From: ralph.weigmann@wirtschaft.tu-ilmenau.de
Subject: CHOBA B CCCP (list of different versions)
Date: 20 Apr 1995 20:46:46 GMT

CHOBA B CCCP

The numerous variations of the CHOBA B CCCP albums made in the USSR have been discussed lately on rec.music.beatles.

Some people asked me via e-mail for a list of CHOBA B CCCP versions. For all the label- and matrix-purists - here it is (all legal USSR releases, no bootlegs, no counterfeits, except one could be one, noted in comment):

Factory: Riga
Songs: 11
Inner Packaging: plastic
Little Star Color: yellow
Label Color: red
Bars on Label: none
Matrix Side A: A60-00415/1-1 DMM
Matrix Side B: A60-00416/1-1 DMM
Comment: little star on cover and MPL-man a very closely

Factory: Tashkent
Songs: 11
Inner Packaging: paper
Little Star Color: dark yellow
Label Color: red
Bars on Label: none
Matrix Side A: A60-00415/1-1 DMM
Matrix Side B: A60-00416/1-1 DMM
Comment: brilliant cover; little star on cover is overprinted with the 
         MPL-man on the right bottom of the back-cover yellow color is 
         not covering, it seems like brush-painted

Factory: Aprelewka
Songs: 11
Inner Packaging: paper
Little Star Color: dark yellow
Label Color: red
Bars on Label: one thick bar
Matrix Side A: A60-00415/1-2 DMM
Matrix Side B: A60-00416/1-3 DMM

Factory: Tashkent
Songs: 11
Inner Packaging: paper
Little Star Color: yellow
Label Color: red
Bars on Label: none
Matrix Side A: A60-00415/1-1 DMM
Matrix Side B: A60-00416/1-1 DMM
Comment: brilliant cover; little star on cover is overprinted with the 
         MPL-man on the right bottom of the back-cover yellow color is 
         not covering, it seems like brush-painted; label text of B is 
         printed on the inner groove (misprint)

Factory: Moscow
Songs: 11
Inner Packaging: paper
Little Star Color: orange
Label Color: red
Bars on Label: one thin bar
Matrix Side A: A60-00415/1-1 DMM
Matrix Side B: A60-00416/1-1 DMM

Factory: Tashkent: cover; Aprelewka: record
Songs: 11
Inner Packaging: paper
Little Star Color: dark yellow
Label Color: red
Bars on Label: one thick bar
Matrix Side A: A60-00415/1-1 DMM
Matrix Side B: A60-00416/1-1 DMM
Comment: brilliant cover; little star on cover is overprinted with the 
         MPL-man on the right bottom of the back-cover yellow color is 
         not covering, it seems like brush-painted; cover seems to be 
         copied (maybe a counterfeit)

Factory: Aprelewka
Songs: 11
Inner Packaging: plastic, quadratic
Little Star Color: dark yellow
Label Color: red
Bars on Label: one thick bar
Matrix Side A: A60-00415/1-3 DMM
Matrix Side B: A60-00416/1-3 DMM

Factory: Aprelewka
Songs: 11
Inner Packaging: paper
Little Star Color: yellow
Label Color: red
Bars on Label: one thick bar
Matrix Side A: A60-00415/1-3 DMM
Matrix Side B: A60-00416/1-3 DMM

Factory: Moscow
Songs: 11
Inner Packaging: paper
Little Star Color: orange
Label Color: red
Bars on Label: one thin bar
Matrix Side A: A60-00415/1-1 DMM
Matrix Side B: A60-00416/1-3 DMM

Factory: Riga
Songs: 13
Inner Packaging: plastic
Little Star Color: brown
Label Color: red
Bars on Label: none
Matrix Side A: A60-00415/1-5 DMM
Matrix Side B: A60-00416/1-5 DMM
Comment: big red star on front cover is very dark; cover is rough

Factory: Riga
Songs: 13
Inner Packaging: plastic
Little Star Color: dark gold
Label Color: red
Bars on Label: none
Matrix Side A: A60-00415/1-5 DMM
Matrix Side B: A60-00416/1-5 DMM
Comment: cover is rough and very light white

Factory: Riga
Songs: 13
Inner Packaging: plastic
Little Star Color: yellow-gold
Label Color: red
Bars on Label: none
Matrix Side A: A60-00415/1-5 DMM
Matrix Side B: A60-00416/1-5 DMM
Comment: cover is rough

Factory: Leningrad (town was renamed to St. Petersburg)
Songs: 13
Inner Packaging: paper
Little Star Color: dirty gold
Label Color: red
Bars on Label: two thin bars
Matrix Side A: A60-00415/1-5 DMM
Matrix Side B: A60-00416/1-5 DMM
Comment: cover is very rough; silhouette of Leningrad on label; 
         label writing is blue; on back cover a date and a number were 
         printed: 6. 04. 89; 3.213-0-131580

Factory: Leningrad (town was renamed to St. Petersburg)
Songs: 13
Inner Packaging: paper
Little Star Color: yellow
Label Color: red
Bars on Label: two thin bars
Matrix Side A: A60-00415/1-6 DMM
Matrix Side B: A60-00416/1-5 DMM
Comment: cover is very rough; silhouette of Leningrad on label; 
         label writing is blue; on back cover a date and a number were 
         printed: 6. 04. 89; 3.213-0-131580; big red star on front cover 
         is very dark

Factory: Aprelewka
Songs: 13
Inner Packaging: paper
Little Star Color: gold
Label Color: white
Bars on Label: one thick bar
Matrix Side A: A60-00415/1-7 DMM
Matrix Side B: A60-00416/1-5 DMM

Factory: Aprelewka
Songs: 13
Inner Packaging: paper
Little Star Color: dark gold
Label Color: red
Bars on Label: one thick bar
Matrix Side A: A60-00415/1-5 DMM
Matrix Side B: A60-00416/1-5 DMM

Factory: Aprelewka
Songs: 13
Inner Packaging: plastic
Little Star Color: dark gold
Label Color: white
Bars on Label: one thick bar
Matrix Side A: A60-00415/1-5 DMM
Matrix Side B: A60-00416/1-5 DMM
Comment: big red star on front cover is very dark

The 11 song release was pressed 50.000 times, the 13 song release 350.000 times (mostly in Aprelewka, a very small town near Moscow).

Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
From: dlm3@midway.uchicago.edu (saki)
Subject: Re: How do ye pronounce CHOBA B CCCP?
Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 06:02:18 GMT

"*Sno*va v'ess ess ess *ehr*", emphasized as indicated, will do nicely.

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