The Beatles AUSTRALIAN Vinyl Albums - History & Sound Quality | Parlogram Auctions
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
- In this video, we take a detailed look at The Beatles' original 1960's Australian vinyl albums. Including the story behind their unique covers, compilations and their sound quality.
0:00 - Opening sequence
1:18 - Titles
1:36 - The first Australian 45s.
2:38 - 'Please, Please Me' LP
5:20 - 'With The Beatles'
7:55 - 'A Hard Day's Night'
8:46 - 'Beatles For Sale'.
10:42 - 'Greatest Hits Vol.1'
11:45 - 'Greatest Hits Vol.2'
12:46 - 'Magical Mystery Tour & Other Splendid Hits'
13:55 - 'Hey Jude' & 'Let It Be'
14:35 - Sound Quality tests
20:00 - Conclusion
20:23 - Sign-off & credits.
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So the moral of the story when it comes to early Australian Beatles pressings is: don't judge a record by its cover.
All Australian Beatles' pressings
Specially Abbey Road, which has a pink stain on the very first australian pressing.
I love how fantastically nerdy all of these videos are. God The Beatles were amazing! Love all the different marketing and the changes based on rules and cultures. Good stuff.
Glad you like them, Dustin. Thanks for watching.
I would probably say this is about attention to detail which is cool.
@@Parlogram I hope you don't take offence at my pedantic remark, but the Sydney Opera House, which appears in your introduction, was not finished until 1973. 🏗🙋
Loved this video. Most of us in Australia only ever knew that 'With the Beatles' sleeve with the groovy pink writing for years. I always thought it was an excellent album cover. Of course, it would've been a shock for the band to see it -- it would've looked pretty hokey to them. When I was young I assumed that our version of 'Beatles for Sale' was a live album due to the live shots of the band on it. Again, when I eventually saw the proper sleeve I was shocked to see how moody it was, as was 'With the Beatles'.
For those of us (in Australia) in the 1980s collecting Beatle LPs...the irony is we paid top dollar for Japanese imports to get the UK covers (plus the always amusing English to Japanese to English translated lyric sheets), rather than the local ones (similar prices to modern 180gm vinyl - NOT adjusted for inflation!! As a student at the time I have no idea how I did it - probably skipped eating!). A few years later CDs were issued - and all the local covers disappeared - and the formerly disposable became collectible! How we laughed.....
Now for the New Zealand albums! Due to our only National Chart at the time, the 'Lever Hit Parade' which was a top 8 based on what was generally popular overseas or ocasionally local, we had the Beatles pretty much as early as the brits, February 1963.
As an Aussie the majority of my collection is Australian pressings, I have Help, Rubber soul, Abby road, A hard day's night and I also have the red album, they all sound fantastic, especially the red album.
here is something you may find interesting but it was only released in Australia and New Zealand The Essential Beatles is a greatest hits compilation album by The Beatles which was exclusive to Australia and New Zealand on the Apple Records label. All of the songs featured on the album (with the exception of "With a Little Help from My Friends") reached the top 3 in the Australian charts as singles and EP tracks.
Most of the songs on the album are presented in true stereo, while "Love Me Do", "P.S. I Love You" and "Baby You're A Rich Man" are in "fake stereo". Two notable mastering glitches appear on the album: "Penny Lane" running slow with a noticeable "warble" and "Long Tall Sally" on this album, has the stereo channels reversed.
The album was reissued twice in the 1980s. The first time as part of the Superstars of the '70s box set, released by the Australian branch of World Record Club in August 1980. The second being in December 1982, where it was paired with the Barry Miles book The Beatles In Their Own Words in a box set titled: The Beatles Sight & Sound.
The album was issued on cassette in 1972, but has never seen a compact disc release (as was the case with non-canon Beatles albums at the time). It remained in print until 1991, when all the Australian Beatles vinyl was deleted from EMI Music Australia catalogue and replaced with imported vinyl from the UK.
