DR. ROBERT...?
Company: Wizardo rec.
Matrix Number: WRMB 378-A / WRMB 378-B
Release Date: early 1976
Country: USA
SIDE A
1. I'M ONLY SLEEPING 2:56
2. WHAT'S THE NEW MARY JANE 3:08
3. THE INNER LIGHT 2:33
4. AND YOUR BIRD CAN SING 1:56
5. PEACE OF MIND (incomplete) 3:10
6. YOU KNOW MY NAME (LOOK UP THE NUMBER) 4:08
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SIDE B
7. DR. ROBERT 2:10
8. BLUE JAY WAY 3:46
9. L.S. BUMBLE BEE 2:33
10. PENNY LANE 2:54
11. I'M DOWN 2:30
12. HAVE YOU HEARD THE WORD 4:25
Sound Quality: EX-mono/stereo
Source:
1, 4 , 7: officially released versions (UK mixes)
2: unreleased Plastic Ono Band single, May 12, 1969
3, 6, 11: officially released versions (from singles)
5: no Beatles involvement (see comments after the analysis of PEACE OF MIND for remarks on the origin of this song)
8: mono mix, no backward tapes
9: Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, 1967
10: US promo version, 1967 (with trumpet finale)
12: the Futt, 1970
COMMENTS
A compilation of some uncommon mixes for the US market. Records like this are, and have always been, useless for a high-level collector, but in the seventies they were quite interesting for a non-specialized listener, since most of the mixes were not easily available. The record also includes an improved version of Peace of Mind, which sounds clearer after equalization than it did on the original tape. The company even took care to have a high-quality stereo pressing, which was unusual for Wizardo records. The discs were produced at the Lewis plant.
RELEASES
1. Early 1976 (photo below the title). The first pressing came with an insert printed on light blue paper; the disc was in red-based multicolor wax with black speckles, and the labels were the red and blue Wizardo Rekords Collector's Special Recordings. Soon after the first edition, a version with the same insert but in black vinyl had the green and yellow El' Wizardo Discos labels and was supposedly made in Mexico, obviously trying to pass the record off as an import.
Late 1976. A further pressing came in late 1976, always with the same insert; it had the Old Glory labels on black vinyl.
INTEREST. There is always a good market for bootlegs pressed on multicolor vinyl, and this makes no exception (***). The copies in black wax are mainly interesting for completists and for collectors specialising in Wizardo releases (**/*).