User talk:Mbabicz

Hi. Long time no see. Good to see you in the Wikipedia community. I haven't seen your name since I was on line with Prodigy. I hope you'll join the Beatle community and contribute actively. Are you one of the lucky 3,000 who happens to possess the Capitol issue of The Beatles Collection box set? If you are, I hope you can scan the Capitol pressing of the Rarities LP from the box set. Steelbeard1 02:20, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Steelbeard,

I don't know if you'll see this or not. I guess I still don't know how all the bells and whistles work. I remember the good old days of Prodigy, but I'm afraid that I don't have enough information to identify which Prodigy member you were. Do you want to give me a hint?

I've have been contributing some to Wikipedia for some time, but I've only signed up for a user name last week. (I had previously added rather long pieces of text in Introducing... The Beatles, Rock 'n' Roll Music, The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl, and Reel Music as well as "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)"; I've also added information to other music and history articles.) I had preferred to contribute anonymously, but when I wanted to add articles on Por Siempre Beatles and The Beatles in Italy,  I found that I had to register with a user name to create a new article.

To answer your question, I do have an American edition of The Beatles Collection. It is No. 2913. I bought it when it was released. I was a sophomore in college, and I heard that the limited boxed set was about to be released. I went to a record store in a nearby city to see if they would be getting it in. They said that they were supposed to get one copy. I paid for it on the spot ($107, I think), to ensure that they would hold it for me when it arrived. My friends thought I was crazy. I don't know; maybe I still am.

As for the American copy of Rarities, I'm afraid that I don't have the capability to scan the jacket at this time. But, it didn't really come with a jacket, just a paper sleeve. The sleeve looked like the British album cover, except that the graphics were white, not gold (and there were no song titles on the front of the sleeve). I suppose I should have mentioned the lack of a jacket in my revision.

--Mbabicz (6/4/2006)

Hello again, Mbabicz. You can get plenty of help from the fellow Beatle contributors. Go to WikiProject The Beatles. I was inspired to contribute further to The Beatles Collection article and to add a record label to the Past Masters, Volume Two article. I have the British Beatle Collection box set plus the 2-LP Past Masters set plus the German Magical Mystery Tour LP of which I contributed the German cover so I have the complete Beatles on LP. I'm G. Flinn. Steelbeard1 04:04, 5 June 2006 (UTC)