The Beatles 'Lost Decca Tapes'

See above ^ .

 

mine was lime green

 

That's a question he didn't answer.

 

The first I heard of the Decca sessions releases was through Joe Pope's SFF fanzine.

Here are some scans of the letter that I got with the issue of the '76 Christmas Fexi-disc issue. It's not dated, but it's dedicated to the memory of Freddie Prinze so it's likely February or March of 1977.

 

He knew his strengths. Unlike Colonel Tom Parker.

 

Are there any recent reissues of this material on LP?

 

They still issue new vinyl bootlegs? I had no idea.

 

New vinyl bootlegs? Are you kidding me? There were about 7 new Velvet Underground bootlegs issued in the past year! No (thing new....except the Gymnasium show (which has been around for the past 7 years in torrents).

 

I had copies in red, green, blue and black.

 

Parker DEFINITELY knew his strengths; ''50% please!''.

 

Yes, one came out a couple of years ago; the 15-tracker with the Circuit Records front sleeve. Came with a copy on CD, too.

 

A third voice cut the work load on John and Paul in those hours long sets. George sang a lot of the covers in them days.

 

This is the original DECCAGONES LP. It's true mono. I recall that there were 7 Deccagone 45's and the only way to get the 15th song ("Take Good Care Of My Baby") was to get the LP.

 

This is the Circuit records 1979 picture disc issue. It's not true mono and sounds sped-up, with a bit more bass. Got mine signed by Pete Best at a record show in Boston in 1991

 

But he knew tight trousers when he saw ''em.

 

I have all seven singles, but I suspect a few of them may be fakes. (Can you do counterfeits of a bootleg?) I never got the Circuit LP. I did pick up a couple (supposedly legit) early 1980s albums which had some (but not all) of the songs, combined with Star Club songs. The Deccagone 45s seemed to sound better.

 

How do you keep up with new vinyl bootlegs?I'm hoping to see some of blur.

 

Yellow Dog seem to have been the first to get it right.

Their The Silver Beatles (YD011) was released - at the wrong speed - in 1991:



Then in 1994, they released three Ultimate Collection boxes. The first CD in the first box was The Early Years, 1962, Decca Tapes Revised, Right Speed (YDB 101):



This was then issued as a standalone release The Decca Tapes (YD061) in 1995:

 

Does anyone have a Youtube link to the fast and slow versions. I have this on CD and it always sounded fine to me.

 

I bought that LP in 1978.

 

I bought that one in '77!

 

I own both versions. I think the Vigotone CD sounds better

 

They definitely make counterfeits of bootlegs! Try finding original Vigotone CDs (which are now pricey) and you'll definitely run across bootleg versions. After the Deccagone singles came out (which were bootlegs, but very original bootlegs), nearly every album of the Decca singles was a bootleg made from (I'm guessing) the singles.

I have the original Deccagone singles purchases through the Strawberry Fields fanzine back in the mid-70's. Three Cool Cats / Hello Little Girl was the first single released. I remember being skeptical that it would really be Beatles songs from the famous Decca Audition. I was blown away when I got the single - It was beautiful colored vinyl with a color picture sleeve and the sound was FANTASTIC. And it was unmistakably the Beatles playing and singing. What a fun time to be a fan. I don't remember the schedule, but a 'new' single was released every 4 weeks or so. They cost a whopping $4 each (thanks dasacco for posting the fanzine pages above!) and shipping was FREE! I was 13 or 14 years old and can still remember going to our local carry-out (Lawsons) to buy money orders for these records. I still have all of the original records in the original mailers.

I had the album shown above (with the red cover and 'roses' picture) but gave it away to a friend who was a fan but never knew any of the Decca stuff was available (if you knew where to look).

 

And there is this version. Raw Energy. "In stereo from the master tape Silver Beatles. Re-mastered by Shmulik Kleinman". It does sound very "different".

 

I had a Vigotone CD with the "From Me To You"/"Thank You Girl"/"One After 909" sessions plus the Decca sessions. The Decca stuff sounded pretty good, but "Take Good Care Of My Baby" had a skip or very small edit/glitch towards the end of the instrumental break.