Belgian Beatles releases 1964
The 4 Belgian ‘grand cru’ releases.
1964. The Belgian youngsters finally discover the Beatles. Four fantastic Belgian juke-box singles were pressed in Belgium in 1964. One single on the Polydor label (with 3 variants) and three singles on the Parlophone label. The single A Hard Day’s Night was very popular in the summer of 1964 and at least 6 variants of this single exist. All these grand cru singles were made at SOBEDI in Ghent, Belgium.
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Type 1: ‘52273’ (no spacing) + ‘Trad.’ (with a dot).
Handwritten vinylmatrix numbers: 52273 A & 52273 B. Extremely rare Belgian ‘star’ sleeve. Record and sleeve were manufactured at SOBEDI pressing plant Ghent, Belgium. This is a 100% Belgian product, not a German export single, as we sometimes read in certain Beatles books/websites.
Same for types 2 & 3.
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Type 2 : ’52 273′ (space between 52 and 273) + ‘Trad.’ (with a dot).
Handwritten vinylmatrix numbers: 52273 A & 52273 B. Extremely rare Belgian ‘star’ sleeve.
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Type 3: ‘52273’ (no spacing) + ‘Trad’ (without a dot on A-side).
Handwritten vinylmatrix numbers: 52273 A & 52273 B. Extremely rare Belgian ‘star’ sleeve.
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First Belgian Beatles Parlophone pressing. Mistake in the songtitle. The single was sold in a Belgian spirograph company sleeve or in a coloured Gramophone company sleeve type 2a or 2b.
Click on sidebar: “Belgian EMI/Gramophone sleeves”.
Handwritten vinyl matrix numbers: 7XCE 17657 & 7XCE 17658
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Sold in a coloured Belgian Gramophone company sleeve 2a or 2b .
Type 1: ‘Made in Belgium’ printed on both labels. Very rare! K.A. / K. A.
Handwritten vinyl matrix numbers: XCE17714 & XCE17715
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Type 2 : ‘Made in Belgium’ printed only on the A-label. K.A. / K.A.
Handwritten vinyl matrix numbers: XCE17714 & XCE17715
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Type 3: No ‘Made in Belgium’ printed on the labels. K. A. / K.A.
Handwritten vinyl matrix numbers: XCE17714 & XCE17715
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Type 4. No ‘Made in Belgium’ printed on the labels. K. A. / K.A.
Matrix number XCE17714 on the A-label is (4 characters) shifted to the right.
Handwritten vinyl matrix numbers: XCE17714 & XCE17715
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Type 5. No ‘Made in Belgium’ printed on the labels. K. A. / K.A.
Matrix number XCE17714 on the A-label is (2 characters) shifted to the right.
Handwritten vinyl matrix numbers: XCE17714 & XCE17715
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Type 6. No ‘Made in Belgium’ printed on the labels. K. A.(in semi-open box) / K.A.
Matrix number XCE17715 on the B-label is shifted to the right.
Handwritten vinyl matrix numbers: XCE17714 & XCE17715.
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This is, in my opinion,the rarest Belgian Beatles vinylsingle. Much rarer then the picture sleeve.
I Feel Fine import UK-singles were also sold in this Belgian picture sleeve.
Handwritten vinyl matrix numbers: XCE 18171 & XCE 18172