This channel isn't a Gold Mine it's a Diamond mine! The high production, the incredible editing, the camera quality, and best of all the Impeccable narrator. Every time I receive a notification from Parlogram Auctions I know my day is going to be made. For Beatles fans there couldn't be a better RUclips Channel.
Here in the US I actually bought the "I Feel Fine'"/"She's a Woman" picture disk from the local pharmacy when I was 14. I had no clue there was a whole collection of them. I also bought Sgt. Pepper's picture disk from the same pharmacy, It looks just like the one you have over your left shoulder.
I've often wondered how picture discs are made and why it is often said the sound quality isn't as good. Thanks for answering my questions and for this fascinating look at the Beatles picture disc 45s. I remember seeing the Love Me Do picture disc in the shops back in 82 (and occasionally for a few years after), but never felt compelled to buy it.
I bought "Love Me Do" and "I Want To Hold Your Hand" when they came out cause it was the first time I ever came across picture discs and they looked amazing...I recently played them and they still retain their wonderful sound...Compared to other picture discs I've obtained over the years these are of a much higher manufacturing quality...
It was nice to be able to buy these and get real feel of the time line between each release as it would have been in the 60s. Still have 'em but as you point out they have never been played. Keep them coming Andrew your vids are brilliant.
I remember seeing these in Record Market throughout the 80s and would only look at them with the intention of buying them. I never did. But I did buy the recent Singles Box Set and Love all the Alternative International covers and labels.
As usual Andrew your research is second to none. I've just checked my Love Me Do picture disc - the only one I own - and Orelake is indeed stamped on the dead wax . The sound quality is v slightly muddier than my Love Me Do single from the blue box collection but still sounds great.
Hi Andrew, I’m Dante, big Beatles fan. I’m 65 years old and it’s Nice to meet you. Just wanted to let you know that I purchased the picture discs Japan box set on Discogs for 200.00 dollars. Love your Beatles videos. Thanks for all your info. Dante
Thank you for another informative presentation. I have the CD singles boxed set. I also used to have all of the individual 3” CD singles in their long boxes.
Got the Hawkwind picture disc miss press copy.. B side Beatles track. One of my friends mum used to work at Orlake pressing plant In Chadwell Heath in Essex. He had the full collection of the picture discs
I didn't even know these existed! Your videos are so juicy for us fans. You go into great detail whatever the topic so I just want to sincerelly thank you and those who work on this channel for it to be what it is! Have a great week ☺️
I bought the box set of the 1982 UK singles for the picture sleeves. And the first pic disc, Love Me Do, came with that set. That's when I found out I would have to wait seven years before collecting all the picture discs, because each was released on their 20th Anniversary date. Note: most of the sleeves in the box set didn't have photos on the back sides, but the pic discs did.
I remember in this Richmond mall, they had a record and comic shop, with a Surge adventure park The record comic shop had From Me To You/Thank You, Girl Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You and Paperback Writer/Rain We didn't get anything but next time we go I'm getting one of those Beatles records!
I was a very young music- and chart-watcher when the reissue of "Love Me Do" came out. I had thought it was part of an attempt to fill up the gaps in the Beatles' no. 1 hits run, hence "Please Please Me" following it up. I had no idea this was a long-running picture disc series - even into the late 80s when I was able to buy more serious music in greater numbers, and had access to the music press and Teletext. There was no publicity or displays at all for the later discs. I wonder whether they had become mail order?
Another great one Andrew👍 I bought them as they came out in the 80s from my local record shop in Leeds. Enjoyed the idea of having contemporary released Beatles singles. Mine still have the stickers with my ‘reserved for Nigel’ on them! Unfortunately I didn’t get the final two discs (Something and Let it be) as I remember struggling for cash when they were released. What a twit! I’ve never seen them for sale since but I’d snap them up now
Wow! I own a I Want to Hold Your Hand copy, and was aware of the rest singles, but didn't have the slightest idea of them released exactly 20 years later. Fun fact: while watching the intro and before you said it, I thought to myself "why did they have to release all of them simultaneously or on a short period of time, while they could stick to the 20 years ago and release them throughout for years?" 😂 Yes, I thought they released them together...
Thanks for this. I bought Love Me Do as a one off (I had the World Records black box in '79,) but did buy the occasional pic disc, such as Paperback Writer and AYNIL. I sort of wished I'd got them all, never mind... Thanks for another enjoyable video.
Good show! The originals have the edge in sound perhaps but the sleeves and discs were more drab than the reissues of the Eighties. Nice pics those Eighties ones were!
