BEATLES - Italian 45 singles-in-waiting

Two random 45 singles of the Beatles, on top of two heaps, published in Italy on the label "Parlophon" (the final E was always omitted, for unknown reasons!), which are waiting to be pictured and posted here, sooner or later.  The two records you see are "I should have known better / Tell me why" and "Long tall Sally / She's a woman".

The COUNTESS

18 and 20 JUNE: HAPPY 68th BIRTHDAY

HAPPY BIRHTDAY TO

PAUL McCARTNEY

born 18th June 1942
and to

BRIAN WILSON

born 20th June 1942

With thanks for "Sgt. Pepper" and "Pet sounds"

SGT PEPPER - The UK (Parlophone) and the USA (Capitol) editions

Both editions came out with an inner sleeve (above) with a painting by the Dutch artists "Fool".

 The original Mono UK label

The original Italian stereo label, with the eternal misspelling "Parlophon" where the final "E" lacked!!

 

 ...and this above is the original stereo Nigerian (!!) label  :)

the original USA Capitol label

On the USA vinyl, each song has its own separate band. And poor Mr. Kyte has no exclamation point!

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From Sgt Pepper, just one single was extracted, but it was a Juke-Box edition, not for regular market sale.  And moreover, the single was released only in Italy. See it here below:

Surprisingly enough, the song "A day in the life" is present in its entirety!

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Pet Sounds, the original USA cover and the rainbow label

the back cover

Brian Wilson on tour with "Pet sounds", an extraordinary performance, recorded in 2003. I found this in Australia, it's in NTSC format, protected against the PAL, but with a little help from "DVD Shrink".... ;)

the CD cover

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coming soon : SMILE (2004)

Your COUNTESS

DIARY nr. 4 - BEATLES, BUTCHER and TRUNK

While writing the text for my Floh De Cologne album, last night, I decided to add a picture of my Butcher album, but then I realized how neglected is the poor "Trunk Cover" edition of "Yesterday and today"... Everybody selling souls for the Butcher album and no one ever interested in this trunk foto, which at that time had the duty to hold distance from the terrible "butcher menace", while humanity could keep sleeping tranquil slumbers, same as it ever was (with the only exception of Lennon's declaration about being more famous than Christ)...

The cover of the EP "Strawberry fileds forever" / "And your bird can sing" / "Penny Lane" / "I'm only sleeping", published in France in 1968, on Odeon /MEO 134. According to the authoritative magazine "BEATLOLOGY" (Jan/Feb. 2000, p. 20), only two photos were taken from this trunk session, and this second picture appeared only two years later on this French EP.


 The first Trunk cover, 1966 (where no leaflet has been stuck on the original Butcher foto underneath) and the French EP, 1968.