Kat is asking for help here:
http://dmbeatles.com/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?,b=albums,v=display,m=1133904275,s=4,highlight=#num4
It's an interesting album. Thanks everybody.  



Hi All

I have a mysterious record that i was hoping someone can give me some more information about.

Im interested to know about its release, the mis-spelt names and tracks and what it would be worth to sell. Here is what i know:

Title = THE BEALES (spelt wrong on the cover)
1969 - Taiwan Release
Liming Record LM -2237

Cover Description (Front) - See photos   Cover Description (Back) - All tracks listed with lyrics

Record & Label - Very Good Condition No scratches
Number imprint on record
Side A = YEX 709-1 LM-2237-1   Side B = YEX 710-1 LM-2237-2

Tracks exactly as written on front cover
[Track names are in english with Taiwanese translation underneath - Some tracks are named wrong in english]

SIDE A
1 Back in the U.S.S.R
2 Dear Prudence
3 Class Onion
4 Ob - La - Di, - Ob - La - Da
5 Wild Honey Pie
6 The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
7 While my guitar gently weeps
8 Happiness is a warm gun

SIDE B
1 Martha My Dear
2 I'm so tired
3 Black bird
4 Piggies
5 Rocky Raccoon
6 Don't pass
7 Why don't we do it in the road?
8 I will
9 Julia

I hope someone out there is able to help.
Thankyou

Here are some pictures of the album in question. I hope someone out there knows something about it.

Thanks



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It appears to be the from the White Album however for some reason there is only one LP.

Im not sure if thats how it was released of if the 2nd has been misplaced over the years. I have been looking for more information on this for quite a while and have only found mention of a similar album once however nothing to tell me about its release or worth. So i guess it will remain a mystery album unless someone out there knows anything.

Hi everyone it's Kat here.

Any info would be appreciated on this one.

Thanks Raxo for your help so far.

Hi Kat, welcome to the forums. Still researching this thing but I'm not the expert on Taiwanese pressings .

I know in NZ we had albums released that were perculiar to us and Australia (The Essential Beatles circa '73 for instance.) Beatles For Sale is unrecognisable with a yellow cover and seperate photos of the band. Perhaps the same for Taiwan? A great curio with the misspelling.

http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Ginza/5465/taiwan.html

And the source: http://www.geocities.co.jp/Hollywood/5499/index.html

This is the best I could find so far. The White Album is mentioned and the numbers are correct, but there aren't any further details given.


Found this on Ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/BEATLES-19.....QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

From what I've read so far I think it's supposed to contain two lp's instead of one.

Quoted from Kat

Thanks Raxo for your help so far.

Not at all.  
Hope you could thank our fellows for their help (I've done nothing)  

Wow guys thanks so much for your research on this. I am overwelmed by the response i have received. You are all a great bunch. Never have i felt so welcomed on a forum before.

Thanks for the links Bobber. I wasn't able to access the Ebay link however. Did you find one for sale or just a similar one?

Did Taiwan only make bootleg / counterfiet copys?

Do you think they deliberatley changed the cover artwork? Does anyone know exactly why records are released in different countries with different cover artwork? You would think they would want to keep a consistant image.

I doubt it was their choice, they didn't have control of how their albums were released in the US.

The Ebay link seems to be dead. Never mind. It was a same record like yours, but this one was black and had a blue label. The seller thought it was 'very rare' and the starting bid was 45 USD. I think it was a double album though. I've noticed that there's several Taiwanese vinyl with this red colour, but there's no further details mentioned from what I've found. As I said before, I'm not an expert on foreign pressings. It might be made just to suit the local market and I'm not even sure if it's a bootleg. It is for sure however that it's a collectors item and collector may give a high price for such a thing.

Found some more info

*DLP BEATLES, 1969 (Taiwan original re-named copy of
The White Album . Liming Records blue label LM-2237.
Has a completely different cover showing colour
pictures of all four Beatles and a yellow or blue
strip with the song titles printed in English and
Taiwanese. Inside the gate fold are all the words to
the songs in English, but no photos from the poster.
Contains one or two spelling mistakes like "Class
Onion" and Don t Pass Me By has been re-named  Don t
Pass .

* A price mentioned here, but again, it's supposed to be a double album:
DLP BEATLES, 1969 (Very Rare Taiwanese original re-named copy of 'The White
Album'. Liming Records blue label LM-2237. Completely different cover) VG/VG/EX $75

* A rare red cristal Taiwanese version of Meet The Beatles was auctioned at Ebay last year. Price: 105 USD.

Where are you finding all this info? You obviously know all the right places to look or your search engine gives you better results than mine does.

You say you found another record the same with black vinyl? Perhaps the orange vinyl makes mine super rare and makes up for the other LP being missing (i can only be hopefull)

Was that $75AU US or something different?

I've found some info on newsgroups, which I rarely use btw. The 75 is USD. Also, I've asked an Australian seller of these things for some information by e-mail. Nothing received yet...

Ok cool
-Thanks

Whoa. Didn't realise you were an Aussie. That was a coincidence!

Only just worked out how to change all that. I was in a whole other timezone for a while. LOL