That was very informative as usual. I’ve got a couple of these and treasure them. They really are a treat to find, and as you say, compliments any Beatles collection. Thanks again for a great video.
I did manage to collect all of these as they came out (more or less). I think, unless my memory is failing, that they became a little hard to find towards the end. I know that by 1990 when my set should have been complete, I was missing just one record (it may have been 'The Ballad of John & Yoko', but I'm not 100% sure). Fortunately, I managed to find it (without actually looking for it) in a record shop in Dublin in 1991. I will have to revisit these following this excellent video, as I've always dismissed them (in audio terms) because of their excessive surface noise, and I've not paid attention to other aspects of their sound quality. Sometimes, for me, videos like this one can helpfully reveal worthwhile features (that I've missed or forgotten) of what I've got in my collection. Thank you.
Thanks very much for making this document video. These discs were nearly forgotten to me after all these years. In America, I don't know if they were much of an issue, more a pleasant curiosity. It seems the reissue series never went beyond "Love Me Do" over here, sadly. However, knowing the network of local Beatles' collectors, I knew they existed and I also read updates in GOLDMINE magazine. Still, nothing compares to the way you have presented them here. Much sincere thanks.
Bought each one new when released. All ended up,on the wall. Sold most on eBay last year including the Hey Jude 12". Kept a couple because they didn’t sell and Rain because it’s a great track.
I did not know “Love Me Do” was re-released in 1982 and became a hit in the UK all over again. It never appeared on the US charts again while oldies station at the time played “Love Me Do” in 1982. There were a few songs that were from the 1950’s and 1960’s that became hits all over again, including “Stand By Me” by Ben E King in 1961, and then re-released in 1986 for the movie of the same name, the Beatles “Twist & Shout” was first released in 1964, and then re-released in 1985 for the movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”, Louis Armstrong’s “What A Wonderful World” was first released in 1967, and then re-released in 1988 for the movie “Good Morning Vietnam”, and the Righteous Brothers’ “Unchained Melody” was first released in 1965, and then re-released in 1990 for the movie “Ghost”.
The 12" pic disc of "Hey Jude" sounds GREAT. The mix cuts through enough that the slightly extra surface noise isn't much of an issue except at the beginning.
Damn it Andrew you never fail to bring joy and entertainment. Didn’t expect to be wowed at anything here, since it’s just picture discs. However, their sources and the process of making one actually got me inclined to want to own at least one of them. Very interesting that they used album masters for some of these instead of the regular single sources. I would’ve loved to pick em up, but the picture sacrifices the sound for such a pretty visual. Oh well, Splendid job as per usual, Andrew!
Interested in how folk store their pic discs? All these releases came in pvc sleeves originally. Do you remove them or leave them in given that pvc damage is usually cosmetic and harder to see on pic discs?
As always great video! I'd LOVE to see you do a video on any japan red vinyl releases (I know you did the boxset) as I think they hit the perfect balance of sound quality and superb packaging, been adding alot of them to my collection
Very enjoyable video Andrew! I have never been a collector of picture discs. I wonder if the quality has improved over the years given the release of picture discs for Sgt. Pepper in 2017, Abbey Road in 2019 and the upcoming Let It Be reissue? Thanks again for sharing.
I started off buying the picture discs (and 7" and 12" Love Me Do) but gradually lost interest. I have quite a few though. Interesting to hear about Grampian Records in Wick which is just up the coast from me...well 4 or more hours, as I'm in Moray in NE Scotland😂 Wonder if it had any connection with Norco Records which released Johnny and The Copycats (a Beatles support band in 1964)?
Hi Andrew i got all these discs when they first came out 20 yrs ago or more and never played them ,just put them away and forgotten about, whats worrying me is i seen your video on the dreded pvc covers disintegrateding and the sticky mess they made to the records, i managed to save my 12inch vinyl i hope they were just starting to turn sticky but as for the picture disc clection i cannot fined them being somewhere in the house, with being bloody pvc covered only its worrying.thanks for letting us know about the pvc covers it true it happened to my 12inch vinyl, my friend is not convinced yet , wait till i show him your videos. Andrew please keep telling the world about the pvc before it destroys more beatles collections , got the spelling write this time😊 many thanks for you're information, I'll look forward watching your next videos.
I have never heard of petunias before in my life I would love to get my hands on the Beatles picture disc. I love the fact that I am I try to get the best sources for the best sound. I still love my Beatles singles box that it’s great and I love the Beatles on vinyl and on CD especially the stereo box set.
