Unsurpassed Masters Vol.1 1962-'63

Cover front and back

Label:
Sphinx Records

Catalogue No.:
SXCD003

Format :
CD & Jewel case

Origin:
Europe

Availability :
1989

Duration:
53:50

( 53:52 inc T.O.C)

Matrix:
   SXCD003 / YDCD001


CD ID:
bb0c9e0e

Reviews:

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Cover (front/back)

Tray Rear

Disc (top/matrix)

Rear Tray

Comments:

An early CD Bootleg, jointly with Yellow Dog a now well respected label but what a bad start, the first three titles being incorrectly mastered. It has been suggested that the American East coast was covered by Yellow Dog and the West by Sphinx, but I had come across no evidence to support this. It is fair to say that the Sphinx release is somewhat rarer.

Several people refer to these mis-presses as Mono, which isn't strictly true with them only having 1 channel . The first three titles were reissued by Yellow Dog and Unique Tracks albeit it with alternate masterings. I am unaware of any further use of the Sphinx Records brand.

Whilst the reissue as been repeatedly copied and cloned, not surprisingly I'm not aware of any copies of these three titles.

Despite the artwork , website reviews and publications this disc does not have 16 tracks but only 14.

Track Listing:

Artwork	Disc		Song	Version *	Comments	Date
1	1	2:30	Besame Mucho	NR01-Unk-1b	First EMI Session	6 Jun 1962
2	2	2:00	How Do You Do It	NR02-02-1a	Single Mix	4 Sept 1962
3	3	2:25	There's A Place	Take 5	FS	11 Feb 1963
3	3	2:25	There's A Place	Take 6
4	4	4:56	I Saw Her Standing There	Take 6	BD
				Take 7	FS
				Take 8	FS
				Take 9
5	5	2:09	Do You Want To Know A Secret	Take 8 tr2	SI of Harmony & Percussion onto T6
6	6	2:14	A Taste Of Honey	Take 6 tr2	SI of 2nd Vocal onto T5 t2
7	7	2:28	There's A Place	Take 12 tr2	FS
7	7	2:28	There's A Place	Take 13 tr2
8	8	3:40	I Saw Her Standing There	Take 11 tr2	BD Handclap Overdub onto T9 t2
8	8	3:40	I Saw Her Standing There	Take 12 tr2	Handclap Overdub onto T9 t2
9	9	4:57	Misery	Take 2	BD	5 Mar 1963
				Take 3	BD
				Take 4	BD
				Take 5	BD
				Take 6
10	10	7:38	From Me To You	Take 1	BD
10				Take 2
11				Take 8a
				Take 8b	Edit Piece
				Take 9	Edit Piece
				Take 10	Edit Piece
				Take 11	Edit Piece
				Take 12	Edit Piece
				Take 13	Edit Piece
12	11	6:29	Thank You Girl	Take 2	FS
				Take 3	FS
				Take 4
13				Take 7	Edit Piece
				Take 8	Edit Piece
				Take 9	Edit Piece
				Take 10	Edit Piece
				Take 11	Edit Piece
				Take 12	Edit Piece
				Take 13	Edit Piece
14	12	4:24	One After 909	Take 1	BD
14	12	4:24	One After 909	Take 2
15	13	4:05	Hold Me Tight	Take 22	BD	12 Sep 1963
				Take 23	FS
				Take 24
16	14	3:54	Don't Bother Me	Take 11	FS
				Take 12	BD SI Harmonica onto T10
				Take 13	SI Harmonica onto T10

* All tracks are a only a single channel

Alternate Pressing


This Release	Yellow Dog Release
Matrix: SXCD003 / YDCD001

Artwork

	Gatefold Cover	Inner Art	Booklet	Inner Tray Art	Comment
				N


Sphinx Release	Unique Tracks Cover	Yellow Dog Cover
1 Channel mastering error	Correct reissue on alternate label.	1 Channel mastering error

ALL Pages, Data and Images are for REFERENCE PURPOSE ONLY.

The collated information is from hundreds of sources, I am unable to verify the accuracy of any information implied or provided .

I neither own these discs or know how to obtain them , so any Corrections or New material is always appreciated.

This page is a working document, last updated on the 20-Jun-2012

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