Especially Prepared For Radio Station and T.V. Programming
A Capitol Records of Canada, Ltd. Promotion Record (CC-PRO-2)
Approximate time of the recording is 14 minutes and 30 seconds.
Recorded in London in early 1962. The interviewer is unknown.
The album includes four of her songs; Please Don't Treat Me Like A Child, You Don't Know, Tiptoe Through The Tulips, Walkin' Back To Happiness.

This cool one-sided Lp was issued by Capitol of Canada in April 1962, when Helen was still just 15 years old ! Helen was born on September 28th., 1946.

There were probably only 100-200 of these discs pressed by RCA Victor at their Smiths Falls, Ontario pressing plant.

In early 1963, The Beatles undertook their very first national tour of England as a support act to Helen Shapiro .. who was "top of the bill". In fact, The Beatles were the "bottom" act of the eight acts on the tour roster. The other acts on the tour ranking ahead of The Fab Four were The Red Price Combo, The Kestrels (who would do a terrific cover of "There's A Place" on UK Piccadilly), The Honeys, Dave Allen (comedian), Kenny Lynch, Danny Williams, Billie Davis (last portion of the tour) and of course Helen Shapiro. The tour commenced on February 2nd. 1963 and ended on March 3rd., 1963. For Beatles fans, it is important to note that The Beatles recorded their first album "Please Please Me" on one of their days off during this tour - that very long day for them was Monday, February 11th., 1963. The Beatles toured on their own from February 12th., 1963 to February 23rd., 1963 when they re-joined the Shapiro tour (Source" Mark Lewisohn "The Beatles Live"). The third single "From Me To You" was written by Lennon and McCartney on a "Helen Shapiro tour bus" on Thursday, February 28th., 1963.

So the Beatles connection to Helen Shapiro would be significant …

Above - The Beatles appear on their very first Ready Steady Go TV show with Helen Shapiro and Dusty Springfield, hosted by presenter Keith Fordyce (Friday, October 3rd., 1963, Source: Mark Lewisohn)

Paul White at Capitol was impressed enough with Helen Shapiro to issue this promotional album .., and she would have even more hits to follow ... now can you imagine if he had issued one of these one-sided promotional albums for The Beatles sometime during 1963 ? Now that would be something to look for !

Click HERE to listen to an excerpt of this promo record.

Helen Shapiro Canadian 45 RPM Discography

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Serial Number	Artist	Title
Capitol 4561	Helen Shapiro	Please Don't Treat Me Like A Child / When I'm With You
purple label, * may only be Capitol USA - TBDl)
Capitol 4627	Helen Shapiro	You Don't Know / Marvellous Lie
purple label
Capitol 4662	Helen Shapiro	Walkin' Back To Happiness / Kiss'N Run
purple label
Capitol 4735	Helen Shapiro	Tell Me What He Said / I Apologize
At this point Capitol USA gave up on Helen Shapiro but Capitol of Canada did not ! Orange and yellow Swirl Label
72050	Helen Shapiro	I Don’t Care / Little Miss Lonely
Orange and yellow swirl label
72062	Helen Shapiro	Let’s Talk About Love / Keep Away From Other Girls
Orange and yellow swirl label
72091	Helen Shapiro	Queen For Tonight / Daddy Couldn’t Get Me One Of Those
Orange and yellow swirl label
72100	Helen Shapiro	Woe Is Me / I Walked Right In
Orange and yellow swirl label
72119	Helen Shapiro	Not Responsible / No Trespassing
Orange and yellow swirl label
72140	Helen Shapiro	Look Who It Is / Walking In My Dreams
Orange and yellow swirl label

Helen Shapiro Canadian 33 RPM Discography

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Serial Number	Artist	Title
(S)T 6020	Helen Shapiro	Helen Shapiro Sings The Big Hits Of The 60s
June 1962 - The 1962 stereo version is very rare!
T 6030	Helen Shapiro	12 Hits And A Miss Helen Shapiro
Mono only, march 1963.
T 6053	Helen Shapiro	Helen Shapiro In Nashville
February 1964, Mono only