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The Beatles - Beatles Vi (Nz-Uk Pcsm 6042 Export Needledrop)(Qcumbaman)

Track listing:
  1. Kansas City 2:39
  2. Eight Days A Week 2:45
  3. You Like Me Too Much 2:38
  4. Bad Boy 2:21
  5. I Don't Want To Spoil The Party 2:35
  6. Words Of Love 2:07
  7. What You're Doing 2:32
  8. Yes It Is 2:42
  9. Dizzy Miss Lizzie 2:55
  10. Tell Me What You See 2:39
  11. Every Little Thing 2:04

Notes

The Beatles - Beatles VI
NZ Parlophone Stereo LP, PCSM 6042
First released December 1966

01 - Kansas City
02 - Eight Days A Week
03 - You Like Me Too Much
04 - Bad Boy
05 - I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
06 - Words Of Love
07 - What You're Doing
08 - Yes It Is
09 - Dizzy Miss Lizzie
10 - Tell Me What You see
11 - Every Little Thing

==About the album==

This is the rare New Zealand issue of "Beatles VI", pressed from UK Export plates.

This LP was issued in New Zealand in 1966 on the strength of the new "Bad Boy" track. It did not sell well as it duplicated tracks previously released. Some sources suggest that less than 1,000 copies of "Beatles VI" were sold over its entire 20 year existence!

==About this transfer==

This 1977 reissue is in perfect condition. You won't hear any surface noise which is more an indication of the usual top quality NZ vinyl than anything else. I have not attempted to repair the short tape dropout in "Kansas City" or the two clicks in the intro of "Every Little Thing", preferring to stay true to the original master tapes.

While I've used a 1977 copy for the transfer, I've used an original 1966 copy for the artwork. And the label...no, I have not made a typo! When this album was issued the labels titled it as "Beatles IV". This error was never corrected. The label also uses the UK spelling of "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" rather then the US spelling that's on the cover.

With the Beatles' remasters as well as the 20 million-odd Beatles needledrops already available, I was very reluctant to add more to the mix. However, this 'drop came out so well (IMHO) that I just had to share it. Plus, to my knowledge, it's the only 'drop of a UK Export copy (albeit pressed in NZ) that has been made.

==Vinyl transfer and 24bit mastering by Q==

Source Matrices
01-06: YEEX 112-A15
07-11: YEEX 113-A15

Hardware
- Project Xpression III Turntable
- Ortofon 2M Blue Cartridge
- Project SpeedBox II Quartz-Generated Electronic Speed Regulator
- Denon PMA-700AE Integrated Amplifier

Software
- Audition 3.0.1 (audio capture and editing)
- iZotope RX Advanced (resampling and dithering to Red Book audio specifications)

Artwork included

24/96 format available by request