Yep that was both my first Beatles LP and the first LP I ever bought with my own money. For the princely sum of $3.99
@@peterx1957 it would have to be my all time favourite best of albums i just love that album
A great compilation and my introduction to the Beatles as an 11 year old in 1979. My mum had an original pressing (which I’ve since inherited) and I bought my own & Sight & Sound edition in the mid 80s.
@@jasonardler4913 yes it was the first beatles album i ever heard but i didnt know at the time they were very popular i thought they were just like any other group
I love how you’re going through different pressings of Beatles albums from different countries! Now I’m just waiting for a Norwegian edition... haha
Are you on the hunt for Norwegian Norwegian Wood?
@@evileyeball believe it or not, but Norwegian wood wasn’t issued anywhere else in Norway than on the lp. No single, no ep, just the Norwegian pressing of rubber.
It was interesting to learn about the union rule forbidding imported negatives. I think that restriction must have continued into the 1990s, because many old Australian made CDs (especially those from WEA / Warner) have very blurry, low-contrast artwork. The only crisp text on the back cover is "Made in Australia" 😁
So true. Some of those WEA covers were appallingly blurry.
My experience, collecting vintage Hollies' albums, I've found that Australian pressing of anything from the 1960s is hard to come by. This has been an education for me.
Try those 3 Bee Gees from '65,'66 and '67!!!!! Good luck!!!!
Try those 3 Bee Gees from '65,'66 and '67!!!!! Good luck!!!!
The Leedon Sing and Play '65 lp was bid and won back in 2007 at $700.Found in recent times that any mint copy was hovering just over$2000!!!,so hard to find?!!??You tell me!
I grew up in Australia and I heard the story about the rules governing photography of the record cover. I don’t remember where I learned it,, but I’m glad you posted this factoid
Hi Andrew, I live in Sydney & I actually have the first 2 Beatles albums on the original pressed black & gold Parlophone labels plus the very first 3 Beatles singles on the original pressed purple Parlophone labels & are all indeed considered the holy grail of all collectable Beatles records in Australia! 🇦🇺, I also have some of their original pressed black & silver Parlophone stereo albums & the original pressed black & yellow Parlophone mono albums & the later original pressed Apple🍏 albums, most albums I had for years but some I picked up at collectable fairs by chance!, such rare & collectable items like these were not easy to find in the first place & are quite pricey as they are very rare!, but any lucky Beatles fan would be so proud to have them in their collection?, I certainly am that's for sure?, God bless The Beatles.🎶🎸🥁☮️❤😊🎵
Greetings from Sydney Australia !. You did a great job on documenting their records here! BTW we recently got to see the restored 1964 Melbourne Festival Hall concert in widescreen & high definition. I have a copy. Have you heard/seen this restored version? PS Vegemite is an acquired taste!
Interesting video Andrew. No mention of Sgt. Pepper & Abbey Road? A few details worth mentioning. The mono and stereo pressings had distinctly different label designs. The mono Rubber Soul carried the rejected UK 'loud cut' up until deletion in 1969. The mono pressings of the two Greatest Hits LP's were folddowns, not true mono. Sgt. Pepper had imported UK sleeves until it was switched to a single sleeve in 1969. Your orange label Beatles For Sale is from around 1973/4. The poster from the White Album was censored in 3 places and only stereo sleeves were supplied, with mono stickers added where needed. The numbering on the front sleeve was different - beginning with A and 5 digits. Finally the Aussie mono Yellow Submarine LP is a genuinely scarce and expensive item. You managed to compress in 1 video what I did in 4 lol. But that's enough from me. Thanks Andrew. Cheers mate 😊😎
@lex ora to my ears it sounds great. However I am not sure about a comparison as I don't own either of the mono versions you mentioned.
@lex ora my understanding is the Australian mono version of RS only had the loud cut throughout its 'pressing life' to the deletion of all mono pressings from catalogue in 1969.
