HITS '68
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Side 2
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NOTES
Catalogue number: MFP 1226 Release date: May 24,1968 * With this album, the Hits series finally went stereo, and with the new sound came the red label, already a feature of the series in Australia. This is another LP rumoured to feature a pre-fame David Bowie on vocals (specifically on "Suddenly You Love Me") but in truth, it's almost certainly not him. Note how the title and cover refer back to Hits '67 (the artwork is a mirror image of the earlier LP, in different colours). This highlights the slow turnover of these albums - there had been only two more installments in the intervening year - and the title had the unfortunate effect of making this appear to be an annual round-up, at least after December 1968 had passed. * This date was provided in Beatles Monthly Feb 1989. |
Alternative Pressings
Some copies were issued with a sticker stating the price as 14/6, placed over the printed price of 13/11. In other cases, covers were designed with 14/6 incorporated into the artwork. (Note that copies with 14/6 on the cover have a different logo box beneath the price.)
Unusually, there is also variation in the back cover design, giving rise to at lease five overall album variants. There could well be others out there, but these are the ones we know of:
Unusually, there is also variation in the back cover design, giving rise to at lease five overall album variants. There could well be others out there, but these are the ones we know of:
Detail showing "STEREO/MONO" text:
The album was released in Australia on MFP, and had $1.99 incorporated into the artwork. The sleeve is known in two different forms: the title on the left-hand copy is given with a neat 3-D effect on the lettering, whereas the one on the right is not. The catalogue number is MFP 8017.
Another Portuguese release is known, this time a standard 7-inch single. Again by Bill Wellings, it couples tracks 2 and 3 from the LP: "Step Inside Love" and "The Legend Of Xanadu". The catalogue number is N-78-26, and it is pictured here inside a company sleeve. (We do not know if it had a picture sleeve originally.)