[78-L] The Beatles on 78

[Royal Pemberton]

Here's one guide to Beatles Indian 78s:
http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/kirkland/266/btls/in/in78.htm

On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Matthew Duncan <duncdude2000 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> I believe that the Beatles 78s available in India were issued a year or so,
> maybe two years after the respective issues in the UK until in the late 60s
> they caught up...by the late 60s India were issuing 78s by the Beatles that
> were issued as 45s in the UK, as album tracks and also used various
> catalogue numbers so not always sticking to the UK numbers...
>
> Around 1970 Beatles 78s issued in the mid 60s could still be bought new in
> India but how long after 1970 they were available I don't know....and I
> have no
> info on the Phillipines issue(s)...
>
> hope this sorta helps??!!
>
> Matthew.
>
> --- On Sat, 12/9/09, agp <agp2176 at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>
> From: agp <agp2176 at verizon.net>
> Subject: [78-L] The Beatles on 78
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Saturday, 12 September, 2009, 5:13 PM
>
>
> 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
>
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