I had always assumed picture discs weren't the greatest, sound-quality wise. The only Beatles picture disc I've come across was a Sgt. Pepper LP that I found when I was in university, then gave it to my brother who was an even bigger Beatles fan than I was. We never played it, we put it in a frame, so I have no idea if it sounded good or bad. :)
Hi Andrew i have a question : what is your opinión on the new mixes of the beatles albums Made by Giles Martin? Do you think it's an improvement? Or You are done better with the original mixes? I ask you because on your previous vídeo about the beatles on cd You did not mentioned the new mixes
Wonderful video as always! I’ve always liked the Beatles picture discs. I have all the singles (Norwegian pressings), but these picture discs has never been a high priority. They look cool, but they’re usually pretty expensive (at least here in Norway). But one day, I will probably have them all! Keep up the outstanding work as always! :)
That is really cool, I am myself trying to build a singles collection from $0.50-$2 Bargain bin thrift store finds simply because well played singles don't bother me and I would prefer I take them and use them than someone buy them just to cut up for an art project or throw around like a frisbee. So far I have Let it be, Elanor Rigby, If I fell, Ob-la-Di, Ob-La-Da, and We can work it out. Actually Let it be came from the second time I ever got any 45's (The first was a copy of Crazy Little Thing Called Love I found in a Value Village) when my aunt had me help her catalog her collection of Vinyl and let me take a few items I wanted as payment for my help.
Andy , did you ever go to the SRT factory in St. ives , Cambs? ….I got invited twice to have a look around and have a buying session when I had my shop. Their walls were festooned with picture disc mishaps , wrong titles , torn but still pressed pictures , all sorts of mispressings, uncut shaped discs etc. Then just before the finally shut (relocated?) Karen invited me to buy/take 100’s of master tapes that I know ended up in a big skip , I just had nowhere to have stored this huge bulk and of course have since learnt these would have been mostly 2 inch tapes and unplayable on a “normal” domestic reel tape machine . I’ve mentally kicked myself over the years for letting them pass me by , but then wasn’t now , digital was the future as far as the eye could see back then and who wanted to save analogue master tapes right?…doh!
The picture disc method of manufacture let me to thinking of CD's .... Hear me out ..... I had a CD of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" which had been stored in the car. The label side had bubbled and flaked and it all came away. However, the disc still played, I just had to take car which way up I inserted it. The silver playing surface was obviously sandwiched between the resin. I also had a CD of The Beatles "1" album stored in the same way. The label side had also bubbled and flaked off BUT this disc had the silver playing surface as the underside of the label (not sandwiched at all) and the resin was clear where the label had flaked. Obviously it was only of use as a drinks coaster from then on.
It was an odd choice to have a picture with Yoko on the b-side to The Ballad Of John And Yoko. It would have made sense to have that on the a-side and the other photo on the Old Brown Shoe side. Otherwise, I think they did a great job with selecting images for each record.
I don’t have a complete set but I do have many of these. There are a few problems with them. Many second hand picture discs are in bad shape due to the way they were displayed by the previous owners. Images faded & warped vinyl from being on somebody’s wall. I worked in a shop where we had dozens of these suspended from the ceiling with fishing line-they looked awesome but exposure to dust & UV lights took their toll. Another thing to consider is the clear PVC jackets these were sold in. It’s debated, but many claim vinyl can be damaged from a chemical breakdown when kept in the hard plastic sleeves. I think they are still fun to collect, & a fascinating look at the way the Beatles marketing has evolved over the years. Some of these discs look more “dated” than, say, their ‘60s Capitol counterparts-very ‘80s.
Oh man didn’t get a notification on this! Nonetheless...brilliant! I loved the pic discs but never happy with the vinyl quality. Fun to collect tho! Maybe something could be said about the Japanese blue box Beatles Singles on cd? Wonderful set. From 1988.
i was around when the Beatles first came out in the 60s i have all the singles from the 60s as well as owning john Lennons Give Peace A Chance on a green singal
I'm late to this party but this Andrew, is an exceptional video. Throughly researched and informative. I have most of these but based on advise from many sources about pvc sleeves I resently swapped out the wallets on mine for better quality polyethylene sleeves. Did I just devalue them by doing so?
