Im Zusammenhang mit der EP ATLAS 80 031 habe ich im Netz die folgende Abhandlung gefunden die ich sehr interessant und was noch wichtiger ist, auch sehr plausibel finde. Da man damit rechnen muß, dass sie früher oder später wieder weg ist, will ich sie jedenfalls hier bei uns im Forum sichern:
Aus dem Netz:
THE THE BEATLES with TONY SHERIDAN: "The Beatles with Tony Sheridan" (ca. ´63/´64 / very rare orig. Austrian* EP / German Record Club EP for "Bertelsmann" Club / ATLAS RECORD 80 031 HI-FI / *the term "Austrian" has been marked above, because it´s only half-correct: actually the EP was manufactured in Germany, but it was only made for the Austrian market and not for sale in Germany / I haven´t found any reliable informations about this record, but I presume, that this is a Record Club EP (only available to members of a certain Record Club in Austria) / the release date is also a bit of a mystery: in the text on the back sleeve Tony Sheridan is introduced as being 22 years old - if this was true, the EP was either released in 1962 or in 1963, as Sheridan was born in May, 1940 - but we all know, that biographical details as delivered by record companies always have to be taken with great caution: it´s more than unlikely, that the EP really is from 1962/63, I presume, that Sheridan was made a bit younger by the record company (just keep in mind, that back then a 23-year old could be regarded as an "old man" by some people!); in my opinion late 1963/early 1964 is a much more likely release date than 1962/63. Fact is, that this must be a very early EP: telling from the text The Beatles were well-known, but they didn´t have the "mega-star" status of the height of their career (closer inspection of the text on the back sleeve suggests, that Bert Kaempfert was a much bigger star than The Beatles, and references to other artists like Conway Twitty surely wouldn´t have been printed on a Beatles´ EP in 1965, the text sounds, as if The Beatles were relative "newcomers", not established artists) / another thing is also a bit mysterious: is this a legitimate release or not? the EP surely can´t be regarded as a bootleg, but I´m not 100% sure, if it is an officially approved legitmate issue (would Polydor really have given away the rights to a more or less unknown small Record Club in Austria? ) ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 1st issue with orange label (the record was "reissued" with red labels in the same year 1964) / incl.: My Bonnie / The Saints / Cry For A Shadow / Why / the sleeve has a "glance" surface, but this is not a real lamination - it´s the "typical German" kind of EP sleeve, which isn´t as "heavy" or as "thick" as EP sleeves from most other countries)
Dazu noch die Scans dieser EP aus dem Netz. Irgendwann hat man offensichtlich die Viertausender-Nummerierung eingestellt und nur mehr die 80 0xx-Nummer verwendet.
Noch ein kurzes Wort zu Chris: Ich bezog mich als Single-Freak ausschließlich auf die EPs, ATLAS-Singles gibt es ja keine, und habe daher bei den LPs überhaupt nicht verglichen. Bei den EPs bleibt die "Verwandtschaft" der Nummerierung bestehen, zumindest bisher kenne ich noch keine Abweichungen außer, dass die vierstellige Nummerierung bei den EPs irgendwann ganz weggefallen ist
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Gerd
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