Vinyl Album - Various Artists - The World Of Hits - Decca

Vinyl Album

Artist:	Various Artists
Title:	The World Of Hits
Label:	Decca
Country:	UK
Catalogue:	SPA.7
Date:	Jan 1969
Format:	Stereo LP (also Mono LP)
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	33 Own
Price Guide:	Valuation Page
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	Procol Harum	A Whiter Shade Of Pale	Reid, Brooker	9.3 Rate
A2	Dave Berry	The Crying Game	Stephens	6.0 Rate
A3	Unit Four Plus Two	Concrete And Clay	Parker, Moeller	6.5 Rate
A4	Cat Stevens	Matthew And Son	Stevens	8.0 Rate
A5	Small Faces	Sha-La-La-La-Lee	Lynch, Shuman	8.0 Rate
A6	The Alan Price Set	Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear	Newman	7.0 Rate
B1	The Fortunes	You've Got Your Troubles	Greenaway, Cook	7.0 Rate
B2	Them	Gloria	Morrison	8.3 Rate
B3	The Zombies	She's Not There	Argent	8.7 Rate
B4	Los Bravos	Black Is Black	Hayes, Wadey, Grainger	8.3 Rate
B5	Billie Davis	I Want You To Be My Baby	Hendricks	8.5 Rate
B6	The Moody Blues	Go Now!	Banks, Bennett	8.0 Rate

Notes

Also released in mono as PA 7.

Matr# on runout:
A: ZAL-8738-2W.
B: ZAL-8739-2W.
Tax code JT on both sides.
Stamper code C on both sides.
Also 2 B on side A & a single 1 on side B.

Mastered at Decca Studios by Harry Fisher.

Images

Number: 1178643 THUMBNAIL Uploaded By: Jock_Girl Description: Front	Number: 1178644 Uploaded By: Jock_Girl Description: Back	Number: 501837 Uploaded By: lorangrecords SUBS ● Description: Label side A	Number: 501838 Uploaded By: lorangrecords SUBS ● Description: Label side B
Number: 1178645 Uploaded By: Jock_Girl Description: A-side label (variation)	Number: 1178646 Uploaded By: Jock_Girl Description: B-side label (variation)	Number: 1788920 Uploaded By: SvendHenrik00 Description: A-Side Label Decca SPA.7 (The World Of Hits-Stereo) UK 1969 (variation-GEMA above the 'BIEM/NCB-frame'	Number: 1788921 Uploaded By: SvendHenrik00 Description: B-Side Label Decca SPA.7 (The World Of Hits-Stereo) UK 1969 (variation-GEMA above the 'BIEM/NCB-frame'
Number: 2344228 Uploaded By: Vinyllover Description: A Side Label	Number: 2344230 Uploaded By: Vinyllover Description: B Side Label	Number: 3708286 Uploaded By: David Whiteley Description: A side label variant	Number: 3708288 Uploaded By: David Whiteley Description: B side label variant

Comments and Reviews


David Whiteley 31st Oct 2024		Added variant white labels.



esfera04 24th Nov 2023		Yes, a nice compilation.



Fokeman 16th Nov 2023		The whole album is a pure delight to listen to. I used to find it frequently and for almost nothing. It's a great album full of superb songs and no less interesting because each track is on the compilation.



Vinyllover 27th Jul 2020		Added the white labels version



SvendHenrik00 6th Nov 2018		Added Labels with variation: GEMA above the 'BIEM/NCB'-frame



Jock_Girl 29th Oct 2016		Added front and back covers as well as a and b side label variation: Larger Decca logo, 'electronic stereo' notice in box, type face.



PhilMH 8th Mar 2016		Added release month from Decca's 1974 catalogue.



TopPopper 7th Feb 2015		Apparently it wasn't released in stereo. There seem to be different versions around, in an effort to improve the artificial stereo mix, but an authentic stereo version seems to be unavailable. Strange, considering this is one of the key recordings of its era.



Neil Forbes 7th Feb 2015		Procul Harum's Whiter Shade Of Pale, was there an actual proper stereo mix of this? Because in just about any compilation you see it included, it's always this so-called "electronically re-processed for stereo" version which always turns up. Makes me wonder if it ever was done in stereo at all.



Focus B 21st Jul 2014		The labels state which tracks have been electronically reprocessed for stereo. "A Whiter Shade of Pale" is one of them and sounds absolutely horrible. The tracks in true stereo are of excellent quality however.



RecordDragon 21st Jul 2014		Wonder how many of these tracks are actually in stereo? Procol Harum's track wasn't released in stereo until just a few years ago.

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Linked Releases

UK - Decca - 1969 [Mono]

Australia - Decca - 1969