Hi Andrew, Great video. Yeah picture discs are certainly a love it or hate it type collector piece. The 80's saw terrible quality picture discs..I own ones by Rush. .David Bowie and Marillion. ..they are not good. ..one is almost unlistenable. I'm sure most of the 80's Beatles ones would fall in that category. The good news is that picture disc quality is greatly improved of late. The 7" of Yellow Submarine and the 12" of Sgt. Peppers are fantastic. ..so no worries with new picture discs...the new David Bowie picture discs are excellent. Oh and there is a pressing company here in Toronto that are doing amazing things with picture discs...they sound as good...sometimes better then normal records. I'm curious to see if these catch on. Anyways thanks for another great video. Hope you and the family are doing well. Mark Anthony K Projekt Gemineye
Thanks for the video Andrew. Those PVC sleeves are not good for the records. They can leave an unremovable film over time especially when kept in warm conditions. The picture discs are themselves are sure a cool collectable nonetheless.
I have an Orlake pressing of Elvis Costello's first LP on Stiff. Noisiest vinyl I've had the misfortune to hear. It sounds as if it was pressed in shellac
Another very informative and enjoyable video, do you have any detail at all as to how many were pressed for each release? Judging by prices I am thinking they reduced as the series progressed.
Lol ahem…today I meticulously boxed the whole set up ready to sell on Ebay….cheaply I might add, but had to undo to look for the strawberry fields rare one, also on several I noticed the centre has started delaminating, surprised as hell about using quality recordings although they do sound pretty chunky
This is a great channel, happy to be a new subscriber. Sorry if this is asked all the time, but I can't help it. Have you heard the most recent remixes (in the Super Deluxe sets) and do you enjoy them? Or do you have any interest in them at all? This may be utter blasphemy to say on a channel like this but I love them and I hope they remix every single Beatles album in a similar fashion. 😂
I noticed the subject of the 12" black vinyl "All you need is love" came up- so "All you need is love" is a nice full stereo mix, but "Baby..." is in that horrible Capitol fake stereo that sounds like one ear hasn't cleared up from your flight! And there exists an American early 70s Apple single with "Baby.." as an A side with the full Apple! Mono of course.
It’s crazy seeing these being released as they were originally but 20 years later. Love Me Do seems completely dated and out of place being released in 82, as for the 63 to 65 releases. As the 66 releases started, it didn’t seem as dated and by Hey Jude onward the music sounds like it could have came from 80s technology. It just shows how incredibly fast The Beatles and 60s music grew, and how by the 80s mainstream music was out of groundbreaking ideas.
I honestly had no idea how picture discs were made. Your demonstration was really helpful!
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Wow, thanks!
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Here in the US I actually bought the "I Feel Fine'"/"She's a Woman" picture disk from the local pharmacy when I was 14. I had no clue there was a whole collection of them. I also bought Sgt. Pepper's picture disk from the same pharmacy, It looks just like the one you have over your left shoulder.
2:52 I'd love to see the look on the face of anyone that was expecting to hear Hawkwind and instead getting "Ask Me Why"! 😂
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I've often wondered how picture discs are made and why it is often said the sound quality isn't as good. Thanks for answering my questions and for this fascinating look at the Beatles picture disc 45s. I remember seeing the Love Me Do picture disc in the shops back in 82 (and occasionally for a few years after), but never felt compelled to buy it.
I bought "Love Me Do" and "I Want To Hold Your Hand" when they came out cause it was the first time I ever came across picture discs and they looked amazing...I recently played them and they still retain their wonderful sound...Compared to other picture discs I've obtained over the years these are of a much higher manufacturing quality...
It was nice to be able to buy these and get real feel of the time line between each release as it would have been in the 60s. Still have 'em but as you point out they have never been played. Keep them coming Andrew your vids are brilliant.
Another excellent video! I have the CD Singles Collection box set, which also uses for those images from the picture discs. Good stuff.
Thanks Mike. I need to cover the CD singles & EPs too.
Hi Mike ! I follow your channel too. This guy Andrew knows everything about albums pressings ! He is very aknowledged .
I remember seeing these in Record Market throughout the 80s and would only look at them with the intention of buying them. I never did. But I did buy the recent Singles Box Set and Love all the Alternative International covers and labels.
About a month ago I asked if you could possibly cover the 1980s picture discs and now you have. Brilliant.
It was my pleasure!
As usual Andrew your research is second to none. I've just checked my Love Me Do picture disc - the only one I own - and Orelake is indeed stamped on the dead wax . The sound quality is v slightly muddier than my Love Me Do single from the blue box collection but still sounds great.
Hi Andrew, I’m Dante, big Beatles fan. I’m 65 years old and it’s Nice to meet you. Just wanted to let you know that I purchased the picture discs Japan box set on Discogs for 200.00 dollars. Love your Beatles videos. Thanks for all your info.
