BEATLES "THE ORIGINAL GREATEST HITS" Greatest Records GRC-1001 MINT 1964 Rare

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78

BEATLES

“THE ORIGINAL GREATEST HITS”

GREATEST RECORDS

GRC-1001

“©GREATEST RECORDS INC. – 1964”

HIGH FIDELITY

Yellow Label with Black type

This record contains the mix of Love Me Do with Ringo on drums. At the time (1964) this version was found only on U.K. singles. Supposedly this is the first Beatles non-authorized disc:

 “Before 1980, the only time the "Ringo on drums" version appeared in the United States was in April 1964, on an album of dubious legality called The Original Greatest Hits on the Greatest Records label (GRC-1001). This album hit the stores packaged as if it was just another Beatles sound-alike group like the Liverpools or the Manchesters, because it only had the outlines of Beatles-style wigs on the cover. But it contained the actual Beatles recordings, all dubbed from records. And it contained "Love Me Do" dubbed from a Canadian 45 as the first song on side 2. It had not yet been released by Tollie in the United States, and even then the Introducing the Beatles LP with "Love Me Do" on it (as opposed to "Please Please Me") was very rare.”

Though nothing on the sleeve of this record mentions the Beatles, the images on the front and song titles were enough to tip off most people. As the story goes, Capitol Records stopped distribution of the album almost immediately after it hit the stores.

Cover and Record Mint !!

Unusual and Rare

Sold as is. No returns.

Record = M-

Cover – M-

I HAVE HAD THIS IN MY PERSONAL COLLECTION SINCE 1982

VERY RARE!!

I AM SELLING MY RECORD COLLECTION AFTER HOLDING ON TO IT FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS --- ITEMS (MOSTLY SCARCE BEATLE/SOLO BEATLES) RECORDS THAT I COLLECTED FROM AROUND THE WORLD. RARE STUFF YOU DO NOT NORMALLY SEE. IN ALMOST ALL CASES I PLAYED THE RECORD POSSIBLY ONCE, IF EVER (TRUE COLLECTOR!!)--IT'S IN THE SAME CONDITION I GOT IT IN. ALL GRADINGS ARE VISUAL GRADINGS. ALMOST EVERYTHING IS MINT OR VG+ AND I WILL TRY MY BEST TO PUT A CONSERVATIVE GRADE ON ALL.

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