BEATLES HEY JUDE UK EXPORT PRESSING MINT AUDIO/VINYL

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BEATLES HEY JUDE UK EXPORT PRESSING MINT AUDIO/VINYL

Hello & welcome to my site, I’ve been a member since June 2006 and have a 100% FEEDBACK SCORE for buying and selling!

I have a very large Personal Record collection which I’ve collected for well over 45 years and have been Involved with Vinyl Records with work as well, I worked for Kelly records and downtown records in Brentwood Essex back in the 70’s where I picked up a lot of RARE albums. I also worked at DECCA for sometime and again managed to get my hands on some beauties. I will be putting up for Auction lots of rare albums & some not so rare on eBay in the coming years-----In all sorts of condition-------but nothing which is unplayable. Some of the albums which I will be listing are Pink Floyd-DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (BLUE TRIANGLE), Pretty Things- SF SORROW, Lots of Rolling Stones & Beatles, Ten Years After, Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull and many--many more.

''Hey Jude''

(original title: ''The Beatles Again'')

Is a 1970 collection of non-album Beatles singles and B-sides, as well as "I Should Have Known Better" and "Can't Buy Me Love", two singles released by Capitol Records whose only previous American album appearance had been on the A Hard Day's Night soundtrack album which had been released by United Artists Records!!!

The Hey Jude album was not compiled by Capitol, although many American fans wrongly assumed that this was the case. In actuality, the project was conceived by Allen Klein and Apple Records!. Klein had negotiated a more lucrative contract for the group in 1969 and was anxious to sweeten the pot with an additional album. He directed Allan Stickler of Abkco/Apple to work on an album. Steckler chose songs that had not appeared on a Capitol album in the USA and which spanned the group's career. He also focused more on more recent singles than on earlier material. The absence of the songs from a US Capitol album was partially a consequence of the Beatles' willingness to include single releases on their contemporaneous albums, partially a consequence with their arrangement with United Artists in 1964, and partially due to the habit (of EMI affiliates worldwide) of recompiling the Beatles' British releases for local markets. Steckler chose not to include "A Hard Day's Night", which had been released as a single by Capitol and was available on the United Artists soundtrack album, "I'm Down", which was the B-Side of "Help!", and "The Inner Light", which was the B-Side of "Lady Madonna". He also overlooked "From Me to You", "Misery" and "There's a Place", which were first issued in the United States by Vee Jay Records but were not issued on a Capitol album yet. "Sie Liebt Dich", a German-language version of "She Loves You" was also ignored!.

Steckler and Apple had become disappointed with the Capitol Records release schedules and determined to promote the new album themselves. Steckler also took the tapes to Sam Feldman at Bell Sound Studios (in New York), rather than delivering them to Capitol. He would do this for several releases thereafter!!!.

Originally, the album was to be named The Beatles Again. Shortly before the record was released, however, the title was changed to Hey Jude, in order to promote the inclusion of the top-selling song that led off side two. Unfortunately, the name change occurred after the labels were printed, and an untold number of copies of the album were sold with an Apple label sporting the title The Beatles Again. This was also true for cassette copies of the album, which retained the original title. Neither the front nor the back of the album displayed the record's title, but most copies were sold in a jacket whose spine read Hey Jude. Furthermore, in an attempt to clear up any confusion caused by the preprinted label, initial copies of the album also displayed a sticker on the cover bearing the title Hey Jude. The edition of the album with the The Beatles Again label bore catalogue number SO-385 on the label, but not on the jacket. This is because of a similarly-timed decision to reduce the price from $6.98 (SO- prefix) to $5.98 (SW- prefix). The record jacket was prepared late enough so that it lists the catalogue number as SW-385. The SW-385 catalogue number appears on the label of later pressings that bear the title Hey Jude on the label!!!

The compilation was originally released in many countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia, Spain, Germany, France, Greece, Japan, and most of South America. It was also available to other countries as this one an "export" pressing from England (/Apple CPCS-106) also on Parlophone but was not at first issued in England, although it was a popular import to the U.K. Because of its popularity worldwide, Parlophone finally released Hey Jude in Britain in 1979!.