Dante
Hi Dante, Thank you for watching. I'm glad you're enjoying the videos!
Thank you for another informative presentation. I have the CD singles boxed set. I also used to have all of the individual 3” CD singles in their long boxes.
Thanks Roger. The 3" discs are great fun.
Got the Hawkwind picture disc miss press copy.. B side Beatles track. One of my friends mum used to work at Orlake pressing plant
In Chadwell Heath in Essex. He had the full collection of the picture discs
Thanks indeed for this. I'm now living in Nairobi, so reckon I must have the only set in all of Africa!
I didn't even know these existed! Your videos are so juicy for us fans. You go into great detail whatever the topic so I just want to sincerelly thank you and those who work on this channel for it to be what it is! Have a great week ☺️
Thanks for watching. Glad you like them!
I bought the box set of the 1982 UK singles for the picture sleeves. And the first pic disc, Love Me Do, came with that set. That's when I found out I would have to wait seven years before collecting all the picture discs, because each was released on their 20th Anniversary date. Note: most of the sleeves in the box set didn't have photos on the back sides, but the pic discs did.
I remember in this Richmond mall, they had a record and comic shop, with a Surge adventure park
The record comic shop had From Me To You/Thank You, Girl
Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You and Paperback Writer/Rain
We didn't get anything but next time we go I'm getting one of those Beatles records!
I was a very young music- and chart-watcher when the reissue of "Love Me Do" came out. I had thought it was part of an attempt to fill up the gaps in the Beatles' no. 1 hits run, hence "Please Please Me" following it up. I had no idea this was a long-running picture disc series - even into the late 80s when I was able to buy more serious music in greater numbers, and had access to the music press and Teletext. There was no publicity or displays at all for the later discs. I wonder whether they had become mail order?
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Another great one Andrew👍 I bought them as they came out in the 80s from my local record shop in Leeds. Enjoyed the idea of having contemporary released Beatles singles. Mine still have the stickers with my ‘reserved for Nigel’ on them!
Unfortunately I didn’t get the final two discs (Something and Let it be) as I remember struggling for cash when they were released. What a twit! I’ve never seen them for sale since but I’d snap them up now
Fantastic video again Andrew, I have a soft spot for these picture discs and have loved collecting them over the years.. Superb!!
Thanks Brian. I agree, they're great fun to collect.
Wow! I own a I Want to Hold Your Hand copy, and was aware of the rest singles, but didn't have the slightest idea of them released exactly 20 years later. Fun fact: while watching the intro and before you said it, I thought to myself "why did they have to release all of them simultaneously or on a short period of time, while they could stick to the 20 years ago and release them throughout for years?" 😂
Yes, I thought they released them together...
Thanks for this. I bought Love Me Do as a one off (I had the World Records black box in '79,) but did buy the occasional pic disc, such as Paperback Writer and AYNIL. I sort of wished I'd got them all, never mind... Thanks for another enjoyable video.
Good show! The originals have the edge in sound perhaps but the sleeves and discs were more drab than the reissues of the Eighties. Nice pics those Eighties ones were!
That was very informative as usual. I’ve got a couple of these and treasure them. They really are a treat to find, and as you say, compliments any Beatles collection. Thanks again for a great video.
Good to hear, Paul. Thanks for watching.
My blue box set of singles came with the "Love Me Do" picture disc.
As always, incredibly detailed look at a corner of memorabilia that is new to me. Always appreciate your research and opinions. Cheers.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I did manage to collect all of these as they came out (more or less). I think, unless my memory is failing, that they became a little hard to find towards the end. I know that by 1990 when my set should have been complete, I was missing just one record (it may have been 'The Ballad of John & Yoko', but I'm not 100% sure). Fortunately, I managed to find it (without actually looking for it) in a record shop in Dublin in 1991. I will have to revisit these following this excellent video, as I've always dismissed them (in audio terms) because of their excessive surface noise, and I've not paid attention to other aspects of their sound quality. Sometimes, for me, videos like this one can helpfully reveal worthwhile features (that I've missed or forgotten) of what I've got in my collection. Thank you.
It's always worth revisiting those neglected corners of the collection.
Thanks very much for making this document video. These discs were nearly forgotten to me after all these years. In America, I don't know if they were much of an issue, more a pleasant curiosity. It seems the reissue series never went beyond "Love Me Do" over here, sadly. However, knowing the network of local Beatles' collectors, I knew they existed and I also read updates in GOLDMINE magazine. Still, nothing compares to the way you have presented them here. Much sincere thanks.
