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Member	Item		Review/Comment
TopPopper 25th Mar 2014		Cassette Album The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1972)	This gold inlay series was my treasured Beatles collection when I was growing up - I had them all. To this day I think it's pretty poor how EMI showed a lack of interest in these cassette releases. Compared to the lavish packaging on the LP, this is just a bog-standard card insert, and I think I'm right in saying this was the only one where they didn't shuffle the order of the songs about for no obvious reason (they wouldn't dare!).
TopPopper 24th Mar 2014		Cassette Album The Beatles - Yellow Submarine (1974)	Oh yes, I know it very well. In fact I uploaded all 106 Top of the Pops LPs to the LP world, a stack of Top of the Pops EPs to 45 World and some of the 8-tracks here. There are more to come...
TopPopper 24th Mar 2014		Cassette Album The Beatles - Yellow Submarine (1974)	There's an error in the listing. Track 6 is "All Together Now" and has been missed off.
TopPopper 21st Mar 2014		8-Track [no artist listed] - Top Of The Pops Volume 65 (1978)	She's strong to the finish, cos' she eats her spinach!
TopPopper 21st Mar 2014		Cassette Album The Beatles - 20 Hits (1983)	Not sure that's right. Shops might have stocked them in good faith but that doesn't mean they were legit. There were some bootlegs in America (Alpha-Omega) which were actually advertised on TV before the plug was pulled. It doesn't follow that they were legal prior to the court case; it's just that it took the count to put a stop to it. If they were illegal in 1988, then they had been illegal all along.
TopPopper 21st Mar 2014		Cassette Album The Beatles - 20 Hits (1983)	I initially agreed that these weren't bootlegs but opportunist releases. But then I got to thinking: why can't I go to a gig tomorrow, tape it and release it legally? The answer seems to be that the performance belongs to the artist to exploit (not to their record label). That newspaper report mentions a claim that Lennon gave permission in 1962, which seems unlikely and quite convenient in that he couldn't be there in court to confirm it. Assuming that's not the gospel truth, these would be boots in my opinion, and I guess that's what the court decision found as well.
TopPopper 21st Mar 2014		8-Track [no artist listed] - Top Of The Pops Volume 65 (1978)	This is what Mojo had to say about it when they did a short feature on the LP series: "Extraordinary. Less Kate Bush and more Popeye's Olive Oyl. A song that should never, ever be covered – even if there was no choice."
TopPopper 20th Mar 2014		Cassette Album The Beatles - 20 Hits (1983)	Edited comment. I was going to suggest these aren't bootlegs, but I now think they are because of performer rights.
TopPopper 20th Mar 2014		Cassette Album The Beatles - 20 Hits (1983)	Just come across an LP on the LP world, on the same label. There the label is given as Phoenix 20 (with a space before "20"). I think this ought to be brought in line. Looks like there is also a Phoenix label, run by the same company and carrying similar recordings. They aren't considered bootlegs over on LP world.
TopPopper 20th Mar 2014		Cassette Album The Beatles - Rock 'N' Roll Music Vol 1 (1980)	I seem to remember them in the early 80s, maybe 1983-ish - but the 1980 cover recently added might suggest that the wrap-around style was not the first edition. I do recall these and the Best of George Harrison being packaged that way because I bought them at Woolies when I was a kid and had to cut the card down to size so it would fit inside a normal case - otherwise they were to big to slot into my cassette rack!
TopPopper 19th Mar 2014		Cassette Album [no artist listed] - 12 Tops (1973)	LP edition here.
TopPopper 17th Mar 2014		Cassette Album Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown (1974)	I don't think it's a mistake. I think those tapes with half gold and half white spines had the EMI logo as standard on the fronts (EMI being parent company to Harvest and several other labels). Something to watch out for on the site.
TopPopper 15th Mar 2014		Cassette Album The Beatles - 20 Hits (1983)	On this evidence alone, I'd say Phoenix20. But is there a Phoenix label also in use? If so, the "20" might just be something to do with 20 Hits.
TopPopper 14th Mar 2014		Cassette Album The Beatles - A Hard Days Night	Unusual album. Since it contains songs from AHDN with songs from Beatles for Sale - released afterwards - it's a compilation album of 1964 songs. I presume it wasn't issued in this manner in the 60s?
TopPopper 8th Mar 2014		8-Track Electric Light Orchestra - Out Of The Blue (1977)	At least they didn't call the album "Still No Reply" :)
TopPopper 8th Mar 2014		8-Track Electric Light Orchestra - Out Of The Blue (1977)	Interesting track sequence. I quite like having the Concerto for a Rainy Day at the end.
TopPopper 7th Mar 2014		Cassette Album The Beatles - Rock 'N' Roll Music Vol 1 (1980)	Don't think this is the 1976 issue. The barcode suggests later. I could be wrong but I think the originals had an oversized card cover wrapped around the outside of the case?
TopPopper 7th Mar 2014		Reel-to-Reel The Beatles - Please Please Me (1963)	Now you mention it, looking at the tape itself, is there any way of knowing which side is about to play?
TopPopper 7th Mar 2014		Reel-to-Reel The Beatles - Please Please Me (1963)	It's just jargon. "Track" has several meanings, one of which is a channel along a length of tape, on which recordings can be placed. So it's not wrong to say a two-sided mono tape has two tracks - it has one each side. But "track" shouldn't be confused with "song" in that context. After all, an 8-track cartridge might have a dozen or any number of songs.
TopPopper 6th Mar 2014		Reel-to-Reel The Beatles - Please Please Me (1963)	Great to see our first reel-to-reel. Shouldn't the tracks be listed separately, rather than as whole sides?
TopPopper 25th Feb 2014		Cassette Single Baddiel And Skinner And Lightning Seeds - Three Lions / Three Lions (Karaoke Version) (1996)	Those blue things are lions but I've no idea what lions have to do with England. One for Pedants' Corner perhaps. More realistically they would have had three squirrels or three pigeons.

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