NUMBER 1, BY WAY OF RUSSIA, AND "JAPAN!"

Nyet, nyet!




Man, you gotta hand it to them Rooskies.
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Why it was just 20 years ago today, that even bringing a dirty
beatles LP into Mother Russia could lead to the wax being scratched, or at least ripped off by the customs wankers.
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But now, the ex-Bull-shevickies are leading the way in completely
free enterprize music marketing.
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And free, as in just about producing anything they want, regardless.
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Case in point is the "Japanese Import" version of the year 2000 multi-million seller, Beatles 1.
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As far as I can tell, there never, ever, was a (legit) double CD, gate fold version of the release in Japan, or anywhere else.
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But, doing a needle-drop from the (legit) remastered vinyl edition, that DID have a gate fold, and groovy inserts like mini-cards, and a poster-all of which is scanned here for you click, is based on some reality, if not legality
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And the boys from Mother Russia have done a good job with the
wax to polycarbonate swap.
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This thing sounds pretty damn fine, although obviously not up to
the quality of last years Beatles' complete catalogue remasters.
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This here thing was picked up for around 30 dolleros, and as a curio, is probably maybe even worth that much to a hard-core
Beatles fanatic.
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Plus there will be those anal audio-heads who will claim the vinyl
is "warmer" than the CD.
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Yet when the vinyl itself is advertised as "digitally remastered," it
is difficult in any but an Alice in Wonderland looking glass class to hear how it could be ANY different from the CD!!
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Any how, it is obvious that these knock-offs are reproduced in professional
music-making manufacturing dens, as artwork, inserts and CDs are all very
well put together.
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Plus these things are sort of marginal collectors items since they are usually only made in smaller runs of a couple thousand, and once they is gone, brother, they is gone!
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Unless of course until the next bunch of Fabs filches crank out another version
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Back in the USSR, indeed.