Various Artists - 7" flexi EP 'VOCAL–INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLES'

This compilation 7" flexi EP under the title VOCAL-INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLES presents two Beatles covers:
- I'll Be Back by The Buckinghams (USA),
- Good Day Sunshine by The Tremeloes (UK) – the song title in Russian is stated as Солнечный луч, which means A Sunbeam...
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На этом гибком миньоне-сборнике под названием ВОКАЛЬНО-ИНСТРУМЕНТАЛЬНЫЕ АНСАМБЛИ представлены два битловских кавера:
- Я вернусь (в оригинале I'll Be Back) в исполнении ансамбля из США "Бакинхемс" (The Buckinghams),
- Солнечный луч (в оригинале Good Day Sunshine) в исполнении ансамбля из Великобритании "Тремелос" (The Tremeloes)...
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The Flaming Lips with Yoko Ono / Plastic Ono Band 12" EP

Artist: The Flaming Lips with Yoko Ono / Plastic Ono Band
Title: The Flaming Lips 2011 #12: The Flaming Lips with Yoko Ono / Plastic Ono Band
Format: 12” EP, vinyl Glow-in-the-Dark
Side One: 33 1/3 RPM
Side Two: 45 RPM
Label: Lovely Sorts Of Death Records, Warner Bros. Records
Cat. #: non
Matrix / Runout: FEAR IS THE MIND KILLER A+R DALLAS SPGII
Matrix / Runout: NOW IS THE TIME TO GIVE LOVE!!
Year: 2011
Country: US

Tracklist:
A1 The Fear Litany
A2 Do It!
A3 Brain Of Heaven
B1 Atlas Eets Christmas

LIDIJA KODRIČ (YUGOSLAVIA) / ЛИДИЯ КОДРИЧ (ЮГОСЛАВИЯ) - Soviet flexi EP with Beatles' cover

This flexi EP presents the song Honey Kalatch (cover version of The Beatles' Honey Pie) sung, presumably in Serbo-Croatian, by Yugoslavian female singer Lidija Kodrič accompanied by the instrumental ensemble headed by Saša Subota...
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На этом гибком миньоне представлена песня под названием Медовый калач (кавер-версия битловской Honey Pie), которую исполняет, видимо, на сербохорватском языке певица из Югославии Лидия Кодрич в сопровождении инструментального ансамбля под управлением Саши Суботы...
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PETER NERO (PIANOFORTE) / ПИТЕР НЕРОУ (ФОРТЕПЬЯНО) - Soviet flexi EP with Beatles' cover

This flexi EP presents Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (Variations On The Theme) performed by a musician from the USA Peter Nero (pianoforte) accompanied by choir and orchestra. In the very beginning and in the end of composition fragments from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Turkish March can be heard...
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На этом гибком миньоне представлена композиция под названием Вариации на тему песни «Облади-облада» (в оригинале Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (Variations On The Theme)) в исполнении музыканта из США Питера Нероу (фортепьяно) совместно с хором и оркестром. В самом начале и в концовке композиции можно услышать фрагменты из Турецкого марша Вольфганга Амадея Моцарта...
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PAUL MCCARTNEY. "WINGS" ENSEMBLE (7" flexi EP) containing Silly Love Songs // Jet / No Words

Artist: Paul McCartney and Wings
Title: ПОЛ МАККАРТНИ. АНСАМБЛЬ "WINGS"
Format: flexi EP
Label: Мелодия
Cat. #: Г62-10367-68
Matrix: Г62-10367/2-1 and Г62-10368/2-1
Year: 1983
Country: USSR


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JOHN LENNON (7" flexi EP) containing Imagine / How? // Give Me Some Truth / Oh My Love (USSR)

Artist: John Lennon
Album: ДЖОН ЛЕННОН
Format: flexi EP
Label: Мелодия
Cat. #: Г62-10365-66
Matrix: Г62-10365/2-1 and Г62-10366/2-1
Year: 1983
Country: USSR


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Keith Beckingham – A Fantasy On The Beatles Themes

Artist: Keith Beckingham
Album: A Foggy Day (In London Town) // A Fantasy On The Beatles Themes
Format: SP
Label: Melodiya
Cat. #: 46321-2
Released: January, 1967
Country: USSR

This SP contains A Fantasy On The Beatles Themes (in English translation) as track 1 on side 1, which is a medley of the instrumental fragments of I Want To Hold Your Hand, Yesterday and All My Loving performed by keyboard player Keith Beckingham (UK). This composition is the very first Beatles cover released officially in the USSR. European Keith Beckingham discography doesn't show this track. So the original English title of the medley is unknown.

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Also this track was released on 33 1/3 rpm 7" EP KEITH BECKINGHAM PLAYS HAMMOND ORGAN.

