Historical these records were specially made for the United States Forces that were stationated on Taiwan in the sixties. At some times more than 35.000 GIīs were stationed there to protect Taiwan against China. To keep them happy and of course to make some money the local industrie just began pressing their own versions with western rock music, under them of course The Beatles. But all of them were counterfeits, no royalties was paid to the Beatles record company. By the way more than 150 !!! different titles were released until the late 70ies. Funnily most of them carries mispelled names. Sgt. Peppebīs loney hearps club band as a example On european collector markets I have seen them for prices around 50,00 and more Hope I could help Source: The Beatles Worldwide by Christoph Maus http://www.beatles-worldwide.com |