JUDY

Country: UK; USA
Release date: February, 1971
Label: Kustom Records ASC 003
Matrix: 2002 A / 2002 B
SIDE A
1. HEY JUDE
2. LADY MADONNA
3. THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO
4. RAIN
5. OLD BROWN SHOE
6. THIS BOY
SIDE B
7. ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
8. THE INNER LIGHT
9. BABY YOU'RE A RICH MAN
10. I'M DOWN
11. PENNY LANE
12. STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER
SOUND QUALITY: VG, mono
SOURCES: All songs are the officially released versions, taken from 45 rpm singles
COMMENTARY
This is one of the earliest pirate recordings to appear, issued for the UK market to make up for the absence of a domestic release of the"Hey Jude" album (albeit in vastly inferior sound quality). It is included in this discography because it was released by Kustom Records, a label which produced some interesting bootlegs.
RELEASES
This rare record had only one original pressing and one counterfeited version. The original version came in a soft sleeve printed in the UK, had yellow Kustom Records labels and the catalogue number ASC-003. The counterfeited version, probably produced by the same producers of KUM BACK by World’s Greatest Records, has a yellow cover. As typical of those copycats, the counterfeits came with the same matrix numbers.
INTEREST. A rare early record. ****