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| Japanese Red Wax; when and why was it phased out? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 2 2012, 03:04 AM (411 Views) | |
| socorro | Jul 2 2012, 03:04 AM Post #1 |
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I am a fan of the Japanese pressings on red vinyl. Does anybody know when Toshiba/Odeon/EMI/Apple stopped pressing red vinyl? It seems like it was shortly after the US versions were released, because I've seen red vinyl copies of Second Album, Help!, Early Beatles, and Yesterday, in the AP-800XX series with the original white/apple obi. I know the first of the US versions were released in 1970, and I know the switch to the wide green "Forever" obi was in 1972. I've never seen red wax discs with a Forever obi. It's also pretty clear that red wax was used fo only a short time during the 1970 period because rwed wax copies of the US versions are pretty hard to find. Were all the US versions pressed on red vinyl? When did they stop? Which US versions are rarest and most common on red vinyl? All information greatly appreciated. |
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| socorro | Jul 2 2012, 03:09 AM Post #2 |
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Sorry folks, I meant to post this in albums. |
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| namralos | Jul 2 2012, 07:52 PM Post #3 |
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Japanese Odeon phased out the red-vinyl option some time between December, 1971, and March, 1972. The date is usually given as "the end of 1971." Around catalog number 80400. |
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| socorro | Jul 2 2012, 08:28 PM Post #4 |
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Thanks for the information. Based on those dates, it sounds like all the US versions were pressed on red vinyl. They're surprisingly hard to find, though. |
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| namralos | Jul 2 2012, 11:33 PM Post #5 |
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I have not seen Early Beatles or Beatles VI in red vinyl -- but these are also hard to find on black vinyl. They came out together with Something New (on the same day), and I have seen that LP. Second Album (issued 1970): red vinyl (AP-80012) Something New (issued 1970): red vinyl (AP-80033) The Early Beatles (issued 1970): (AP-80034) Beatles VI (issued 1970): (AP-80035) Help! (issued 1970): red vinyl (AP-80060) Yesterday…And Today (issued 1970): red vinyl (AP-80061) Let it Be (issued 1971): red vinyl (AP-80189) |
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| socorro | Jul 3 2012, 02:41 PM Post #6 |
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-EARLY-BEATLES-...=item564b12987e Here's a red wax copy of The Early Beatles with obi. It can be yours for the low, low, low price of $1,899. That would indicate to me that (1) there are not many copies of this LP; and (2) he's still going to need to drop his price by at least half if he wants to sell it. No matter how cool and how rare it is (and I think it is both of those things), the only buyer at that price would be a hard core completist collector of the Japanese pressings with a lot of money and only a couple of holes to fill. There are too many other great japanese LPs readily available for anybody else to drop that kind of coin. |
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