Complete Christmas Collection 1963-69(v2) - CBM - The Beatles

Complete Christmas Collection
1963-69 (v2)

Label:		Contra Band Music
Catalogue No.:		CBM-2
Format :		12" Black Vinyl , Slick, Sleeve + Inner
Speed:		33 1/3 rpm
Origin:		USA
Availability :		1973
Duration:
Etched Matrix :	S1	CBM2A2
	S2	See Below
More Information:		#2	V?N?
		Alternate matrix

Slick

Comments:

The version depicted here is regularly described as an early copy, still using record one of their earlier double LP release Don't Pass Me By , however the matrix of side A is different. CBM2A2 rather than CBM-2A, so has the amended side 1 track listing without the Jethro Tull track.

In 1973 this title was reissued with the 'Complete' Christmas Collection with a new matrix and with a new track listing for side 1.

Track Listing:

Side 1
	Song	Version	Comments	Date
1	Dig It	GBCx	Get Back - Incomplete	26 Jan 1969
2	The Beatles' Third Christmas Record		1965
3	Pantomime: Everywhere It's Christmas		1966


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

Three different stampers for side 2.

Prev v1
1
2

This Issue
1

2a
2b
2c

Alternate Pressings

A new master for side A, dropping the Jethro Tull track and the three side B stamperes are derived from the original Side 2 master with vers1ions 2b and 2c having 3316B etched on them, in different positions, so the text appears in revere se when pressed/ viewed on the record. The 2b stamper is the least common.

Stamper 1
Side 1 Matrix:	CBM2A2	Side 2 Matrix: CBM-2B

		Cover:



Stamper 2
Side 1 Matrix:	CBM2A2	Side 2 Matrix:3316 -BCBM-2B
		3316-B Mirrored No Gap


DAVIDA - Art Noveau #2a			Clarendon Bold
			Paired with Side A
Cover:			Cover:


Stamper 3
Side 1 Matrix:	CBM2A2	Side 2 Matrix: 3316 -B CBM-2B*
		3316-B Mirrored Gap before CBM-2B


Stripe*		Aetna Wooden Block #2	Version 1
Some Paired with : B Side		Some Paired with :	Alternate Side 1
Cover:		Cover:



Aetna Wooden Block #3*		Cooper Black FS*	Comet*
Cover: ,		Cover:	Cover:

Artwork

	Gatefold Cover	Cover Art	Slick	Inner Sleeve	Comment
	N	N	Y

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.


	Pg 35

Alternate Sleeve Variations


Two Tone Full Size	Gate Trough Sleeve (Summer Fall 1973)
Labels:	Slicks / Covers: [,]



Brown Inner Sleeve (1974? Issues)	Reduced - Narrow	Generic CBM sleeve