Brazilian Beatles Lps VG and NM records rare- 'Help' format unique to brazil

	£		47
	$		62

Reluctant sale!

I am selling off my rare Beatles LP collection i brought in Rio de janeiro back in 2002.  The Help! album is a unique compilation containing the songs from the film, plus the following singles sides: “I’m Down”; “I Feel Fine”; “Thank You Girl”; “Ask Me Why”; and “PS I Love You.”  

I have had to split a big collection up as i cant post enough photos to sell altogether to show the detail i wish.  I have a variety of some of the earliest pressings included.  The records themselves are pretty near mint NM or VG+ that is to say very few scratches and playing great but not necessarily all the covers some of which are VG or good +. I have included all the info I can and historical research below to assist you looking through my collection which i shall put up in various posts.

Please note the collection as a whole is represented briefly in the last photo, I'm not selling the whole lot at once but I welcome some bright spark to try to offer me a persuasive buy it now on the whole lot  i.e. different lots together or even the whole bundle of all if you are so inclined.  PM me.

 a note on these records here:

'Help' in plastic cover, 1965, intact but slightly dirty snags on side of cover odeon MOFB 333, dark blue label, mono, a name written on one side label in pencil finest of lightest scratches on inside clear area of the lp not written on bit of lp otherwise mint playing part no paper cover on lp

'Help' in plastic cover, 1965, white with teak green 4 pointed start on label, mono, 1965, br- xld- 11.282 on lp, slightly grubby, finest of 1 scratch on inside clear area of the lp one side the other finest of lightest scratches but both not written on bit of lp otherwise mint playing part paper cover on lp.

'The beatles', Odeon, 1965, mob 317, cover in plastic cover, little sellotape on plastic, little faded dark blue label mono, xex504,  fine scratches here an there on playing part of lp, sex 503 side one fine scratches otherwise NM.

'Let it be', Apple, mi 1970, stereo 31c 066 04433, sbtl 1013 pretty okish cover, corner a little hit inch rip in side but subtle, Beatles collection lp cover 04433-brl NM condition record.

'Beatles rarities', navy blue and gold album, stereo, 31c 066 0686, Emi Odeon 06867-ari or b on the  lp, NM disk in clear plastic,  pale blue label with navy white stripy straw design.

'Please please me'  Emi odeon SMOFB 478, 31C 06404219, stereo, cover good some little lights bumps on corners, record mint engraving 04219-br , pale blue label with navy white stripy straw 

'Beatles ballads' stereo emi odeon 1980 31c 064 07356 , lp NM, 

John lennon - the famous 'Imagine', 1971, JL and Plastic Ono Band, btl1016 faded front, stereo apple label,  subtle-1016 yes-866 light scratches on disk 

 note:

As a collection all those with the EMI prefixing are later pressings and i have some in my collection that are late 70's and early 80's too as a whole; the apple labels are interesting and the blue label ones... 

DO LOOK AT MY OTHER ITEMS!

• Identifying Beatles Brazilian LP's

Of all the labels that officially issued Beatles records during the 1960's, Brazilian Odeon probably experienced the most number of label changes. When the Beatles were first introduced to Brazil in 1964, Odeon was using a dark blue label. 

 In Brazil, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" became so popular that Rock and Roll was nicknamed "Yeah Yeah Yeah" music. The Beatles themselves were dubbed, "The Kings of Yeah Yeah Yeah" ?? i.e., the Kings of Rock and Roll. This is how the title of their third LP translates. 

The Help! album is a unique compilation containing the songs from the film, plus the following singles sides: “I’m Down”; “I Feel Fine”; “Thank You Girl”; “Ask Me Why”; and “PS I Love You.”  

The Beatles '65 LP is the equivalent of the UK Beatles For Sale album and not the US Beatles '65 album. 

With the new label style came a new numbering system. While the "L" probably stood for "Long Playing" and "B" for "Brazil," the "T" appears to have represented the non?Brazilian music. The singles and EP's also switched to catalog numbers with "BT" in them. This new numbering system was used at least through 1977.

From Fall of 1967, Odeon began using a white, red, and black label with a star outline and “ODEON” in blocks. This label was transitional, lasting only until approximately the end of 1968. No new LP's were issued on this label style, since the Magical Mystery Tour LP was not issued in Brazil immediately. The EP set did appear on this label style originally, but since the Beatles switched to Apple in 1968, no original Beatles LP's came out on the white/red/black label with "star". At the same time as the white star label in 1967 came an alternate star label. Corresponding to the red/white star label was a white label with a blue star and the boxed "Odeon" logo.

NOTE: Mono reissues of the MOFB? prefixed LP's were also available on the "star" label style with blocks and generally sell for.

The star label of the late 60’s was followed in 1971 by an almost identical label having the older?looking Odeon logo. It too is found in both red/white and blue/white styles. One subtle difference with the new logo is that the word "ODEON" is fully capitalized; on older records only the first letter was capitalized. Since the Beatles had switched to Apple (and then broke up), no new Beatles LP's were issued on either of the above label styles. However, every one of the earlier records is more common on the "star" labels than on the original 1960's styles. They sell for approximately $25 each on either of the "star" label styles.

These are the most common label variations. Many collectors propose that the label style dates to the mid?1960's; however, non?Beatles releases on Odeon occur on the star label styles from about 1967 until the end of 1971. All in all, the "star" label took Odeon into the 1970's.
By 1971, stereo was the mode of choice in Brazil, and so most of the LP's became available in Brazil in stereo ?? although some of it was rechanneled stereo. In 1974, the stereo (yellow label) reissues replaced the mono reissues; prior to that time, yellow label mono copies were still the norm. In 1975, a decision was made to eliminate the Brazil?only releases and to replace them with the British albums.

In 1968, the Beatles switched to the Apple label. The albums on Odeon did not switch to Apple in Brazil but remained on Odeon ?? see above. Eventually (1977?8), Brazil became part of EMI’s common EEC numbering system. Copies with the 31C? prefix did not come out until then.

The first apple label, above, has the print around the rim of the label in cursive (script). Later on, the rim print was changed to a block printed style (below). Notice that by that time the Brazilian catalog number had been removed.  Magical Mystery Tour was not released as part of the SBTL series in 1972, but came out in 1976 or later with a new number.  Many of the later mono albums generally sell for more money even though they are not particularly rare. This is because LP's after The Beatles were not released in the US in mono, and LP's after Yellow Submarine were not available in England in mono. All Brazilian Apple albums through Paul's Ram LP were pressed in mono.  A few later LP's, such as John's Imagine (BTL?1016) and Beatles Forever, were issued in mono as promotional records; the regular releases were in stereo.  The Brazilian Beatles Forever was issued in other countries as Por Siempre Beatles, which means the same thing. The Brazilian LP has an unusual song edit: the words "in Summer" are missing from the middle of "Penny Lane."