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The Beatles
Alpha Omega
AudioTape, Inc.
Thanks to Lynne Alman who submitted this winning entry to the Hall of Fame.
According to an article on Beatles tapes in
Beatlology magazine Sept/Oct 1999, this 4 tape set is one
of the Holy Grails of Beatles 8-tracks. I got these at a thrift store for 25
cents each. You can't tell in the pic but the front plastic is black,and the
back plastic is pink. Here are the paragraphs from Beatlology
written by Mark Galloway (beatletail@aol.com):
"This is a "sold on TV" only title, Alpha Omega.
This first-ever Beatles greatest hits compilation consisted of eight cartridges
and was sold through AudioTape in Cleveland and New Jersey. Not many would have
been produced as the company was threatened with a lawsuit and pulled their
product almost immediately. Since very few sets have been verified, no price has
been set. There are different variations similar to the vinyl boxsets,the first
being a set of eight cartridges with white shells produced by Record Promotions
Inc., and contains both volumes that were issued on vinyl. The second variation
can be found on an all black or black and pink cartridge produced by Audiotape
Inc.,which had either a pink or white label and contains only volume one on four
cartridges."
The Beatles - Alpha Omega officially enters the 8-track Heaven Hall Fame on August 21, 2000