EX+ BEATLES Hey Jude/Beatles Again J062-04.348 Spanish EMI Odeon 1/1 MOTHERS

	£		27
	$		36

The BEATLES
HEY JUDE/BEATLES AGAIN
(1/1 Mothers!)
1970



Have a listen to one of the tracks from this album for sale:

In 1970 EMI decided to release Hey Jude in America, even though they had Abbey Road in the charts over there at the time and it was doing quite well. Soon EMI realised, due to the advance orders (around 2million copies!) and the subsequent sale in the USA reaching more than 3.75 MILLION, that it would be a good idea to press export copies IN the UK!



This copy:
Thanks to jongalaxy49 for this detailed description of this Lp...

The front and back cover pictures were taken at the last-ever Beatles photo session, on 22 August 1969, at John Lennon's new house, Tittenhurst Park (seven years to the day after they were filmed at the Cavern in Liverpool performing "Some Other Guy" (22 August 1962). Allen Klein authorized release of the album as a sales buffer during post-production of the delayed Let It Be. In 2007 Neil Aspinall claimed that the back cover was supposed to be the front cover and vice-verse, but that Klein had reversed them in error. [1] This is not entirely true. At least three prototype cover designs are known to exist, with the earliest of those showing the photos "reversed." Apparently, the art department made the determination that the photo that now appears on the front cover was better suited for that purpose. Bruce Spizer's [2] book, The Beatles on Apple Records, contains many previously-unknown details about the release.

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 an "export" from England (Parlophone/Apple CPCS-106) 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. Several other countries wound up with the original "Beatles Again" title, with Spain's perhaps being the most interesting -- because "the Ballad of John and Yoko" was clipped from the album, having been deemed offensive (either due to its reference to Christ, or to the fact of Lennon's referral of "Gibraltar near Spain", at a time when Spain's Franco administration with contending with the UK over the ownership of Gibraltar. This is discussed further in the article for Ballad of John and Yoko).

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.

Catalogue Number: J 062-04.348

Matrix Numbers Side 1: 062-04348-A
Matrix Numbers Side 2: 062-04348-B

Mothers/Stampers Side 1: 1/GO
Mothers/Stampers Side 2: 1/GH
Lovely very early pressing

Vinyl:
HEAVY 151g
EX!!. Great sound reproduction, with just VERY light and occasional background noise-only due to dust, so a gentle clean will upgrade her even further!
Glorious sheen!
There are only 1 or two INCREDIBLY light and whispy marks to the vinyl with NOTHING at all to effect play as I have just had the utter pleasure of listening to her all the way through.
GLORIOUS STEREO
SUPERB DEEP BASS-ESPECIALLY ON THE BALLAD OF JOHN & YOKO and Lady Madonna ;-)
 Really is a lovely piece!
FLAT as the day she was born.
TURN HER UP!!!

****TOP COPY****

Labels: Near Mint! Yep, that good. With only 2 or 3 very light traces of spindle marks-she appears to have popped out from a time machine!
Lovely blue ODEON labels with 1 box EMI at 6 O'clock.

Have a click on the images provided for even larger images and more detail and you'll see how glorious this little beauty is!

Also has the translation of the songs into Spanish, below their original English names.

*Not many of these beauties around*

Cover: EX. The front cover is still lovley, bright and shiny.Nice strong spine with the writing of "The Beatles" printed along the spine without any damage to it.
With only some light creasing to the laminate on the back cover and some lifting to the laminate to the front cove-but not cracked or split, really nothing to worry about at all.

Has a blue box with the text: "Prod. G.MARTIN" on the back as well as the Spanish "ESTEREO"

WOULD FRAME WELL

STRONG UNCRUSHED SPINE
BRIGHT
GORGEOUS!

Inner: EX. It is the original "Jellyfish" plastic inner-with just creasing and light wear. Certainly no splits.
She has done her job; keeping the record in TIP TOP shape over these years

ALL IN ALL THIS IS A UNUSUAL PRESSING OF A CLASSIC BEATLES ALBUM.
WITH QUALITY SOUND REPRODUCTION AND SUPERB CONDITION THROUGHOUT,
SHE REALLY IS FOR THE SERIOUS COLLECTOR OUT THERE.

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7" Singles:
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