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P.S. I Love You / I Want To Hold Your Hand (QMSP-16351)
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Parlophon Original Sleeve
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#3-1 P.S. I Love You / I Want To Hold Your Hand (1st. Press / Olive Green Label: QMSP-16351)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
 P.S. I Love You (McCartney-Lennon)
SIDE 2
 I Want To Hold Your Hand (McCartney-Lennon)
RELEASE DATE
 2nd. January 1964 / First Press
FRONT -->Click! BACK -->Click! SIDE 1 -->Click! SIDE 2 -->Click! DISK -->Click!
sleeve shelovesyou_back label label label
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP BACK COVER CLOSE UP
shelovesyou shelovesyou sleeve
"PARLOPHON" logomark was printed at the left corner of the front cover. Catalog number is in top right. Early copies have the title print "The Beatles" in green at the upper right of the back cover , later copies are at the upper left of the back cover.
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sleeve shelovesyou
Backside: List Twist And Shout + 3 others singles list.
Without the Age of each Beatle.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label "PARLOPHON" logomark and "MADE IN ITALY" were printed in silver ink at the center of the label. label Olive green Parlophon label with spherical logo at the right side of the center hole.
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label label On both sides, matrix number was printed on the left side of the center hole.
"M.C.P.S.(*)" logo in the box was not printed on the label yet.
OTHER ITEM
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RECORD LABEL
 PARLOPHON / Olive Green label with silver print
CATALOG NUMBER
 QMSP-16351
VINYL COLOR
 BLACK
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 XEX  422  2 T1     2.  1.  64
SIDE 2 7XCE  17559   T1   2.  1.  64
MIX
 MONO
SLEEVE 1st. press (2nd. Jan. 1964): Backside: List Twist And Shout + 3 others
LABEL 1st. press (2nd. Jan. 1964): Olive green Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, Without logo's
CREDIT
 DISCHI PARLOPHON CARISCH S.p.A. MILANO
COMMENTS
 Olive Green Parlophon label.
  • Label
    • 1st. press (2nd. Jan. 1964): Olive green Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, Without logo's (=this record)
    • 2nd. press (1964): Dark Blue Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, Without logo's
    • 3rd. press (1964): Dark Blue Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, Without logo / Mcps
    • 4th. press (1964): Dark Blue Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, Mcps / Mcps
    • 5th. press (1964): Dark Green Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, BIEM / BIEM
    • 6th. press (1965): Black Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, BIEM / BIEM
  • Sleeve
    • 1st. press (2nd. Jan. 1964): Backside: List Twist And Shout + 3 others  (=this record)
    • 2nd. press (1964): Backside: List 4 singles and 2 LP's, THE BEATLES on the right
    • 3rd. press (1964): Backside: List 4 singles and 2 LP's, THE BEATLES on the left
  * M.C.P.S.=The Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society are an organisation who pay royalties to composers, songwriters and music publishers when the song they have created has been manufactured into any format.


#3-4 P.S. I Love You / I Want To Hold Your Hand (4th. Press / Dark Blue Label: QMSP-16351)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
 P.S. I Love You (McCartney-Lennon)
SIDE 2
 I Want To Hold Your Hand (McCartney-Lennon)
RELEASE DATE
 1964? / 4th. Press (First Press: 2nd. January 1964)
FRONT -->Click! BACK -->Click! SIDE 1 -->Click! SIDE 2 -->Click! DISK -->Click!
sleeve shelovesyou_back label label label
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP BACK COVER CLOSE UP
shelovesyou shelovesyou sleeve
"PARLOPHON" logomark was printed at the left corner of the front cover. Catalog number is in top right. Early copies have the title print "The Beatles" in green at the upper right of the back cover , later copies are at the upper left of the back cover.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label This is the dark blue label that was issued in Italy through the rest of 1963.
"M.C.P.S.(*)" logo in the box was printed on the label.		 label
"PARLOPHON" logomark and "MADE IN ITALY" were printed at the center of the label.
OTHER ITEM
-