I’m from Australia so most of my Beatles studio albums are Australian mono pressings. My copy of Rubber Soul has so many scratches on the record and looks like it would be below a G+ rating but surprisingly those scratches don’t effect the record as much as you’d expect and plays like a VG record. Around where I live people didn’t take care of their records too well so having scratches throughout the record in the background doesn’t bother me since the music itself is louder and I’ve learnt to ignore it pretty well!
Been waiting so hard for this
Excellent! Been looking forward to our Aussie pressings getting some love. Fascinating about the union rules regarding photo negatives, I always wondered the reason why they were different.
I really just wanted to take the time to say thank you for your great videos and the amazing amount of effort you put into them! It makes them a pleasure to watch!
Thank you Alex, I'm glad you like them!
Very nice! As always, an interesting and informative episode. I wish I had those original Australian Beatles records. Thank you for the show.
Wow that a great content. Same mothers but different dynamic range- that’s strange!
Great video on our Oz pressings. In 1964 I knew the guys at EMI Sydney studios they went to great trouble with their mastering. I was a panel operator at Top 40 Radio 2UE in Sydney and we did our breakfast session 5-9am from Mascot airport when the Beatles landed. It was crazy, even through the double sound proof windows of the bar overlooking the ramp, we could clearly hear the fans screaming. At our studios we had our 45rpm turntables set to 48rpm to sound more exciting than our competition and it worked, we got more requests to play Beatles songs than the other stations. Great days working on the wireless.
Fascinating! Thank you for posting.
In1964 Australia was locked in the grip of Beatlemania, at 2UE we programmed 6-8 Beatle songs an hour, it’d never been done before with any artist. I went to their Friday concert and got to meet them at their hotel, the reception room was packed with radio types and journos but I got to shake hands with them. I remember John like our clear air, Paul thought our girls were pretty and RIngo and George liked our beer. @@Parlogram
Wow! Incredible times! @@allanblack1645
Another fabulous video; I always look forward to new posts from you, Andrew. Can’t wait for you to cover the US albums!
As an Australian, I bought every new Beatles release as soon as they were issued. I believe the Aussie pressings of WITH THE BEATLES (mono) and A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (mono) are equal, if not superior, to the UK originals.
How about a future video on the Aussie EPs? I have them all & would be pleased to assist with your research.
Keep up the great work.
i have with the beatles original mono issue but my favourite is the essential beatles that was released in 1972
Does your mono copy of With The Beatles skip on Roll over beethoven?
@@edwarde5452 skip on that track what do you mean
@@edwarde5452 No. I have 2 original mono Australian copies of WITH THE BEATLES.Neither skip on "Roll Over Beethoven", although I do know other collectors who say that their copies do skip.
Another great video Andrew I love it
These videos you make Andrew are fascinating. I thought I new a lot about The Beatles, your in another league. Brilliant.
Many thanks!
Again, a very entertaining and informative video ! Thank you !
You’re such a nerd in a good way, love these videos 👍😬❤️
Lol but he’s a cool dude!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks for sharing another great video Andrew! Take care!
Thanks Bill, you too!
As an Australian Beatles collector, I find this video of yours in particular very helpful and rather interesting! Thanks Andrew! I also love your intros and how they're always so different each time.
Thanks J. Great to hear you're enjoying the videos and finding them helpful!
@@Parlogram Thanks again, Andrew
I was waiting for this 💜💜💜💜🇦🇺 I remember looking at The Australian LPs for the first time when I first visited Sydney in 1988.
I was listening to the Australian concert that was on the radio and it sounds really good.
And I love with the Beatles that with Ralph Harris doing tiny kangaroo down sport you should do a video of that Australian album that has that song on with other parities.
I love learning the history of the Beatles albums and how they were made and how the covers were designed and everything.
Another excellent video Andrew.Really fascinating about the Australian sleeve variations too.Great intro to this one Cheers Ian
Glad you enjoyed it, Ian.
