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Rare Ep Bolivia 7" Apple Bod-515
Topic Started: Oct 17 2013, 11:43 AM (323 Views)
pinio65
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/EX-THE-BEATLES-Bac...=item19e383e8b2

date of issue ???
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socorro
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The more I think about it, the more I am convinced that most of the time Beatles records were issued in Bolivia at more or less the same time they were issued elsewhere.

This EP is a good illustration of why I think that.

For several years, the Bolivian EPs were issued on B&Y Odeon Pops (most commonly), yellow Odeon, and B&Y Parlophone labels. Then, beginning with this EP, which contains songs from the White Album and has a picture sleeve adapted from the White Album, the label switches to Apple. This coincides with most countries switching to Apple for the White Album.

The next Bolivian EP also has songs from the White Album, and has artwork adapted from the White Album sleeve. It uses Apple labels.

The next Bolivian EP has the Ballad of John & Yoko/Old Brown Shoe single, and two more tracks from the White Album. The sleeve has artwork reflecting the single tracks on the front, and artwork adapted from the White Album on the back.

The next Bolivian EP has tracks from Abbey Road, and artwork adapted from the Abbey Road LP sleeve. It also has Apple labels.

In other words, the Bolivian Apple EPs had unique track lists, but the songs they used were released on LPs or singles elsewhere in the world in basically the same order they were issued on EPs in Bolivia. The rest of the world switched to Apple around the time the White Album came out, and Bolivia switched to Apple when it issued EPs based on the White Album

So, to answer the original question, I suspect this EP was issued in late 1968 or early 1969.
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namralos
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I agree.
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socorro
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I'll also add that I believe this is true of the Bolivian LPs as well. The only anomaly I've seen reported is Please Please Me apparently being released after Yeah Yeah Yeah (AHDN) and Help. The source of this is the Maus book, which bases this conclusion on the catalog numbers of Yeah Yeah Yeah (BOLP 221), Help (BOLP 227) and PPM (BOLP 229).

The problem with all this is that I've never confirmed the existence of PPM, except as an issue on the much later brown & yellow EMI label, with catalog number BOLP 402.

Also, when I was finally able to see the sleeve for the Bolivian issue of Rubber Soul (BOLP 250), I was struck by the fact that the rear sleeve advertised Yeah Yeah Yeah and Help, but did not mention PPM.

I've discussed this with other worldwide Beatles LP collectors, and none has ever seen the BOLP 229 version of PPM.

Even if the BOLP 229 PPM can be confirmed, the rest of the Bolivian LPs that are confirmed (Yeah Yeah Yeah, Help, Rubber Soul, Abbey Road, Let It Be) were released in the correct order. If the BOLP 229 PPM exists, I believe it was a belated release but the rest were more or less contemporaneous to their release elsewhere.

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I have some updated information about the Bolivia Please Please Me.

1. It exists.
2. It probably was issued in 1964. It was issued on a black & yellow Parlophone label, and the Bolivian EPs and singles on the B&Y Parlophone label were issued that year. Also, the sleeve is adapted from the Colombia Meet The Beatles, which was issued in 1964.
3. It uses the UK catalog number, also like the Bolivia EPs issued on the B&Y label.
4. If copies exist with the catalog number BOLP-229, they are reissues. This remains unconfirmed.

If you are curious what this super rarity looks like, I will be posting scans in the "little gems" section. I just received a copy. The sleeve is in poor condition -- very thin, fragile cardstock, with pieces missing and it feels like it could easily crumble into dust. The disc isn't great condition, but probably a legitimate VG-, which is a far sight better than the sleeve (which is no better than F, probably closer to P+).

Add this to my small but growing collection of LPs that I never have seen documented anywhere.
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