Artist: Keith Beckingham
Album: KEITH BECKINGHAM PLAYS HAMMOND ORGAN
Format: EP
Label: Melodiya
Cat. #: 33Д-00019109-10 or Д-00019109-10
Released: January, 1967
Country: USSR

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Bulgarian 7" EP "ИСП. ВОК.-ИНСТР. СОСТАВ БИИТЛЗ" (Balkanton BTM 6261)

A part of the printing run of this 7" EP was released by Bulgarian Balkanton company especially for the export to the Soviet Union – sleeves and/or labels of such records show text in Russian language...
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Часть тиража этого миньона болгарская фирма "Балкантон" выпустила специально для экспорта в Советский Союз – обложки и (или) этикетки таких пластинок имеют текст на русском языке...
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Bulgarian 7" EP "БИИТЛЗ, ВОКАЛЬНЫЙ ИНСТРУМЕНТАЛЬНЫЙ СОСТАВ" (Balkanton BTM 6258) STEREO version

A part of the printing run of this 7" EP was released by Bulgarian Balkanton company especially for the export to the Soviet Union – sleeves and/or labels of such records show text in Russian language...
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Часть тиража этого миньона болгарская фирма "Балкантон" выпустила специально для экспорта в Советский Союз – обложки и (или) этикетки таких пластинок имеют текст на русском языке...
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Bulgarian 7" EP "БИИТЛЗ, ВОКАЛЬНЫЙ ИНСТРУМЕНТАЛЬНЫЙ СОСТАВ" (Balkanton BTM 6258) MONO version

A part of the printing run of this 7" EP was released by Bulgarian Balkanton company especially for the export to the Soviet Union – sleeves and/or labels of such records show text in Russian language...
For more information click here.

Часть тиража этого миньона болгарская фирма "Балкантон" выпустила специально для экспорта в Советский Союз – обложки и (или) этикетки таких пластинок имеют текст на русском языке...
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The Beatles’ “Magical Mystery Tour” film to be released on DVD and Blu-Ray

By: Dave Lifton (http://ultimateclassicrock.com)

‘Magical Mystery Tour,’ the Beatles‘ 1967 made-for-TV film, will be released on DVD and Blu-ray worldwide on Oct. 8 and in North America on Oct. 9, which, coincidentally, would have been John Lennon’s 72nd birthday. The movie will also have a limited theatrical release on Sept. 27.

The film, the first project the Beatles undertook following the death of manager Brian Epstein, was built around the idea of the group and a cast comprised largely of a handful of their actor friends taking a bus trip outside of London and filming the results. Six new Beatles songs made their premiere in ‘Magical Mystery Tour,’ including the title track, ‘I Am the Walrus’ and ‘The Fool on the Hill.’

It was shown on BBC1 on Boxing Day (Dec. 26) and was roundly panned by the critics, a first for the group. However, it was broadcast in black-and-white, thus stripping the film of its elaborate psychedelic use of color. Subsequent showings of the movie in color have allowed for a critical re-appraisal.

The 53-minute film is given a full restoration complete with a 5.1 remix of the soundtrack by Sam Okell and Giles Martin, son of Beatles producer George Martin. The release includes a commentary track by Paul McCartney and a handful of bonus footage, including interviews with McCartney and Ringo Starr, three deleted scenes and a “making-of” feature.

A deluxe edition, which includes a 60-page book and a reproduction of the double-EP of the soundtrack that was released in the U.K., will also be available for sale.

Soviet EP "Choir and orchestra headed by Henry Mancini" with Beatles' cover.

Генри Манчини – ХОР И ОРКЕСТР ПОД УПРАВЛЕНИЕМ ГЕНРИ МАНЧИНИ [Мелодия 33Д-00035355-6] from 1974.

EP by Aprelevka Plant.

This EP presents vocal-instrumental composition Power Of Love (in translation from Russian), which is actually a cover version of The Beatles song Can't Buy Me Love, performed by choir and orchestra headed by Henry Mancini from the USA.
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Two Soviet EPs with instrumental versions of the Beatles songs

Александр Ривчун – АЛЕКСАНДР РИВЧУН (САКСОФОН-АЛЬТ) [Melodiya 33Д-00031867-8] from 1972.

EP by Aprelevka Plant.

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"Оркестр ленинградского мюзик-холла" – ОРКЕСТР ЛЕНИНГРАДСКОГО МЮЗИК-ХОЛЛА П/У С. ГОРКОВЕНКО [Melodiya М62-38065-6] from 1975.

EP by Aprelevka Plant.

EP by Leningrad Plant.

EP by Tashkent Plant.

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Two famous Soviet EPs

John Lennon – JOHN LENNON (7" EP) containing Imagine / How? // Give Me Some Truth / Oh My Love (Melodiya C62 20411 009), 1983.

Detailed information here.

Paul McCartney and Wings – PAUL MCCARTNEY. "WINGS" ENSEMBLE (7" EP) containing Silly Love Songs // Jet / No Words (Melodiya C62 20413 004), 1983.

Detailed information here.

Soviet (USSR) colored vinyl by Melodiya

The Beatles – VOCAL-INSRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE (7" EP) containing songs Can't Buy Me Love / Maxwell's Silver Hammer // Lady Madonna / I Should Have Known Better (Catalogue number M62–35691-92, Leningrad Plant [up] and Tashkent Plant [down], released in 1974).

The Beatles – VOCAL-INSRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE (7" EP) containing songs With A Little Help From My Friends / Penny Lane // When I'm Sixty Four / Lovely Rita (Catalogue number M62–35903-04, Leningrad Plant [left] and Tashkent Plant [right], released in 1974).

Paul McCartney – LINDA AND PAUL MCCARTNEY (7" EP) containing songs Heart Of The Country / Ram On // Dear Boy / Eat At Home (Catalogue number M62 36701-2, Tashkent Plant, released in 1974).

The Beatles – VOCAL-INSRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE (7" EP) containing songs Octopus's Garden / Something // Come Together (Catalogue number M62–38133-34, Aprelevka Plant, released in 1975).

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Link: http://beatlesvinyl.com.ua/ru/color/color.html