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Please Please Me (PMC 1202)
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#1-1 Please Please Me (1st. Press: PMC 1202)
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TITLE PLEASE PLEASE ME
CATALOG NUMBER PMC 1202
RELEASE DATE November 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 INNER SLEEVE CLOSE UP FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
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Polythene-lined "USE  EMITEX" die-cut type.
The words "MADE IN INDIA (left)" and "K.A.P. (right)" were printed at the bottom of the front sleeve.
Parlophone logomark was printed at the upper left of the front cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label label Wrap-around cover.
Round-cut corner.
Catalog No. "PMC 1202" was printed on upper right corner of the back cover.
Parlophone logomark was printed at the bottom of the back cover.
label "EAGLE LITMD" is printer's name?
Sorry, I don't know.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label The Indian operations started in 1901 as the first overseas branch of Electrical & Musical Industries Limited, EMI, London. The Gramophone Company of England set up manufacturing facilities in Sealdah, Calcutta. Later, a bigger factory was set up in Dum Dum, Calcutta. The first microgroove record from Gramophone Co. was introduced in 1958. In 1959, an LP record plant was established at the Dum Dum factory of Gramophone Company.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label Yellow Parlophone label with silver ink,without the text "Regd. Td. Mks. of The Gramophone Co." at the center of the label.
label "THE PARLOPHONE CO. LTD. (capital letter)" was printed at the perimeter.
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label "MADE IN INDIA" was printed at the bottom of the label. label label Matrix No. is
Side-1: XEX 421-1N
Side-2: XEX 422-1N
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Yellow Parlophone Type-1
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 THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY LIMITED
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT -
"Regd. Td. Mks" TEXT -
COVER FORM Single type. The non - laminated flipback sleeve
PRINTER CREDIT EAGLE LITMD (?)
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Angus McBean / Notes: Tony Barrow
INNER SLEEVE Polythene-lined "Use Emitex" die-cut  sleeve
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS
This is The Beatles' debut album in India (maybe).
Originally released in INDIA and pressed at the DUM DUM pressing plant near Calcutta.

First Press:
Label: "THE PARLOPHONE CO. LTD. (capital letter)" was printed at the perimeter.
COVER: THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY LIMITED

Late Press:
Label: Made in India by The Gramophone Co., Ltd." at the outet rim and "Regd. Td. Mk. of The ParlophoneCo., Ltd" text at the center of the label.
Cover: THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY OF INDIA (PRIVATE) LIMITED



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