BEATLES The Original Greatest Hits Records RARE 1964 LP
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The Beatles - The Original Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits Records - GRC-1001
Record: NM-
Sleeve: NM-
The first American Beatles bootleg, The Original Greatest Hits,was issued by "Greatest Records" in New York 1964. The cover, gold with four faceless mop-top hairdos on the front, a list of songs on the back, and no mention of an artist anywhere, looks like one of the early Beatlemania knock-off albums by such groups as "The Liverpools" and "The Manchesters," but it consists of actual Beatles recordings.
It was sold at legitimate retailers, but once it was discovered to be illegal, it quickly left the marketplace.
The most interesting part of the album was the inclusion of the original recording of "Love Me Do," probably dubbed from a Canadian 45; that version of the song wasn't legitimately issued in the U.S. until 1980.
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