The Beatles France LP: Original Released

Odéon and Apple Label
9. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (PMC/PCS 7027)
(Update: 18th. November 2017)

Parlophone 1st. Sleeve

INDEX

#9-1 Yellow Parlophone Label / Mono (PMC 7027)
#9-2 Yellow Parlophone Label / Stereo (PCS 7027)
#9-3 Odéon Red Label / Mono (PMC 7027)

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#9-1 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1st. Press MONO "Yellow Parlophone Label": PMC 7027)
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TITLE		SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
CATALOG NUMBER		PMC 7027
RELEASE DATE		1st. June 1967? / First Press
TRACK LISTING		SIDE 1		SIDE 2
		Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band		Within You Without You
		With A Little Help From My Friends		When I'm Sixty-four
		Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds		Lovely Rita
		Getting Better		Good Morning Good Morning
		Fixing A Hole		Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
		She's Leaving Home		A Day In The Life
		Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
FRONT --> Click!		BACK --> Click!	SIDE 1 --> Click!	SIDE 2 --> Click!	DISK

INSIDE --> Click!			INNER SLEEVE		CUT OUT
					None
				The first pressing of the album came with a psychedelic inner sleeve from U.K.
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			The LP covers is laminated on both front and back, and is also laminated fully on the inside. The cover was one piece of material, with fold over flaps connecting across the top-inside cover.
				This issue have U.K.-made picture sleeve and inner sleeve.
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					This issue have U.K.-made picture sleeve. Parlophone and EMI logomark were printed at the back sleeve.
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			Printer name credit: "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd."
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			Black / yellow Parlophone label with silver print.		Sgt.Pepper has the UK catalog number. These were not British records. They had the usual French labels; only the catalog numbers were foreign.
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			On both sides, "BIEM" logo in a box were printed on the label.
					The words "MADE IN FRANCE" were printed at the right side of the label.
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			Matrix No. is Side-1: XEX 637 -21 M6 253551 Side-2: XEX 638 -21 M6 253552
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL		Black and Yellow Parlophone Label with silver ink.
MIX		MONO
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	XEX 637 -21 M6 253551
	SIDE 2	XEX 638 -21 M6 253552
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME		Parlophone
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT		(P) 1967
COVER FORM		Gatefold type printed in England. The flaps can be seen at the upper place at inside of the gatefold cover. (full laminated printed cover). Without cutout (maybe)
PRINTER CREDIT		Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		Stage: Peter Blake and Jann Haworth Photo: Michael Cooper / Wax Figures: Madame Tussauds Psychedelic inner sleeve design: The Fool
INNER SLEEVE		Psychedelic inner sleeve
PRODUCER		George Martin
COMMENTS		Mono / Stereo press with black and yellow Parlophone label. In January of 1966, Odeon replaced their earlier label with a red label and their logo with a logo that more closely resembled the logos used in other countries. The red label appears on all Odeon releases of the time, but when France took up the EEC numbering in 1969, they stopped using the original catalog numbers on Beatles releases. Sgt. Peppers constitutes a special case, because there also exists a French variant of the UK-style black and yellow Parlophone label. First french press, some copies have English sleeve (This release) and others German sleeve : English sleeve (Parlophone/EMI logo) differ from German sleeve (ODEON/EMI logo). A list of French Peppers: PMC 7027 mono yellow black label (=this record) PCS 7027 stereo yellow black label PMC 7027 mono red label with circled S PMC 7027 mono red label with uncircled S PCS 7027 stereo red label with circled S PCS 7027 stereo red label with uncircled S with "STEREO" PCS 7027 stereo red label with uncircled S without "STEREO" PCS 7027 stereo black label,"STEREO" on side 1 PCS 7027 stereo black label, no "STEREO" on side 1 PMC 7027 mono black label with uncircled S PCS 7027 stereo blue label BIEM PCS 7027 stereo blue label SACEM PMC 7027 mono blue label with BIEM

