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stoutfellow51 9th Aug 2021		Vinyl Album Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'	Uploaded UK First Press 1964 laminated front cover with rear flipbacks.
stoutfellow51 21st Jul 2021		78 RPM Russ Conway - Rule Britannia! / Royal Event	Parlophone (EMI) in the UK had already released its final Shellac 78 one month earlier in January 1960- Poor Me by Adam Faith.
stoutfellow51 27th Apr 2021		CD Album John Lennon And Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy	Released on Johns' 60th birthday.
stoutfellow51 2nd Feb 2021		Vinyl Album Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story	Added black label variants listing both "Amazing Grace" Side One track 3b, and "Henry" Side 2 track 0. The rear sleeve for this issue still only lists 8 tracks. There must have been copyright problems with this album more or less as soon as it came out- presumably tight-fisted Stewart didn't want to give up on any royalties.
stoutfellow51 9th Jan 2021		78 RPM The Chordettes - Mr. Sandman / I Don't Wanna See You Cryin'	[YouTube Video]
stoutfellow51 1st Dec 2020		Vinyl Album Cliff Richard And The Shadows - Summer Holiday	Not many households would have had had the equipment to play stereo LP's in the early '60s, especially teenagers who would have made up the vast majority of buyers for this particular soundtrack record. The mono version on 33SX 1472 would have sold a lot more copies at the time.
stoutfellow51 25th Nov 2020		Vinyl Album The Hollies - Evolution	A good album but someone at EMI made a monumental error when they decided to release it on the same day as Sgt. Pepper. At least two or three of the tracks could have easily made it to the top ten singles chart.
stoutfellow51 30th Jul 2020		Vinyl Album The Rolling Stones - Out Of Our Heads	Added the original 1965 un-boxed Decca labels. The boxed Decca labels did not appear until 1970's pressings.
stoutfellow51 2nd Apr 2020		Vinyl Album Paul And Linda McCartney - Ram	Everything about this release suggests that it was manufactured in the UK for export only and the release date might even have been post-1971. In 1971 all four ex-Beatles were still contracted to Apple/EMI and this continued to be the case until 1976. Some singles and albums, particularly those from Paul were released in the UK on Capitol from 1975 onwards but they were still under the EMI umbrella. I very much doubt that this record was ever offered for sale as new in UK outlets but anyone who actually owns or indeed bought one when it first came out might be able to shed some light on the matter.
stoutfellow51 12th Mar 2020		Vinyl Album Cliff Richard - The Young Ones	The version of The Young Ones featured here is the one without the orchestral overdubbing by Norrie Paramor which was added later for the 45 rpm single release.
stoutfellow51 3rd Mar 2020		Vinyl Album The Shadows - Out Of The Shadows	This would be the final Shadows mono album to be released with the all-green Columbia label. By the time of their next album in 1963, the labels had changed to the more familiar black.
stoutfellow51 9th Feb 2020		Vinyl Album The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones	You have to be prepared to part with a decent amount of cash to get a very good copy of the unboxed Decca variant of this album that also comes in a good, clean sleeve. To say that they were abused is an understatement- Beatles and Elvis albums all suffered the same way back in the 60's.
stoutfellow51 27th Jan 2020		Vinyl Album Simon And Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water	Fifty years old this month and timeless. Just picked up a very good 1970 original for only £3, bargain.
stoutfellow51 14th Aug 2019		Vinyl Album The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour	Well spotted Lee, Baby You're A Rich Man is definitely a Lennon & McCartney composition. The original 1967 US Capitol release has the correct composers credit, as does the 1976 UK Parlophone version. In the early 70's the Apple label was used for USA reissues of the album but it's good to see the iconic Capitol 1960's label being reinstated for this release.
stoutfellow51 14th Aug 2019		Vinyl Album The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour	This album with 11 tracks was based on the Magical Mystery Tour USA release and had not been issued in the UK prior to 1976. In 1967 the UK version of MMT consisted of two 7" EP's in a picture sleeve featuring only the six songs from the film soundtrack. In the US however they opted for an 11 track album from the outset in 1967 with a different sleeve to the UK EP release. The US album had all six movie tracks on side one with five non-movie songs that had been released as singles at various times in 1967 on side two. Prior to 1976 UK-based Beatles fans who wanted the album version of MMT were able to get it as an import.
