The Beatles South African LPs

Parlophone Label
#14. Hey Jude! (PCSJ 149)
(Update: 8th October 2026)

Original 1st Sleeve

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STEREO

#14-1 Black/Silver Parlophone Label/ 1 EMI Mark/ Artone Printer credit

#14-2 Black/Silver Parlophone Label/ 1 EMI Mark/ Interpak Printer credit

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STEREO Released

#14-1 Hey Jude! (1st Press "Black/Silver Parlophone Label / 1 EMI Mark / Artone Printer credit": PCSJ-149)
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TITLE		HEY JUDE!
CATALOG NUMBER		PCSJ 149
RELEASE DATE		March 1970 /First Press
TRACK LISTING		SIDE 1		SIDE 2
		Can't Buy Me Love		Hey Jude
		I Should Have Known Better		Old Brown Shoe
		Paper Back Writer		Don't Let Me Down
		Rain		The Ballad Of John And Yoko
		Lady Madonna
		Revolution
FRONT --> Click!		BACK --> Click!	SIDE 1 --> Click!	SIDE 2 --> Click!	DISC --> Click!

INNER SLEEVE		FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
			Similar design to the UK sleeve. The EMI & Parlophone logo are printed on the upper left corner of the front cover.		Catalog No. "PCSJ 149" and the word "STEREO" are printed on upper right corner of the back cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
		Single sleeve type. Flipback cover. Catalog No. "PCSJ 149" is printed on upper right corner of the back cover.			The three-dimensional Parlophone logo is printed at the botom of the back cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
		The "USE EMITEX" mark was printed on the back cover. EMITEX was a record-cleaning cloth marketed by EMI.		The sleeve was printed by Artone Press (Pty) Ltd., a South African printing company that produced record sleeves for various record companies. The "ARTONE PRESS" logo was printed on the back cover.
					"Copyright subsists in PARLOPHONE records" was printed.
LABEL CLOSE UP
					The first pressing has a black Parlophone label with silver print. Parlophone logo is printed at the top, with a single EMI box logo near the bottom.


The copyright warning is printed around the upper rim, while “PRESSED FOR OR BY A REGISTERED USER” is printed separately along the bottom rim. “An E.M.I. Recording.” appears above it. The catalog number and matrix number are printed on the left, with “STEREO” and the side number on the right. On Side 1, the song title “Paperback Writer” is incorrectly printed as “PAPER BACK WRITER.”
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL		Black Parlophone label with silver print / One EMI logo type.
MIX		STEREO
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	YEEX 150 (machine stamped)
	SIDE 2	YEEX 151 (machine stamped)
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME		Copyright subsists in PARLOPHONE records PRESSED FOR OR BY A REGISTERED USER
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT		-
COVER FORM		Single type. Flipback cover.
PRINTER CREDIT		artone press
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		Photo: Ethan Russell and Monte Fresco
INNER SLEEVE		Original Polythene Inner Sleeve (maybe)
PRODUCER		George Martin
COMMENTS		The South African edition was issued in a locally manufactured sleeve using the standard Hey Jude photographs. On the front cover, the EMI and Parlophone logos are printed at the upper left, while the catalog number “PCSJ 149” and “STEREO” appear at the upper right. The back cover features a large photograph of the Beatles, with the catalog number and stereo designation again printed at the upper right. The song titles are printed beneath the photograph. At the bottom left is a Parlophone trademark box containing the wording “Regd. Trade Mark,” “The Gramophone Company Ltd.” and “A COMPANY OF THE EMI GROUP.” An “IMPORTANT WARNING” notice is printed across the lower center of the cover, including the copyright warning and the statement “RECORD PRESSED FOR OR BY A REGISTERED USER.” The “USE EMITEX” mark is printed at the lower right. EMITEX was a record-cleaning material marketed by EMI. A small Artone Press logo also appears nearby, indicating that the sleeve was printed by Artone Press in South Africa. The first pressing has a black Parlophone label with silver print. A large silver Parlophone logo is positioned at the top of the label, while a single EMI box logo appears near the bottom. The copyright warning is printed around the upper half of the rim. “PRESSED FOR OR BY A REGISTERED USER” is printed separately along the bottom rim, with “An E.M.I. Recording.” above it. The catalog number “PCSJ 149” and matrix number are printed on the left side, while “STEREO” and the side number appear on the right. “33.1/3 R.P.M.” is printed at the upper right. Note that the song title “Paperback Writer” is incorrectly divided into three words as “PAPER BACK WRITER” on the Side 1 label.