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#01. Please Please Me (PMCO 1202 / PCSO 3042)
(Update: 9th. March 2025)
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PARLOPHONE Original Sleeve

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MONO Released

#1-1 Please Please Me (1st. Press "Gold Parlophone Label/ Manufacture credit at bottom": PMCO 1202)
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TITLE PLEASE PLEASE ME
CATALOG NUMBER PMCO 1202
RELEASE DATE 17th October 1963 / First Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
I Saw Her Standing There Love Me, Do
Misery
P.S. I Love You
Anna (Go To Him)
Baby, It's You
Chains
Do You Want To Know A Secret
Boys
A Taste Of Honey
Ask Me Why
There's A Place
Please, Please Me Twist And Shout
FRONT -->Click! BACK -->Click! SIDE 1 -->Click! SIDE 2 -->Click! DISK
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INNER SLEEVE FRONT COVER CLOSE UP BACK COVER CLOSE UP
Original Polythene Inner Sleeve (maybe)
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Covers for this LP came with no front "mono" indicator.
The cover to this issue was made in England at first; later copies were made in Australia (=this record).
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Housed in a twin-flipback printed cover (Semi wrap-around cover).
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label "MADE AND DISTRIBUTED IN AUSTRALIA BY E.M.I. (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED" and "SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES" were printed at the bottom of the back cover.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label EMI-Australia was using a black and gold label with the print around the rim of the label reading "MADE IN AUSTRALIA FOR THE PARLOPHONE CO., LTD. SYDNEY, N.S.W."
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1 SIDE 2 Label variation is type-1:
Music Publ. royalty stamps order & style (text credits only):
Side 1: LEEDS / TU-CON / CASTLE
Side 1: LEEDS / PINCUS-GIL / CASTLE
(According to "The Beatles Australia Album Labelography")
label label
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Gold Parlophone Type-1 (Manufacture credit at bottom of label)
MIX MONO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 XEX 421-1N
SIDE 2 XEX 422-1N
VINYL COLOR BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
LABEL THE PARLOPHONE CO. LTD. (capital letter)
COVER E.M.I. (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED
PUBLISHER'S CREDIT SIDE 1 LEEDS MUSIC / TU-CON MUSIC / CASTLE MUSIC / WALLABY
SIDE 2 BELINDA / Robert MELLIN / LEEDS MUSIC / PINCUS-GIL / CASTLE MUSIC
COVER FORM Single type. Housed in a twin-flipback printed cover (Semi wrap-around cover).
PRINTER CREDIT -
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Angus McBean / Notes: Tony Barrow
INNER SLEEVE Original Polythene Inner Sleeve (maybe)
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS
 In Australia, the first Beatles LP, "Please Please Me" was not issued until October, 1963.
When the album came out, EMI-Australia was using a black and gold label with the print around the rim of the label reading "MADE IN AUSTRALIA FOR THE PARLOPHONE CO., LTD. SYDNEY, N.S.W.(**)" The cover to this issue was made in England at first; later copies were made in Australia.


The album which was originally issued on the first black and gold label.

Australian "Please Please Me" labels all include commas, where grammatically correct, in the following track titles:

       Side-1.7 Please, Please Me
       Side-2.1 Love Me, Do
       Side-2.3 Baby, It's You

**N.S.W.=New South Wales


Gold Psrlophone Label Type-1 (Manufacture credit at bottom of label):
  • 1st. Press (Label): Music Publ. royalty stamps order & style
    Side 1: LEEDS MUSIC / TU-CON MUSIC / CASTLE MUSIC / WALLABY
    Side 2: BELINDA / Robert MELLIN / LEEDS MUSIC / PINCUS-GIL / CASTLE MUSIC

  • 2nd Press:
    Side 1: CASTLE MUSIC / LEEDS MUSIC / TU-CON MUSIC(italic) /  WALLABY
    Side 2: BELINDA / Robert MELLIN / LEEDS MUSIC / PINCUS-GIL(italic) / CASTLE MUSIC
  • 3rd Press:
    Side 1: LEEDS MUSIC(italic) / CASTLE MUSIC / TU-CON MUSIC / WALLABY
    Side 2: BELINDA / Robert MELLIN / LEEDS MUSIC / PINCUS-GIL / CASTLE MUSIC
  • 4th Press:
    Side 1: LEEDS MUSIC(italic) / CASTLE MUSIC / TU-CON MUSIC / WALLABY
    Side 2: BELINDA / Robert MELLIN / LEEDS MUSIC* / PINCUS-GIL / CASTLE MUSIC(italic)
    * right-justified (not centred)
  • 5th Press:
    Side 1: LEEDS MUSIC(italic) / CASTLE MUSIC / TU-CON MUSIC / WALLABY
    Side 2: BELINDA / Robert MELLIN / LEEDS MUSIC / PINCUS-GIL / CASTLE MUSIC(italic)

  • 6th Press:
    Side 1: LEEDS MUSIC(italic) / CASTLE MUSIC(italic) / TU-CON MUSIC(italic) / WALLABY
    Side 2: BELINDA / Robert MELLIN / LEEDS MUSIC* / PINCUS-GIL / CASTLE MUSIC*
    * right-justified (not centred)

  • 7th Press:
    Side 1: LEEDS MUSIC / CASTLE MUSIC* / TU-CON MUSIC(italic) / WALLABY
    Side 2: BELINDA / Robert MELLIN / LEEDS MUSIC* / PINCUS-GIL / CASTLE MUSIC*
    * right-justified (not centred)

  • 8th Press:
    Side 1: LEEDS MUSIC / CASTLE MUSIC* / TU-CON MUSIC(italic) / WALLABY
    Side 2: BELINDA / Robert MELLIN / LEEDS MUSIC / PINCUS-GIL / CASTLE MUSIC*
    * right-justified (not centred)
(According to "The Beatles Australia Album Labelography" Thanks!)



