HIT HITS
Side 1
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Side 2
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NOTES
Catalogue number: MFP 1290 Release date: January 1969 This album contains a rare instance of MFP including an album track - in this case The Beatles' "Birthday" from their eponymous double LP. (The previous album track covered for the Hits series was also a Beatles number - "When I'm 64", on Smash Hits.) There is a reason for this inclusion - see under West Germany, below... |
This is an image of the Australian edition. It gives a price of $1.99 on the front. Otherwise it appears to be the same as the UK album. The catalogue number is A 8064.
Besides working on the mfp covers portfolio, Bill Wellings was also manager of a band in the mid-1960s - namely, John Smith and the New Sound. The lead singer left the group in 1968, but Wellings decided to continue the act, by recording cover versions and releasing them under the group name. One of these was "Birthday", issued in West Germany on the Vogue label. Note that this was issued in 1968; the UK album Hit Hits was 1969, demonstrating that Wellings recorded the track independently from mfp, and recalled it for inclusion on the album.