BEATLES 1963 CHRISTMAS FAN CLUB RECORD ROCK CALENDAR RARE DJ COPY promo 7" 33
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This is a very rare record, actually even more rare than the original 1963 fan club record put out by the Beatles. This has the entire 1963 Christmas fan club message by the Beatles, preceded by an announcer promising a Rock Calendar special Christmas gift, then a pause for commercial, (and you actually have to lift the needle up and set it over) then the announcer describes what was about to be presented. Then after the complete message which lasts several minutes ends, the song The End by the Beatles off of Abby Road plays while the announcer follows up.
I can't find another copy of this record, or any of the other 356 Rock Calendar records that would have been put out that year.
It would have been put out only for broadcast, then pitched into the trash by the DJ.
What little info I have been able to dig up is, Robert Michelson was with RMI which put out these records as programing material sponsored by Maxell recording tape. By the early 80's they had quit producing radio programing material and went on to other things. So this is 1970's to early 80's.
I for the hardcore Beatles collector, this is may not be as cool as a Butcher Cover, but it's a lot more scarce. Since it was put out years after the breakup, it's not priceless, but still pretty cool!
Some later 70s and 80s bootlegs that weren't actually "official" issues are worth quite a bit now, so this should have some value.
The condition is pretty decent, it's been played some and has a little wear, but it plays through fine and sounds pretty good with some little pops occasionally.
It's pretty funny, you can search the internet and hear all of the Christmas fan club greetings they did through the years, and they're all interesting. This one would have been recorded 50 years ago this Christmas, and just before they came to the U.S. for the 1st time.
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