India
was one of four countries known to have been pressing 78′s when
the Beatles came along — the Philippines, Argentina and Columbia
being the others. All of the 78′s are scarce to rare, with the
later singles being hardest to find. According to a recent book on collecting original UK pressings, the Indian pressings not only exist, but supposedly there were 30 or so different titles issued. The story goes (the author appears very knowledgable on all aspects of the UK pressings) that when Parlophone decided in March of 1963 that they would stop producing 78′s, they dismantled the machines and sent them to India, of all places. The demand for 78′s still existed there since the records could be played on phonographs that did not require electricity and most Indians didn’t have electricity. Beginning in the summer of 1964, the Indian branch of Parlophone not only pressed the 45 rpm format of Beatles singles, but also released identical issues on 78 format. By the mid 1960s the 78rpm record had become a scratchy memory in the world of recorded music. The tenacity of this format in some markets however resulted in some of the most unusual and unexpected releases ever. Great Britain’s EMI records continued to issue 78s in India until at least 1968, legend has it due to the preponderance of wind-up phonographs there. Among those are a number of releases by the Beatles on Parlophone. The earliest of these featured a red Parlophone label. Parlophone switched to a black label in 1965. These releases carried both the standard (UK) ‘R’ numbering series as well as DPE prefix releases with different couplings than that of the standard Parlophone UK issues. Similar to the situation with vinyl 45s in the USA today, EMI also released 78s in Argentina and the Philippines for radio stations and juke boxes, many with unique combinations of songs. |
TRACK LISTING
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SIDE 1 | I Saw Her Standing There (McCartney-Lennon) | |||
SIDE 2 | Hold Me Tight (Lennon-McCartney) | ||||
RELEASE DATE
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1963? / First Press / For Domestic | ||||
SLEEVE:FRONT | SLEEVE:BACK | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK --> Click! | |
SLEEVE CLOSE UP | LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
"THE PARLOPHONE CO.
LTD. " was
printed at the perimeter. Publisher's name "NORTHERN SONGS LTD." was printed at the bottom of the label. |
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LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
"Recording First
Published 1964" is printed small letter. With the words "MADE IN INDIA" under the logo mark. |
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LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
Credited to song writing "McCartney-Lennon" on Side-1. | |||||
SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||||
Matrix No.: Side-1: PEI 1005 T1T1 Side-2: PEI 1006 T1T1 |
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OTHER ITEM
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CATALOG NUMBER
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DPE. 159 | ||||
LABEL
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Red Parlophone with silver ink Type-1 | ||||
MIX
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Mono | ||||
MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | PEI 1005 T1T1 | |||
SIDE 2 | PEI 1006 T1T1 | ||||
VINYL COLOR
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BLACK | ||||
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
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THE PARLOPHONE CO. LTD. | ||||
CENTER
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Solid Center | ||||
PUBLISHER'S NAME
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SIDE 1
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NORTHERN SONGS LTD. | |||
SIDE 2
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NORTHERN SONGS LTD. | ||||
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | Recording First Published 1964 (small letter) | ||||
"Regd. Td. Mks" TEXT | - | ||||
PRODUCER
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George Martin | ||||
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/
NOTES
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Parlophone Original Sleeve | ||||
COMMENTS
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Red Parlophone label with
