Hello, Beatles Bible people. Just writing this to point some things about Colombian Discography (which i hope you keep in mind), told by my friend Luis Villa, one of the biggest Beatles discography collectors in this coutry (and also the best Beatle ilustrator here):
– In the list, there’s no album called “Los Beatles Primero” issued by a label called “Musical” in 1963 or 1964, we think. – You put in the Colombian Revolver, Yellow Submarine. This song doesn’t appear in this edition, really. – It’s wrong the tracklist of A collection of Beatles Oldies. The correct is: Side A – Can´t Buy me Love/Bad Boy/ Day Tripper/ PennyLane/ Slow Down/Yellow Submarine. Side B: Paperback Writter/From me to You/We can Work It Out/StraberryFields forever/Rain/Match Box. – In Abbey Road you put Her Majesty. It’s absent of the colombian edition, actually.
Hope this information will be helpful for you, people. I think you have a great site, and to me it’s one of the main beatles sites in the web. Cheers.
Thanks Juan – that’s very helpful. Do you have a tracklisting for Los Beatles Primero? If you (or anyone else) can let me know I’ll add the album to the list. Also, a better-quality image would be useful too.
Forgive my delay in replying. This is -i was searching and i found it- the tracklisting of Los Beatles Primero:
Verdad Que Ella Es Dulce – Ain’t She Sweet Por Una Sombra – Cry For A Shadow Bailemos – Let’s Dance Mi Botecito – My Bonnie Ten Confianza En Mi – Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby Que Te Dije – What’d I Say Dulce Georgia Brown – Sweet Georgia Brown Los Santos – The Saints Ruby – Ruby Baby Por Que – Why El Niño De Nadie – Nobody’s Child Ya – Ya
this time it’s about the prefix cat# of the mono and stereo colombian albums. First of all, I see there are «monofónico» (monofonic) and «estereofónico» (stereofonic) titles on the first five or six albums covers. I guess that the first release of each them was made only on mono, I don’t know. So, I would only correct at least their prefix cat#:
“The Beatles’ Second Album”: T-100345 (mono) “Beatles ’65 Vol 3” must indicate «mono» “The Beatles (White Album)”: T. 100494/495 (mono), ET. 100494/495 (stereo) “Yellow Submarine”: T. 100499 (mono), E.T. 100499 (stereo) “Abbey Road”: T. 100515 (mono), ET-100515 (stereo) “Hey Jude”: T. 100519 (mono), ET. 100519 (stereo) “Let It Be”: T. 100526 (mono), E-T. 100526 (stereo)
Thanks Rafa (sorry for the delay in adding these).
Are you sure any albums after Yellow Submarine were released in mono? I thought they were stereo-only by that point. Certainly they weren’t mixed in mono at Abbey Road, so they would have been fake stereo or folddown mixes done elsewhere.
Yes, absolutely, Joe. My source comes directly from the original colombian labels of the albums “Abbey Road” and “Let it Be”. “Hey Jude” is indicated that, too, was released in both stereo and mono, but I haven’t see the original mono label of this album. So, knowing that “Let It Be” was released in mono, for sure “Hey Jude” was released surely in mono, too.
It seems that in many countries the mono releases happened for many years more than in UK or USA, for example. That depends of local markets. Obviously, in these cases, the mono releases were a fold-down of the original stereo mixes of the albums.
I see that there weren’t made changes on the “Abbey Road”, “Hey Jude” and “Let It Be” albums. You can trust me, Joe, the info that I posted to you above (the cat# of these three albums) it’s absolutely right. If I wasn’t sure about the info, I wouldn’t insist of the convenient changes here. My source in these cases comes from a web site that shows the original colombian mono and stereo labels of “Abbey Road” and “Let It Be”. As I have coment in the past, the colombian album “Hey Jude” is indicated that it was issued in both mono and stereo, too, but in this case, no original label is shown (or scanned). But surely, it was released in mono and stereo like the precedent album “Abbey Road” and the album that would to come, “Let It Be”.
Remember that in Brazil there were mono and stereo releases of the last three Beatles albums, too. This must be considered normal, because of the peculiarity of local markets in many countries.
The correct cat# on the fifth colombian EP (with the song «Help!») was OC-1149.
There is missed the seventh EP titled “Revolver” (OC-1161) in the cronological serie: Side 1: 1. «Taxman» 2. «Love You Too» Side 2: 1. «She Said She Said» 2. «Dr. Robert»
The correct cat# on the ninth colombian EP (with the song «Strawberry Fields Forever») was OC-1169.
I would say that the Beatles EP’s in Colombia were released from 1966 on, not earlier. That’s why they formed the serie «Compact number…» stated on the label («Compacto No.1», «Compacto No.2», «Compacto No.3,», …). Alse the cat# of each of the EP’s was very close to the other.
