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| Rarities - Front Cover | Rarities - Rear Cover |
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| Rarities - Label | Rarities - Detail of Corner Of Sleeve |
| Label | Parlophone | ||||||
| Catalogue No. | PSLP 261 (in "The Beatles Collection" box PCM 1001 (Individual release) |
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| Country of Origin | England | ||||||
| Release Date | 2nd December 1978 (in "The Beatles Collection" box) 12th October 1979 (Individual release) |
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| Detail : | Another E.M.I. classic "blunder". This L.P. was included as a "bonus" with the release of the Beatles Collection box set of L.P.'s. For those die-hard fans who probably already had the complete set of albums, and were paying out £51:39 for them all again, the temptation of an extra L.P. of unreleased Beatles gems was an opportunity not to miss ! BUT (why are there always but's with E.M.I. ??) ... firstly, there wasn't anything really unique on the album as you will see from the track detail below, and worse of all, just 10 months later, out it appeared as a release in it's own right.
The main feature of the unreleased tracks was supposed to be that here they would be in stereo for the first time ...
but, even that was not the case. In fact of the 17 tracks, just FOUR were stereo !
And to be fair to E.M.I. on the second point, many record dealers in England were separating the set, and selling the
"Rarities" album at any price they could get (even triple it`s true value) ... and as it didnt have an R.R.P. who could
blame them. The sleeve design was as minimal as we had now come to expect, with no sleeve notes (although, the later "official" release did add some), and some tracks marked as stereo were not ... and that was NOT corrected with the second version. The album was deleted 29th February 1984. |
| Track | Composer | Special Release Information | Time |
| Across The Universe | Lennon-McCartney | Stereo The fast version from the charity album, "No-one's Gonna Change Our World". |
3:44 |
| Yes It Is | Lennon-McCartney | Standard mono version from b-side of "Ticket To Ride" | 2:38 |
| This Boy | Lennon-McCartney | Standard mono version from b-side of "I Want To Hold Your Hand" | 2:11 |
| The Inner Light | Harrison | Standard mono version from b-side of "Lady Madonna" | 2:33 |
| I'll Get You | Lennon-McCartney | Marked as being stereo, but is MONO From b-side of "She Loves You" |
2:02 |
| Thank You Girl | Lennon-McCartney | Standard mono version from b-side of "From Me To You" | 1:59 |
| Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand | Lennon-McCartney | Stereo First U.K. release of this German sung version. |
2:24 |
| You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) |
Lennon-McCartney | Marked as being stereo, but is MONO From b-side of "Let It Be" |
4:17 |
| Sie Liebt Dich | Lennon-McCartney | Stereo First U.K. release of this German sung version. |
2:16 |
| Track | Composer | Special Release Information | Time |
| Rain | Lennon-McCartney | Standard mono version from b-side of "Paperback Writer" | 2:58 |
| She's A Woman | Lennon-McCartney | Marked as being stereo, but is MONO From b-side of "I Feel Fine" |
2:59 |
| Matchbox | Perkins | Standard mono version from "Long Tall Sally" E.P. | 1:55 |
| I Call Your Name | Lennon-McCartney | Standard mono version from "Long Tall Sally" E.P. | 2:05 |
| Bad Boy | Williams | Stereo From "A Collection Of Beatles Oldies" album. |
2:17 |
| Slow Down | Williams | Standard mono version from "Long Tall Sally" E.P. | 2:54 |
| I'm Down | Lennon-McCartney | Marked as being stereo, but is MONO From b-side of "Help !" |
2:30 |
| Long Tall Sally | Johnson-Penniman-Blackwell | Standard mono version from "Long Tall Sally" E.P. | 2:00 |