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The Beatles
Best Of The Beatles CDs

Compil. JP 1989 on Odeon label
Rock (Classic Rock)

In 1987, to commemorate the initial release of the Beatles' CDs in their country, the Japanese arm of EMI/Odeon decided to create a one-off single disc "greatest hits" CD for the group, to be distributed to the usual incredibly small list of industry figures and radio programmers. As anyone that collects Japanese CDs can tell you, sometimes even getting commercial copies of a release can be tough, and finding promotional discs (particularly for hugely successful bands) can be well-nigh impossible. Such is the case with genuine copies of this disc. The edition was numbered, and a log was kept of the recipients of each specific disc, in order to discourage re-distribution. This counterfeit disc was produced within two years of the issuance of the genuine disc-- this reference copy, for example, was obtained in early 1989. As the front cover is a black and white line drawing of the group with added text, it really isn't much help in identifying a counterfeit disc. And for all intents and purposes, the printing on the face of the counterfeit disc looks identical to the original. Sonically, the CD seems fine, but the counterfeit was most likely cloned from an original disc. The only notable manufacturing difference on the CD is that the data ring coding is not comprised of solid, machine-stamped numbers, as a true EMI disc from the Tokyo plant should be-- instead, the data ring information is written using a thicker "dot matrix" style font.. For comparison purposes, an image of a genuine backing card is included in the "Image" section. Prospective purchasers of this promo should note the small (but tell-tale) differences in fonts and design of the backing cards that are much more obvious when one is able to compare them side by side... it cannot be overstated that this is a very believable copy of the original. If you didn't have an one to compare with, you'd probably never know... But hopefully, now you do.

     
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Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1Love Me DoThe Beatles2:19
2Please Please MeThe Beatles2:02
3Twist And ShoutThe Beatles2:33
4All My LovingThe Beatles2:06
5Till There Was YouThe Beatles2:14
6A Hard Day's NightThe Beatles2:29
7And I Love HerThe Beatles2:28
8Rock And Roll MusicThe Beatles2:30
9Mr. MoonlightThe Beatles2:33
10Help!The Beatles2:18
11YesterdayThe Beatles2:04
12Norwegian WoodThe Beatles2:03
13MichelleThe Beatles2:40
14Here, There And EverywhereThe Beatles2:24
15Eleanor RigbyThe Beatles2:02
16Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandThe Beatles2:03
17Lucy In The Sky With DiamondsThe Beatles3:27
18Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-DaThe Beatles3:08
19All You Need Is LoveThe Beatles3:48
20Hello GoodbyeThe Beatles3:28
21SomethingThe Beatles3:00
22BecauseThe Beatles2:45
23You Never Give Me Your MoneyThe Beatles4:02
24The Long And Winding RoadThe Beatles3:37
25Let It BeThe Beatles3:36
26Get BackThe Beatles3:07
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