Le Temps Des Fleurs /
Turn Turn Turn

Mary Hopkin recorded her biggest hit (Those Were The Days) in different languages to appeal to different countries. Namely, "Que Tiempo Tan Feliz", sung in Spanish, "Quelli Erano Giorni" in Italian and "An Jenem Tag" in German.

A french version was also recorded for froncophone regions of the world, and Canada having a province whose first language is French, her "Le Temps Des Fleurs" rendition was released (only) in the province of Québec in 1968, under the UK "Apple 2" catalogue number (the only North American release to bear a UK catalogue number). This makes a total of 5 different versions produced by Paul McCartney (only two of which were released in Canada).

Availability

45.APPLE2.5.1 was available in Canada as a special regional release in 1968 along its regular English version on Apple 1801. Being distributed only in Québec (Eastern Canada), most Canadians collectors had rarely seen a copy surface in the Western part of the country, and was therfore thought to be extremely rare until the late 1990s, were (with the advent of internet collecting communities) it was soon realized that it was a very popular release in Québec and that many more copies were available than original thought.

At one point, this 45 was marked at around 1500$ in the 1990s, to be sold around 200$ in the 2000s, and can now be found online between 50$-100$. It is a unique peculiar release that is not "common", but that is not as rare as it was originally speculated.

General Information

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Packaging

Unique Canadian white matte paper Apple Sleeve

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