US variation of the UK seventeen track "Rarities" that first appeared in the 1978 "The Beatles Collection" box, but from 1979 issued and sold as a single album all over the world (see earlier post). As many of the cuts on that already had been released in US the Americans compiled their own fourteen track with only four in common to the UK release - "Sie Liebt Dich", "Across The Universe", "You Know My Name" and "The Inner Light". For the rest they added a couple of mix variations not yet released or then considered rare in US. As a European and vivid collector of such issues I do perfer the UK for obvious reasons, but can't be without this either. To me the most valuable track here, first time on album anywhere, is the first issued 45 take of "Love Me Do" with Ringo on drums. Don't understand why they created new versions of "I'm The Walrus" by blending US and UK mixes, or "Penny Lane" by clashing the 1971 stereo re-mix with the US promo. Any of those four originals would have done it by themselves. But apart from that approximately historically correct and I guess well fitting the American market at the time. And it's a lovely sleeve design with cover and inner together having close to fifty images of the band, many of them very rare. This Canadian 1st seems to be made from the US matrixes, with exact same label, sleeve and inner design and the audio is tophole. The only difference I can spot is this doesn't have the barcode on rear. (YZÄ*) (BÄ*) (LGÅ*)
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