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| stevepost | Feb 24 2015, 01:31 PM Post #1 |
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I've had a look on "Frank's Meagre Beatles Page" site & can find nothing on the Singapore issues. My question is, I have stereo copies of both The Beatles Greatest Hits Vol 1 & 2, S-LPEA 1001 & 1002, are they the same tracks & mixes as on the Australian albums with the same titles? They both have Y & B labels. Thanks! |
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| socorro | Feb 24 2015, 05:12 PM Post #2 |
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The song selections are the same. My guess (but it is only a guess) is that the mixes are identical. These compilations originated in Australia. As you know, they were also issued in Singapore, and volume 1 was issued in New Zealand. My understanding is that SLPEA breaks down as S (stereo) LP (long playing) EA (East Asia), followed by the number. Greatest Hits Vol. 1, SLPEA-1001, was the first record issued in this series, and Greatest Hits Vol. 2, SLPEA-1002 was the second. As an aside, in 1970, the Singapore government banned certain Beatles songs. As a result, censored versions were made of Revolver, Oldies, Sgt. Pepper and White Album for distribution in Singapore (removing the offending songs and usually substituting others). Since these were no longer the UK versions of the records, they received SLPEA catalog numbers. |
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| Jae | Feb 25 2015, 07:56 AM Post #3 |
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Not only the same tracks, but the same Aussie YAPAX mastering. Elaborating on socorro's post... Prior to August 1967, all EMI albums issued in South East Asia (SEA) were either pressed at India's Dum Dum factory or imported directly from EMI subsidiaries, mainly EMI Australia. In August 1967, EMI (SEA) opened a pressing plant at Jurong, Singapore. From that point, EMI (SEA) commenced pressing vinyl for domestic issue as well as export to Hong Kong and Malaysia. All UK-catalogue Beatles albums were pressed from UK supplied metal parts and carried the UK catalogue numbers (ie PCS - no mono releases by this time). The Australian GH v1 and GH v2 were the first non-UK (Beatles) albums that EMI (SEA) chose to press domestically; these were issued (in 1968) using the newly created domestic numbering system that covered non-UK sourced releases (including domestic cuts made from UK supplied tapes, but EXCLUDING domestic SEA artists, whose releases were issued in the domestic EMI (SEA) E-series). In the same year, the Singaporean Government passed the Undesirable Publications Act. The act "allow[ed] for the ban, seizure, censorship, or restriction of written, visual, or musical materials if they determine that such materials threaten the stability of the State, are pro-Communist, contravene moral norms, are pornographic, show excessive or gratuitous sex and violence, glamorise or promote drug use, or incite racial, religious or linguistic animosities". In 1970 [according to the Singapore Ministry of Communications and Information], the Singaporean Government started banning [this being the term used by the Singaporean Government] the sale of pop records that were considered to contravene the Act, particularly those that extolled the drug culture or hippy movement. The axe fell on a number of Beatles tracks (amongst numerous others). EMI (SEA)'s response was to recut affected albums locally, by either removing or replacing the banned tracks with more acceptable tracks. This resulted in the pressing plant running two sets of masters: uncensored UK masters for titles exported to Malaysia and Hong Kong (these retained the PCS catalogue numbers), and censored masters for titles issued in Singapore. These were issued in the non-domestic artist S-LPEA series. Reissues I am aware of (and own): S-LPEA 1001 - Beatles Greatest Hits Vol 1 (not recut - same as original 1968 issue and pressed from Aussie parts) S-LPEA 1002 - Beatles Greatest Hits Vol 2 (not recut - same as original 1968 issue and pressed from Aussie parts) S-LPEA-1003 - A Mexican in the City (not The Beatles, but Pepe Jaramillo) S-LPEA 1004 - Collection Of Beatles Oldies ("Yellow Submarine" replaced with "Penny Lane") S-LPEA 1005 - Revolver ("Yellow Submarine" replaced with "Your Mother Should Know") S-LPEA 1006 - SPLHCB ("With a Little Help", "Lucy In The Sky" and "A Day In The Life" replaced by "Fool On The Hill", "Baby You're A Rich Man" and "I Am The Walrus") S-LPEA 1007/8 - The Beatles ("Happiness..." dropped) S-LPEA 1009 - Toe Fat 2 (Toe Fat. Interestingly, Toe Fat's first LP was happily issued by EMI SEA with the topless woman on the front cover. Seems breasts were acceptable but yellow submarines weren't) NB: As an aside, avoid these pressings if you want good sound quality! They offer nothing that you can't get elsewhere in better sound quality and cheaper. But they are an interesting curio for the different track listings. The ban was lifted on 26 May 1993. For interest I've attached a photo taken in the press room of the Singapore Factory, just after it opened in 1967. Posted Image |
