THIS VINYL RECORD HAS NOT BEEN HANDLED VERY CAREFULLY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS!
PLEASE READ MY DETAILED PLAYBACK REPORT BELOW FOR DETAILS.
For me, a vinyl record is all about enjoyment of the music but for others, details such as the record label, matrix codes and cover information is of equal important or even greater.
I say this because I cannot accurately identify which release version this is. In particular, the orange label seems to suggest a reissue from around 1978-79 but some details don't match those found of reference sites such as "Beatlesaustralia" and the cover with its dual catalogue numbers seems to suggest one of the original releases from around 1967 but if that's the case, the label design and colour are wrong.
So the major differences with the labels on this release are:
STEREO is above the Parlophone logo
THE BEATLES is credited on Side 1 ONLY, above EMI
Northern Songs is above EMI on Side 2
Side 2 centre left has Northern Songs and the Wallaby Music logo and to the right is the speed, catalogue number and matrix code
I have searched a number of visual Beatles sites and cannot find a label that matches this release so I am uncertain exactly which release this is.
The Beatles - Greatest Hits Volume II
Parlophone Records
Cat# PCSO-7534
Matrix codes: (scratched) YAPAX 1009, YAPAX 1010
1978-79 but not sure, see above "observations"
Australian release
Cover is in good condition, no seam splits, no tears. Front is in very nice condition but the rear has had "white out" applied (top edge left side) for privacy reasons and some tracks have a X next to them, indicating favourite plays.
New inner plastic sleeve
Vinyl is in good condition, inspected under a white halogen light source I can see quite a number of very light to light scratches or scuff marks on each side. The surface remains shiny and I have given the vinyl a complete clean using my VPI vacuum system. I then played both sides, playback is as noted in detail below. General surface noise on both sides is low level.
New outer protective plastic sleeve
Because the vinyl has quite a few scratches (which don't appear too bad), I carefully listened to every track and below are my observations...
TRACK - CONDITION:
Good play means there were no issues throughout the track with heavy scratching or mistracking. There were still occasional click/pops but nothing concerning.
A Hard Day's Night - medium scratch causes light (jump of very short duration) one time only mistracking near the beginning of the song - "things that you do will make me feel alright"
Boys - good play
I Should Have Known Better - good play
I Feel Fine - good play
She's A Woman - good play
Till There Was You - good play
Rock And Roll Music - good play
Anna - good play
Ticket To Ride - good play
Eight Days A Week - good play
Help! - good play
Yesterday - good play
We Can Work It Out - good play
Day Tripper - good play
