Product Description
Quality 2LP Actual 1973 Japanese First Pressing! Heavy Grade Gatefold Cover Includes Inner Sleeves With Lyrics In English, 24-Page Booklet, Plus 12-Page Discography! Apple Labels Are Clean. A Well Presented Definitive Double Vinyl Compilation, Covering The Final Three Years Of The Beatles.
First press: “Mfd By TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD.” printed on the perimeter of labels.
Condition – Vinyl: EXCELLENT! Sounds Fab-Tastic!!
Condition – Cover: VERY GOOD PLUS! Some edge wear / fading, signs of foxing. Still nice for over 51 years old!
Japanese vinyl pressings are highly sought after by audiophiles and collectors, due to their premium sound quality and beautiful packaging. It is no coincidence that all the original Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab records were pressed in Japan! Nice condition Japanese pressings are becoming scarcer ~ therefore more collectable and valuable every year.
Side 1:
Strawberry Fields Forever
Penny Lane
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
With A Little Help From My Friends
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
A Day In The Life
All You Need Is Love
Side 2:
I Am The Walrus
Hello Goodbye
The Fool On The Hill
Magical Mystery Tour
Lady Madonna
Hey Jude
Revolution
Side 3:
Back In The U.S.S.R
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Get Back
Don’t Let Me Down
The Ballad Of John And Yoko
Old Brown Shoe
Side 4:
Here Comes The Sun
Come Together
Something
Octopus’s Garden
Let It Be
Across The Universe
The Long And Winding Road
AMG –
Picking up where 1962-1966 left off, the double-album compilation 1967-1970, commonly called The Blue Album, covers the Beatles' later records, from Sgt. Pepper's through Let It Be. And like its companion volume, this set contains a mixture of hits, including singles like "Lady Madonna," "Hey Jude," and "Revolution" -- which had originally appeared only as 45s -- plus important album tracks like "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," "A Day in the Life," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," and "Come Together," as well as orphaned tracks such as the single versions of "Let It Be" and "Get Back," which had never been on any LP before. The first two sides of the original double-LP edition carry listeners through the highlights of the psychedelic era, starting with "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane" and up through "Magical Mystery Tour," before returning to rock & roll territory on "Lady Madonna," "Hey Jude," and "Revolution." The second LP skims three of the more popular tracks off of the sprawling White Album (aka The Beatles) and moves into the late singles ("The Ballad of John and Yoko," "Old Brown Shoe," "Let It Be"), plus single and album highlights from Abbey Road and Let It Be. As a précis of the group's final 36 months, it's all mightily impressive. Like its predecessor, this set captures the essence of the Beatles' later recordings.