You're very welcome, Mark!
Bought each one new when released. All ended up,on the wall. Sold most on eBay last year including the Hey Jude 12". Kept a couple because they didn’t sell and Rain because it’s a great track.
I really enjoy your videos! Please keep making them!
Thank you, Nick. Will do!
Very nice hearing on these reissues. Thanks.
Thanks for watching, Thew.
I did not know “Love Me Do” was re-released in 1982 and became a hit in the UK all over again. It never appeared on the US charts again while oldies station at the time played “Love Me Do” in 1982. There were a few songs that were from the 1950’s and 1960’s that became hits all over again, including “Stand By Me” by Ben E King in 1961, and then re-released in 1986 for the movie of the same name, the Beatles “Twist & Shout” was first released in 1964, and then re-released in 1985 for the movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”, Louis Armstrong’s “What A Wonderful World” was first released in 1967, and then re-released in 1988 for the movie “Good Morning Vietnam”, and the Righteous Brothers’ “Unchained Melody” was first released in 1965, and then re-released in 1990 for the movie “Ghost”.
I bought all of them when they originally came out
The 12" pic disc of "Hey Jude" sounds GREAT. The mix cuts through enough that the slightly extra surface noise isn't much of an issue except at the beginning.
Got em all Inc 12 inches despite at the time HMV saying these were not coming out but Beatles Book always had info
I remember ordering a few of them from Blue Meannie Records back in the '80s. I didn't know all the singles were released as picture discs.
Damn it Andrew you never fail to bring joy and entertainment. Didn’t expect to be wowed at anything here, since it’s just picture discs. However, their sources and the process of making one actually got me inclined to want to own at least one of them. Very interesting that they used album masters for some of these instead of the regular single sources. I would’ve loved to pick em up, but the picture sacrifices the sound for such a pretty visual. Oh well, Splendid job as per usual, Andrew!
Thanks Alex, glad you enjoyed it.
Interested in how folk store their pic discs? All these releases came in pvc sleeves originally. Do you remove them or leave them in given that pvc damage is usually cosmetic and harder to see on pic discs?
As always great video! I'd LOVE to see you do a video on any japan red vinyl releases (I know you did the boxset) as I think they hit the perfect balance of sound quality and superb packaging, been adding alot of them to my collection
They are on my list, Wesley.
8:40 that's the picture disc I need to complete my Beatles singles picture disc collection.
Very enjoyable video Andrew! I have never been a collector of picture discs. I wonder if the quality has improved over the years given the release of picture discs for Sgt. Pepper in 2017, Abbey Road in 2019 and the upcoming Let It Be reissue? Thanks again for sharing.
Thanks Bill. I don't have those recent picture discs. Maybe someone else can comment on them.
I started off buying the picture discs (and 7" and 12" Love Me Do) but gradually lost interest. I have quite a few though.
Interesting to hear about Grampian Records in Wick which is just up the coast from me...well 4 or more hours, as I'm in Moray in NE Scotland😂
Wonder if it had any connection with Norco Records which released Johnny and The Copycats (a Beatles support band in 1964)?
Hi Andrew i got all these discs when they first came out 20 yrs ago or more and never played them ,just put them away and forgotten about, whats worrying me is i seen your video on the dreded pvc covers disintegrateding and the sticky mess they made to the records, i managed to save my 12inch vinyl i hope they were just starting to turn sticky but as for the picture disc clection i cannot fined them being somewhere in the house, with being bloody pvc covered only its worrying.thanks for letting us know about the pvc covers it true it happened to my 12inch vinyl, my friend is not convinced yet , wait till i show him your videos. Andrew please keep telling the world about the pvc before it destroys more beatles collections , got the spelling write this time😊 many thanks for you're information, I'll look forward watching your next videos.
Spread the word, Charles!
I have never heard of petunias before in my life I would love to get my hands on the Beatles picture disc.
I love the fact that I am I try to get the best sources for the best sound.
I still love my Beatles singles box that it’s great and I love the Beatles on vinyl and on CD especially the stereo box set.
I had always assumed picture discs weren't the greatest, sound-quality wise. The only Beatles picture disc I've come across was a Sgt. Pepper LP that I found when I was in university, then gave it to my brother who was an even bigger Beatles fan than I was. We never played it, we put it in a frame, so I have no idea if it sounded good or bad. :)
Great information as always 👍
Thanks, Chris 👍
Excellent and informative as usual. Thank you!
