Beatles Albums You Never See | Vinyl Rarities From Around the World

[@edward8597]

That Turkish "Today... and Yesterday" has the weirdest tracklisting... Side one ("today"): "My Sweet Lord", "Mull of Kintyre", "Girls' School", "Imagine", "Oh Yoko!", "No. 9 Dream", and side two ("yesterday"): "Dr. Robert", "Hello Goodbye", "Yesterday", "What Goes On", "Day Tripper", "The Ballad of John and Yoko", "Act Naturally". Reminds me of a playlist on shuffle.

[@draff1662]

It blows me away how wide and deep the Beatles reached so many countries and so many peoples and cultures. Thanks for this video.

[@michaelcarpenter2498]

This was amazing to see all these different albums of the Beatles. The East German pressings and the mono Abbey Road were awe inspiring.Thanks to all involved

[@Parlogram]

Thanks Michael. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@vikingbirkman8574]

The Spanish Polydor pressing w Tony Sheridan shows Ringo on the cover. Wasn't it Pete Best on the drums? Another cover to collect is the Swedish All My Loving EP with Beatles sitting on an old canon, quite rare.

[@tenej6992]

I just found the strangest records yet. Maigcal mystery tour when it launched (the LP), last three songs were in duophonic, in mock stereo. Well, I just purchased a Yugoslav pressing, probably from 1977, where Penny Lane and Baby you're a rich man are in duophonic, YET All you need is love is in stereo. What in the hell.

[@protoolned]

I've known some Beatles collectors who adamantly refuse to allow people to so much as SEE their collections. So this was nice. However, it also brought out the nerd in me as I thought to myself, "Hummm... He's a little rough when he takes out some of those records."

[@yahmom626]

8:24 Francis got it wrong; that’s the Australian pressing. Beatles for Sale was pressed identically to the UK issue in New Zealand, complete with the gatefold. What he has is probably a New Zealand-contracted pressing, which explains the NZ labels, but pressed for the Australian markets nonetheless

[@philippecolinge5334]

I remember when Francis got his record signed by Tony Sheridan in Mons in 1991. It was a Beatles Convention I was helping organise at the time.

[@kev5621]

Groovy stuff. Do my eyes deceive me? Did I see the dreaded PVC sleeves on some of those gems?

[@bookashkin]

2:17 Meet the Beat? Stroke of luck they didn't name it the other way around :)

[@paulreckamp7502]

South Rhodesia! In my early days that was a beautiful country. Never knew they produced any Beatles vinyl. Astounding collection.

[@moondogaudiojones1146]

I’ll never tire of looking at all the wonderful versions from the world over! Thanks to Francis as well! I hope he had as much fun sharing as we did gandering at his collection. So many wonderful designs! Thanks for sharing Andrew, too. Great show!

[@Parlogram]

Cheers Brian!

[@farrellmcnulty909]

Yes. I'd seen some of these covers before, but it's still nice to have a look at them again, along with ones I hadn't seen before. I tbink that cover of Help with ghe much bigger letters makes a lot more sense than that sort of Woolworths looking cover they had in the UK. I think it's the worst design of all of them.. Never liked it.

[@farrellmcnulty909]

What kills me is I'd seen reissues of these albums in the import bins of local record shops...held them in my hands...and did NOT buy them.

[@farrellmcnulty909]

13:14. LOVE THIS

[@shavedfish9717]

Honestly one of the best you tube channels going and the best for Beatles content. Always a treat!! Great work Andrew!!

[@Parlogram]

Thank you! Much appreciated.

[@vastariner]

Por Siempre at 11:35 looks Mexican, has the Aztec calendar stone. And the Love Songs cover is surely inspired by The Hollies' Would You Believe?

[@750drums]

What an amazing collection ! Thanks to you and the Francis especially, for showing these.

[@mooghead]

It would appear most, if not all his records are in those plastic sleeves we've been warned about?!

[@briteness]

Thank you for another video featuring Francis! I hope his collection will stay together. It seems like that would increase the chances of long-term preservation of these things. Is there any official, public Beatles archive/museum in the world? Bob Dylan has an archive in Tulsa, OK. The Beatles would obviously merit an institution of their own, if they don't have one already. (Maybe in Liverpool?) Or maybe the collection could be bought by the British Library or something. Of course, Francis surely has a plan and does not need my input. As we get older, it seems we tend to realize more and more that we are merely custodians of the things we collect, holding them for a time, then passing them on to others who will care for and about them after we are gone.

