They were pressed by small companies in Taiwan (or Formosa), in extremely limited numbers (between 100 and 500), and so are quite rare. They were made for the Chinese semi-black market and so had to be made outside China to avoid certain restrictions on record manufacturing. There are many cover and label variations to watch for. Sometimes they are pressed on colored vinyl, usually with terrible sound. Most of the time the front covers are poor quality copies printed on thin paper.
Many back covers are different or will have the lyrics printed, some with amusing errors and typos. Sometimes there are album slicks from other albums inside the covers. The official record company logo is removed and a Chinese record company and record number is superimposed in it. The covers are made of paper which is sealed in very thin plastic, inside and outside. They are pressed on poor quality vinyl which plays with some static.
They never note the country name on the cover or on the labels. They were not official pressings even in Taiwan or China, where the communist government did not yet allow western music to be released.So very few were made, and even fewer have survived. This is NOT an audiophile pressing! These records were pressed on cheap vinyl with substandard equipment and second-hand masters made from US, UK, or Japanese discs. Still they sound pretty good in their way, if they are well taken care of.
But they are really interesting rarities from the Maoist regime, showing how some young folks there still wanted to hear the Beatles, even if it was unpatriotic. And marks but they don't affect the play much. There is some noise at the beginning of each side but otherwise it p. Lays like a new Taiwanese copy. Is just beautifully preserved, with.
You never ever see copies in this condition. A true top copy, almost impossible to beat. This item is in the category "Music\Vinyl Records". The seller is "missesknowitall" and is located in this country: US.This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, Korea, South, Taiwan, Belgium, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Barbados, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Uruguay.