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching.
Got them all!
Hi Andrew i have a question : what is your opinión on the new mixes of the beatles albums Made by Giles Martin? Do you think it's an improvement? Or You are done better with the original mixes? I ask you because on your previous vídeo about the beatles on cd You did not mentioned the new mixes
I bought them one by one as they came out in the 80's .
Wonderful video as always! I’ve always liked the Beatles picture discs. I have all the singles (Norwegian pressings), but these picture discs has never been a high priority. They look cool, but they’re usually pretty expensive (at least here in Norway). But one day, I will probably have them all!
Keep up the outstanding work as always! :)
Thanks Olav. Hope you manage to track them down, one day.
@@Parlogram thank you! 😁
Great stuff again Andrew.Interestting which versions were used for some of the picture discs,particularly the Harry Moss ones Cheers Ian
Glad you enjoyed it, Ian.
That is really cool, I am myself trying to build a singles collection from $0.50-$2 Bargain bin thrift store finds simply because well played singles don't bother me and I would prefer I take them and use them than someone buy them just to cut up for an art project or throw around like a frisbee.
So far I have Let it be, Elanor Rigby, If I fell, Ob-la-Di, Ob-La-Da, and We can work it out. Actually Let it be came from the second time I ever got any 45's (The first was a copy of Crazy Little Thing Called Love I found in a Value Village) when my aunt had me help her catalog her collection of Vinyl and let me take a few items I wanted as payment for my help.
Andy , did you ever go to the SRT factory in St. ives , Cambs? ….I got invited twice to have a look around and have a buying session when I had my shop. Their walls were festooned with picture disc mishaps , wrong titles , torn but still pressed pictures , all sorts of mispressings, uncut shaped discs etc.
Then just before the finally shut (relocated?) Karen invited me to buy/take 100’s of master tapes that I know ended up in a big skip , I just had nowhere to have stored this huge bulk and of course have since learnt these would have been mostly 2 inch tapes and unplayable on a “normal” domestic reel tape machine .
I’ve mentally kicked myself over the years for letting them pass me by , but then wasn’t now , digital was the future as far as the eye could see back then and who wanted to save analogue master tapes right?…doh!
Sadly I never went there. I hate thinking about all those things we left behind back then.
The picture disc method of manufacture let me to thinking of CD's ....
Hear me out ..... I had a CD of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" which had been stored in the car. The label side had bubbled and flaked and it all came away. However, the disc still played, I just had to take car which way up I inserted it. The silver playing surface was obviously sandwiched between the resin.
I also had a CD of The Beatles "1" album stored in the same way. The label side had also bubbled and flaked off BUT this disc had the silver playing surface as the underside of the label (not sandwiched at all) and the resin was clear where the label had flaked. Obviously it was only of use as a drinks coaster from then on.
It was an odd choice to have a picture with Yoko on the b-side to The Ballad Of John And Yoko. It would have made sense to have that on the a-side and the other photo on the Old Brown Shoe side. Otherwise, I think they did a great job with selecting images for each record.
I don’t have a complete set but I do have many of these. There are a few problems with them. Many second hand picture discs are in bad shape due to the way they were displayed by the previous owners. Images faded & warped vinyl from being on somebody’s wall. I worked in a shop where we had dozens of these suspended from the ceiling with fishing line-they looked awesome but exposure to dust & UV lights took their toll. Another thing to consider is the clear PVC jackets these were sold in. It’s debated, but many claim vinyl can be damaged from a chemical breakdown when kept in the hard plastic sleeves. I think they are still fun to collect, & a fascinating look at the way the Beatles marketing has evolved over the years. Some of these discs look more “dated” than, say, their ‘60s Capitol counterparts-very ‘80s.
True, Mark. Most picture discs had a hard life
I’ve got a channel on the Beatles in Portuguese. I must say yours is on another level. Congratulations 😊👊🏻
Wow, thank you!
Thanks for the lesson Andrew! Very informative as always.
My pleasure, John!
Oh man didn’t get a notification on this!
Nonetheless...brilliant! I loved the pic discs but never happy with the vinyl quality.
Fun to collect tho! Maybe something could be said about the Japanese blue box Beatles Singles on cd? Wonderful set. From 1988.
Sorry you didn't get your notification. Just check the channel every Sunday. I'd love to hear that Japanese set.
i was around when the Beatles first came out in the 60s i have all the singles from the 60s as well as owning john Lennons Give Peace A Chance on a green singal
I'm late to this party but this Andrew, is an exceptional video. Throughly researched and informative. I have most of these but based on advise from many sources about pvc sleeves I resently swapped out the wallets on mine for better quality polyethylene sleeves. Did I just devalue them by doing so?