[@Parlogram]

Good point, David. I hope it will all stay together.

[@KevinTheCaravanner]

Francis’s collection is astonishing. It is not “a” treasure, but “the best” in the world. I really hope it can stay together and that Francis is able to obtain the few missing gems he mentioned in a previous video such the promotional pressing of Something.

[@scottroberts3011]

Thanks again for an interesting look at some rare lps. I'm proud to say I have a few of those albums - Beatles "World's Best", "And Now : ...", the marching band cover on Amiga, and the Japanese "A Hard Days Night" on red vinyl. Enjoyed this video, as always.

[@Parlogram]

Thanks Scott. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jimcabezola3051]

I really enjoyed seeing all these various editions of Beatles albums. The only Beatles albums (well…sort of…) that have been seen by me to be somewhat distinctive were the 1976 Pickwick album with Tony Sheridan (with the Beatles referred to as “The Beat Brothers”) and those “Live from the Star Club” bootlegs they released in the late 1970s. It was gratifying to hear one or two of the Tony Sheridan/Beatles songs released in the “Beatles Anthology” CDs.

[@carlosrenatodamotabezerra106]

That was really a great moment in a beatles fan's life. Great video, Andrew!

[@Parlogram]

Thanks Carlos. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@steveoshow4832]

Apple should pay an obscene amount of money to Francis for this unique collection, it belongs at some time in the future to be continually in the care of custodians who really care as Francis and all of us do about not only the amazing legacy of their music but the incredible deeper wider scope of their various releases throughout the world. Thanks😎👌

[@panslegs2773]

Astounding collection, with literally all the variations. Thanks Francis and Parlogram.

[@48musicfan]

Thank you for sharing more of the collection, Andrew!

[@Parlogram]

You're very welcome, Roger!

[@moxievision]

One of the saddest days for a friend of mine who was broke and had to sell off records to pay a tax bill was selling his copy of The Beatles Hottest Hits, certainly one of the coolest non-standard covers out there. Sadly, I couldn't afford what it was worth at the time, so I didn't get to "keep it in the family" as it were.

[@jtlynn23]

Thanks for a return to Francis' collection, Andrew! Lots of fascinating records, for sure. I owned the Netherlands "Beatles Greatest" compilation-- I bought it at a department store here in the midwestern USA in the late 1970s. I believe Capitol/EMI themselves sold imports here of EMI product from around the world, as I seem to recall an "imported to the US by EMI" sticker on the outer plastic wrap. That particular album also has the version of "All My Loving" with the five-count-in at the beginning of the track.

[@paulreckamp7502]

I have that Dutch too. Bought it at the record store. Mine was a JEM import. If I recall there were around 5 or 6 importers we dealt with at the time. I have a 1981 German Ariola Contract pressing that has the EMI embossed marking on the cover. It too has the high hat beginning on All My Loving.

[@TheHutt]

Actually, it's a German compilation (the Dutch version is just reusing German metal parts). Most notably, it uses the hihat-intro-version of All My Loving that made its appearance on the German stereo version of WTB and wasn't known to the wider world until the From Liverpool box came out.

[@chriscampanozzi6516]

Incredible museum and a fantastic video as always. Thank you Andrew.

[@beatlefancraig67]

Great video!,A great collection of very rare & collectable Beatles albums from all around the world 🌎 including a few from Australia & New Zealand featuring the now rare collectable (out of print) alternative front covers of "With The Beatles", "Beatles For Sale" & "Magical Mystery Tour", also love the rare albums from Spain,Germany & Japan.

[@Parlogram]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@BeatleAaron]

Just discovered your channel. Lots to go through on here. Also, this guy has such a soothing voice, I could listen to this video for hours and hours.

[@brunofiorelli3029]

Thank you so much Andrew, Amazing Video and i cant wait for the new one!

[@Parlogram]

Thanks Bruno, glad you enjoyed it! See you next week!

[@MalMonaguillo]

it was amazing!!!! wich one is the song used for the intro??