RECORD LABEL
 PARLOPHON / Dark Blue label with silver print
CATALOG NUMBER
 QMSP-16351
VINYL COLOR
 BLACK
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 XEX  422  2 T1   2.  1.  64
SIDE 2 7XCE  17559   T1   2.  1.  64
MIX
 MONO
SLEEVE 2nd. press (1964): Backside: List 4 singles and 2 LP's, THE BEATLES on the right
LABEL 4th. press (1964): Dark Blue Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, Mcps / Mcps
CREDIT
 DISCHI PARLOPHON CARISCH S.p.A. MILANO
COMMENTS
 Dark blue Parlophon label.
  • Label
    • 1st. press (2nd. Jan. 1964): Olive green Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, Without logo's
    • 2nd. press (1964): Dark Blue Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, Without logo's
    • 3rd. press (1964): Dark Blue Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, Without logo / Mcps
    • 4th. press (1964): Dark Blue Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, Mcps / Mcps (=this record)
    • 5th. press (1964): Dark Green Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, BIEM / BIEM
    • 6th. press (1965): Black Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, BIEM / BIEM
  • Sleeve
    • 1st. press (2nd. Jan. 1964): Backside: List Twist And Shout + 3 others
    • 2nd. press (1964): Backside: List 4 singles and 2 LP's, THE BEATLES on the right (=this record)
    • 3rd. press (1964): Backside: List 4 singles and 2 LP's, THE BEATLES on the left
  * M.C.P.S.=The Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society are an organisation who pay royalties to composers, songwriters and music publishers when the song they have created has been manufactured into any format.


#3-5 P.S. I Love You / I Want To Hold Your Hand (5th. Press / Dark Green Label: QMSP-16351)
 Back to the top of the line
TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
 P.S. I Love You (McCartney-Lennon)
SIDE 2
 I Want To Hold Your Hand (McCartney-Lennon)
RELEASE DATE
 1964? / 5th. Press (First Press: 2nd. January 1964)
FRONT -->Click! BACK -->Click! SIDE 1 -->Click! SIDE 2 -->Click! DISK -->Click!
sleeve shelovesyou_back label label label
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP BACK COVER CLOSE UP
shelovesyou shelovesyou sleeve
"PARLOPHON" logomark was printed at the left corner of the front cover. Catalog number is in top right. Early copies have the title print "The Beatles" in green at the upper right of the back cover , later copies are at the upper left of the back cover.
LABEL CLOSE UP
shelovesyou Backside: List 4 singles and 2 LP's. label "PARLOPHON" logomark and "MADE IN ITALY" were printed at the center of the label.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label This is the dark blue label that was issued in Italy through the rest of 1963.
On both sides, "BIEM" logo in the box was printed on the label.		 label Dark Green Parlophon label with spherical logo at the right side of the center hole.
OTHER ITEM
-

RECORD LABEL
 PARLOPHON / Dark Green label with silver print
CATALOG NUMBER
 QMSP-16351
VINYL COLOR
 BLACK
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 XEX  422  2 T1   2 1 64
SIDE 2 7XCE  17559   T1   2 1  64
MIX
 MONO
SLEEVE 3rd. press (1964): Backside: List 4 singles and 2 LP's, THE BEATLES on the left
LABEL 5th. press (1964): Dark Green Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, BIEM / BIEM
CREDIT
 DISCHI PARLOPHON CARISCH S.p.A. MILANO
COMMENTS
 Dark Green Parlophon label.
  • Label
    • 1st. press (2nd. Jan. 1964): Olive green Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, Without logo's
    • 2nd. press (1964): Dark Blue Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, Without logo's
    • 3rd. press (1964): Dark Blue Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, Without logo / Mcps
    • 4th. press (1964): Dark Blue Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, Mcps / Mcps
    • 5th. press (1964): Dark Green Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, BIEM / BIEM (=this record)
    • 6th. press (1965): Black Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, BIEM / BIEM
  • Sleeve
    • 1st. press (2nd. Jan. 1964): Backside: List Twist And Shout + 3 others
    • 2nd. press (1964): Backside: List 4 singles and 2 LP's, THE BEATLES on the right
    • 3rd. press (1964): Backside: List 4 singles and 2 LP's, THE BEATLES on the left (=this record)
  * M.C.P.S.=The Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society are an organisation who pay royalties to composers, songwriters and music publishers when the song they have created has been manufactured into any format.


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