Beatles/Heineken Beer/EMI joint project Only the Beatles…

A complete reprint of 12 songs from the original cassette of the promotional cassette “Only The Beatles…” (Stiletto EMI SMMC 151), produced in the summer of 1987 as a project by London’s Heineken Beer and EMI. A campaign that was only held in the UK where you collected 4 beer can pull tops and sent a postal money order or check to Heineken for ￡2.99 to receive a cassette as a gift. The campaign promotion started on July 1st of the same year, and beer cans with “-The Beatles – A Unique Cassette-” printed on them were shipped, and were extensively promoted mainly in newspaper advertisements and radio commercials. However, due to a legal complaint from Apple Records, it was discontinued after only 17 days, and “Only The Beatles…” is now a difficult item to obtain. At first glance, the contents seem to be a best-of album, but the somewhat mysterious selection of songs that includes songs other than singles will tickle the enthusiast’s heart. Also, “This Boy” and “Yes It Is” recorded on this cassette tape were recorded as “stereo versions”, which were valuable at the time (in particular, “Yes It Is” was released the following year in 1988). (I couldn’t listen to it until the release of Past Masters), and now that sound sources and releases are uniformly managed worldwide, it will be difficult to create unique projects like this in the future. For these reasons, it has now become a collector’s item. . A complete reprint of the phantom cassette “Only The Beatles…” from the original tape. The jacket has also been reproduced more precisely than the original. The gift of a cassette tape was a project that could only have been possible at the time, and what’s more, it was a reprint disc of a valuable item that was short-lived, lasting just under three weeks. Taken from the original cassette tape, Stiletto EMI SMMC 151 Unauthorized Beatles compilation album released in 1987 in audiocassette format 1. Love Me Do 2. Twist And Shout 3. She Loves You 4. This Boy(Stereo Version) 5. Eight Days A Week 6. All My Loving 7. Ticket To Ride 8. Yes It Is(Stereo Version) 9. Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da 10. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 11. And I Love Her 12. Strawberry Fields Forever