Voici
la vitrine consacrée aux 33T canadiens des Beatles, pressés sous le
label Capitol. Seuls les trois premiers seront détaillés, les suivants
étant devenus identiques à leurs cousins US. La plupart des disques
canadiens des Beatles ont été pressés à Mississauga (Ontario), située au
centre du Canada. Plusieurs sous-contractants, comme RCA et Decca, ont
également pressé des disques des Beatles au Canada. On retrouve ainsi
des variantes dans les pressages des disques (33T et 45T). De 1963 à
1968, les labels subissent quelques légers changements, comme
l'apparition du mot 'CANADA' entre parenthèses, à partir de 1967. Cela
constitue un bon critère pour distinguer un pressage original d'une
réédition. Après 1968, les rééditions des 33T antérieurs au double album
blanc restent sous le label Capitol, mais les étiquettes changent de
graphisme et de couleurs, comme c'est le cas aux États-Unis. Voici le
détail des trois premiers 33T pressés chez Capitol Canada.
Beatlemania ! (Capitol T-6051) - 02/12/1963
C'est
l'équivalent du "With The Beatles" britannique dont il reprend
exactement le track-listing. Seule la pochette diffère légèrement. Il
s'agit du premier album sorti en Amérique du Nord, devançant le
"Introducing The Beatles" (Vee-Jay) et le "Meet The Beatles" (Capitol)
US. Publié tout d'abord en Mono, il enfantera un pressage Stéréo en
1984. Deux mix existent:
- Le "Narrow mix" qui est proche de la version Mono.
- Le "Wide mix" qui est une des versions supérieures de la Stéréophonie (proche de la vraie Stéréo). C'est le plus recherché des collectionneurs Nord-Américains.
- Le "Narrow mix" qui est proche de la version Mono.
- Le "Wide mix" qui est une des versions supérieures de la Stéréophonie (proche de la vraie Stéréo). C'est le plus recherché des collectionneurs Nord-Américains.
Twist And Shout (Capitol T-6054) - 03/02/1964
Il
faut savoir qu'il n'existe pas de pressage de "Please Please Me" en
tant que tel au Canada. En revanche, cette compilation particulière à vu
le jour. En voici le track-listing:
Face 1
1. "Anna (Go To Him)"
2. "Chains"
3. "Boys"
4. "Ask Me Why"
5. "Please Please Me"
6. "Love Me Do"
7. "From Me To You"
Face 2
1. "P.S. I Love You"
2. "Baby, It's You"
3. "Do You Want to Know a Secret"
4. "A Taste of Honey"
5. "There's a Place"
6. "Twist and Shout"
7. "She Loves You"
En tout, 14 titres dont "She loves you" et "From me to you" . La
pochette reprend celle du EP anglais GEP 8882, agrandie et
personnalisée. Il n'existe pas de vrai pressage Stéréo de cette
compilation. Celui que Capitol Canada a publiée en 1984 est
majoritairement Mono: seule la face 2 est en "Duophonic Stereo",
agrémentée de quelques titres en Stéréo réelle (mix UK), à savoir "Baby,
It's You", "Do You Want To Know A Secret", "A Taste Of Honey", "There's
A Place" et "Twist And Shout".
Long Tall Sally (Capitol T-6063) - 27/04/1964
Il s'agit également d'une compilation, dont le track-listing est le suivant:
Face 1
1. I Want to Hold Your Hand
2. I Saw Her Standing There
3. You Really Got A Hold On Me
4. Devil In Her Heart
5. Roll Over Beethoven
6. Misery
Face 2
7. Long Tall Sally
8. I Call Your Name
9. Please Mr Postman
10. This Boy
11. I'll Get You
12. You Can't Do That
1. I Want to Hold Your Hand
2. I Saw Her Standing There
3. You Really Got A Hold On Me
4. Devil In Her Heart
5. Roll Over Beethoven
6. Misery
Face 2
7. Long Tall Sally
8. I Call Your Name
9. Please Mr Postman
10. This Boy
11. I'll Get You
12. You Can't Do That
Bien peu intéressant pour les fans canadiens, ce disque contient une
majorité de titres déjà lancés sur 45T, ainsi que d'autres auparavant
publiés sur "Beatlemania !". On trouve des pressages Stéréo dès 1976,
mais là encore, seuls deux titres sont en stéréo: "Please Mr. Postman"
et "You Can't Do That". Au niveau de la pochette, il existe de
nombreuses variantes. A noter les rappels des deux disques précédents au
verso.