#9-2 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1st. Press STEREO "Yellow Parlophone Label": PCS 7027)
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TITLE		SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
CATALOG NUMBER		PCS 7027
RELEASE DATE		1st. June 1967? / First Press
TRACK LISTING		SIDE 1		SIDE 2
		Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band		Within You Without You
		With A Little Help From My Friends		When I'm Sixty-four
		Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds		Lovely Rita
		Getting Better		Good Morning Good Morning
		Fixing A Hole		Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
		She's Leaving Home		A Day In The Life
		Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
FRONT --> Click!		BACK --> Click!	SIDE 1 --> Click!	SIDE 2 --> Click!	DISK

INSIDE --> Click!			INNER SLEEVE	FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
					"PATHE MARCONI Gold Sticker" was pasted at the upper left of the front cover.
INSIDE CLOSE UP					BACK COVER CLOSE UP
			This issue have German-made picture sleeve. The LP covers is laminated on both front and back, and is also laminated fully on the inside. The cover was one piece of material, with fold over flaps connecting across the top-inside cover.
					(P) 1967 was printed at the upper corner of the front sleeve.
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					This issue have German-made picture sleeve. Odeon and EMI logomark were printed at the back sleeve.
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				"PRINTED IN GERMANY" was printed at the bottom of the back cover.
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			Black / yellow Parlophone label with silver print.		Sgt.Pepper has the UK catalog number. These were not British records. They had the usual French labels; only the catalog numbers were foreign.
LABEL CLOSE UP
			On both sides, "BIEM" logo in a box were printed on the label.
					The words "MADE IN FRANCE" were printed at the right side of the label.
LABEL CLOSE UP
			Matrix No. is Side-1: YEX 637 -21 M6 253549 Side-2: YEX 638 -21 M6 253550
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL		Black and Yellow Parlophone Label with silver ink.
MIX		STEREO
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	YEX 637 -21 M6 253549
	SIDE 2	YEX 638 -21 M6 253550
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME		Parlophone
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT		(P) 1967
COVER FORM		Gatefold type printed in Germany. The flaps can be seen at the upper place at inside of the gatefold cover. (full laminated printed cover). Without cutout (maybe)
PRINTER CREDIT		None
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		Stage: Peter Blake and Jann Haworth Photo: Michael Cooper / Wax Figures: Madame Tussauds
INNER SLEEVE		Plain white paper sleeve (made in England?)
PRODUCER		George Martin
COMMENTS		Mono / Stereo press with black and yellow Parlophone label. In January of 1966, Odeon replaced their earlier label with a red label and their logo with a logo that more closely resembled the logos used in other countries. The red label appears on all Odeon releases of the time, but when France took up the EEC numbering in 1969, they stopped using the original catalog numbers on Beatles releases. Sgt. Peppers constitutes a special case, because there also exists a French variant of the UK-style black and yellow Parlophone label. First french press, some copies have English sleeve and others German sleeve (This release) : English sleeve (Parlophone/EMI logo) differ from German sleeve (ODEON/EMI logo). "PATHE MARCONI Gold Sticker" was pasted at the upper left of the front cover. A list of French Peppers: PMC 7027 mono yellow black label (=this record) PCS 7027 stereo yellow black label PMC 7027 mono red label with circled S PMC 7027 mono red label with uncircled S PCS 7027 stereo red label with circled S PCS 7027 stereo red label with uncircled S with "STEREO" PCS 7027 stereo red label with uncircled S without "STEREO" PCS 7027 stereo black label,"STEREO" on side 1 PCS 7027 stereo black label, no "STEREO" on side 1 PMC 7027 mono black label with uncircled S PCS 7027 stereo blue label BIEM PCS 7027 stereo blue label SACEM PMC 7027 mono blue label with BIEM

