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| TITLE | PLEASE PLEASE ME | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | PMCJ 1202 | ||||
| RELEASE DATE | August 1963? / First Press | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| I Saw Her Standing There | Love Me Do |
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| Misery | P.S. I Love You |
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| Anna (Go To Him) |
Baby It's You | ||||
| Chains | Do You Want To Know A Secret |
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| 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 | FRONT COVER CLOSE UP | BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||
| Original Polythene Inner Sleeve (maybe) |  |
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Wrap-around cover. Round-cut corner. Catalog No. "PMCJ 1202" was printed on upper right corner of the back cover. |
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| The Parlophone logomark was printed at the upper right corner of the front cover. | |||||
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The three-dimensional Parlophone logo was printed at the botom of the back cover. | |||
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"Manufactured by EMI" credit and Printer's name "SWAN PRESS" were printed at the lower right corner of the back cover. | ||||
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The first pressing: The first line of the
rim print at the bottom is "Pressed in S.A. under directions
of the Parlophone Co. Ltd." |
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The earliest copies of "Please Please Me" have a visible pressing ring near the edge of the label and another near the spindle hole. On later copies, there is a single pressing ring. | ||
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Matrix No. is: Side-1: XEX 421 / Side-2:
XEX 422 These are the same number of U.K. pressings. |
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OTHER ITEM
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| LABEL | Black and silver Parlophone old style label Type-1 | ||||
| MIX | MONO | ||||
| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | XEX 421 | |||
| SIDE 2 | XEX 422 | ||||
| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | RECORD MANUFACTURED BY E.M.I. (SOUTH AFRICA) (PTY.) LTD. (REGD. USER) | ||||
| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | - | ||||
| COVER FORM | Single type. Wrap-around cover / Round-cut corner. | ||||
| PRINTER CREDIT | SWAN PRESS | ||||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Angus McBean / Notes: Tony Barrow | ||||
| INNER SLEEVE | Original Polythene Inner Sleeve (maybe) | ||||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | ||||
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COMMENTS
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The Beatles began to
become popular in South Africa in Spring, 1963. Therefore,
their albums in South Africa were released at approximately
the same times as their releases in England. South African mono LP has the black and silver Parlophone label (similar design to the UK gold Parlophone label) and front laminated flipback picture sleeve. First pressings were released in mono only. The first few albums were released on a black and silver old-style label, with a three-dimensional Parlophone logo at the top. The first line of the rim print at the bottom is "Pressed in S.A. under directions of the Parlophone Co. Ltd." The earliest copies of Please Please Me have a visible pressing ring near the edge of the label and another near the spindle hole. On later copies, there is a single pressing ring about 1" in diameter. |
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