THE BEATLES - Beatles' Greatest = グレイテスト・ヒッツ

Item Description

Vinyl,
LP Compilation Reissue

Toshiba/EMI Japan issued this Euro-Dutch compilation 1978 as part of Japan's "Country Flag" obi/ EAS re-issue series of the Beatles Japanese LP catalog which began in 1976. This is title n° 32 in the series, with Netherlands/Dutch flag obi.

It's a re-issue of the Odeon release "Beatles Greatest" compilation, originally released there June 1965.

Recording notes:
-Pressed from a copy of a Dutch master, as identified by the matrix stamp, true stereo.
-She Loves You A7 is fake stereo
-I Feel Fine B1 is true stereo with the "whispering" intro.
-All My Loving B8 has the hi-hat intro.

Packaging notes:
-Includes Japanse-English bio-lyric sheet insert
-Disc comes with clear rice-paper inner sleeve.
-Some copies imported to North America may have come with an "imported Japan" Capitol-EMI sticker that sealed the outer plastic sleeve (see photo)
-Black & silver Odeon.

Manufactured by Toshiba-EMI, Ltd., Japan.

Runouts stamped:
Side A: "8 - 3" upside down