Core Collectors Labels


For music collectors the world of Beatlegs can be very confusing with thousands of releases on hundreds of labels.

But FabFour.info is different to other sites, focusing only on the most important and ‘core’ Beatleg Labels - those who provided the best quality releases.

There are hundreds of Labels available all over the world with European, US and Japanese release. All labels featured on this site are highly regarded - by focusing on these labels I can offer more quality information, rather than little information on all labels. Any labels not mentioned on this site are not what I would regard as important to a collector.

I will also be offering an updated ‘core’ list, as many lists available are now out of date.


Labels List


Audifön / Audiofön
Subsidiary of Yellow Dog with early releases on LP. Later releases on CD are featured in this area.Audifon-014.html

B4 Records
Rare Japanese label with few decent releases, but those of interest are noted here.B4-Records-004.html

His Master’s Choice
An excellent contemporary Japanese / European subsidiary of Yellow Dog.
Many excellent and original discs including Solo material.Condor-1963-P1.html

A minor Japanese label who released a comprehensive John Barrett Collection.Gnat_Records.html

An excellent Japanese label releasing only the finest ‘tape’ source outtakes and live recordings.BJB-Label.html

A subsidiary of Masterdisc releasing an excellent early collection of Beatles and Solo outtakes and live recordings.Masterdisc-001.html

An under-rated Japanese label with only few discs, but some of serious merit.Masterfraction-001.html

Another excellent Japanese label releasing a comprehensive collection of live Beatles performances, as well as studio outtakes and Solo recordings. Possible links to Masterdisc?TheMasterworks-001.html

A subsidiary of Misterclaudel, reserved only for ‘special’ releases.Midnight-Beat-108-9.html

Rattle Snake
Yes, another Japanese label. Again with few releases, but some worth a mention listed here.Misterclaudel-007.html

Vigotone
One of the finest labels available to collectors, offering superb unreleased tracks, as well as outstanding packaging.No-Label.html

WWII
A subsidiary of Misterclaudel, reserved for Beatles Rockband Titles.Non-Plus-Ultra-G1.html

Yellow Dog
One of the original and best CD labels boasting a very impressive catalogue of discs.
This labels has links with others such as ‘Strawberry Records’, ‘Midnight Beat’, ‘His Master’s Choice’ and many, many more....Rattlesnake-221.html

Tarantura
A quality Japanese label renowned for their ‘Led Zeppelin’ discs, but with several Beatles and Solo disc in very tasty packaging (most Beatles released under sub-labels with ‘Apple Sticker’ being the give away.)Strawberry-SAMPLER001.html

Strawberry Records
A sister label of Yellow Dog, featuring more in the way of Solo Beatles material, but also offering many ‘core’ titles, as well as some trademark long boxes. Many thanks to Chris H for the extra scans!The-Swingin-Pig-001.html

The Swingin’ Pig
One of the original Beatleg Labels from Germany. Starting CD releases in 1988, many of their titles are still ‘core’ to this day.Tarantura-001.html

Midnight Beat
A Luxembourg based label producing only a few Beatles and Solo titles in 1997, but most titles they did produce is regarded very highly for their quality.Tobe_Milo.html

Condor
An historic US label originally pressing to vinyl, but moving to CD in 1989. With their unusual silver centred discs, this label is still considered for its importance as a digital Beatleg pioneer to this day.Vigotone-BT6368-3.html

Tobe Milo
An obscure label with very little information available about its origins. However, this little known label boasts the best tape sources for some of the 1963 sessions.WWII-01-02.html

No Label Releases
Here you can find a collection of ‘core’ non-labelled releases.YellowDog-001.html

Fake ‘EMI’
The First 3 ever compact disc Beatlegs, released in the US in 1987.
However, these were made up of vinyl sources, unlike other historic Beatleg pioneers.EMI_fake.html

His Master’s Choice
A superb contemporary Japanese / European off-shoot of Yellow Dog.
Many excellent and original discs, including some great Solo stuff.HMC001.html


One of the original US labels. Whilst this is not a ‘core’ label, I have included scans for all titles on this label for reference.AdamVIII-010.html

Howdy!
A subsidiary label of Vigotone - offering excellent quality, tape source recordings.howdy-CD-555-04.html

Madman Records
A subsidiary label of Vigotone - offering excellent quality, tape source recordings.madman13-14.html

Pegboy
A subsidiary label of Vigotone - offering excellent quality, tape source recordings.pegboy-1008.html

Repro-Man
A subsidiary label of Vigotone - offering excellent quality, tape source recordings.
Many offerings on this label are clones of Midnight Beat titles, with extra bonus tracks.reproman100.html

Spank
A subsidiary label of Vigotone - offering excellent quality, tape source recordings.spank-103.html

An excellent, but lesser known label with only a hand-full of Beatles and Solo releases.
However, their disc ‘A Toot And A Snore In ’74’ is the only known recording of John and Paul Post-Beatles.Mistral-9105.html

An excellent fan label releasing many FREE online ‘core’ titles on both CD and DVD!Darthdisc_001-002.html

A web based label that has been copied to silver by Japanese silver enthusiasts.Forgotten_Records.html

Beatle Boots Records
This is one of the earliest Japanese labels with a trademark ‘boot sticker’ on the cases of their discs.
However, most of their releases are transfers from vinyl boots, so quality is not great. Superb artwork though!Beatle_Boots_Records_01.html

Idol Mind Productions
A prolific vinyl bootlegger started in the 1970’s, but reincarnated in Japan in 2010 with some excellent remastered material.Idol_Mind_Productions-001.html

Extract Factory
A Japanese label printing silver discs of many Remasters Workshop titles - speed and pitch corrected classics.Extract_Factory-001.html

Black Dog Records
This label is a subsidiary of the famous Yellow Dog label. With only 11 titles releases between 1992-2000 this was a marginal label, but has some classic titles.Black_Dog_001.html

Red Square
Yes, another Japanese label, with only 4 discs to their name, but some excellent quality stuff from this distant cousin of the Yellow Dog family.Red_Square_01.html

Moonlight Records
A label linked to Midnight Beat only releasing 2 discs of Fab4 material in total - but excellent releases.Moonlight-9506.html

A superb online label remastering many titles with pitch and speed correction (Extract Factory are clones of these titles.) **See each original title to see if it has has the RMW treatment**

Orange
A subsidiary label of Yellow Dog with a large selection of Beatles and Solo releases between 1994-95.
Re-branded in 1995 as Yellow Dog / Orange.Orange_1.html

Secret Garden Records
A subsidiary label of Misterclaudel from Japan, releasing mainly silver disc upgrades of fan web releases.
But also a few interesting exclusives.Secret_Garden_01.html

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