silver ink. There are four label variations of Red Parlophone. Type-1: Earlier, 1963 era releases have the simpler text "This copyright record must not be publicly performed with licence." at the top and "THE PARLOPHONE CO.,LTD." at the bottom. Type-2: Later 1964 releases say "*Made in India by The Gramophone Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England with Limited Liability) Regd. User*" around the top rim and "This copyright record must not be publicly performed with licence." around the bottom. The earlier releases also simply note the Parlophone name and logo as "TRADE MARK" and have the notation "Made in India" in the body of he label. Later releases refer to the logo and name as "Reg'd Td. Mk. of The Palophone Co., Ltd.". Type-3: Beginning of 1965 releases simplified the top of the rim text to say "Made in India by The Gramophone Co. of India (Private) Ltd. Permitted User" Type-4: Late1965 releases (maybe), Trade Mark reference under the Parlophone logo above the spindle hole says "Reg'd Td. Mk. of The Gramophone Co., Ltd." instead of "The Parlophone Co., Ltd." The DPE prefix releases are different couplings than that of the standard Parlophone UK issues. |
TRACK LISTING
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SIDE 1 | A Hard Day's Night (from the film of the same name) (Lennon-McCartney) | |||
SIDE 2 | Things We Said Today (Lennon-McCartney) | ||||
RELEASE DATE
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Later 1964? / Crossover Pressing / For Domestic | ||||
SLEEVE:FRONT | SLEEVE:BACK | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK --> Click! | |
SLEEVE CLOSE UP | LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
"Recording
First
Published 1964" is printed small letter. With the words "MADE IN INDIA" under the logo mark. |
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LABEL CLOSE UP / SIDE-1: Red Parlophone Type-1 | |||||
"This copyright record must not be publicly
performed with licence." at the top and "THE PARLOPHONE CO.,LTD." at the
bottom. Publisher's name "NORTHERN SONGS" was printed at the bottom of the label. |
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LABEL CLOSE UP / SIDE-2: Red Parlophone Type-2 | |||||
"*Made in
India by The Gramophone Co., Ltd. (Incorporated
in England with Limited Liability) Regd. User*" around the top
rim. Trade Mark reference under the Parlophone logo above the spindle hole says "Reg'd Td. Mk. of The Parlophone Co., Ltd." |
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LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
Credited to song writing "Lennon-McCartney" on both sides. | |||||
SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||||
Matrix No.: Side-1: CE 17714-1N T1T1 (maybe) Side-2: CE 17715-1N T1T1 |
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OTHER ITEM
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CATALOG NUMBER
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R. 5160 | ||||
LABEL
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Red Parlophone with silver ink Type-1 (Side-1) / Type-2 (Side-2) | ||||
MIX
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Mono | ||||
MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | CE 17714-1N T1T1 (maybe) | |||
SIDE 2 | CE 17715-1N T1T1 | ||||
VINYL COLOR
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BLACK | ||||
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
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THE PARLOPHONE CO. LTD. | ||||
CENTER
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Solid Center | ||||
PUBLISHER'S NAME
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SIDE 1
|
NORTHERN SONGS | |||
SIDE 2
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NORTHERN SONGS | ||||
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | Recording First Published 1964 (small letter) | ||||
"Regd. Td. Mks" TEXT | Side-1: none / Side-2: "Reg'd Td. Mk. of The Parlophone Co., Ltd." | ||||
PRODUCER
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George Martin | ||||
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/
NOTES
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Parlophone Original Sleeve | ||||
COMMENTS
|
Red Parlophone label with
silver ink. There are four label variations of Red Parlophone. Type-1: Earlier, 1963 era releases have the simpler text "This copyright record must not be publicly performed with licence." at the top and "THE PARLOPHONE CO.,LTD." at the bottom. Type-2: Later 1964 releases say "*Made in India by The Gramophone Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England with Limited Liability) Regd. User*" around the top rim and "This copyright record must not be publicly performed with licence." around the bottom. The earlier releases also simply note the Parlophone name and logo as "TRADE MARK" and have the notation "Made in India" in the body of he label. Later releases refer to the logo and name as "Reg'd Td. Mk. of The Palophone Co., Ltd.". Type-3: Beginning of 1965 releases simplified the top of the rim text to say "Made in India by The Gramophone Co. of India (Private) Ltd. Permitted User" Type-4: Late1965 releases (maybe), Trade Mark reference under the Parlophone logo above the spindle hole says "Reg'd Td. Mk. of The Gramophone Co., Ltd." instead of "The Parlophone Co., Ltd." The DPE prefix releases are different couplings than that of the standard Parlophone UK issues. |