[@fbt25]

Wonderful! So many awesome items. Thanks for the video and big thanks for Francis!

[@dimebagdave77]

I look forward to having my mind blown by rare stuff and inside info every Sunday.but this one really takes the cake.THNX! great to see this great collection again.if its not the best, its gotta be close

[@Parlogram]

Glad you enjoyed it, Dave!

[@jskpe7365]

Once Again fantastic video! - Francis thank you so much for the hard work you and your brother have done simply amazing, hopefully they can be all kept together - Few notes about the NZ LP's Beatles for Sale here is a rare Yellow on Black Parlo Label export (to aust from nz) so round 67-69 the cover Im guessing is an Aust print that happend with a few LP's I have a Aust Beatles Greatest hits vol 1 export label (same as vid here but with export msg) The Magical Mystery Tour Lp was a World Record Club version - NZ MMT album's had LP 5 labels over a few years starting from about 69 to 72? with 1st Apple hmv, 2,3,4 WRC 5 Apple emi (with us cover) all were standard u.s mix. - our n.z releases at times were quite strange :)

[@clevebaker8399]

Last year rummaging through a junk box of LPs..I came upon a copy of rubber soul.. thin laminated cover.. with a red and gold print odean copy.. absolutely the ugliest vinyl ever seen.. I looked like crunched up vinyl.. but it played!! Love all that memorabilia of the Beatle years!! Thanks Andrew

[@stevebiesiadabada6669]

This video was fantastic , his collection , museum, is awesome, the albums from the world is beyond words, wonder if you can find those anywhere, probably a bit pricey but it would be worth it Thank You for going back to the museum, it would be a great place to see, Steve

[@MidnightsEdgeAfterDark]

loved this look at rarities!

[@01real1]

4:05 - The 'Book Club Editions' albums with 1967 era pictures are great! 9:14 - Records from East Germany, now that's a thing! 5:40 - The Swiss cover of 'Help' is so much better than the original, which is mostly - white. 6:14 - 'Today & Yesterday' & close-up of Sgt. Pepper pics session from Turkey is great! 10:04 - 'Eskimo' Beatles from Denmark! :-) 11:35 -'Por Sempre' from Spain has great psychodelic cover. 'Canciones de Amore' has a nice inside picture-portraits. 12:51 - The album from Italy with 'wrong' artwork. 16:03 - The 'moustache' Beatles. :-) Blue Parlophone label is very appealing. Andrew, you might make a video with a topic 'Best Artwork of the Beatles' albums around the world.'

[@jamesmcgowen1769]

The Japanese versionn of Rubber Soul I first thought turned them back into a 3 piece band!

[@catherine6653]

It's great to see this amazing collection. Thank you 😊

[@Parlogram]

My pleasure, Catherine 😊

[@SQDLVR]

Never tire of looking at the variations of Beatles records from around the world. Another great and interesting video Mr. Handsome Man. Keep them coming.

[@anthonykerr311]

Thanks for a amazing look at this collection

[@Parlogram]

Glad you enjoyed it, Anthony!

[@nicknikipediacaulkin5943]

Was wonderful seeing seeing some of Francis' collection again. There were so many pressings he showed that I've never heard of let alone seen before such as 'Beatles for Sale mit Cutistad' and other German albums as well as 'The World's Best 'series. In fact, most of these pressings were new to me so thank you Andrew for this return to the Beatles Museum!

[@Parlogram]

Glad you enjoyed it, Nick!

[@jasonwhiton174]

I love seeing all the variations of design, and as someone mentioned, seeing just how deeply the group was embraced around the world :)

[@TigerRogers0660]

Thanks Andrew!! Great to see those Aussie albums shown.

[@mcdeadsquirrel]

Super!!! Thanks for taking the time to make this. A lot of effort went into this vid, for sure...thank you, again!!!

[@Parlogram]

My pleasure, Sir!

[@farrellmcnulty909]

Next week will be awesome. I never get tired of hearing about the saga of Introducing the Beatles. Mean Mr Mayo just did a short about Please Please Me by playing a super warped copy of Introducing The Beatles thst kept throwing the needle back to the outer groove. It's hilarious😊

[@PaulLea]

Cool clip with a cool ending😂.. love the way you have lots of trebble on those clips..sound you can almost taste 😉.Thank you Francis🤩👌.

