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Tag Archives: Introducing The Beatles

Feb 28 6 comments
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#askNat – concerning Dave Dexter Jr. and the Canadian Beatles LPs

On #askNat this week I’m responding to a great question from Rick in Canada who has questions about the early Beatles releases in his country: Hi, I’m a 60 year old Canadian musician, and have a lot of Beatles records. I just have a few questions. Releases like the Canadian only LPs, Beatlemania! With The [...]

Jul 05 0 comments
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#askNat – concerning Vee Jay mixes used and ‘rabbits’

Hope everyone celebrating the U.S. holiday has had a happy 4th of July and welcome now to July’s first #askNat entry. Email subscriber Rick Kelly in California writes: Hi Nat, hope all is well. I had a question regarding two albums – The Beatles and Frank Ifield On Stage & The Beatles Vs. The Four [...]

Mar 10 9 comments
Collector's Corner

Collector’s Corner – “Jolly What! The Beatles & Frank Ifield On Stage:” a Vee Jay ‘flop’ becomes a highly coveted collector’s item

During Vee Jay Records’ mad scramble to get as much Beatles product out while they still could, the troubled US record label came up with an idea for a new LP release for February 1964. Jolly What! The Beatles & Frank Ifield On Stage was a curious collection of tracks that I will discuss here, [...]

Oct 22 19 comments
Collector's Corner

Collector’s Corner – The “Love Me Do” single on Parlophone – The Beatles begin an incredible recording career

Excluding the January 5, 1962, Polydor “My Bonnie” single release (Polydor NH 66833 in the U.K.), where The Beatles were only backing musicians for Tony Sheridan, “Love Me Do” was the first song to be released by The Beatles. It was issued first as a U.K. single coupled with “P.S. I Love You” on EMI’s [...]

Mar 12 47 comments
Collector's Corner

Collector’s Corner – ‘Introducing The Beatles’ (the world’s most counterfeited album)

The U.S. album Introducing The Beatles (aka Introducing…The Beatles) will be the subject of this second installment of the Collector’s Corner. Background Information When The Beatles released their first single, Love Me Do b/w P.S. I Love You, in the U.K. in October of 1962, it went on to be a top 20 hit. That [...]