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| Parlophone
Original Cartridge |
| 8-Track Cartridge Release Information Sheet (Feb. 1968) | ||||
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It was announced in September 1967 that
EMI Records had entered into an agreement with University
Recording Limited, whereby the latter would manufacture and
distribute EMI 8-Track 'Slot Stereo' Tape Record Cartridges
in the United Kingdom. The first 21 UK-manufactured EMI tape cartridges in the 8-Track configuration are now ready and include The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Peggy Lee, Dean Martin, Matt Monro, The Seekers and Nancy Wilson, as well as the original film soundtracks of Oklahoma and The King & I and a selection of classical recordings. Slot Stereo tapes retail at £2. 0. 0d. each for single length cartridges and £3. 10. Od. each for double length cartridges. |
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| SHEET FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
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The date this sheet was
printed (February 1968) is written on the bottom left of the
back. |
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TITLE
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SGT PEPPER'S
LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | 8X-PCS 7027 | |||
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RELEASE DATE
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October or November 1969 / First Issue? | |||
| TRACK LISTING | PROGRAM 1 | PROGRAM 3 |
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| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [A1] |
Within You Without You [B1] |
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| With A Little Help From My Friends [A2] |
A Day In The Life [B6] | |||
| Fixing A Hole[A5] | ||||
| Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite [A7] | |
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| PROGRAM
2 |
PROGRAM 4 |
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| Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds[A3] | When I'm Sixty Four [B2] | |||
| Getting Better[A4] | Lovely Rita [B3] | |||
| She's Leaving Home [A6] | Good Morning Good Morning [B4] | |||
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) [B5] | ||||
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| CASSETTE CASE AND TAPE |
CASE FRONT | CASE BACK | TAPE FRONT | TAPE BACK |
| Released
in generic cardboard EMI case (Sorry, I don't have it) |
Released
in generic cardboard EMI case (Sorry, I don't have it) |
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| cardboard EMI case (maybe) | The first UK issue of "Sgt. Peppers" has color paper label with
brown shell. |
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| INLAY |
LABEL: FRONT | LABEL: BACK |
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| This cartridge
is a brown plastic case with a white paper label affixed to
the front face. The four 'programmes' with track listing is
printed in black along with the standard color artwork for
this album. |
With a white
paper label affixed to the front face and end. Album title,
catalog number, and the four 'programmes' with track listing
is printed in black. |
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| LABEL: FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
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| The credit "All rights of the
manufacturer and of the owner of the recorded work reserved.
Unauthorised public performance, broadcasting and copying of
this record prohibited." was printed on the label. |
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| LABEL: BACK CLOSE UP | ||||
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"3 3/4 ips" (3.75
inches per second) tape speed. Catalog number "8X-PCS 7027" and the EMI country code (*1) were printed on the label. |
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The "(P)-1967" statement
was printed at the right corner of the label. |
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| LABEL: BACK CLOSE UP | ||||
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| "E.M.I Records
(The Gramophone Company Ltd)" and "Made and Printed in Great
Britain" were printed at the bottom of the label. |
Parlophone and EMI
logomark were printed at the bottom of the label. |
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| LABEL: BACK CLOSE UP | ||||
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EMI originally issued the Beatles UK albums on 8-track tape with re-arranged running orders, the reason for this was that because of the 8-track stereo tapes, it was necessary to adjust the endless tape's four tracks to be approximately the same length. |  |
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| Publisher's credit "Northern
Songs." was printed on the label. |
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| LABEL: BOTTOM CLOSE UP | ||||
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Catalogue number and album
title was printed at the end of the label. |
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| OTHER ITEM | ||||
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| LABEL | Color
Paper Label with £ Parlophone logo |
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| MIX | STEREO | |||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | EMI Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd) | |||
| CENTRAL REMARK "SOLD IN U.K." |
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| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | (P) 1967 | |||
| SHELL | Brown Shell |
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| CARTRIDGE CASE |
Plastic
tape protector fitted to the top of the cartridge, and
