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| TITLE | THE BEATLES
RARITIES |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | SHAL-12060 |
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| RELEASE DATE | 24th March 1980 / First Press |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| Love
Me Do (mono) |
Penny
Lane (Stereo) |
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| Misery
(Stereo) |
Helter
Skelter (Mono) |
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| There’s
A Place (Stereo) |
Don’t
Pass Me By (Stereo) |
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| Sie Liebt Dich (Stereo) |
The Inner Light (Mono) |
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| And I Love Her (Stereo) |
Across The Universe (Stereo) |
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| Help! (Mono) |
You Know My Name (Look Up The
Number) (Mono) |
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| I’m Only Sleeping (Stereo) |
Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove (Stereo) | ||||
| I Am The Walrus (Stereo) | |||||
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INNER SLEEVE |
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| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | The record came
packaged in a black and white inner sleeve. Featuring 16 pictures on each side. |
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Capitol logomark
and "(C) 1980 CAPITOL RECORDS INC. PRINTED IN U.S.A." are
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| Catalogue number "SHAL-12060" is
printed at the lower left corner of the inner sleeve |
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The photo on the front is raised / embossed. |  |
Some copies came with a 2 1/4" x 2 1/4"
hype sticker on the shrinkwrap stating "Contains Rare Photos
Including "Butcher" shot" |
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The album cover gatefold
features the original "Butcher Cover Photo" from the album
Yesterday…and Today in its entirety. However, on the first pressing, the "false teeth" on the floor have been trimmed away. |
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There were three
errors in the liner notes. 1) The words "produced by George Martin" were inadvertently deleted from the back cover. |
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| 2) The phrase "I've got blisters on my fingers" heard at the end of Helter Skelter was credited to John instead of Ringo | |||||
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3) "There's A Place"
incorrectly states this was the first time in stereo on a US
album. |
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| The records were pressed with an
updated version of Capitol's classic sixties rainbow
colorband label. This design was retired by Capitol in 1969. It was resurrected a decade later in 1979 for the Beatles-inspired debut album by the Knack, "Get The Knack". |
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Catalogue number "SHAL-12060" is printed at the right side, record side number is left side of the center hole. |  |
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| "A Subsidiary of Capitol" credit
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| SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | The versions
presented here are not the same versions that are currently
available on Capitol or United Artists albums. |
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| LABEL | Capitol New rainbow label in white print |
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| MIX | STEREO *excepted as noted. |
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| VINYL COLOR | BLACK |
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| PRESS FACTORY |
Jacksonville, Illinois | ||||
| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 |
SHAL-1-12060-G5 Gene (hand etched)
() MASTERD BY CAPITOL (machine stamped) |
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| SIDE 2 | SHAL-2-12060-G1 Ed (hand etched) () MASTERD BY CAPITOL (machine stamped) | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | Capitol Records, Inc. |
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| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | ℗1978 EMI Records Limited | ||||
| COVER FORM | Gatefold type / The photo on the front is
raised/embossed |
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| INNER SLEEVE | Black and white inner sleeve featuring 16
pictures on each side. |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Designed by Henry E. Marquez and
Roy Kohara Liner notes: Randall Davis |
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| PRODUCER | Produced by George Martin |
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COMMENTS
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A selection of fifteen
tracks that were either 1) never released by Capitol Records
before, 2) alternate takes and mixes never available in the
United States before, or 3) tracks never issued on an
American album until now. The LP was compiled and annotated
by Randall Davis, with research by Ron Furmanek, one of the
foremost Beatles collectors in the world, and Wally
Podrazik, co-author with Harry Castleman of the Beatles
discographies, All Together Now (Ann Arbor: Pierian Press,
1978), The Beatles Again (Ann Arbor: Pierian Press, 1980)
and The End Of The Beatles? (Ann Arbor; Pierian Press,
