The Alternate Help! - Pear 2004 (2024)

Label: Pear Records Catalogue No.: 71012-5001-5 Format : CD & Bi-fold Digipak Origin: Europe Availability : 2004,2008 Duration: 78:41 78:43 (inc T.O.C) Matrix: STATB 09 CD ID: df12711f Reviews: N/A V?N? ??

Comments:

A reissue of the Stamp Out The Beatles title of the same name pressed from the same master. It is apparent from this release that a generic master is used to create the uninspired artwork., With the spines on the first issue reading 'The Alternate A Hard Day's Night', this was corrected on the 2008 reissue.

The inner art is the standard Pear line up showing the other titles in the series , which probably gets boring if yo air collecting these. I personally prefer the approach of the Stamp Out The Beatles, which collected together alternate album covers and related photos in preference.

As with other sin the title nothing new , but if you are collecting the series , I am sure that you will want this despite it's short comings.

Original Comments:

The final disc of the excellently presented Queleque Chose De Noveau box set, as with the other releases we are present with a collection of previously released material Chemed around a single album. I have not cross referenced each version at this stage, but there is one glaring error on the track listing . That Means A Lot is Take 21 or 22, which ever it turns out to be , not take 23 and 24 as listed.

Whilst this and other 'Alternate' reelases continue to be very popular, I must admit to not being able to get excited by them. This limited edition box set has had more effort put in than most themed releases and teh single discs released a year latter are probably not as desireble as I am sure that collectors will prefer the series being made by Pear Records, a sister label, who appear to have currently left PDP 001-5 unused is this for a future release of the first five albums.

In 2003 copies appeared as stand alone releases , there were sufficient that I belive that this was intentional rather than just soem box sets were split , but i have no evidence eitherway.

Interesting in 2004 Pear Records eventually issued the first five albums , but without the usual PDP catalogue numbers, there was no suggestion of a catalogue number so the bar-code ID 71012-5001-5 has been used as the reference by many. On closer inspection the master used is the same, at last confirming the connection between the two labels. In my opinion the better of the two packaging is the STATB release , but with no follow up to the box set, I suspect that the collectors preference will be wit the Pear release.

Track Listing:

	Pear 2004 Remake Same Pressing Master Alternate A Hard Day's Night on Spines Matrix: STATB 09
	Pear 2008 Reissue Same Pressing Master Spines Corrected I have only seen sealed copies but I have been told disc unchanged. Matrix: STATB 09
	STATB - Blackhead Walrus Matrix: STATB 09
	Original Trader CDR Paper Label , with notch Alternate line up

Artwork

Original with A Hard Day's Night Spines

Reissue with corrected spines

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