A Collection of Oldies

A Collection of Oldies, not only an apt name for this record, but also if anyone wanted to refer to three older guys hanging out talking about music, amirite?

This record was another gift I received from my friend who gave me the Beatles 7“ I wrote about in the previous post. To give you some context: my friend collects Japanese pressings of Beatles records. I love how people buying records come up with all of these unique micro collections and I must say, those Japanese pressings are pretty awesome. The lyric sheets are pretty interesting with Japanese and English on them, and all of the records come on this really amazing dark shade of clear red vinyl. The details on these Japanese pressings are pretty neat. For example, they all have this red dot on the spine, which is usually white, so you get a Japanese flag to make them easily recognizable. A bunch of these next to each other on a shelf look pretty sweet. Usually they come with an OBI strip as well, but this copy doesn‘t have one unfortunately. 

I really like the songs on this collection, too. Judging by the cover art, which is sort of trippy, you‘d probably think this is a collection of later era Beatles songs, but they‘re all songs from the early days of their carrer since this compilation was originally released in 1966. I‘ve heard all of them a million times, but not in this particular order, so this is still a fun listen.

While this is not an original, this repress from 1970 still is one of the oldest records I own. Considering it‘s a 55 year old record, this is in pristine condition. I‘m very grateful for this cool record and even more so for having such good friends. 

1970 Repress on Clear Dark Red on Apple /???