1985). The packaging is completely different from the promotional "The Beatles Rarities (SPRO-8969)" included in the American box set. Originally, Davis tried to use the uncropped "Butcher Cover" photo for the front of the sleeve but was vetoed by Capitol vice presidents Rupert Perry and Dennis White. However, the photo was included in the inside of the gate-fold jacket along with the unretouched, second "Yesterday" . . . And Today cover. On the first pressing, there were three errors in the liner notes. The phrase "I've got blisters on my fingers" heard at the end of Helter Skelter was credited to John instead of Ringo. Also the words "produced by George Martin" were inadvertently deleted from the back cover. And for "There's A Place" incorrectly states this was the first time in stereo on a US album. These mistakes were corrected on the second pressing. Track Listing: Side-1 Love Me Do - (Version 1) with Ringo on drums. At the time, the master of this take could not be located in EMI's vaults so Randall Davis had to settle for an excellent quality dub of the original single, supplied by Ron Furmanek. Misery - the common recording, but this was the first time the song appeared in stereo on a Capitol album. It was previously available just as a single (Capitol Starline 6065). There's A Place - same circumstances as Misery. Issued by Capitol as a single in October 1965 (Capitol Starline 6061). Sie Liebt Dich - had only been issued in the United States in 1964 as a single on Swan Records (Swan 4182). This marked the first Capitol Records release, and the first stereo release in America. The liner notes on Rarities are incorrect. They say "EMI persuaded (the Beatles) to re-cut the vocal tracks 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' and 'She Loves You' - in German. . . ." The backing was recut for "Sie Liebt Dich" but not for "Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand", for which the original backing was used. The reason most often given is that the original master for "She Loves You" had been destroyed/lost/wiped by this time (q.v. Lewisohn, Recording Sessions). Others have claimed recently that at least part of SLD comes from SLY, and that the manual tape synchonization which created SLY was such a mess to reproduce that SLD turned out terribly. And I Love Her - contains Paul's double-tracked vocals and six bars of acoustic guitar in the fade-out. This may be a Capitol creation - the Rarities version sounds like it's the usual version with an extended ending. Help - The mono single mix has different lead and backing vocals and lacks the tambourine present in the stereo mix. I'm Only Sleeping - this is the true stereo version, which in America could only be found on the Capitol Record Club edition of "Yesterday" . . . And Today, and on all stereo tape formats of Y & T. It also appeared in true stereo on some commercial copies of the album pressed in Winchester, VA, after c. 1973. The liner notes on Rarities are in error. They claim only two versions of this track exist when, in fact, we have located five so far. They also state that the verses in this version were rearranged. The differences between the various takes are only in the amount of "backwards guitar" included and in the places where it was cued in. The structure of the song is identical in all recordings. I Am The Walrus - this is a new, composite version created by Capitol engineers John Palladino and George Irwin. They took the British stereo version with the six-beat introduction and spliced in the four extra beats of music heard after the third verse in the mono recording. Side-2 Penny Lane - another composite track by Palladino and Irwin. This time, they took the true stereo version, which had never been released in the United States before (the version on the American stereo Magical Mystery Tour was "reprocessed"), and added the seven piccolo trumpet notes heard at the end of this song on the U.S. and Canadian promotional singles. Helter Skelter - the mono mix. Don't Pass Me By - the mono mix. The Inner Light - the first time this song had ever been issued on an American album. This is the original mono mix. Across The Universe - (Version 1); the first time this George Martin-produced version had ever been released in the United States. You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) - the first time this mono track had ever been included on an album in America. Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove - the first time these four seconds of Beatles sounds had ever been issued in the United States. Unfortunately, most EMI subsidiaries passed on releasing this compilation, having already put out one "Rarities" album in their market. This LP was not even issued in England, although it was eventually released in Australia (Parlophone PCSO 7581) and Japan (Odeon 81325). In December 1980, EMI's mail-order division, World Records, issued an eight-album box set in Australia, Japan and the U.K., titled The Beatles Box. In it, several American Rarities tracks were incorporated, including Love Me Do with Ringo, the slightly longer And I Love Her and the composite versions of Penny Lane and I Am The Walrus. There are 3 cover variations. This one is #1: #1 The photo on the front is raised/embossed There is no George Martin producer credit on the back lower left corner Under "Helter Skelter" a text error states "...so you don't hear the classic Lennon statement...", and for "There's A Place" incorrectly states this was the first time in stereo on a US album. #2 Both the cover photo and the photos on the back are raised/embossed George Martin's producer credit is now on the lower left corner on the back Under "Helter Skelter" it now states "...so you don't hear the classic statement..." and the stereo statement from "There's a Place" removed. #3 Both the cover photos and the photos on the back are NOT raised/embossed. George Martin's producer credit is present "Helter Skelter" states "...so you don't hear the classic statement..." and the stereo statement from "There's a Place" removed. Some copies came with a 2 1/4" x 2 1/4" hype sticker on the shrinkwrap stating "Contains Rare Photos Including "Butcher" shot" *)Gene Gene Thompson (Eugene R. Thompson) Mastering engineer at Capitol Studios, New York City until 1975 when he moved to Capitol Mastering, Hollywood, California. He worked there until he passed in 1984. He usually worked with the "G" Neumann solid-state lathe while in California. *) Ed Ed Sanders American engineer and producer who worked with John Van Nest at Allen Zentz Recording in Los Angeles. Previously he had spent a short time at Capitol Mastering (Ed in cursive script) |
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