I want to rectify the last post from me, about the date releases of the colombiam EP from 1966 on. Maybe it’s no true, I’m no sure. So, because that, I would let stay the date releases without changes them.
Sorry for this bother, but in much cases, the information of Beatles disc releases is so much confused, it’s hard to take the right info for my purposes.
I have a question just for the sake of curiosity: Is this discography intended to be just about the albums released during the band’s existence? There are many compilations released in Colombia during the seventies and eighties (“The Beatles Ballads”, “Love Songs”, “Rock ‘n’ Roll Music”, “20 Greatest Hits” to name a few) that don’t appear here. Also, “The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl” and “Rarities” (UK version) were released in Colombia, and I’ve always thought these are important albums in The Beatles’ discography since they aren’t the typical compilation albums.
Yes, I’ve generally limited the discographies to those released during the group’s lifespan. There have been so many compilations and reissues since then it would be impossible to list them all (not just for Columbia).
Hi Socorro (Buenos Dias) I checked the official Colombian LP listing and it does in fact list a stereo version for volume 4 as ET 100359 and two of my Colmbian vendors corroborate it’s existence. However it is the rarest of the first five volumes in that format. The official Codiscos listing does not show or even provide a catalogue number for a stereo “Oldies” album. That is probably due to the fact that 2 of the songs had not yet been issued on any album at the time of its release (March 1967) and most of the other cuts had only been issued in stereo in specific markets and been licensed worldwide.
Hi I am Danny and I have a huge international Beatles’ collection and I try to acquire the stereo versions first then the monos. I notice that only the mono catalogue numbers are shown even where the photo shows a stereo cover. Actually were all Colombian albums available in both formats? I just acquired the stereo Beatles’ 65 which is equivalent to the American album THE EARLY BEATLES but with I FEEL FINE which is featured in real stereo! The discography should be expanded to include the numbers and photos of the stereo versions.
Hello, Beatles Bible people. Just writing this to point some things about Colombian Discography (which i hope you keep in mind), told by my friend Luis Villa, one of the biggest Beatles discography collectors in this coutry (and also the best Beatle ilustrator here):
– In the list, there’s no album called “Los Beatles Primero” issued by a label called “Musical” in 1963 or 1964, we think.
– You put in the Colombian Revolver, Yellow Submarine. This song doesn’t appear in this edition, really.
– It’s wrong the tracklist of A collection of Beatles Oldies. The correct is: Side A – Can´t Buy me Love/Bad Boy/ Day Tripper/ PennyLane/ Slow Down/Yellow Submarine. Side B: Paperback Writter/From me to You/We can Work It Out/StraberryFields forever/Rain/Match Box.
– In Abbey Road you put Her Majesty. It’s absent of the colombian edition, actually.
Hope this information will be helpful for you, people. I think you have a great site, and to me it’s one of the main beatles sites in the web. Cheers.
Thanks Juan – that’s very helpful. Do you have a tracklisting for Los Beatles Primero? If you (or anyone else) can let me know I’ll add the album to the list. Also, a better-quality image would be useful too.
Forgive my delay in replying. This is -i was searching and i found it- the tracklisting of Los Beatles Primero:
Verdad Que Ella Es Dulce – Ain’t She Sweet
Por Una Sombra – Cry For A Shadow
Bailemos – Let’s Dance
Mi Botecito – My Bonnie
Ten Confianza En Mi – Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby
Que Te Dije – What’d I Say
Dulce Georgia Brown – Sweet Georgia Brown
Los Santos – The Saints
Ruby – Ruby Baby
Por Que – Why
El Niño De Nadie – Nobody’s Child
Ya – Ya
Tengo un canal en YouTube the beatles vs all the world allí pueden encontrar varias rarezas colombianas y de otros países. Incluso los beatles primero
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Hi, Joe
this time it’s about the prefix cat# of the mono and stereo colombian albums. First of all, I see there are «monofónico» (monofonic) and «estereofónico» (stereofonic) titles on the first five or six albums covers. I guess that the first release of each them was made only on mono, I don’t know. So, I would only correct at least their prefix cat#:
“The Beatles’ Second Album”: T-100345 (mono)
“Beatles ’65 Vol 3” must indicate «mono»
“The Beatles (White Album)”: T. 100494/495 (mono), ET. 100494/495 (stereo)
“Yellow Submarine”: T. 100499 (mono), E.T. 100499 (stereo)
“Abbey Road”: T. 100515 (mono), ET-100515 (stereo)
“Hey Jude”: T. 100519 (mono), ET. 100519 (stereo)
“Let It Be”: T. 100526 (mono), E-T. 100526 (stereo)
Greetings from Spain.
Thanks Rafa (sorry for the delay in adding these).
