The Beatles Rarities Capitol SPRO-8969 Promo Limited To 3000 1978 Purple Label
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The Beatles Rarities Capitol SPRO-8969 Promo Limited To 3000 1978 Purple Label.
Visually graded
The cover is a thin paper sleeve. This is how it was offered upon release. Sleeve is in overall EX condition. Minor shelf ware. NO splitS.
The record is Overall EX Due to having clean near mint grooves, but there is some ever so slight minor warp to the record that does not affect play. Laying flat on the table. You wouldn’t realize it’s got a warp and less look reall close. I’m grading conservatively and I’m sure you will me happy with the record. Labels are clean. Has been stored in a Mofi style rice paper sleeve out of the cover for years. Poly bag over cover as well.
The “Rarities” album was designed to complement the Beatles’ original twelve albums by pulling together many of their single releases not available on British LPs. Unlike Capitol Records in America, British Parlophone rarely duplicated songs issued as singles on later albums. The British “Rarities” (EMI/Parlophone PSLP 261), consists of seventeen tracks, including the first British release of “Sie Liebt Dich” and “Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand” (“She Loves You” and “I Want To Hold Your Hand” sung in German). The U.S. “Rarities” (Capitol SPRO 8969), compiled in Los Angeles, contains two mistakes. For some unknown reason, “Sie Liebt Dich” and “Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand” were replaced with the not-too-rare English versions of “She Loves You” and “I Want To Hold Your Hand.” The album became a much sought-after collector’s item not only because just 3,000 copies were pressed, but also because it contained the first American release of the original version of “Across the Universe.” The album was later reassembled with 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 official “Rarities” album was finally released on March 24, 1980. Only 3,000 copies of this record were ever pressed and offered in the Limited Edition Box Set.
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