Interesting as always, thanks Andrew! 👍
Been waiting for this all weekend! Cheers Andrew from Andrew in Tokyo!
Awesome!!! Thank you once again for this amazing video, my friend!!!
Thank you so much, my friend! I hope you are well.
How about a video about colour vinyl pressings? Of which there are several Australian editions.
Their is an Australian translucent green vinyl of Funkadelics "Maggot Brain"
Only Three. A white White Album. A yellow Yellow Submarine and a red Sgt. Pepper.
I know a guy who runs a record store here in Brisbane, when I first went to his store he showed me into the back of the store to show of his Beatles collection. He had every single Beatles Pressing/variant from Australia, all in superb condition. I believe it was only the LP Albums he had. But it was surely amazing seeing all those Beatles records.
Great video! I wish we had someone like you to supervise didgital versions of the Beatles music that's more accessabe to the masses but sounds as good as the best vinyl.
Another amenable and enjoyable video. Thanks!
Thank you . I’m Australian and I have been buying late 70’s Beatles Australian reissues for a while . They may be the best sounding Australian pressings of any band
Your videos are very well made, entertaining and educational and I enjoy them a lot. Btw, nice vintage hifi! :-)
Thanks. Glad you like them!
I really enjoy your exceptional work and service on your RUclips beatles vinyl videos. I watch them before bedtime and your soothing voice and true educational facts are wonderful. You truly are a breathtaking exceptional expert in a world of many wasteful videos. Bravo all around my friend from the US. Wasn't the with the beatles lp art also used as an e.p.? Somewhere in Europe? I know I have that art as a 7 inch packed away in my collection also titled with the beatles.
Glad you like them, Paul.
'With The Beatles' was an Australian EP title as well. The front cover art was the same as the LP cover. The EP was released in 1965 on Parlophone GEPO-70016 and contained: Devil In Her Heart / Not A Second Time / It Won't Be Long / Don't Bother Me.
@@MsKnighterrant thanks got to dig mine out, it's been years.
I own a reissue of the Beatles Greatest Hits albums as a double LP released in 1974. Apparently it was a limited edition, and mine was owned by a radio station at some point. I hope you’re able to track down the other Aussie pressings one day. Thank you very much Andrew!
From my book...
In February 1973, to commemorate the 10th
anniversary of the first Beatles record released in Australia (Please Please Me/Ask Me Why), EMI (Australia) repackaged the two
previously issued Greatest Hits volumes into a double-LP set with a new gatefold sleeve and distinctive purple labels. The set was promoted nationally by member stations of the Major Radio Network of Australia, with the front cover featuring a gold sticker on the
top left displaying the call sign of the
promoting station. The participating radio stations were 2KO, 2UE, 3DB, 4BK, 5AD, 6PR, 7EX and 7HT.
The set was to be short-lived, however, for a few months later EMI UK announced the impending release of The Beatles 1962-1966 and The Beatles 1967-1970, effectively scuttling sales of the commemorative set, which was quietly deleted before mid-1973.
@@jaesenjones interesting. Mine has any stickers peeled off, nonetheless. I’d personally like to know how many were sold?
@@jaesenjones Would like to catch up sometime and go over some of my theories.
@@BeAGoodDoga They are not worth as much without the stickers. The ones from the smaller markets (Launceston, Newcastle and even Horbart) are worth more. As Jason stated, they were only available for a short time and were the only albums issued on purple labels.
@@quails5931 I think mine might’ve been the 4BK issue, but I got all the stickers peeled off prior to storing it away... It was roughly close to a year ago now when I bought it, so I don’t entirely remember (memories can’t always be relied on anyway).
Another excellent video Thanks
I live in Canada and late last year I was scrolling though my local Facebook Marketplace and someone had an add saying records $5. Mostly junk but I did see a Rubber Soul with a parlophone label on the sleeve so I contacted the buyer and picked it up next day. It was a yellow and black label Australian mono in VG+ shape. I agree the cover is cheap as anything I've seen but the record really impressed me with how good it sounded. Ive never heard a UK mono of Rubber Soul but I can't imagine it sounds too much better
I’m happy to see your videos. I always see something I’ve never seen before . That Aussie M M T was bizarre !
