal credits combined
with the artist credits. Both types share the same
Pickwick/Contour logos, "Electronically Created Stereo"
statement, catalog number, rim text, and ℗ 1962 credit. Track B6, “Ya Ya,” was recorded at Studio Rahlstedt, Hamburg, on 28th August 1962, according to the discography published by Frontera Digital. |
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| OTHER ITEM | |||||
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| LABEL | Orange Label Type-2 (Publisher-First Layout) |
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| MIX | STEREO |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | CN2007 (hand-etched) / |
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| SIDE 2 | CN2007 (hand-etched) / The small letter "A" in "1A" and "2A" is inverted. The original number "2870111" is crossed out on both sides. |
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| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | Pickwick International Inc (GB) Ltd | ||||
| CENTRAL REMARK "SOLD IN U.K." |
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| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | ℗ 1962 |
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| COVER FORM | Single sleeve with a laminated front cover. |
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| PRINTER CREDIT | - |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Sleeve notes: Tony Sheridan Sleeve design: Andrew Christian |
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| INNER SLEEVE | Plain white paper inner sleeve. |
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| PRODUCER | Bert Kaempfert | ||||
| COMMENTS | “The Beatles Featuring Tony Sheridan” was
issued on the Contour label by Pickwick (*), with the
catalog number CN 2007. This album is a reissue of the British album “The Early Years” (Contour 2870 111). The cover was redesigned, and the former album title “The Early Years” was omitted. The text “Collectors Item ORIGINAL RECORDINGS” was printed in the upper-right corner of the front cover. The catalog number was also changed to CN 2007. The U.K. sleeve retained the Contour logo on both the front and back covers. The front cover was laminated. This copy includes a plain white paper inner sleeve. Despite the “Electronically Created Stereo” statement on the cover, the recordings are in true stereo. There are two distinct
orange label types, differentiated by their text layouts
rather than color. Type-1 uses "THE BEATLES featuring
Tony Sheridan," with artist names generally following
the song titles and vocal credits printed separately as
"Vocal:". Type-2 uses "THE BEATLES—Featuring Tony
Sheridan," with songwriter and publisher credits
preceding the artist names and vocal credits combined
with the artist credits. Both types share the same
Pickwick/Contour logos, "Electronically Created Stereo"
statement, catalog number, rim text, and ℗ 1962 credit. Orange Label Type-1 (Artist-First Layout), featuring the “pickwick PRESENTS contour” logo. Artist names generally follow the song titles; vocal credits are printed on separate lines. Second pressing: White and blue labels featuring the “pickwick PRESENTS contour” logo. Third pressing: Orange Label Type-2 (Publisher-First Layout), featuring the “pickwick PRESENTS contour” logo. Songwriter and publisher credits generally precede the artist names; vocal credits are combined with artist credits. (*) Pickwick Records was an American record label known for budget albums, sound-alike recordings, and reissues under labels such as Design. In the U.K., it operated as a distributor and entered into exclusive licensing agreements with major record companies. For many years it served as an official budget reissue outlet for labels such as RCA and CBS. Pickwick was sold in 1977 to American Can Company, which relocated Pickwick’s corporate headquarters from Long Island City, New York to Minneapolis, Minnesota. In the 1970s the label changed direction, and began reissuing LPs that had been deleted from catalogs of the major record labels, in particular the RCA Records subsidiary RCA Camden, itself a reissue label. Pickwick also reissued numerous LPs from the Motown catalog during the 1970s. Pickwick’s assets were purchased by PolyGram Records in the late 1970s. |
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