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Please Please Me / Ask Me Why (QMSP-16346)
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Parlophon Original Sleeve

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#1-6 Please Please Me / Ask Me Why (6th. Press / Dark Blue Label: QMSP-16346)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
Please Please Me (McCartney-Lennon)
SIDE 2
Ask Me Why (McCartney-Lennon)
RELEASE DATE
1964/6th. Press (First Press: 12th. November 1963)
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5th Picture Sleeve: Catalog number is in top right. Back cover list four singles and two LPs.
"PARLOPHON" logomark was printed at the left corner of the front cover. Carisch is a leading publishing company based in Milan, founded in 1887, which prints and distributes the most important catalogues of music score.
During the Sixties it became one of the main brands, and with its own label distributed in Italy the first records of The Beatles.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label "BIEM" logo in the box and "MECOLICO logo mark were printed at the left side of the label. label
"PARLOPHON" logomark and "MADE IN ITALY" were printed at the center of the label.
OTHER ITEM
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RECORD LABEL
PARLOPHON / Dark Blue label with silver print
CATALOG NUMBER
QMSP-16346
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 7XCE   17217  1   12  11  63
SIDE 2 7XCE   17218  1   12  11  63
MIX
MONO
SLEEVE
6th. Press (1964): Title in the middle, Backside: List 4 singles and 2 LP's, THE BEATLES on the left
LABEL
5th. Press (1963): Blue Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print / BIEM-Mecolico / BIEM
CREDIT
DISCHI PARLOPHON CARISCH S.p.A. MILANO
COMMENTS
Dark blue Parlophon label.
  • Label
    • 1st. press (12th. Nov. 1963): Dark green Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, without logos
    • 2nd. press (1963): Olive green Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, without logo's
    • 3rd. press (1963): Olive green Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, without logo / BIEM
    • 4th. press (1963): Olive green Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, BIEM-Mecolico / BIEM
    • 5th. press (1963): Dark blue Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, BIEM-Mecolico / BIEM (=this record)
    • 6th. press (1963): Light blue Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, BIEM-Mecolico / BIEM
    • 7th. press (1965): Dark Green Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, BIEM-Mecolico / BIEM
    • 8th. press (1965): Black Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, BIEM-Mecolico / BIEM
  • Sleeve
    • 1st. press (12th. Nov. 1963): Title on top along with George's face
    • 2nd. press (1963): Title in the middle, Backside: List 2 singles + The Age of each Beatle
    • 3rd. press (1963): Title in the middle, Backside: List 2 singles Without the Age of each Beatle
    • 4th. press (1964): Title in the middle, Backside: List Twist and Shout + 3 others
    • 5th. press (1964): Title in the middle, Backside: List 4 singles and 2 LP's, THE BEATLES on the right
    • 6th. Press (1964): Title in the middle, Backside: List 4 singles and 2 LP's, THE BEATLES on the left (=this record)
    • 7th. press (1964): Title in the middle, Backside: List Thank You Girl + 7 others and 2 LP's
    • 8th. press (1965): Title in the middle, Backside: List Help! + 16 others

On both side of the disk, "BIEM" logo in the box was printed. And on the side-1, the 'MECOLICO" logo was printed. Some copies of the "Please Please Me" single do not have the "BIEM" logo on the A-side.

*BIEM=Bureau International de l'Edition Mécanique



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