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| TITLE | with the beatles | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | PMCJ 1206 | ||||
| RELEASE DATE | November 1963? / First Press | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| It Won't Be Long | Roll Over Beethoven |
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| All I've Got To Do | Hold Me Tight |
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| All My Loving |
You Really Gotta Hold On Me | ||||
| Don't Bother Me | I Wanna Be Your Man |
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| Little Child | Devil In Her Heart | ||||
| Till There Was You |
Not A Second Time | ||||
| Please Mister Postman | Money | ||||
| 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) |  |
It has a similar design to the UK picture sleeve, but the "PARLOPHONE" logo was different printing type and the background of the logomark was only black (no gradation). |  |
Wrap-around cover. Round-cut corner. Catalog No. "PMCJ 1206" was printed on upper right corner of the back 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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Side 2: Sleeve and
label incorrectly spells track 3 as "YOU REALLY GOTTA HOLD ON ME". The publishing credit for "7. Money" says "Belinda (Jhb.)" |
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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 "With The Beatles" 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 447 / Side-2:
XEX 448 These are the same number of U.K. pressings. The "Recording First Published 1963" statement was printed at the left part of the label. |
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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 447 | |||
| SIDE 2 | XEX 448 | ||||
| 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: Robert Freeman / 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. Side 2: Sleeve and label incorrectly spells track 3 as "YOU REALLY GOTTA HOLD ON ME". Side 2: The publishing credit for "7. Money" says ""Belinda (Jhb.)" |
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