STEREO Released

#1-3 Please Please Me (1st. Press "Silver "Banner" Parlophone Label Type-1 / has italicised (Go To Him)": PCSO 3042)
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TITLE PLEASE PLEASE ME
CATALOG NUMBER PCSO 3042
RELEASE DATE 1964? / 3rd Press? (First Press: 9th April 1964)
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
I Saw Her Standing There Love Me Do
Misery
P.S. I Love You
Anna (Go To Him)
Baby, It's You
Chains
Do You Want To Know A Secret
Boys
A Taste Of Honey
Ask Me Why
There's A Place
Please, Please Me Twist And Shout
FRONT -->Click! BACK -->Click! SIDE 1 -->Click! SIDE 2 -->Click! DISK
label label label label label
INNER SLEEVE FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
Original Polythene Inner Sleeve (maybe) label
Covers for this LP came with no front "stereo" indicator.
The cover to this issue was made in England at first; later copies were made in Australia (=this record).
label Have the gold and black STEREO sticker.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label label Housed in a twin-flipback printed cover (Semi wrap-around cover).
Catalog No. "MONO PMCO 1202 and STEREO PCSO 3042" was printed on upper right corner of the back cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label "MADE AND DISTRIBUTED IN AUSTRALIA BY E.M.I. (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED" and "SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES" were printed at the bottom of the back cover.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label EMI-Australia was using a black and silver label with the print around the rim of the label reading  "Made in Australia by E.M.I. (Australia) Limited."
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1 SIDE 2 Label variation is type-3:
Music Publ. royalty stamps order & style (text credits only):
Side 1: LEEDS / TU-CON / CASTLE
Side 1: LEEDS / PINCUS-GIL / CASTLE
(According to "The Beatles Australia Album Labelography")
label label
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Silver Parlophone "Banner" STEREO
MIX STEREO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 YEX 94-1
SIDE 2 YEX 95-1
VINYL COLOR BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
LABEL E.M.I. (Australia) Limited.
COVER E.M.I. (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED
PUBLISHER'S CREDIT SIDE 1 LEEDS MUSIC / TU-CON MUSIC / CASTLE MUSIC / WALLABY
SIDE 2 LEEDS MUSIC / PINCUS-GIL / CASTLE MUSIC / BELINDA / Robert MELLIN
COVER FORM Single type. Housed in a twin-flipback printed cover (Semi wrap-around cover).
PRINTER CREDIT -
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Angus McBean / Notes: Tony Barrow
INNER SLEEVE Original Polythene Inner Sleeve (maybe)
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS
Silver Parlophone and A.K.A. "Banner" STEREO label.
The label has a second line of rim print reading, "Made in Australia by E.M.I. (Australia) Limited."
Housed in a twin-flipback printed cover. Have the gold and black stereo sticker.
Blue text was utilised on both sides of the sleeve; not out of any determination to make the sleeve uniquely Australian but simply because it was cheaper to have blue text than black.

Australian "Please Please Me" stereo labels all include commas, where grammatically correct, in the following track titles:

       Side-1.7 Please, Please Me
       Side-2.3 Baby, It's You

*N.S.W.=New South Wales

Silver Banner Parlophone Label:

  • 1st Press: Music Publ. royalty stamps order & style:
    SIDE 1: LEEDS MUSIC / TU-CON MUSIC / CASTLE MUSIC / WALLABY
    SIDE 2: LEEDS MUSIC / PINCUS-GIL / CASTLE MUSIC / BELINDA / Robert MELLIN
    Track 1-3 has italicised, '(Go To Him)'

  • 2nd Press:
    SIDE 1: LEEDS MUSIC / TU-CON MUSIC / CASTLE MUSIC / WALLABY
    SIDE 2: LEEDS MUSIC / CASTLE MUSIC / PINCUS GIL / BELINDA / Robert MELLIN
    Track 1-3 Non-italicised, '(Go To Him)'

  • 3rd Press:
    SIDE 1: LEEDS MUSIC / TU-CON MUSIC / CASTLE MUSIC(italic) / WALLABY
    SIDE 2: LEEDS MUSIC / PINCUS-GIL(italic) / CASTLE MUSIC / BELINDA Robert MELLIN

  • 4th Press:
    SIDE 1: LEEDS MUSIC / TU-CON MUSIC / CASTLE MUSIC / WALLABY
    SIDE 2: PINCUS-GIL / LEEDS MUSIC / CASTLE MUSIC / BELINDA / Robert MELLIN

  • 5th Press:
    SIDE 1: LEEDS MUSIC / TU-CON MUSIC / CASTLE MUSIC* / WALLABY / Northern Songs
    SIDE 2: PINCUS GIL / Robert MELLEN / CASTLE MUSIC* / BELINDA / Northern Songs
    * New CASTLE MUSIC logo

  • 6th Press:
    SIDE 1: Dick James Music / LEEDS MUSIC / TU-CON MUSIC / WALLABY / CASTLE MUSIC / NORTHERN SONGS(italic)
    SIDE 2: PINCUS-GIL(italic) / Robert MELLIN / CASTLE MUSIC(italic) / BELINDA / NORTHERN SONGS(italic)



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