(If a fan who owned all twelve studio British Beatles albums augmented his or her collection with Hey Jude, Magical Mystery Tour, A Collection of Beatles Oldies, and the British version of Rarities, his or her collection would include every official Beatles song, although a number of officially-released alternate mixes would still be missing.) Until the release of 1967–1970 in 1973, Hey Jude was the only way to own the extremely popular "Hey Jude" single on LP or in a stereo mix. The songs "Lady Madonna", "Don't Let Me Down", "Paperback Writer", "Rain", and "Revolution" also appeared for the first time in stereo on this album. Prior to the release of the "Get Back" single (45 RPM record) in Spring, 1969, all Beatles singles were issued in monophonic in the USA. If nothing else, this compilation showcased stereo versions of previously single-only mono Beatles songs.

Interestingly, on two audio tape versions of this album (Reel-to-Reel and Cassette Tape), sides one and two are inversed. Although it is clear on the vinyl version that "Hey Jude" opens side two, when compiling this issue for audio tape, some compilers (at Capitol and Ampex) thought to make the change, which resulted in "Hey Jude" leading off the album. This was done because side two was the longer side, and it was the practice in some tape formats to lead the album with the longer side. The four-track tape, prepared by Ampex along with the reel-to-reel tape, has the songs in the original, chronological order. (The eight-track tape was treated to the usual re-ordering that eight tracks received.)!!!

The album was released in both stereo and mono in two countries - Brazil and Argentina. While the Argentine mono issue uses a reduction of the common stereo tapes, the Brazilian (Apple BTL 1009)is made of all original UK single mixes and is true mono, with exception of "Ballad of John and Yoko" and "Old Brown Shoe", which are mono reductions of the original UK single mixes!!.

Side one

1. "Can't Buy Me Love" (1964) – 2:19
2. "I Should Have Known Better" (1964) – 2:39
3. "Paperback Writer" (1966) – 2:14
4. "Rain" (1966) – 2:58
5. "Lady Madonna" (1968) – 2:14
6. "Revolution" (1968) – 3:21

Side two

1. "Hey Jude" (1968) – 7:06
2. "Old Brown Shoe" (1969) (Harrison) – 3:16
3. "Don't Let Me Down" (1969) – 3:30
4. "Ballad of John and Yoko" (1969) – 2:55

The Matrix

Side 1.''YEEX 150-1''

Side 2 ''YEEX 151-1''

The Mother Stampers

Side 1 ''2'' ''RD''

Side 2  ''CM''

The Album I have listed today is from my personal collection and as been well looked after. This is in SUPERB! Condition, this really is a superb piece of vinyl that plays absolutely fantastic through out and is so hard to find in this condition, On initial inspection this vinyl looks as new!. You’ll find it hard to get another one like this-----AWESOME! There is no sticking, Jumps or any distortion that I could detect and I play tested album on two top quality decks and also using headphones to get a more accurate and better idea how vinyl sounds. Over all Vinyl retains a shiny gloss and lays flat on turntable with no warping and plays fantastic through out, and in my opinion still as a superb sound! Audio still comes through loud and clear, but please allow for the odd bit of static and maybe the odd static tic, (to be honest I did not hear any) and please remember this vinyl as hardly been played and as been stored for a long time. There is a couple of paper removal marks that can only be seen under a strong light, but no scratches and no clicks or pops.  You will find it hard to get a copy of this vinyl in this condition A NICE COPY!

Labels are clean & bright with no spider marks, no spindle ware, VERY CLEAN INDEED.

Cover is the Glossy Garrod & Lofthouse which is in excellent condition with just a little bit of ring ware, storage ware and some creasing on back & front, the spine is clear, strong, thick and solid, and edges are still in perfect condition, there is one noticeable crease to one corner but for 36 years old not bad considering its age, Inner sleeve is still intact.

Please check my photos to see for yourself. Please bid with confidence as I do have a returns policy if you are in any way dissatisfied with goods supplied.

ALBUM WILL BE SENT IN RECORD MAILER WITH THREE OR FOUR CARDBOARD STIFFENERS AND POLY SLEEVE. I ONLY DESPATCH WEEKDAYS! (NOT WEEKENDS) AND SEND 1ST CLASS RECORDED DELIVERY AFTER PAYMENT RECEIVED. WILL GIVE POSTAGE DISCOUNT ON ALL MULTIPLE PURCHASES.

I have tried to give my honest opinion describing the condition of the item listed and will endeavour to resolve any issues you may have, but will always give refund if you are in anyway not satisfied with the product Supplied!