[@jandrew0639]

Note to Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr! Put your hands into your wallets, make an obscene offer to purchase this entire collection, Donate to British museum to be preserved for eternity for the world to enjoy.

[@jglasernyc]

I have a few of these records, though not nearly enough! How did Frances accumulate all of these? I would love to know more about him. Once again I really loved this peak into his collection! Thank you for the great post! (I'm very green with envy right now!)

[@orbyfan]

The Israeli "Beatles Greatest" (15:10) gets my vote as the weirdest Beatles album cover I've ever seen.

[@thislazylife]

This was some excellent unintentional ASMR. Very relaxing. If the records weren't so damn cool, I probably would have fallen asleep.

[@BeatUpRecordsCDs]

Was the Beatles - Rubber Soul (Greek - champagne cover shown). ?

[@Parlogram]

It's shown in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmmXYp-Geplllas&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE&t=1561

[@nrod66]

Hi, Andrew! Well, what can I say of Francis Beatles collection that has not been said? It is FABULOUS!!!! I am glad you got back to it. I am sure there might be other great collections out there still to be seen. Bye for now, Nelio.

[@Parlogram]

Cheers Nelio!

[@bpabustan]

Another great video Andrew. Can't wait for the next episode.

[@Parlogram]

Thanks Bryan!

[@fastcakes]

Brilliant, of course, but can't believe he has them housed in those nasty PVC sleeves!

[@michaelf9693]

Great to see more of Francis’s amazing collection. What an interesting weird German Beatles For Sale cover. Don’t recall ever even seeing a picture of it anywhere.

[@Parlogram]

That was an advertising promo cover for Cutistad - a German medical product!

[@michaelf9693]

Ah…of course. 😀

[@juanmarte3298]

IT JUST INCREDIBLE!

[@johnwhelan5332]

That must of been one heck of an editing job for you Andrew. Many thanks for your efforts...it's well produced. :)

[@Parlogram]

Thanks you, John. Much appreciated!

[@yonkieponkie]

its all the same product, packaged differently? How many versions of the same product do you want?

[@mjanovec]

A great collection for sure. I can’t help but think that the more I see of these international covers, the more I appreciate the original UK covers. That Israeli “Beatles Greatest” cover has to be the oddest of the bunch. It’s almost as if they had a fan artwork contest and used the “best” submissions to design the cover. I’m hoping you gently suggested to Francis that he replace those PVC sleeves. Some of them looked pretty wrinkled and are likely off-gassing. 😉

[@Cove-o4d]

I have a copy of, "The Big Beat Of The Beatles." I like the track listing very much. All in mono.

[@iluvj50]

Cool to see the Israeli albums. Is that where Paul recorded "The Shul On The Hill?"

[@BeatlemaccaAR]

I often wonder what became of my first beloved copies of Oldies but Goldies and "Live! At the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany-1962" (pheww that' is some LONG title) ...might be disintegrated by now, one with the Universe 😂 Quality content as usual, thank you Andrew!!❤

[@Parlogram]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@goodiesguy]

8:18 I didn't realise we here in NZ got that awful Australian cover too. Looks like imported covers from Australia, as it's missing the famous white border that's on all NZ covers.

[@jaesenjones]

Not in the sixties you didn't. What he showed was not a domestic NZ copy but a record pressed in NZ specifically for export to Australia - a contract pressing. Having said that, some NZ copies in the 1970s were sold in sleeves imported from Australia.

[@goodiesguy]

@@jaesenjones Aha! cheers! I knew it was some sort of arrangement like that. I'm surprised a big country like Aussie need us little guys to press discs.

[@arricammarques1955]

Sharp graphics from Germany. Amazing collection.

[@Stonecutter334]

Wow and wow. So many rare and amazing items. Andrew the Today and Yesterday from Turkey at 6.10 in the video is that considered an official release? Never seen anything before that mixed solo tracks and Beatles tracks outside of boots. Are there any official lps like that in the world? Thanks to Francis and you for taking us back there once again.