Went down the road to the Brighton Le Sands hotel to see them in the rain one morning in 1964...will never forget it!
I don't own any Aussie pressings myself to comment on, so just a thank you to you, Andrew, for another fascinating video!
Another interesting video, Andrew. If I recall correctly (not always) the Australian Greatest Hits Vol. 2 had a true stereo She's A Woman. Thanks for providing a fascinating look at Beatles pressings from around the globe. It appears Australian recording engineers, for the most part, did a very fine job producing high quality vinyl. Can't wait to hear your take on the American pressings. Always found it a mystery why Capitol chose not to release a "Best Of" until the 1973 Red and Blues. Cheers.
Cheers Bob. Good point about the lack of a '60's Capitol hits package.
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2 big thumbs up!!! I loved the Aussie pressings...but those thin covers...😂! Another great job. Well explained!!
Thanks again!!!
Thanks for another great video :)
Thanks Stuart. Glad you enjoyed it!
I have wanted to own an Australian copy of 'With The Beatles' for some time. I love the cover art variant. It feels more fun and definitely captures the mood of Beatlemania more than the standard cover (IMO).
As mentioned in the video, and confirmed by discogs, every single mono copy of Australian 'With The Beatles' has that matrix that reportedly skips/jumps on Roll over beethoven. This means that those really cool gold label variants were bad from the start (which is a real bummer because they look fantastic). I ended up buying a later stereo re-issue. I hope it sounds good when I receive it in the mail.
Don't be put off by that, it's only an issue if you're still using a cheap turntable/cartridge, otherwise it plays through fine. Even at its worse it just bounces a groove and continues. I suspect most listeners aren't even aware of the fault.
I've never had a UK copy of that album with that matrix which jumps where it is supposed to.
I noticed the skip on my old Realistic turntable. Only place I have ever heard it. In some regards I was quite pleased as it was the first time I ever got to experience myself what all the fuss was about!
I own 13 mono copies which includes (I believe) all seven of the Gold Labels. Some skip and others don't. All played on the same turntable.
I own Australian pressings of With The Beatles, A Hard Day’s Night, Beatles For Sale and Hey Jude. I can absolutely vouch to your opinion about With The Beatles and A Hard Day’s Night; they still sound incredible almost sixty years later.
Beatles For Sale does lack some definition, although my copy was very pre-loved by a very generous family member who gave their copy to me.
Hey Jude is certainly the weakest in regards to sound quality, although it has been a while since I last played it.
Awesome overview. ... I can also highly recommend the Jaesen Jones publication.
Hi Andrew, many thanks for this video you explained so much about the Australian Album releases that in relation to the covers I either didn’t know or had read different explanations. I was amazed that you have such a high regard for most of the Australian pressings as I always was lead to believe that the British pressings were always superior. I’d like to hear your comparison with an Australian stereo pressing of Rubber Soul versus the British as I always felt that the Australian pressing sounded rather muddy.
Only criticism I have is with your intro shots of Sydney I have to say that Sydney in 1964 looked quite different to now lol 😂.
Great Video and look forward to seeing more on the Australian Beatle Releases. Thanks again!
I loved those two Greatest Hits collections.
Hi Andrew Thanks for the amazing video
Glad you enjoyed it, James.
You forgot the rare LP they recorded with Rolf Harris in Melbourne in June of 1964.
It included 'Twist and It's My Shout', 'I Saw her Shearing There', 'Hard Night's Day' (Melbourne is 10 hours ahead of London GMT time), 'Thank You Sheila', 'If I Fell Over Half Pissed', 'And I Love Her Father's Brewery', 'Anna' (Go Get Me a Beer), and Love Me Kangaroo Down Sport Do'. It is released on the rare (and now defunct) Fostersphone label under licence from E.M.I. England.
