Complete Christmas Collection
1963-69 (v1)

 
Cover
Label:
  
Catalogue No.:
  
CBM-2
Format :
  
12" Black Vinyl , Slick,
Sleeve + Inner
Speed:
  
33 1/3 rpm
Origin:
  
USA
Availability :
  
Pre Christmas 1972 ?
Duration:
  
Etched
Matrix :
S1
 
CBM-2A
S2
CBM-2B
More Information:
  
Belmo's Beatleg News logo  #2
Alternate matrix
910 Logo
V?N?
     
    

Slick

Comments:

As always CBM titles are confusing, pressed on low quality vinyl and as with many vinylegs the matrix is the key, with artwork and labels being reused.

Of the three different mastering variants, this is the must unusual with side 1 starting with a Jethro Tull track. Corrected in the following release, though this still didn't include the 'Complete Christmas Collection' , which finally appeared in the third variant having also dropped Dig It .

If you collect the CBM label you are probably going to want them all, if not this maybe this is the version to collect, as I am sure that the majority of collectors will already have all the Christmas Messages . It should be noted though that the least common pressing appears to be a stamper variant of version 2.

Track Listing:

Side 1
Song Version Comments
Date
1 Nothing Is Easy
N/A
Jethro Tull
2 Dig It
GBCx
Get Back - Incomplete 26 Jan 1969
3 The Beatles' Third Christmas Record 1965
4 Pantomime: Everywhere It's Christmas 1966

Label
Label

Side A/1

Side B/2


Side 2
  Song Version Comments Date
1   Christmas Time (Is Here Again) 1967
2   The Beatles' Sixth Christmas Record 1968
3   The Beatles' Seventh Christmas Record 1969


LP Banding

1
LP Banding Side 1
   

2
   

Alternate Labels

Label
Label
Label
  
aetna #2 Label

 Amelia BT - Lower Case

 Amelia BT - Upper Case

Aetna Wooden Block #2

  

Notes Icon Version 2 Up Close
Library Picture
   
Alternate Side 1
         
 

Version 2 Reissue Up Close

Basically a reissue of version 1 without the Jethro Tull track. Some interesting stamper variants and possibly the rarest variant.

Label B/ 2
Davida Label Label Side A / 1
Label

Plain Label

DAVIDA - Art Noveau #2a

Stripe
 
Label
Cooper Black LabelLabel
 aetna #2 Label

Aetna Wooden Block #3

Cooper Black FS

Comet
     

Version 3 Reissue Up Close

Finally with two new masters CBM provides the Complete Christmas Collection.

  Label Blank Label 4
 

Pirate #4
(Spring 1974)

White Label #4

 
Library Image
 
Labels Images Wanted  

no Pirate #6
(Summer 1974)

no Strand Records
Recycled Label

 
     
Label
Side A/ 1
Pirate #1 Label

Godzilla
(1975)

King Kong #1
(1975)

Pirate #7
(1976)

 
 

Artwork

Gatefold Cover
Cover Art
Slick
Inner Sleeve
Comment
N
N
Y (12")

Artwork Source

As with several other CBM releases, the artwork source appears to be The Golden Era Of The Beatles 1963-1972 book,
which has received multiple represses.

Cover
 
Pg 35

 

Alternate Label Releases

Using Alternate or Unknown Stampers

Labels Images Wanted
Labels Images Wanted

Contra Band Music?/ GLC
Great Live Concerts

Box Top Up Close

TMQ Up Close
Matrix: BCC-1
Several Label and Vinyl Variations
 

 

ALL Information, 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 29-Jul-2026

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