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Member	Item		Review/Comment
Syd Vliet 6th Oct 2015		Cassette Album The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)	It has "An EMI Recording" and the standard printing and copyright notices, but as with many of the early 1970's pressings of other official Beatles albums on cassette, there is no actual logo (EMI, Parlophone nor Apple). The Parlophone logo is even blanked out from the covers of the gold editions of "With the Beatles" and "Help!".
Syd Vliet 16th Sep 2015		Cassette Album The Beatles - Yellow Submarine (1974)	This would have been the first issue of this album on any tape format in the UK as there was apparently no reel to reel version.
Syd Vliet 16th Sep 2015		Cassette Album The Beatles - Past Masters Volume Two (1988)	I think Volumes 1 & 2 should be listed as a single entry as the two volumes were not sold separately and are titled "Volumes One & Two" on both inlays. The Beatles Monthly magazine confirms that it was released on cassette on 24th October 1988, a week before it was also included in the cassette box set issued on 31st October 1988.
Syd Vliet 15th Sep 2015		Cassette Album The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1987)	This was the first Beatles 'XDR' re-issue on 1st June 1987, the rest of the regular Beatles albums were all re-issued on 19th November 1987. "Past Masters" was released the following year, the double cassette delayed until 24th October 1988. Original pressings of the XDR cassette albums did not include an Apple logo, these were added circa 1992/93.
Syd Vliet 15th Sep 2015		Cassette Album The Beatles - Help! (1972)	Full set of scans added. This is a re-pressing circa 1977-82.
Syd Vliet 14th Sep 2015		Cassette Album The Beatles - Let It Be (1970)	Original pressings have a Parlophone logo on the labels, re-pressings have no logo.
Syd Vliet 14th Sep 2015		Cassette Album The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)	Although this was an Apple release on vinyl, there's no mention of Apple at all or any sign of the logo on the original cassette version, so I've listed it as an EMI label release.
Syd Vliet 14th Sep 2015		Cassette Album The Beatles - 1962-1966 [The Red Album] (1973)	Added an original paper label pressing. A classmate gave me this tape, apparently to make some sort of statement after he'd decided that Duran Duran were better than The Beatles. I had all of the tracks already but was happy to accept the gesture and not be drawn into an argument.
Syd Vliet 14th Sep 2015		Cassette Album The Beatles - 1967-1970 [The Blue Album] (1973)	Added cassette shell scans. My first Beatles purchase. This was a late 1970's re-pressing, the originals would have had paper labels.
Syd Vliet 13th Sep 2015		Cassette Album Simon And Garfunkel - Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits (1972)	The first pre-recorded cassette I ever bought, I found it in my local supermarket in 1978. I was filling up blank cassettes with Top 40 disco and punk/new wave hits at the time, so this was something a bit different, an album I'd heard a few times previously when visiting a relative. "For Emily", "Feelin' Groovy", "Homeward Bound" and "Kathy's Song" are all live in concert versions and some of the tracks are cross-faded. I'm assuming this is a re-pressing circa 1976, the original pressings presumably having paper labels.