Another great informative video, I'm a 1st generation Aussi Beatle fan, still have all my original albums. Well done Andrew.
Thanks, Dave. Glad you enjoyed it.
Every serious Beatles collector should watch these videos. Outstanding yet again, Andrew.
Daniel thanks ❤.
I came across the yellow-covered Beatles for Sale at a record fair today and just by accident, this video answered my puzzlement as to its provenance. Lovely :D
As an avid NZ Beatles collector I would love to see our LPs featured here , Andrew. While most of them are identical to the UK releases we have a few that are peculiar to our part of the world and I'd be happy to assist with your research.
Thanks for offering to help, Ross. I might be in touch soon,
Hi Ross, you might not recall but I'm quite sure I bought a LOT of beautiful NZ 45's from you many years ago, including Beatles, Stones, Shadows, Elvis among many others. If it is you then fancy meeting you here. What a small world we live in. Hope you're keeping well. Cheers mate. 👍
It’s probsbly already been said here, but I just figured out that the original Parlophone labels were gold-on-black for mono and silver-on-black for stereo, and I assume that was a standard thing across the entire label itself at the time.
Andrew did a really good job in accurately outlining the early history of Australian Beatles LPs. I want to also give credit to Bruce Hamlin, a pioneer in this field and whose 1981 reference guide to all Beatles downunder pressings is what I cross-referenced the information on this video with.
Another great video!! Hopefully you can compare some more Au pressing to their Uk counterparts in the future!
Another fascinating video, thanks! A second hand shop has a copy of that Beatles for Sale LP, though I don't know what they charging!
Fascinating.
Due to this very informative post I've acquired Beatles for sale in its Australian format up at Camp Hill. You are very correct, it has a great sound and I have warmed to the prosaic cover. Now I will try and track down with the Beatles with its bizarre but sort of charming cover
Glad it was helpful, Gary. Thanks for watching.
I am Brazilian, I live in Brazil and I love all your videos. Congratulations!
Thank you very much, Renato!
Awesome mate!
Cheers mate!
Andrew has the quality of a real presenter. I wonder if he just happened upon doing these videos without fully realizing how good he is at them.
Yeah his voice is as warm as Horlicks & as mind expanding as LSD
These videos are great!
Will there also be an video about Releases from The Netherlands and France?
Thanks Andrew!! I have all the 1970s Aussie pressings in stereo - & they all sound superb, with the possible exception of "Magical Mystery Tour". "Beatles For Sale" sounds particularly good.
Thanks for the very interesting video once again!
I own a late 70s Aussie Abbey Road which I found quite pleasant-sounding. :)
Fantastic Video Thanks for the upload very informative , I just want to make a note that early copies of Please Please Me Australian blue back sleeve was released with a Mono only rear (top right rear) .
"Shiela loves you," and, "i wanna hold your hand, mate", got to be my favorite hits of all time! 😂
Another great episode. The production quality and research you put in your videos really shows. Your videos are getting better all the time :D
of course the original cover is far superior, but i do think the australian BFS design fits the music pretty well. i never would've guessed the reason why EMI australia made it - love this channel!
Greetings from Sydney! This video brought back a lot of nostalgia.
My family home when growing up was about 1km from the EMI plant at Homebush and I often walked past it on the way home from the local high school I attended. Most of the buildings are still there and it is mainly used as a self storage lock up building. Two of the streets around the building are Nipper Street and Columbia Lane.
My eldest brother worked in the office at Homebush for a while and he used to get staff discounts on purchases. I had a copy of the Let It Be boxed set until I sold it last year. I wouldn't say they were rare, but I think EMI in Australia only ever issued it once and then it was just the Let It Be LP without the book or anything else. (BTW Homebush is the suburb in Sydney that was the main site of the 2000 Olympics.)