Are you sure any albums after Yellow Submarine were released in mono? I thought they were stereo-only by that point. Certainly they weren’t mixed in mono at Abbey Road, so they would have been fake stereo or folddown mixes done elsewhere.
Yes, absolutely, Joe. My source comes directly from the original colombian labels of the albums “Abbey Road” and “Let it Be”. “Hey Jude” is indicated that, too, was released in both stereo and mono, but I haven’t see the original mono label of this album. So, knowing that “Let It Be” was released in mono, for sure “Hey Jude” was released surely in mono, too.
It seems that in many countries the mono releases happened for many years more than in UK or USA, for example. That depends of local markets. Obviously, in these cases, the mono releases were a fold-down of the original stereo mixes of the albums.
Hello, Joe
I see that there weren’t made changes on the “Abbey Road”, “Hey Jude” and “Let It Be” albums. You can trust me, Joe, the info that I posted to you above (the cat# of these three albums) it’s absolutely right. If I wasn’t sure about the info, I wouldn’t insist of the convenient changes here. My source in these cases comes from a web site that shows the original colombian mono and stereo labels of “Abbey Road” and “Let It Be”. As I have coment in the past, the colombian album “Hey Jude” is indicated that it was issued in both mono and stereo, too, but in this case, no original label is shown (or scanned). But surely, it was released in mono and stereo like the precedent album “Abbey Road” and the album that would to come, “Let It Be”.
Remember that in Brazil there were mono and stereo releases of the last three Beatles albums, too. This must be considered normal, because of the peculiarity of local markets in many countries.
Greetings. 🙂
Thanks. Sorry, I overlooked those.
If I don’t reply straight away, don’t worry. It’s just because real life’s getting in the way! I’ll get to things eventually, so please be patient!
My first copy of Sgt. Pepper’s was in mono.
The EP’s:
The correct cat# on the fifth colombian EP (with the song «Help!») was OC-1149.
There is missed the seventh EP titled “Revolver” (OC-1161) in the cronological serie:
Side 1:
1. «Taxman»
2. «Love You Too»
Side 2:
1. «She Said She Said»
2. «Dr. Robert»
The correct cat# on the ninth colombian EP (with the song «Strawberry Fields Forever») was OC-1169.
I would say that the Beatles EP’s in Colombia were released from 1966 on, not earlier. That’s why they formed the serie «Compact number…» stated on the label («Compacto No.1», «Compacto No.2», «Compacto No.3,», …). Alse the cat# of each of the EP’s was very close to the other.
Hi,
I want to rectify the last post from me, about the date releases of the colombiam EP from 1966 on. Maybe it’s no true, I’m no sure. So, because that, I would let stay the date releases without changes them.
Sorry for this bother, but in much cases, the information of Beatles disc releases is so much confused, it’s hard to take the right info for my purposes.
Greetings from Spain. 🙂
I have a question just for the sake of curiosity: Is this discography intended to be just about the albums released during the band’s existence? There are many compilations released in Colombia during the seventies and eighties (“The Beatles Ballads”, “Love Songs”, “Rock ‘n’ Roll Music”, “20 Greatest Hits” to name a few) that don’t appear here. Also, “The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl” and “Rarities” (UK version) were released in Colombia, and I’ve always thought these are important albums in The Beatles’ discography since they aren’t the typical compilation albums.
Yes, I’ve generally limited the discographies to those released during the group’s lifespan. There have been so many compilations and reissues since then it would be impossible to list them all (not just for Columbia).
I’ve seen stereo copies of all the original LPs except Vol. 4.
Hi Soccoro
Ti vi un stereo disco di Collection Of Beatles’ Oldies?
Did you ever see a stereo version of the
COLLECTION OF BEATLES. OLDIES?
Hi Socorro (Buenos Dias)
I checked the official Colombian LP listing
and it does in fact list a stereo version for volume 4 as ET 100359 and two of my Colmbian vendors corroborate it’s existence.
However it is the rarest of the first five volumes in that format. The official Codiscos listing does not show or even provide a catalogue number for a stereo “Oldies” album. That is probably due to the fact that 2 of the songs had not yet been issued on any album at the time of its release (March 1967) and most of the other cuts had only been issued in stereo in specific markets and been licensed worldwide.
My typo
It should read “not yet been released worldwide”.
Hi
I am Danny and I have a huge international
Beatles’ collection and I try to acquire the stereo versions first then the monos. I notice that only the mono catalogue numbers are shown even where the photo shows a stereo cover. Actually were all Colombian albums available in both formats? I just acquired the stereo Beatles’ 65 which is equivalent to the American album THE EARLY BEATLES but with I FEEL FINE which is featured in real stereo!
The discography should be expanded to include the numbers and photos of the stereo versions.