#9-3 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (2nd. Press MONO "Odéon Red Label with circled S": PMC 7027)
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TITLE		SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
CATALOG NUMBER		PMC 7027
RELEASE DATE		1967 ? / Second Press (First Press: 1st. June 1967)
TRACK LISTING		SIDE 1		SIDE 2
		Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band		Within You Without You
		With A Little Help From My Friends		When I'm Sixty-four
		Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds		Lovely Rita
		Getting Better		Good Morning Good Morning
		Fixing A Hole		Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
		She's Leaving Home		A Day In The Life
		Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
FRONT --> Click!		BACK --> Click!	SIDE 1 --> Click!	SIDE 2 --> Click!	DISK

INSIDE --> Click!			INNER SLEEVE	CUT OUT --> Click!

INSIDE CLOSE UP				BACK COVER CLOSE UP
			The LP covers is laminated on both front and back, and is also laminated fully on the inside. The cover was one piece of material, with fold over flaps connecting across the top-inside cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP

			Cover design looks similar to the U.K. Cover and cutouts were printed in Germany. (Disk was made in France) These copies have EMI/Odeon logo on back cover.
LABEL CLOSE UP
			"ODÉON" logo mark in black ink was printed at the top of the red label.		Odeon red label with circled S.
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			On both sides, "BIEM" logo in a box were printed on the label.
				The words "MADE IN FRANCE" were printed at the right side of the label.
LABEL CLOSE UP
			Matrix No. is Side-1: II XEX 637 21 M6 253551 Side-2: III XEX 638 21 M6 253552
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL		Odéon Red Label with black ink.
MIX		MONO
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	II (hand etched) XEX 637 21 M6 253551
	SIDE 2	III (hand etched) XEX 638 21 M6 253552
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME		ODÉON
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT		(P) 1967
COVER FORM		Gatefold type. The flaps can be seen at the upper place at inside of the gatefold cover. (full laminated printed cover).
PRINTER CREDIT		Unknown (Printed in Germany)
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		Stage and Cut out: Peter Blake and Jann Haworth Photo: Michael Cooper / Wax Figures: Madame Tussauds
INNER SLEEVE		white inner sleeve (maybe)
PRODUCER		George Martin
COMMENTS		Mono / Stereo press with red label. Sgt. Peppers was the only LP of the 60's that did not get a sleeve made in France; the covers either came mainly from Germany, as well as some from the U.K. and it wasn't until the picture disc versions of that LP that it got a domestically producted sleeve. In January of 1966, Odeon replaced their earlier label with a red label and their logo with a logo that more closely resembled the logos used in other countries. The red label appears on all Odeon releases of the time, but when France took up the EEC numbering in 1969, they stopped using the original catalog numbers on Beatles releases. Sgt. Peppers constitutes a special case, because there also exists a French variant of the UK-style black and yellow Parlophone label. A list of French Peppers: PMC 7027 mono yellow black label PCS 7027 stereo yellow black label PMC 7027 mono red label with circled S (=this record) PMC 7027 mono red label with uncircled S PCS 7027 stereo red label with circled S PCS 7027 stereo red label with uncircled S with "STEREO" PCS 7027 stereo red label with uncircled S without "STEREO" PCS 7027 stereo black label,"STEREO" on side 1 PCS 7027 stereo black label, no "STEREO" on side 1 PMC 7027 mono black label with uncircled S PCS 7027 stereo blue label BIEM PCS 7027 stereo blue label SACEM PMC 7027 mono blue label with BIEM Cover design looks similar to the U.K. Cover and cutouts were printed in Germany. (Disk was made in France) These copies have EMI/Odeon logo on back cover. This album: without custom inner sleeve (missing?), With cutouts insert. The LP covers is laminated on both front and back, and is also laminated fully on the inside. The cover was one piece of material, with fold over flaps connecting across the top-inside cover. The gatefold has two openings, the left one holding a sheet of Sgt. Pepper cutouts, and the right one holding the LP itself.