I'm glad to hear that the sound quality of the Australian pressings were good standard. As you mentioned, the packaging was often poor and that made me wonder about the rest of the manufacturing. I can't say that listening on the equipment I had at the time would have helped me know if there was a difference, it was pretty basic gear.
Consumers in Australia in the 60s and 70s were often short changed in the packaging of the LPs and we often missed out on the gatefold covers, the lyric sheets and extras in addition to the poor quality materials and pictures. There were also delays in local release, often many months after reading about them in NME, Melody Maker or Rolling Stone. This led me and many others to seek alternative sources of LPs. Several private importer shops opened up selling European, UK and USA pressings at a premium price and they did very well and you could see the difference in the packing and printing quality, and the inclusions. For example, I have a UK copy of Dark Side of the Moon and it included two posters and stickers, which the Australian product didn't have. These import shops helped to make the local official distributors and manufacturers lift their game. I also used to send away for mail order from the UK using a company called Tandy Records. I don't know what happened to them, I stopped using them after many years when they mixed up an order and didn't respond to my enquiries. Oh well.
I must make two correction to your video. The Opera House wasn't around in 1964 as shown in the opening shot, it opened in 1973. Furthermore, Marmite is inedible sludge. ;-) Vegemite rules!
Thanks for the memories.
Thanks for sharing your memories, Martin. Good times!
Vegemite us horrid. Marmite is awesome.
I just received a yellow and black 1N Aussie pressing of please please me today and wow you were definitely right about the sound quality👍,
It’s every bit as good as my yellow and black 1N UK pressing👍👍👍
Great video, I will keep an eye out now for the early records at the various fairs. I picked up a copy of Oldies but Goldies on the weekend after seeing your video on the subject, I'm in Aus and see these records all the time. I was always disappointed by the Hordern pavilion performance cover but now find it a bit quirky and typical of the prosaic but eccentric country Aus was in the 60s/70s. For the kiwis reading this and feeling left out yet again, the Oldies but Goldies I got was an NZ pressing and sounds beaut!!! A tip on the Vegemite, add three times as much butter as Vegemite and have it on toast. Thanks again
Thanks for watching Gary and for the Vegemite tip!
I have a reissue of "With the Beatles" with one side on the orange Parlophone label, and one side on the orange Columbia label.
Wow. Excellent pickup. It dates from around August 1978. Is side one the Parlophone label? I don't know whether the crossover pairing (yours) is rarer the the one with the Columbia labels on both sides. Hang onto that one.
Great video and very fair assumption
I have the early Aussie albums and the sound in mono is outstanding. Cheers. glenn Sydney
Thank you Andrew I won’t thank you for each download ( although tempting) I will simply say I love them anything Beatles related in such detail sensational stuff boom 💥 🙏🙏
As an Australian Beatles fan who bought his first Beatles LP in 1964 (A Hard Day's Night), I found your video very informative. I recall that first record that I bought had imperfections (it 'skipped') on the first tracks on both side 1 and side 2. I can recall taking it back to the shop and being told that all pressings then available had the same fault, which originated in the UK. I assume that there may have been an issue with the mother copy - or with the Australian manufacturing process. Anyway, thanks for all the interesting background you put into your video.
Thanks for watching, Adrian.
Thanks again, Andrew. Enjoying all your videos. Just wish you owned a copy of the Australian 'Revolver'; curious about the sound quality and whether the jacket and inserts are the same as the UK version.
The Australian Revolver is identical to the UK release, pressed from UK mothers. As for jacket inserts?
@@quails5931 👌👍
well done on this video . I did like it a lot And I do have several of these Albums that you showed . I did stay to to the end lol . + I do have as one of my prize ones is a first pressing of Please Please Me !!! . + the tour in 64 CD CD and DVD and the tour program !!! You know I didn't know on the one LP the song of I Wont To Hold Your Hand is in true Stereo . This video was a splendid time guaranteed for all cheers !!
Cheers Brad! Good to hear about your Australian treasures. Take care and thanks for watching until the end!
Great .