[@LageYouTube]

Check Discogs

[@Parlogram]

Thanks Richard. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@michaeldeutscher9167]

Great video Andrew. WOW what a collection this guy has, an amazing amount of albums from all over the world. So great to see. One thing I did notice though is he is using those awful outer protection sleeves, not good for his collection unfortunately.

[@farrellmcnulty909]

What's wrong with them?

[@marktubeie07]

​@@farrellmcnulty909 Andrew made a specific video on this channel regarding them - ahh!!!

[@thefleshexperience]

I noticed the same thing! I was hoping I was wrong…surely Andrew told him about the dangers and hopefully it’s not too late. 🥺

[@farrellmcnulty909]

@@marktubeie07 Thank you - I had a feeling somebody did make a video about the hassles of those things, but I couldn't remember who made it, and what the problem was. Okay - it's Anrew from Parlogram - now my search is narrowed down - thanks again.

[@farrellmcnulty909]

@@thefleshexperience So when Andrew tells him about the dangers, etc., and the guy doesn't listen and everything goes horribly wrong, I can just picture Andrew grinning like he does at the end of all his videos 😅😅😅😅 I wish I had a guy like Andrew as a neighbor or co worker, but God puts people in and out of our lives "for a reason" - yes. 🤐

[@ZZ24AS]

I have the same " Help," with blue letters,but mine is on the " Apple," label not on " Hör zu,".German " Please,Please me," got about two years ago,so they' re not rare,like all the others records. Nice one Andrew.👍😎

[@R3TR0R4V3]

What a collection! 😎 Nice to see some of those awesome sounding German pressings that I'm also happy to have in my collection as well.

[@Stickermania2853]

The Germany pressings of ‘Die Beatles’ ‘Revolver’ & ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ are the best stereo audiophile ever! Frank from Louisville

[@R3TR0R4V3]

@@Stickermania2853 Agreed, 100%! Exactly what I was referring to. 👍👍 Also, the early/mid 80's German unmarked & marked DMM White Album pressings are stellar too. Best version I've heard yet. Highly recommend! 🍻

[@Stickermania2853]

@@R3TR0R4V3 The Best stereo audiophile White Album pressings are the early 1980’s UK ones with ‘HTM’ in the deadwax in my opinion.

[@marktubeie07]

PVC do I see - please tell us Andrew it isn't so... 😥

[@13StJimmy]

I’ve slowly started to collect the Czech albums from Supraphon. They’re nothing special monetarily maybe but I got to visit the Czech Republic last year and absolutely loved everything about it there so it holds a special place in my heart But it’s also cool to have records from behind the iron curtain that the music for so long we’re banned and a crime for owning when originally released in the 60s

[@Parlogram]

Same here. Check out our video about The Beatles in Czechoslovakia: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZubkJWKq6t3pJY&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE

[@TheHutt]

I have the Supraphon AHDN. Pretty thin-sounding.

[@13StJimmy]

@@Parlogram trust me I have several times I use it as my guide on which one to get next 💜

[@gregorymchutchison1878]

Absolutely fab✌️❤️

[@BilisNegra]

A fantastic laid back and very interesting look into a great collection. Something that particularly caught my eye was that album label from South Rhodesia, which even if we know it corresponds with modern Zimbabwe, in some way it's a country that no longer exists.

[@philippecolinge5334]

A bit like records from what was then the German Democratic Republic. Or Czechoslovakia. Or Yugoslavia...

[@themoviedealers]

I had the captions on, due to Francis's accent some of the translations we're hilarious. It translated "Revolver" as "No volleyball"!

[@thomasrednour8857]

Nice to see the "Doll House" cover art being used for an actual album (was created for the white album, but Family beat them to the album title).

[@raywaites1539]

Wonderful collection of which I have 3 of those in my collection 👍 also a Hungarian album I bought in a market stall called 'The Beatles Hits' 😊

[@arcid63]

Yummy yummy yummy 😋 Such great editions from each corner of the world. Thanks for sharing these treasures.

[@Parlogram]

Thank you for watching 🤗

[@bobsoldrecords1503]

The Germans seemed quite enamoured with The Beatles in 1967, as they used so many pictures from that period on their compilations

[@realjaxon]

A fantastic Beatle museum for sure. I'm especially looking forward to next week's 'Introducing The Beatles' episode. I have 13 copies of it at my last count, including a (Blank Back) Mono copy.

