GENE ROCKWELL "Die Jare Gaan Verby" APPLE RECORDS rare 7" 45 BEATLES Mary Hopkin

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GENE ROCKWELL "Die Jare Gaan Verby ( Those Were The Days"sung in "Afrikaans")/Rose Is Rooi"
7" 45 (THE BEATLES...John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr) Mary Hopkin rare APPLE RECORDS

GENE ROCKWELL...GIGA RARE APPLE 45 (Afrikaans language version of the Apple Records hit from MARY HOPKIN...)..."Afrikaans" is a language derived from West German & Dutch and is still spoken by 17-20 million South Africans....this version "Die Jare Gaan Verby" literally translated means "The Years Pass" (in actual Dutch: "De Jaren Gaan Voorbij"), while "Rose Is Rooi" ("Rozen Zijn Rood") means "Roses Are Red"....and it's sung by a top South African pop singer of the day and released in a ridiculously small run via a brief licensing deal with a small independent distributor ("Gallo") in South Africa....NEVER on CD anywhere, anyhow...

Apart from the Apple 1 Frank Sinatra single given to the 4 Beatles, this is the rarest Apple 45 ever IMO....

I've had a few requests for proof that this single is real....it's THAT rare...it doesn't appear in any discographies at all...only in the (essential !) Jeffrey Levy book "AppleLog" ....and that photo was supplied by me to Jeff...& that is my other copy...I've only ever seen one other person's copy in the world...A VERY SHORT EXCERPT OF THESE 2 SONGS IS HERE...  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsGLzhXvrPw&feature=youtu.be

Apple Records cat no...PD 9431

Handwritten matrix no's PD 9431 / ABC 27896 and PD 9431 / ABC 27897 (last digit on Side B matrix no was originally incorrectly as a "6", but the "6" was overwritten by a "7").

Here's some words from other people re this single....

GENE ROCKWELL 7" Apple 45 - "DIE JARE GAAN VERBY" / "ROSE IS ROOI".

An interesting thing about this and other S African Apple labels of this era is that they don't appear to have been issued by EMI (South Africa), but instead by Gallo (which issued Decca / London) "PD" was a Gallo prefix. The "Single 45 Play" circle on the left hand side was common to all the company's labels at the time) Beatles records however, continued to be appear on EMI Parlophone.

In Tony Bramwell's book "Magical Mystery Tour", he states that a special deal was made with a company in South Africa ("Gallo") that released their OWN Apple label record that really didn't have anything to do with Apple Records in the UK/USA.

An interesting thing about this and other South African Apple labels of this era is that they weren't issued by EMI (Sth Africa), but instead by Gallo (which issued Decca / London). "PD" was a Gallo prefix. The "Single 45 Play" circle on the left hand side was common to all the company's labels at the time. Beatles records however, continued to be appear on EMI Parlophone.

This super rarity was pressed and issued in South Africa on the APPLE label in 1968 (Catalogue no PD.9431).  The two songs featuring on this 7" single record, sung in Afrikaans by Gene Rockwell (South African rock singer), were for some unknown reason issued on the APPLE label by the Brigadiers music company ("Gallo") in South Africa only. It seems that the first pressings were done on the Apple label and some of those slipped through to one or two record stores.  The record is much sought after by serious collectors of extremely rare records.

Record's condition - : VG- ...plays thru without any skips, but with background crackles & some clicks here & there....see pics

Label's condition - : VG+ (slight ring wear, as per pics, tiny tear on side one.....see pic)

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