Great video and thanks . See you and the next one :).
I got into the later Australian pressings after picking up the From Liverpool Box after seeing your video on it a few months ago. I thought I was getting a UK Box but ended up with box set pressed in Australia. I am very pleased with the sound quality. 1980s Australian EMI engineers knew what they were doing especially Otto Ruiter and Don Bartley. Makes me wonder if they were mastering from the original tapes or if their use of the Maxicut process was just that good. Their work matches up well to the one box EMI UK pressings. A smidge less warm but exceptionally detailed, great dynamics and a wide stereo soundscape. As a Beatles vinyl nerd I am loving your videos. Would love you to dive into South African and Rhodesian Beatles albums. Please and Thanks! Cheers.
I believe the Australian Beatles Box was cut locally from UK supplied tapes.
1964 - The Sydney Opera House wasn’t built yet, the site was previously a large tram depot. The Opera House was built mostly throughout the late 60s & opened in 1973.
Hi Andrew, great video as usual. Very interesting. I hope one day you make a video about argentinian pressings, there is a couple of gems and bizarre things here and there. I don't know if they are easy to come by in the uk or europe in general, are they? Well, take care. I always watch and enjoy your videos with my dad. Greetings from Buenos Aires
Thank you, Brian. I love the Argentinian records. I have images of most of them but sadly none to listen to. But that won't stop me doing a video on them. Greetings to your Dad too.
The intros just keep getting more amazing, I love this channel
i know the beatles had at least a couple of australian-exclusive EPs too, would love to hear a bit about those someday!
Hi Andrew..always fascinating..educational and fun. Living in Australia...please feel free if you would like me to source any particular Australia pressings for you. So good to hear that the early mono pressings were such good quality.
Oh yes..vegemite on toast. Cant beat it !
Cheers mate
Steve
Thanks Steve, much appreciated. I like Vegemite too !
Hi I’m an Australian and a Beatles fan. However the cover of the Beatles for sale album Australian version the front cover, I believe was photos from their Melbourne concert at festival hall 15/16 June 1964. However the back cover maybe from one of their Sydney concerts . Jimmy nicol was their stand in drummer until Ringo arrived and they played their first concert with Ringo at Melbourne festival hall 15 June 1964. Hence the significance of the album cover photos.
Another great vid! I have a mono Australia Rubber Soul, made with the UK 'loud cut' -1 stampers. Compared it with a UK issue, and I liked the Australian one more, which I assumed the UK copy was just more worn. Also have the 1N mono With The Beatles, which is also my keeper copy. Was very interesting to see your waveforms!!! I wonder how they can possibly sound less compressed, when cut from the same mother?
Cut from different mothers, but from the same lacquer.
Australia was notorious for censoring records in the 60s and 70s and the poster with the original Aussie pressing of the White Album had three of the images edited or removed. These were 1) John speaking on the phone 2) John's doodle of him and Yoko 3) Paul in the nude behind a pillar.
Thanks for all the facts I just found out that I have a mono Gold Label with the Beatles from Australia :)
Thanks for your videos. I'm no audiophile but I've learned so much.
My copy of the Australian The Beatles White Album A31780 is a little unique as record 1 is incorrectly labeled.
Side 1 (SWBO-1-101-J41) is actually labelled as Side 2. Side 2 (SWBO-2-101-J41) is actually labelled Side 1.
I'm curious to find out if there might be a market for this oddity.
I would be really interested in a video detailing the particularities and audio quality ofvthe Everclear Japanese red vinyl releases. They sound simply amazing and they are highly collectible. I hope you did it one day. Thank you.
Good idea, Juan. Thanks for watching.
I used to see that different version of With The Beatles in a second hand shop I used to go to in the late 80s. I have the yellow Beatles For Sale 1987 reprint album. My mum also used to have The Essential Beatles (best of album) that was only released in Australia & NZ I think.
I just picked up an Australian 1st Pressing Mono today, it sounds killer 🤙👍🤘