[@Parlogram]

I'm sure you're going to enjoy next week's video!

[@scottroberts3011]

I have a mono "blank back" also. I'd love to know the official story as to why they appeared that way. Some say interim run between the "ad back" and "column back" . At this point, we will probably never find out.

[@realjaxon]

@@scottroberts3011 I've done "some" research into that one. You probably know that it was originally scheduled to be released in mid 1963 but Vee-jay changed plans on it because of their money problems I suppose. I'm kind of guessing that they did not print any covers at all for it until 1964. They did some quick maneuverings to create something, anything to get it out for sale. The (Blank back) vinyl copy that I have has etched in the dead Wax as being pressed in 1963 but then they must have stored them away until 1964. There is more to it than what I've said. I'm trying to remember what I had read about it.

[@scottroberts3011]

@@realjaxon Thanks for doing the homework. Either way, it was a rush job to get it out for sale. I read tonight that someone thought it was a promo copy. But that doesn't make sense to me because you would figure there would be some information on the band or at least their names. Bruce Spizer did a whole book on this album. I'll try to find out what he put in the book.

[@scottroberts3011]

@@realjaxon mine is an oval VJ logo with Love Me Do and has the date 6-29-63 in the deadwax.

[@blackvinylgrooves]

Speaking of an international vinyl rarity, would you consider doing a video on the Maybe Tomorrow LP, by The Ivies? I had been wanting one of these for years, and finally bought an Italian pressing off Discogs. (Slipping into old geezer mode for a minute.) I remember back in the 80s, when Rockaway Records ran big showcase ads in Goldmine. They always had multiple copies of that My Bonnie LP, but I never wanted to spend big money for records back then. Looking through this video, there are a few I was unaware of. I had only seen fakes or reissues of The Beatles in Italy. I had never seen the inside of the gatefold before. I count a dozen of these pressings or comps in my own collection, I have found digging in the wild years ago, not buying on the collector's market, or online. Thrift stores, yard sales, used record bins, etc. I also have a couple unusual South American solo records too, plus a couple of Beatles pressings from Denmark, and New Zealand not shown. The dedicated digger could always count on finding stuff like this, in the wild, every now and then. But there are a lot of records you never see anymore from the 50s to the 80s. Good records are drying up, all over the world, and if you want quality vintage vinyl, buying online, or at big record shows is your only option. The golden age of crate digging is over. Newer colectors will never know what it was like.

[@Parlogram]

Those were the days, Roger!

[@ritchiebabcock3358]

more videos like this please !!!!

[@Parlogram]

Hi Ritchie, Check out our playlist from this place which contains similar videos: kzbin.info/aero/PLZczbX_Vy3bCAFFDEm1ch8BU40edQHzx9

[@yei-jopbities6100]

Excelente coleccion de vinilos

[@telliott]

Were the Japan red vinyl pressings the only Beatles albums anywhere in the world on colored vinyl in the 1960s?

[@MrSailorsam]

Amazing collection but looks like he has most of them in PVC sleeves, if so he needs to watch the video you did on the subject.

[@rickenbacker9]

Great, Thanks a lot!

[@Parlogram]

You are welcome!

[@adrionnekink3202]

Hallo Andrew! Amazing all these rare pressings! But isn 't he keeping them in the wrong PVC covers?.

[@gahree]

Amazing content as always! Certainly the Abbey Road mono pressing was a fold-down, no?

[@Parlogram]

It was.

[@deusdedithkojiuchino9349]

Talking about Beatles album in differents countries I see one make it in Korea South and the stamp have different color and titles writing in that linguage.About this museum I know as have specials collections the others countries and have your sentimental price.Good this.Uchino Of Japan.I see you Andrew.

[@markjosephbudgieridgard]

Mmm I have all of those LPs in my loft... And more..... Only joking 😂... What an absolute pleasure to watch absolutely astonished... Incredible I saw a very brief shot of a red and cream coloured plastic beatles guitar in the musium.... I used to have one of those absolutely no idea what happened to it 😢.... One of my favourite videos to watch is the Beatles in Japan when John & George are rocking the Ephipone casino guitars they sound amazing..... Thanks for this video what an incredible museum credit to that guy..... 👍😊

[@Parlogram]

Thanks for watching, Mark. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jeffs12a]

I have been fascinated by this collection. I’m curious: does he have an entirely separate set of records that he uses for listening? Or does he play this collection?