Pour l'anecdote, les bandes masters qui ont servis au pressage de ces trois disques canadiens proviennent de chez EMI UK et non de chez Capitol US:
-T-6051 The Beatles "Beatlemania!" (MONO only) - mastered by Graham from UK EMI (not US) tape masters;
-T-6054 The Beatles "Twist And Shout" (MONO only) - mastered by Fred from UK EMI (not US) tape masters;
-T-6063 The Beatles "Long Tall Sally" (MONO only) - mastered by Graham from UK EMI* (not US) tape masters.
Graham Newton et Fred Burchill de RCA Victor (Toronto, Ontario) ont préparés les "stampers" pour Capitol Canada. A partir de juillet 1964, les 33T canadiens seront rigoureusement identiques à leurs cousins US, à ceci près qu'au premier semestre 1968, Capitol Canada rééditera les trois 33T US "The Beatles' Second Album", "Meet The Beatles", et "The Early Beatles" en stéréo en lieu et place des trois albums détaillés ci-dessus. De plus, la mouture canadienne de "Let It Be" se verra éditée en coffret, comme en Europe, tandis que le pressage US n'aura droit qu'à une simple pochette 'gatefold'.
En complément, voici un petit historique sur la discographie canadienne des Beatles, par l'intermédiaire d'une lettre de Paul White (gérant "Artiste et répertoire" chez Capitol Canada), fournie par Bruce Spizer:
-T-6054 The Beatles "Twist And Shout" (MONO only) - mastered by Fred from UK EMI (not US) tape masters;
-T-6063 The Beatles "Long Tall Sally" (MONO only) - mastered by Graham from UK EMI* (not US) tape masters.
Graham Newton et Fred Burchill de RCA Victor (Toronto, Ontario) ont préparés les "stampers" pour Capitol Canada. A partir de juillet 1964, les 33T canadiens seront rigoureusement identiques à leurs cousins US, à ceci près qu'au premier semestre 1968, Capitol Canada rééditera les trois 33T US "The Beatles' Second Album", "Meet The Beatles", et "The Early Beatles" en stéréo en lieu et place des trois albums détaillés ci-dessus. De plus, la mouture canadienne de "Let It Be" se verra éditée en coffret, comme en Europe, tandis que le pressage US n'aura droit qu'à une simple pochette 'gatefold'.
En complément, voici un petit historique sur la discographie canadienne des Beatles, par l'intermédiaire d'une lettre de Paul White (gérant "Artiste et répertoire" chez Capitol Canada), fournie par Bruce Spizer:
Role Of Paul White
From
1957 to 1978, I, Paul White, worked at Capitol records of Canada in
various jobs, including as Marketing Manager and in the Artists and
Repertoire department. I became a Vice President at the Canadian
Company. In my A & R job I reviewed releases from EMI Records in
England (owners of Capitol Records U.S.) for possible release in Canada.
Pre Beatles I had great success with Cliff Richard product among other
"Brit" stars.
In early 1963 I received a copy of the Beatles Single Love Me Do - I liked the group's fresh new sound and released the single in February 1963 (Catalogue number 72076). I followed up with Please Please Me and From Me To You but sales on all three 45s were low and our Canadian President started to question the Beatles' saleability. I persisted, and the next single She Loves You landed in every major Canadian radio chart, becoming a huge seller, and taking the previous three releases along with it, so all four hit the charts and justified my faith.
