The Beatles - The World's Best

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Good Day Sunshine
A2	All My Loving
A3	Eight Days A Week
A4	No Reply
A5	Rock And Roll Music Written-By – Chuck Berry
A6	A Hard Days Night
A7	I Should Have Known Better
A8	And I Love Her
B1	Things We Said Today
B2	Michelle
B3	Dr. Robert
B4	Yellow Submarine
B5	If I Fell
B6	And Your Bird Can Sing
B7	Girl
B8	Eleanor Rigby

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – EMI Electrola
• Printed By – Druckhaus Maack KG

Credits

• Design – Rathin Chattopadhyay
• Written-By – Lennon/McCartney* (tracks: A1 to A4, A6 to B8)

Notes

1977 pressing of compilation originally issued in Germany, December 1967 as a mail-order item.
One of several compilations issued at the time by EMI Germany for Club-Sonderauflage, which translates to "Book Club Special Edition".

There are a few variations of this blue label pressing.

For this pressing:
Label detail:
-"Club-" is written left-aligned on top of "Sonderauflage" (both sides). Can also be on the middle or on the right, and can also be different on both labelsides.
-"ST33" at the bottom are enclosed in ovals, not circles.
-Has "LC0287" label code on top right

Jacket detail:
-EMI Electrola logos on the front and back
-Has "Sonderauflage Deutscher Schallplattenclub" on the front and back, which translates as "Special Edition German Vinyl Club"

Audiophile notes:
-All My Loving A2 has the "hi-hat" intro.

Link to similar, early 70s pressing: The Beatles - The World's Best
Columbia label pressing: The Beatles - The World's Best

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A, on label): 12 PAL 4158-SM
• Matrix / Runout (Side B, on label): 12 PAL 4159-SM
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A - Stamped): 12 PAL 4158-4
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B - Stamped): 12 PAL 4159-4
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 2: Side 1 run-out, etched): 12 PAL 4158-SM
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 2: Side 2 run-out, etched): 12 PAL 4159-SM
• Rights Society: GEMA
• Label Code: LC0287

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
77 235	The Beatles	The World's Best ‎(LP, Comp, RP)	SR International	77 235	Germany	1968
27 408-4	The Beatles	The World's Best ‎(LP, Comp, RE)	Odeon, EMI Electrola, Deutscher Schallplattenclub	27 408-4	Germany	1981
27 408-4	The Beatles	The World's Best ‎(CD, Comp, Unofficial)	Odeon	27 408-4	Unknown
77 235	The Beatles	The World's Best ‎(LP, Comp)	SR International	77 235	Austria	Unknown
27 408-4	The Beatles	The World's Best ‎(LP, Comp, RE, Club)	Columbia, Deutscher Schallplattenclub, Odeon	27 408-4	Germany	1977

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