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| stevepost | Feb 25 2015, 10:54 AM Post #4 |
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Thanks for those replies. I was hoping that the I Want To Hold Your Hand track might be the 1963 version that I've never heard. Ah well, never mind. |
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| Jae | Feb 26 2015, 07:46 AM Post #5 |
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No, that mix only appears on Aussie "The Number Ones" LP and the Aussie 1976 (and subsequent reissue) single. GHv1 does have the 1965 stereo mix though rather than the common 1966 mix. |
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| stevepost | Mar 5 2015, 11:21 AM Post #6 |
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Thanks to a tip off from a fellow poster (i've lost his name, but thanks again) I now have that Australian Number Ones L P. Arrived today from Aussie £27-50 inc postage & it's in perfect condition too!. The 63 mix of I Want To Hold Your Hand is now on my I Tunes library & I-Pod. |
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| servi | Mar 5 2015, 12:35 PM Post #7 |
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If I remember correctly, that LP was also released with an additional single included, right ? |
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| Beatleross | Mar 5 2015, 05:33 PM Post #8 |
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yes, that's right |
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| servi | Mar 5 2015, 07:25 PM Post #9 |
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was it LMD ? |
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| Jae | Mar 6 2015, 03:44 AM Post #10 |
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Correct. It was marketed as an EP but was actually part of the single catalogue. LMD // IFF / R&R Music Still my fave Beatles comp. I loaned one of my copies to Dr Ebbetts for his transfer and release. Another one of my copies has been signed by the compiler and good friend of mine, Bruce Hamlin. And "just in case" I have about 3 or 4 more backup copies, lol. |
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| admiral halsey | Mar 9 2015, 06:20 PM Post #11 |
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I have just got vol 2 with y/b label. It looks and feels like a UK 70's pressing. How can I date it? AH |
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| socorro | Mar 9 2015, 07:28 PM Post #12 |
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Admiral: There are two possibilities. 1. The likely possibility. If you have a mono copy (PMCO 7534), then it was issued between 1967 and 1969. The mono version apparently was deleted from the catalog by the time the orange one box was introduced in 1969 -- all orange one box copies are stereo. 2. The unlikely possibility. If you have a stereo copy (PCSO 7534), then it was issued in late 1968/early 1969. From 1964 to 1969, stereo LPs were issued on black and silver banner labels (similar layout to the original UK gold stereo PPM). Small runs of several Parlophone LPs, including GHV2, were pressed in stereo on B&Y labels in late 1968 or early 1969, before the transition to the orange one box. If you have a mono copy, that is a nice LP. If you have a stereo copy, you have a true rarity. |
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| servi | Mar 9 2015, 07:51 PM Post #13 |
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This site gives a nice overview of Aussie pressings:http://beatlesaustralia.com/09_GHV2_index.html |
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| admiral halsey | Mar 9 2015, 09:17 PM Post #14 |
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What I have is s_lpea1002, EMI south east Asia. AH |
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| Jae | Mar 10 2015, 04:48 AM Post #15 |
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Written by me. :) |
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