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. ****