ORIG Rare WITHDRAWN LP Beatles PETE BEST - OF THE BEATLES R&B BEAT INVASION LP

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             FIRED BEATLES  BAND MEMBER LP

                       - ALWAYS BEEN RARE -

  WITHDRAWN LP VIA CAPITOL COURT COMPLAINTS

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       The PETE BEST Group

     "BEST OF THE BEATLES"

                             

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              USA - SAVAGE RECORDS - BM 71

Gathered from sources including original owner of this LP:

Apparently, most copies that turn up of THIS Lp are counterfeit '70's pressings.

The person this album was purchased from stated they were the original owner, and recounted, as a teenager in December of 1965, the record was bought from a local drug store that had a small record section of popular artists. He also advised, because he did not use outer cover protector plastic, the cover over the years started to get a bit of contact rub-wear, in which he, at one point, "used a little marker to hide the wear."  Do you mean marker, as in magic marker? Why would anyone use..., well, the good news is it is hard to tell, unless reflecting off of light, then one can see the attempt of said (amateur) restoration. Again, not apparent when looking at the cover straight on, but by light reflection - then, there it is.

As photo shows, the front remains pretty clean, VG++ and all solid. Colors & seams remain strong. The back cover is clean, M- ... the record by the way is a heavier gauge vinyl as in '60s pressing and not flimsy. in TOP M- condition, no marks, scuffs, etc.. 

*** Please see FULL condition details below, under song titles.

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Gotten RARE ... GUARANTEED 1965 ORIGINAL PRESSING

This is a THICK weighty pressing on the obscure SAVAGE label, an all but very limited pressing whom "caught hell" from Capitol Records for issuing a cover with images of their signed contract Beatles group property!

The record has always been hard to find, again, a rare original 1965 copy is offered here!

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PETE BEST ~~~~~~~ BEST OF THE BEATLES

The music is 1965 era UK Invasion beat-rock, similar to that of the early Beatles in which their drummer Pete Best was suddenly fired and the rest is history with the Beatles replacing BEST with Ringo Starr...This album, by the way, was pulled into court by Beatles management back in '65 for using the title "Best Of The Beatles" alleging the album did not contain Best Of Beatles music ... but in reality it was actually a clever play on words in (Pete) Best Of The Beatles...

Best was never fully told why he was dismissed, as the only reason Epstein stated was, "The lads don't want you in the group anymore". Epstein subsequently claimed in his autobiography that Lennon, McCartney and Harrison thought Best "too conventional to be a Beatle, and though he was friendly with John, he was not liked by George and Paul". It has been documented (notably in Cynthia Lennon's book, John) that while Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison usually spent their offstage time together in Hamburg and Liverpool, writing songs or socializing, Best generally went off alone. This left Pete Best on the outside, as he was not privy to many of the group's experiences, references, and in-jokes.

An article in "Time" magazine from 1966 reads:

"The record jacket reads Best of the Beatles, and it was a hot seller in the 1965 Christmas rush—or at least it was before it was brought up at a New York State Bureau of Consumer Frauds' hearing. Despite the billing, the album does not contain a collection of the best of the Beatles' hits—or even a single song by the Beatles. Yet, in a way, Savage Records could justify the title of its album. "Best" refers to Peter Best, the drummer who was indeed "of the Beatles" during the scruffy, scrambling days back when John, George and Paul were rambling on from pub to pub. Then just as the lightning (now estimated to be worth $$$ several million) began to strike, Pete Best was bounced in favor of the unknown "Ringo."

"It's not so much about the money that hurts," says Pete Best today. "It's the heartbreak." When he joined the boys in 1960, they were known as the Silver Beatles and off to Hamburg for their first engagement out of Great Britain; their weekly take was an unimpressive $20 each. Best earned his passage with the suggestion that the "Silver" be dropped, because "it sounds a bit corny. Pete Best also contributed to the essential trip-hammering back-up to the Beatle beat; until his arrival, they were all guitars. A year later, Brian Epstein came aboard as the Beatles' manager and added the final refinements. Their hair, shorter than now, was to be kept kempter. "Out," recalls Best, "went out with our leather jackets and in came mohair suits."

Speaking of Out can also apply to Pete Best—just as the group signed the contract with Britain's E.M.I, and recorded Love Me Do, the first of the sides that were to wing them to fame. Best had been with the band during the test session, but the recording company judged him to be the worst. The other Beatles went along with the decision. Among other things, says Epstein, they felt that Best was "too conventional to be a Beatle."

Red Tape. Peter was so "downfallen, so sick in the stomach that I never left my house." His Liverpool fans, feeling equally ill, loyally marched along the Mersey, carrying banners proclaiming "Peter Forever, Ringo Never." Even with a bodyguard, Beatle George Harrison got his eye blackened. It was three weeks before Best felt up to leaving the house, but, unlike his fans, he bore no personal rancor. "I saw John and George in Liverpool a couple of minutes," he notes. "We're still the best of friends. I asked them, 'How's your mother?'"

• I Need Your Lovin
• Just Wait and See
• Casting My Spell
• Keys To My Heart
• Why Did You Leave Me Baby?
• Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
• I Can't Do Without You Now
• I'm Blue
• Some Other Guy
• She's Allright
• Nobody But You
• Last Night

CONDITION: The cover: Rated: seems fair enough, VG+ front cover ~~ even though it appears by first eye-sight to be of a much higher grade. The back cover, VERY CLEAN M- has NO WEAR anywhere! The seams are solid, there are no faded colors, no bends, no writing ...no delete marks... a very small, and light, "Dec / 1965" is noted at top right corner of back cover, dated by the purchaser's hand, noting month and year of his buy. Decidedly, and the one time such a detail is permissible, if nothing more, dates this pressing to be original issue, since counterfeits were released a good ten years or more later.  

The vinyl: Rated: M- TOP clean copy = overall full of bright shine and overall played very enjoyable here - and should for you as well. Both 'Savage' labels are in solid spotlessly CLEAN shape.

                                

       The PETE BEST Group

     "BEST OF THE BEATLES"

                             

   A cool addition to anyone's music library! 

SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people..

EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING

All imperfections are noted both cover & record

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