Hi, Can anyone please help?
I have a 7" single - strawberry fields b/w penny lane.
Not unusual except that the label says Demo Disc - Dick James Music Limited on one side with "Penny Lane" & "The Beatles" typed onto the label. The other side says Emidisc recording blank with "45rpm, Strawberry Fields Forever & The Beatles" typed on the label.
I am aware of Dick James' involvement with the Beatles but can't find any info on this disc.
Any information would be really appreciated.

Is it the standard studio version? Can you scan the labels, as it will give us a better idea of its value.

Hi, Not sure re question about studio version. Will need to check further. I have now taken photos but can you advise how I attach?
Also when I type "Dick" does it change to "private"?
Kind regards

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Dick change to private because of this:

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Ha ha! Private James!!! LOL

Send it to me at my anonymous post office box and I'll, uh, analyze it for you.

Seriously, if you are serious and not a hoaxter.  This thing is probably very valuable since acetates often contain unique mixes of a song.  I wouldn't be posting on a message board, I'd be talking to a professional in music collectibles and set up a meeting.  

Then tell us all how much you get when you sell it and give us all say 5% as a goodwill gesture.

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Send it to me at my anonymous post office box and I'll, uh, analyze it for you.

Seriously, if you are serious and not a hoaxter.  This thing is probably very valuable since acetates often contain unique mixes of a song.  I wouldn't be posting on a message board, I'd be talking to a professional in music collectibles and set up a meeting.  

Then tell us all how much you get when you sell it and give us all say 5% as a goodwill gesture.

Shhh!!!!

Hi everyone who posted replies,

Just to let you know, this item is NOT sor sale - all i was trying to do was find out more
about its origins. Like why did DJM ever produce acetates and what were they doing producing something as late on as SFF/PL and why did they use an Emidisc blank?

Thanks to adamzero - I am aware of its rarity (and hence potential value) - no its not a hoax - do people really hoax about these things?

Extra special thanks to pc31 for an invaluable link. Perfect for what I wanted to know - although i now have even more questions than I did before!

Still amused by the censored words blocker - thanks to Bobber for the info - but what sort of twisted mind turns (short  for Richard) to private? & what other words get "translated"?
Best wishes to you all - hope to continue posting to this site.

Welcome to the forums, walrusman. Sure that you're going to enjoy them.  

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Hi everyone who posted replies,

Thanks to adamzero - I am aware of its rarity (and hence potential value) - no its not a hoax - do people really hoax about these things?

You're welcome.  Good to have you aboard.  I'm glad you're not hoaxing.  Lotta people do nutty things on the internut, I mean, internet.

PC's source is great.  Lotta good info including a mildly threatening letter from EMI.  I wonder who the knucklehead was who threw all those recordings out?!  Just think of the products they're missing: The Beatles Acetates: 1962-67.

aw shucks guys it weren't nothing........

We have got an expert on this particular topic amongst us... Ask Chazz Avery!

From what I have been able to determine, DJ acetates were for the sole purpose of transcribing the lyrics. And all, with the exception of a few very early one's (from 62 & 63) feature the standard mono mixes.

I suspect the disc in question here was cut at EMI and given to DJ Music who simply put their own label on it. Perhaps DJ labels were originally put on both sides and one came off (the glue for acetate labels often fails after a while). DJ acetates were typically made by Melodisc.

As for this being a late-period acetate, the latest I've seen is "Dear Prudence" from 1968. So this one is no surprise. However, late-period DJ acetates are few.

Chazz