Expert: Pattie - 12/1/2008

Question
i have found a number of old 78 LP'S recorded by the beatles. help,magical mystery tour. the beatles 1967-1978,hard days night, the beatles '65 and the "white album" which stamped with the #0578644. area these worth anything and where would i go to find out. thanks..the capt.

Answer
Hi John!

Great question! There were 78's pressed of Beatle songs but they were usually from countries like India, places in South America and even Africa. If you could check your discs for a determination on what country they came from, I could help you a little more as far as the value goes. Yes, certainly they're worth something. Hardly an item in the world that has "Beatles" on it isn't worth something these days. The good news is that the value keeps going up, never down, which is bad news for us collectors who want to buy them LOL.

Here's the part that I find the most curious though. You say that you have full albums on 78rpm? To the best of my knowledge, the 78's made of Beatles songs were always single releases, not the full LP. Are you sure they are 78's and not 33 1/3 LP's? Do they have full cover art or are they in plain paper sleeves?

If you could follow up with me on this with that information, I'll do my best to help appraise them for you.

Peace,
Pattie
8^)