(THE BEATLES-1962-1966)-Apple label/compilation-D7-2xLP

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ITEM: VINYL 12” 2xLP 33 1/3rpm
ARTIST: THE BEATLES
TITLE: 1962-1966
COUNTRY: OZ
CAT No: APPLE, PCSO-7171/2
COVER: Gatefold (Grade at NEAR MINT+)
INNER COVERS: (Grade at NEAR MINT+)
LABELS: Apple labels (Grade at NEAR MINT+)
VINYL #1: (Grade at NEAR MINT+)
VINYL #2: (Grade at EXCELLENT+)
COVER PHOTO COMMENT:
The album covers of both 1962-1966 and 1967-1970 showed the Beatles, looking down from a stairwell in the EMI building in London. The earlier photo was taken from the same session that produced the one used on their first album, Please Please Me (1963). The later photo was taken in early 1969, with Harrison, McCartney, Starr and Lennon replicating their exact poses in the earlier photo. The internal gatefold photo was taken in July 1968, during the "Mad Day Out" photo sessions around London.
TRACKS:
Side one
1."Love Me Do"
2."Please Please Me"
3."From Me to You"
4."She Loves You" – 2:22 5."I Want to Hold Your Hand"
6."All My Loving"
7."Can't Buy Me Love"

Side two
1."A Hard Day's Night"
2."And I Love Her"
3."Eight Days a Week"
4."I Feel Fine"
5."Ticket to Ride"
6."Yesterday"

Side three
1."Help!"
2."You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"
3."We Can Work It Out"
4."Day Tripper"
5."Drive My Car"
6."Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)"

Side four
1."Nowhere Man"
2."Michelle"
3."In My Life"
4."Girl"
5."Paperback Writer"
6."Eleanor Rigby"
7."Yellow Submarine"
TRACK NOTES:
1. The British and American versions of the vinyl album contain notable differences. "Help!" on the American edition includes the "James Bond-intro," while the same song on the British edition does not. In addition, the British version of the vinyl album contains mysterious whispering leading into the song, "I Feel Fine," which does not appear on the American edition of the vinyl album. Finally, in a number of instances, the American and British versions of the vinyl album utilized different mixes of the same song.

2. The CD version was released on two discs for the price of two albums, though it could have fit on to a single disc. EMI stated that this was done to match the release of 1967–1970.

3. The CD version used new digital masters. The first four tracks on the CD release are in mono. The rest of the tracks are in stereo and the following tracks made their CD stereo debut with this release: "All My Loving", "Can't Buy Me Love", "A Hard Day's Night", "And I Love Her" and "Eight Days a Week". See Mix Variations below.

4. Although it appeared on the Vee Jay compilation, Jolly What! the Beatles and Frank Ifield on Stage, this is the first appearance of "From Me to You" on a U.S. Capitol album.

5. All tracks written by Lennon-McCartney.

COMMENT:
Wikipedia
1962–1966 (widely known as The Red Album) is a compilation of The Beatles' greatest hits from 1962 to 1966. It was released with 1967–1970 (The Blue Album), a compilation of their greatest hits from 1967 to 1970. 1962–1966 reached #3 in the UK and managed to reach #1 in the U.S. Cashbox albums chart. However, in the U.S. the official chart was administered by Billboard, where 1962-1966 only peaked at #3, while 1967-1970 managed to meet the summit.

The Beatles themselves participated in selecting the songs for inclusion, as well as the colours and pictures.[1] Even though the group had had success with cover versions of songs, most notably with "Twist and Shout", which made #2 on the Billboard charts, only songs composed by the Beatles themselves were included.

It is recognised as the first Beatles compilation since their breakup on 31 December 1970. Both it and 1967-1970 were produced by Apple/EMI at least partially in response to a bootleg compilation titled Alpha Omega, which had been sold on television the previous year.

Biography by Richie Unterberger
So much has been said and written about the Beatles — and their story is so mythic in its sweep — that it's difficult to summarize their career without restating clichés that have already been digested by tens of millions of rock fans. To start with the obvious, they were the greatest and most influential act of the rock era, and introduced more innovations into popular music than any other rock band of the 20th century. Moreover, they were among the few artists of any discipline that were simultaneously the best at what they did and the most popular at what they did. Relentlessly imaginative and experimental, the Beatles grabbed a hold of the international mass consciousness in 1964 and never let go for the next six years, always staying ahead of the pack in terms of creativity but never losing their ability to communicate their increasingly sophisticated ideas to a mass audience. Their supremacy as rock icons remains unchallenged to this day, decades after their breakup in 1970.

VINYL GRADING SYSTEM

MINT:
RECORD: New condition with no surface marks or loss of sound quality.
COVER: New condition with no surface marks, creases or wear.
NEAR MINT:
RECORD: Barely noticeable surface mark with no loss of sound quality.
COVER: Barely noticeable surface mark/ wear.
EXCELLENT:
RECORD: Some signs of being played with extremely little if no loss of sound quality.
COVER: Slight wear or creasing.
VERY GOOD:
RECORD: Obviously been played with noticeable surface marks & the occasional light scratches but exhibits no major loss of sound quality.
COVER: Noticeable wear on cover, seam or spine.
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