BEATLES - "Indian Rope Trick / The Echoes of a Dream" - LP - 1977 see notes

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THE BEATLES

"INDIAN  ROPE  TRICK / THE ECHOES OF A DREAM"

(Germany) Ruthless  Rhymes      BEAT-1-Z / BEAT-1-A (matrices)

1971

NM / NM

PLAYED ONCE - BEAUTIFUL COPY

ONE  OTHER 3RD  PRESSING  ON EBAY AS OF 2-8-2019: $139 (M/M).

Beautiful copy of this underground LP with obscure recordings compiled into a unique and desirable album.  Check out the tracks down below.

This particular LP is third pressing released in 1977 on West Germany's Ruthless Rhymes label. 

The two labels on this LP notate that it is a first pressing which is not true.  It was originally released on the (Danish) Raring label with the BEAT matrix, supposedly in 1971, then on the Fan label in 1973 (same matrix), then this copy on Germany's Ruthless Rhymes label (same matrix) and on the Dragonfly label (US) in the late 1970s.  Later released on CD by Dragonfly using the previous matrix as the catalogue number (BEAT-1).  Confused?  Welcome to the world of old vinyl bootlegs where every recording ever pressed was pressed by another underground label (and another and another).  You get the picture.  It was pretty much tradition.  You could count on it.  As long as you had the attitude that you were getting an earful of something few other fans had heard made it all worth while, and the original pressings desirable and collectable, and some quite rare.

Stored vertically in a smoke free environment for 41 years.

TRACKS:  (see further down)
A1 Mein Bonnie  
A2 I Love You Too  
A3 It's Only Love  
A4 Indian Rope Trick  
A5 Happy Birthday Mike Love  
A6 Not Guilty  
A7 Hey Bulldog  
A8 Savoy Truffle  

B1 Fool On The Hill  
B2 I Am The Walrus  
B3 Watching Rainbows  
B4 Mean Mr. Mustard  
B5 All Things Must Pass  
B6 Cheese And Onions  
B7 Oriental Nightfish  
B8 The Pirate Song

Mein Bonnie - actually "My Bonnie" by Tony Sheridan and the Beatles from May 1961.   With Tony Sheridan's German and English intros edited together.
I Love You Too - Paul McCartney song, by the UK beat group, The Fourmost. 1964
It's Only Love - Isolated left channel of the commercial version  WTF? 
Indian Rope Trick - Ode to the Maharishi. 1967
Happy Birthday Mike Love - From the same source as above, in India. 1967
Not Guilty - Actually this is "Frenzy and Distortion," from Ravi Shankar's "Raga" soundtrack. 
Hey Bulldog - Isolated left channels of the commercial versions.  WTF?
Savoy Truffel - Backing track from the White Album. 1968
Fool On The Hill - The original demo version featuring Paul.  1967
I Am The Walrus - Another early demo version featuring John.  1967
Watching Rainbows - A studio rehearsal/jam, of John original.  1969
Mean Mr. Mustard - This track really deserves a close listening. It is the
original version by John, with many extra verses and appears to be about Paul!! 1969
All Things Must Pass - The original Beatle version of the George song. 1969
Cheese And Onions - Erroneously credited to The Beatles or McCartney solo.  Actually a Rutles spoof from Neil Innes (of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band) as Ron Nasty, on a "Saturday Night Live" appearance, April 23, 1977
Oriental Nightfish - Paul and Linda demo 1973
The Pirate Song - (sung to the tune of "My Sweet Lord").  A George solo tune about, what else, pirates!!  1975