BEATLES - Greatest Hits Volume 1

Item Description

Vinyl, , orange label
LP Compilation Reissue Stereo

Late 70s pressing of this Australian release. Originally issued in mono June 1966 and Feb '68 in stereo.
Seventh and final variation of the orange "1-box" design has "STEREO" at the top of labels.
Label type Orange 1-BOX A - variation 2 in print from 1970 to October 1978. Source - ‘Overview of Australian Beatles Records’ by Jaeson Jones.

According to beatlesaustralia website, the same color and type-font of this label WITHOUT "stereo" was issued in 1979. The copy that's pictured here WITH "stereo" was purchased new May 1979.

For Beatles enthusiasts and collectors:
While this album, along with Vol 2, were conceived in early 1966, with the stereo version not issued until Feb 1968, makes this album unique in that it contains the 1965 stereo mixes of I Want To Hold Your Hand, Day Tripper and We Can Work It Out rather than the new mixes that were created by EMI UK in November 1966 for "A Collection Of Beatles Oldies".

However, for this stereo release of Volume 1, EMI (Australia) replaced the mono mix of She Loves You with the fake stereo mix created by EMI UK in November 1966. "I'll Get You" is in mono, however.