[@Parlogram]

No Jeff, none are separated and he does play it!

[@skarloeyexpress4353]

7:57 my copy is in kinda bad shape but I'm glad to know I have one! but my japanese beatles second album is in perfect condition

[@famgreen4508]

just curious - the Japanese MMT is shown on the Apple label - see obi but the 1st pressing is still on Odeon. Am I wrong as the presenter clears states "original"? Maybe he means it is a 1st Apple pressing release but not the first actual pressing.

[@photonext44obrian31]

Peruvian A Hard Day’s Night, I want that one.

[@dumpwoodhere]

We need to build an underground bunker/museum to display it in when he gifts it to our shrine.

[@davidheafield1436]

Oh for the days when overseas had the autonomy to design their own sleeves for better or worse …..

[@TheHutt]

Pretty interesting and original choices throughout the world. I would have expected someone like Francis to have the German ZTOX PPM (instead of a pretty standard Tanzschaffe one) in his collection - those were exclusively made for foreign forces' own shops, had the proper EMI staircase cover and are rare as hell. BTW, those early albums in France are pretty bitchin' in terms of having different titles and cover designs, too. :)

[@frankwalton7323]

I was curious about that ppm also. My guess is he probably has one.

[@aureliande2659]

As much as I admire Francis's collection (treasure trove would be a better word), I would have welcomed a commentary on the records many of which were presented out of their temporal order and irrespective of status as originals or reissues/variants or even later cash-ins such as the Turkish Today and Yesterday compilation. So this was something like a very superficial sightseeing tour, and all you remember when you return to your hotel for dinner is a load of colourful covers of Beatles records you never saw before. A wasted opportunity, in my view, although I certainly recognize that a full commentary would have been far too long for a single video. Still ... nice to get to see all this.

[@Parlogram]

Maybe the 2.5 hours of content we published from this museum didn't cover every single item in detail, but it's not what I'd call 'superficial'.

[@aureliande2659]

@@Parlogram I'm not complaining about the previous more than 2 hours, I'm just saying that flipping through ultrarare records, each of which would merit extensive comment, is not as satisfying to me as your background stories and in-depth information we all admire in your usual videos. You may think that I don't appreciate the tremendous work you put into this project, from finding out about Francis via going to France, arranging for and taking videos for hours, and condensing all that footage for this platform. Far from it. Yes, I can see now that it would have been difficult to add information about the records without interrupting the original video (you added a printed comment in some places). I'm thinking of fans who don't know every record on earth and might find it helpful to haves ome guidance. I'm not thinking of those who have some expertise and say, ah, this is the stool-cover edition of The Beatles' Beat, and it's terribly rare, beware of counterfeits, or, this is the Israel Beatles in Italy, but was it pressed in Israel?, or this is the second cover of the Amiga Blue Album, but it was a single album in the GDR, etc. It's just a minor complaint on my part, please don't take it too seriously.

[@Parlogram]

@@aureliande2659 I understand the desire for in-depth analysis on the records shown in this video, but that was just not possible at that location. Nor was it the aim of the series as a whole. Videos going into level of detail you are asking for have to be researched and produced in a different manner. It is also important to keep in mind that not every Beatles fan is a collector. The channel's main aim is to strike a balance between information and entertainment, which I hope we manage to achieve most of the time.

[@aureliande2659]

@@Parlogram As far as I'm concerned, you certainly achieve that balance. (I value the information most, but I'm grateful that you present it in a very entertaining way!)

[@iluvj50]

Curious if any of Beatles have visited his museum.

[@Louisejames23]

Francis’ collection is amazing, lord only knows how much it’s worth if you could even put a value on it! 😱🤷‍♀️😬👍

[@andresf1984]

If it were mine, I would only sell it to Paul himself

[@Lucas_Dankemann_the_freak]

Sometimes is right place and right time, i bought all German releases here in Brazil in NM condition for about U$ 2 each back in 2001....

[@JimRunarHansen]

i could listen to this guy talking about records until i die