stoutfellow51 29th Jun 2019		78 RPM Lonnie Donegan And His Skiffle Group - Putting On The Style / Gamblin' Man	I wonder what damage those 78 rpm steel needles would have done to the vinyl pressings of this and others by the same manufacturer (Pye Group). My copy btw is vinyl as is my 78 copy of The Diamonds Little Darlin' on Mercury.
stoutfellow51 20th Mar 2019		Vinyl Album Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde	The release date given in Wikipedia is June 20 1966 but the article does not clarify whether that date was worldwide or just in the USA. It made it's first appearance in the UK album charts on 20 August 1966 so an early August UK release date seems to be the most likely scenario.
stoutfellow51 20th Jan 2019		Vinyl Album Cliff Richard - Cliff's Hit Album	The Drifters and The Shadows are in fact the same group,(Hank, Bruce etc.) had to change their name along the way so as to avoid confusion with the American vocal group The Drifters.
stoutfellow51 20th Jan 2019		78 RPM The Diamonds - Faithful And True / Little Darlin'	This is the first 78 I have come across made from vinyl as opposed to shellac. I wonder what damage would have been done to them with steel single use needles.
stoutfellow51 26th Nov 2018		Vinyl Album The Beatles - Beatles For Sale	Bloody hell Getalife, yes it does. A typo. error that most people, including me, would never have noticed. There is something about the packaging and overall handling, playing etc. of an LP which makes it just that bit more satisfying than a CD. The advantage of course with the CD as opposed to vinyl is in its unblemished and scratch-free sound.
stoutfellow51 26th Nov 2018		Vinyl Album The Beatles - Beatles For Sale	Contrary to what a lot of Beatles fans and critics might say this is one of my favourites, certainly in the Beatlemania era prior to Revolver. The one obligatory Ringo song (Honey Don't) is a lot better than I Wanna Be Your Man for instance and the likes of Eight Days A Week and I'm A Loser were both at one time contenders for single release. Decades after having a pristine brand new release way back in 1964 I have just managed to track down a very good copy of the exact same Mono first issue today for the princely sum of £13 - nostalgia knows no bounds, even in the digital age. [YouTube Video]
stoutfellow51 4th Sep 2018		Vinyl Album The Beach Boys - The Best Of The Beach Boys	One of the best compilation albums that one is ever likely to come across, on a par with any Greatest Hits LP's from The Beatles, Elvis etc. No filler tracks at all and a worthy addition to any record collection.
stoutfellow51 1st Sep 2018		Vinyl Album Elvis Presley - Roustabout	Only 11 tracks with a total running time of just 20 minutes. It only featured in the album charts for 4 weeks and came out so late in the year that it missed out on the lucrative 1964 Christmas market. None of the songs on the album were considered strong enough for single release so RCA came up with the 1957 seasonal offering of Blue Christmas instead.
stoutfellow51 8th Jul 2018		Vinyl Album Elvis Presley - Loving You	Added E/T tax code labels- 1959/60 release.
stoutfellow51 13th Feb 2018		Vinyl Album Elvis Presley - California Holiday	A1 to B3 are from the movie, tracks B4 B5 B6 are all bonus tracks.
stoutfellow51 13th Feb 2018		Vinyl Album Elvis Presley - Paradise, Hawaiian Style	Ten tracks with a total running time of 22 minutes didn't seem like good value for a full price LP. Drums of The Islands & This Is My Heaven are both passable but the rest are pretty much staid movie product.
stoutfellow51 31st Jan 2018		Vinyl Album The Beach Boys - The Best Of The Beach Boys	The black label with the rainbow rim by Quad5point1 is from the second issue. Later versions came in a variety of designs ranging from yellow, purple, black etc.
stoutfellow51 28th Jan 2018		Vinyl Album Cliff Richard With The Shadows - Wonderful Life	This release is unusual in having the track listing and movie stills etc. printed on the inside record liner/sleeve. This might have become commonplace in the 70's and 80's but it was still a rarity in the 60's.
stoutfellow51 21st Dec 2017		Vinyl Album Elvis Presley - Elvis' Christmas Album	Not to be confused with the original 1957 RCA release of Elvis' Christmas Album- different track listings for a start.
stoutfellow51 16th Dec 2017		Vinyl Album Elvis Presley - It Happened At The World's Fair	A pretty awful soundtrack album which unfortunately set the tone for several others in the next few years. Only ten tracks totaling just 20 minutes running time and most of them sub-standard songs badly arranged and recorded. In hindsight it might have been better to have just pulled off the best four tracks from the movie for an EP and not bothered with the LP at all.

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