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TITLE
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NORWEGIAN WOOD |
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TRACK LISTING
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SIDE 1
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Paperback Writer (Lennon -
McCartney) We Can Work It Out (Lennon - McCartney) |
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SIDE 2
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Day Tripper (Lennon - McCartney) Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (Lennon - McCartney) |
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RELEASE DATE
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8th February 1968 / First Press |
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| INNER SLEEVE |
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP | ||||
| Sorry, I don't
have it. (Plastic bag type) |
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The Parlophone £ logo and EMI
logo in a box was printed at the upper left corner of the
front cover. |
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The catalog number is printed on the back
cover in the upper right corner. Laminate cover, with flaps. Parlophone / EMI logomark in a box was printed at the back sleeve. The credit "Made and Distributed in Australia by E.M.I. (Australia) Limited" is printed at the bottom of back sleeve. |
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Localised perimeter text; placement of the
words "TRADE MARK" under the Parlophone logo, which
itself is offset to the top left of the label. |
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Royalty stamps to the left of the centre
hole, catalogue and matrix numbers to the right. "Northern Songs" is in lowercase |
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All Australian EPs are Solid Centre. All Australian EPs are 45 rpm. White "45 R.P.M. EXTENDED PLAY" text. |
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On the second pressing, the royalty
notation "NORTHERN SONGS" is in capital letters. |
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OTHER ITEM
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CATALOG NUMBER
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GEPO-70044 | ||||
| RECORD LABEL | Black/Yellow Parlophone label with
silver print Type-A1 |
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MIX
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MONO | ||||
| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | 7AXPA 1393 |
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| SIDE 2 | 7AXPA 1394 |
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VINYL COLOR
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BLACK | ||||
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RECORD COMPANY'S
NAME
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COVER | MADE AND DISTRIBUTED BY E.M.I.
(AUSTRALIA) LIMITED, SYDNEY, N.S.W. |
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| LABEL | MADE BY E.M.I. (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED. SYDNEY
N.S.W. |
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LABEL CENTER
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Solid center | ||||
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PUBLISHER'S NAME
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SIDE 1 | Northern Songs |
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| SIDE 2 | Northern Songs |
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COVER FORM
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Single type Laminated cover. with flaps and no tab cut on the back |
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PRINTER CREDIT
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- |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo by ROBERT WHITAKER |
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| PRODUCER | George Martin | ||||
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COMMENTS
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These are Australian
EPs. Starting with GEPO, which adds an "O" to the original UK catalogue number GEP, there is the 8000 series which follows the original UK release, as well as the 70000 series which is unique to Australia. There are also some which follow the original UK release but have unique Australian jacket photos. Furthermore, mono LP tapes are mainly used as the sound source for Australian EPs, and it is said that the only songs sent by Metal Mother from the UK were Side 2 of "The Beatles' Hits," "All My Loving," "Nowhere Man," and "Magical Mystery Tour (stereo and mono)." All Australian EPs are Solid Centre. All Australian EPs are 45 rpm. While released over a period of some eight months, Help!, Norwegian Wood and Penny Lane actually all originated on the same day, 22 September 1967. All three EPs were passed for press on 26 September 1967, and all three were mastered from tape on 4 October 1967. For this release, EMI (Australia) adapted the front cover art from the US Yesterday... And Today LP. The selected tracks had all previously been released as singles. The EP remained in print until December 1978. In June 1979, it, along with all unique-to-Australia 70000-series Beatles EPs, were recut and reissued with updated artwork. For the recut, EMI (Australia) went back to the original mono EP tape, meaning this is one of the few reissued EPs that play in true mono, rather than stereo, or folddown. This reissue first appeared in September 1979. Yellow Parlophone Label: This label style first appeared on All My Loving in April 1964 and remained in use until the end of March 1982, making it the most common label style to appear on Beatles EPs. Several variations existed: Yellow Parlophone Type-A: April 1964-June 1969: Royalty stamps to the left of the centre hole, catalogue and matrix numbers to the right. Some labels printed during 1968/69 have completely different typesetting, suggesting the use of a second printing house. Yellow Parlophone Type-B: July 1969-June 1987: No royalty stamps, catalogue and matrix numbers to the left of the centre hole. New fonts used on track titles. Commencing around 1976, labels were reprinted with newer IBM Selectric-based typesetting. Post-September 1979 reissues generally credit Lennon-McCartney tracks to "ATV Northern Songs". From August 1980, EPs appeared without the anti-skid ribbing and from 1981 with a smaller inner ring as a result of EMI (Australia) installing new Toshiba-EMI automatic presses and subsequently changing the 7" mould. According to "The Beatles Australia Album Labelography - I Am The Platypus" |
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