Since Capitol Canada began releasing records almost a year before Capitol America we had Beatles records not released in the States. Even during the first half of 1964 while Capitol Records America was releasing Beatles records the records released in both countries were completely different. When we had two singles charted in the U.S. trade paper BILLBOARD through import from American dealers things changed. Alan Livingston, then President of Capitol America sent a directive to Capitol Canada demanding that Capitol Canada release identical Beatle records as released in America, using the same artwork supplied by the Hollywood, California office. Incidentally, this also meant that Capitol Canada had to "retro-release" Beatles records using the American format (Beatlemania, With The Beatles material would also be used on a Canadian issue of Meet The Beatles, etc.).
So, from mid-1964 Capitol Canada conformed to the American format for releasing all Beatles records. In June, 1966 the Beatles album Yesterday & Today was scheduled for release in the U.S.A. and Canada. We received artwork and master tapes from Hollywood, California. The initial artwork depicted the Beatles in butcher smocks covered with decapitated baby dolls and raw pieces of meat. We began to manufacture LP covers for "mass distribution" when we received a call from Alan Livingston in Hollywood to tell us that Sir Joseph Lockwood, Chairman of EMI Records Worldwide had objected to the "Butcher" cover and had instructed that the cover be scrapped and replaced with a new cover in every country the album was scheduled for release. We therefore were told to cease production and destroy all jackets and covers of the "Butcher" album. As the person in charge of scheduling Beatle releases I always received first copies of jackets and covers to check for colour match and errors. I had two mono Butcher jackets and a stereo Butcher slick in my office, sent from the printers. I gave one mono jacket to someone in the office and kept the stereo slick and other mono jacket.
In early 1963 I received a copy of the Beatles Single Love Me Do - I liked the group's fresh new sound and released the single in February 1963 (Catalogue number 72076). I followed up with Please Please Me and From Me To You but sales on all three 45s were low and our Canadian President started to question the Beatles' saleability. I persisted, and the next single She Loves You landed in every major Canadian radio chart, becoming a huge seller, and taking the previous three releases along with it, so all four hit the charts and justified my faith.
Since Capitol Canada began releasing records almost a year before Capitol America we had Beatles records not released in the States. Even during the first half of 1964 while Capitol Records America was releasing Beatles records the records released in both countries were completely different. When we had two singles charted in the U.S. trade paper BILLBOARD through import from American dealers things changed. Alan Livingston, then President of Capitol America sent a directive to Capitol Canada demanding that Capitol Canada release identical Beatle records as released in America, using the same artwork supplied by the Hollywood, California office. Incidentally, this also meant that Capitol Canada had to "retro-release" Beatles records using the American format (Beatlemania, With The Beatles material would also be used on a Canadian issue of Meet The Beatles, etc.).
So, from mid-1964 Capitol Canada conformed to the American format for releasing all Beatles records. In June, 1966 the Beatles album Yesterday & Today was scheduled for release in the U.S.A. and Canada. We received artwork and master tapes from Hollywood, California. The initial artwork depicted the Beatles in butcher smocks covered with decapitated baby dolls and raw pieces of meat. We began to manufacture LP covers for "mass distribution" when we received a call from Alan Livingston in Hollywood to tell us that Sir Joseph Lockwood, Chairman of EMI Records Worldwide had objected to the "Butcher" cover and had instructed that the cover be scrapped and replaced with a new cover in every country the album was scheduled for release. We therefore were told to cease production and destroy all jackets and covers of the "Butcher" album. As the person in charge of scheduling Beatle releases I always received first copies of jackets and covers to check for colour match and errors. I had two mono Butcher jackets and a stereo Butcher slick in my office, sent from the printers. I gave one mono jacket to someone in the office and kept the stereo slick and other mono jacket.
- Merci à Mop Top pour sa précieuse collaboration à cet article -
Photos: Mop Top
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