[78-L] The Beatles on 78

[agp]

Because it is only tangentially aligned with 78s, it should come as 
no surprise that no one here mentioned the re-release of the entire 
Beatles (original) catalogue on CD. This is no doubt to the joy of 
many here. Troublemaker that I am, I shall do so and just have.

That said, a few comments, if only to hear my own typing. I do feel a 
wee bit ripped off. EMI packaged everything in digi-paks and not 
proper jewel cases, meaning that the packaging is easily ruined 
because it is all cardboard. These suckers will look like crud in a 
few years. Then there is the mono set -- with all the originally 
released mono lps available on CD. The key word is 'set'. Yep -- no 
individual issues -- they did a Bear Family on the buying public.

But enough about that -- what I would love to see EMI do as regard 
78s is the following: a commemoration of the Beatles on 78 via a 
limited edition re-issue/ reproduction of the Indian  78 rpm of Love 
Me Do. I would also like to see a release to the pubic of a 
commemorative 78 reproduction of the 78 rpm acetate of That'll be the 
Day and In Spite of All the Danger as recorded in 1958. It would have 
made a superb 50th anniversary collectors item last year.

But back to the Indian and Philippine's issues -- does anyone if EMI 
in India released stuff in lock step with the UK release dates -- or 
shortly thereafter. To the point, would the 78 of Love Me Do, as 
catalogue number R 4949, have come out around the same time as the UK 
45, or would EMI have essentially used a 'back' catalogue number for 
a later release. A similar question goes for the Philippines release 
of From Me to You as catalogue number EG 8883-1 via Mico 
Manufacturing -- what would the release date have been for this.

T