No. I think you did yourself a favour swapping the sleeves!
I just recently grabbed a few of these myself - one of them was warped!😢😢😢😢😢😢
Young Master Andrew,nice video.
Thank you, M.
Another fascinating release. Thanks!
Thanks for watching, Andy!
Hello from Warsaw! Thanks!
Hello Igor! Thanks for watching.
Hi Andrew,
Great video.
Yeah picture discs are certainly a love it or hate it type collector piece. The 80's saw terrible quality picture discs..I own ones by Rush. .David Bowie and Marillion. ..they are not good. ..one is almost unlistenable.
I'm sure most of the 80's Beatles ones would fall in that category.
The good news is that picture disc quality is greatly improved of late. The 7" of Yellow Submarine and the 12" of Sgt. Peppers are fantastic. ..so no worries with new picture discs...the new David Bowie picture discs are excellent. Oh and there is a pressing company here in Toronto that are doing amazing things with picture discs...they sound as good...sometimes better then normal records. I'm curious to see if these catch on.
Anyways thanks for another great video. Hope you and the family are doing well.
Mark Anthony K
Projekt Gemineye
Thanks, Mark. Good to know there are some decent sounding ones out there.
Thanks for the video Andrew. Those PVC sleeves are not good for the records. They can leave an unremovable film over time especially when kept in warm conditions. The picture discs are themselves are sure a cool collectable nonetheless.
Did You say that these picture Disc 45s are Overall Better sounding than the recent Blue Box singles ???
I have an Orlake pressing of Elvis Costello's first LP on Stiff. Noisiest vinyl I've had the misfortune to hear. It sounds as if it was pressed in shellac
"Picture Yourself In A Boat On A River." -John Lennon
Never knew there were colour vinyls
I want some
Colored vinyl looks so good, I wish more people did them. Rather than the boring black standard vinyl.
Another very informative and enjoyable video, do you have any detail at all as to how many were pressed for each release? Judging by prices I am thinking they reduced as the series progressed.
I don't know how many were pressed. But you're right, the later ones are much harder to find.
Cool
nice video
Thanks!
Lol ahem…today I meticulously boxed the whole set up ready to sell on Ebay….cheaply I might add, but had to undo to look for the strawberry fields rare one, also on several I noticed the centre has started delaminating, surprised as hell about using quality recordings although they do sound pretty chunky
This is a great channel, happy to be a new subscriber. Sorry if this is asked all the time, but I can't help it. Have you heard the most recent remixes (in the Super Deluxe sets) and do you enjoy them? Or do you have any interest in them at all? This may be utter blasphemy to say on a channel like this but I love them and I hope they remix every single Beatles album in a similar fashion. 😂
Welcome aboard, Robin!
I noticed the subject of the 12" black vinyl "All you need is love" came up- so "All you need is love" is a nice full stereo mix, but "Baby..." is in that horrible Capitol fake stereo that sounds like one ear hasn't cleared up from your flight! And there exists an American early 70s Apple single with "Baby.." as an A side with the full Apple! Mono of course.
But how do they taste?
Beatles❤❤❤❤
This was an interesting survey, even tho' I have very little interest in picture discs or even coloured vinyl.
Thanks for watching, Graham.
It’s crazy seeing these being released as they were originally but 20 years later. Love Me Do seems completely dated and out of place being released in 82, as for the 63 to 65 releases. As the 66 releases started, it didn’t seem as dated and by Hey Jude onward the music sounds like it could have came from 80s technology.
It just shows how incredibly fast The Beatles and 60s music grew, and how by the 80s mainstream music was out of groundbreaking ideas.
Have you covered the picture disc on their albums?
Not yet, Simon. Thanks for the suggestion.
It's Dunnet Head .... Not John O'Groats.... We're record collectors pedantry comes as standard!!
Why didn't you shout out Musical Youth when going ove rather top 10? Pass the Dutchie is a classic!
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Are these packaged in the kind of sleeves that give off gases and can ruin your records?
Yes!
Parlo why you eatin record
Love me do was a seriously under rated song She loves you appealed to the girl fans not one of their greatest In my opinion
They are not for eating andrew
Don't buy picture disc! They sound dreadful! Maybe I'd buy it as a display as long as I have a good regular copy!
Another great and informative video! I have the 12" Hey Jude/Revolution picture disc.