[78-L] The Beatles on 78

[David Lennick]

Why stop there? Repros of any 78s, repros of the Swan issues, repros of all the 
original Canadian Capitols including Sie Liebt Dich..the hell with CDs!

dl

agp wrote:
> 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.
> 
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