A compilation uniqe to East Germany with two separate issues. First one in the sixties (8 50 040) on old style red/white label and slightly different sleeve design - front pic with the boys against an all green background instead of the park one shown on this and partly other fonts. The twelve track choice there was quite ordinary - a couple of hits mixed with album cuts. That is rarer and considered more collectible, but to me this -83 version is far more interesting. It has eighteen tracks, same as the first plus six, whereof four are from the Polydor sessions - "Cry For A Shadow", "Ain't She Sweet", "Why" and "Sweet Georgia Brown". As far as I know it's the only legit Beatles vinyl blending Polydor and Parlophone stuff on the same album. One can always argue what's legit or not or what was actually approved by the mother labels. Still this was a domestic issue, made by a big European record company and sold in regular shops, which makes it legit to me. The audio is fine, maybe not totally up there with the UK originals, but very enjoyable as it is. I suppose this is an early press with label as shown here in a thin glossy cover. (BÄ*) (BÅC*)(PÖP*) (GÖXÄ*) (ÄMY*) (LGÅ*)
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