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Vinyl records down under part 1 - Labels
If a Beatles collector ever discovers Australia, it tends to be late in the game.…
M6 codes on Pathé Marconi pressings
Vinyl collecting sometimes calls for a touch of Sherlock Holmes. In the previous piece I…
SIAE - Dating Italian Pressings
Anyone who has ever flipped over an Italian Odeon, Columbia or Parlophon LP from the…
Magical Mystery Tour (Parlophone MMT-1 / Capitol SMAL-2835 / Parlophone PCTC 255)
Magical Mystery Tour is a unique case in the Beatles’ catalogue. The only title that…
Yellow Submarine (Apple PMC 7070 / PCS 7070)
There are records in the Beatles catalogue where even buying them is a dilemma. I…
The Beatles 1967-1970 (AMIGA 855742)
Amiga 8 55 742 (stereo, 1980) is an East German single-LP distillation of The Beatles…
The Beatles (AMIGA 8 50 040)
The Beatles on Amiga 8 50 040 — released in January 1965 — is one…
Mono versus stereo: the biggest dispute in Beatles vinyl history
When a collector first holds a mono copy of Revolver and plays „Tomorrow Never Knows,”…
Inside Balkanton, the State Label That Let the West In — Barely
There’s a grey concrete building at 6 Haidushka Polyana Street in Sofia that, for roughly…
Supraphon 0 13 0599 / 1 13 0599 – A Guide for Hardcore Collectors
This post serves as a supplement to the main article on the history of Supraphon…