The Best Of Beatrix Potter Volume One

"A FIONA BENTLEY Production, released in Australia exclusively by World Record Club." The titles have the customary "The Tale of..." on the labels, but not the sleeve. Australian WRC pressing, sourced from original stampers and featuring unique sleeve art. Compilation of previously released 7-inch discs. The Jill Parsons signature on the cover illustration had been brushed out of the early 1960s EPs, but is present here. The address indicates 1974 at the earliest, and licensing text, with "exclusively" is the format used before 1975. The label says "stereo", but there is no stereo rosette on the back of the sleeve, and the original EPs were mono... At least three versions exist - one with the number 02146 on both sleeve and labels, one with 02146 on the sleeve and 2924 on the labels, and one with 02924 on both sleeve and labels. It was reissued in December 1981 as L-02924, so that will be the later number (earlier programmes tended to omit the catalogue numbers altogether, e.g. the Christmas 1977 Words & Music magazine, where it was also advertised). It is likely that it was first issued for Christmas 1974, as the new numbering was being introduced, but before it had been finalised - the "L" prefix only occurred on three releases, and the point of the new numbering was for all releases to have a unique number - R-02146-7-8 belong to other releases, whereas R-02923-4-5 do not overlap with anything. The initial 0 precludes it belonging to the old numbering system. The tall and very narrow header font on the label also points to the end of 1974. Also issued on cassette. World Record Club: Registered Office - 605 Camberwell Road, Hartwell, Victoria, 3124.