released in generic cardboard EMI case (sorry, I don't have
it) |
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| PRINTER CREDIT | - |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Stage and Cut out: Peter Blake and Jann
Haworth Photo: Michael Cooper / Wax Figures: Madame Tussauds |
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| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | This cartridge is a brown
plastic shell with a white color paper label
affixed to the front face. The four 'programmes' with track
listing is printed in black along with the standard color
artwork for this album. The 8-track cartridge were issued with a £ Parlophone logo. "IE" catalogue number (*1) in addition to the ordinary "8X-PCS 7027" EMI catalogue number. The magnetic tape is played at 3 3/4 (3.75) inches per second (twice the speed of a cassette). Plastic tape protector fitted to the top of the cartridge, and released in generic cardboard EMI case (maybe). The original versions of this 8-track DID NOT include a version of the "Sgt.Pepper Inner Groove". The 8 track cartridge format was jointly developed by Ampex Magnetic Company, RCA Records and Lear Jet Company primarily as a dashboard-based music system for the booming car market. The format was launched in the USA in September 1965, with RCA Victor releasing 175 titles and the Ford Motor Company announcing the format as an option on many of its new 1966 car models. Not long after, players designed for the home began to appear, often incorporated into Reel-to-Reel players. 8 track stereo cartridges comprised four parallel pairs of two-channel stereo programmes: tracks 1 and 5 comprised the first section, 2 and 6 the second, 3 and 7 the third, and 4 and 8 the fourth section. Tracks 1 through 4 were heard through the left speaker while tracks 5 through 8 were heard through the right speaker. All four sections were approximately equal in length and played automatically in sequence. The similar section length often meant that albums had to be re-sequenced to fit the medium, or, in some instances, having songs added, edited or repeated. Conversely, it could also result in long periods of silence between sections. The original Beatles 8 track cartridge release of "Sgt. Peppers" in Oct. or Nov. 1969, through "Abbey Road (Nov. 1969)", "Let It Be (August 1970)", and the first release of most of the other Beatles 8 track albums in Sept. and Oct, 1970, just months after EMI opened their new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes in Middlesex in July, 1970. EMI UK commence manufacture of cartridges in November 1969 (maybe). The cassette and 8-track were released at the same time. (Excluding "Sgt. peppers")
EMI UK commence manufacture of cartridges in November 1969 (maybe). As at July 1971, EMI (Australia) offered the following Beatles titles on 8 track cartridge:
(*1) EMI country code: The EMI country codes (introduced on 1 June, 1969): In most cases the EMI Codes are the first two letters of the record's catalog#. These EMI Country Codes were used to indicate the country in which the record was pressed. Note this doesn't necessarily means the record was also released in that country (from Discog). OC / 0C / 1E= UK |
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|
TITLE
|
SGT PEPPER'S
LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | 8X-PCS 7027 | |||
|
RELEASE DATE
|
October or November 1969 / First Issue? | |||
| TRACK LISTING | PROGRAM 1 | PROGRAM 3 |
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| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [A1] |
Within You Without You [B1] |
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| With A Little Help From My Friends [A2] |
A Day In The Life [B6] | |||
| Fixing A Hole[A5] | ||||
| Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite [A7] | |
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| PROGRAM
2 |
PROGRAM 4 |
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| Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds[A3] | When I'm Sixty Four [B2] | |||
| Getting Better[A4] | Lovely Rita [B3] | |||
| She's Leaving Home [A6] | Good Morning Good Morning [B4] | |||
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) [B5] | ||||
| ( |
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| CASSETTE CASE AND TAPE |
CASE FRONT | CASE BACK | TAPE FRONT | TAPE BACK |
| Released
in generic cardboard EMI case (Sorry, I don't have it) |
Released
in generic cardboard EMI case (Sorry, I don't have it) |
 |
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|
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| There are NO cartridge cases. (maybe) |
The first UK issue of "Sgt. Peppers" has color paper label with
brown shell. |
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| INLAY |
LABEL: FRONT | LABEL: BACK |
||
 |
 |
|||
| This cartridge
is a brown plastic case with a white paper label affixed to
the front face. The four 'programmes' with track listing is
printed in black along with the standard color artwork for
this album. |
With a white
paper label affixed to the front face and end. Album title,
catalog number, and the four 'programmes' with track listing
is printed in black. |
|||
| LABEL: FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
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| The credit "All rights of the
manufacturer and of the owner of the recorded work reserved.
Unauthorised public performance, broadcasting and copying of
this record prohibited." was printed on the label. |
||||
| LABEL: BACK CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
"3 3/4 ips" (3.75
inches per second) tape speed. Catalog number "8X-PCS 7027" and the EMI country code (*1) were printed on the label. |
 |
The "(P)-1967" statement
was printed at the right corner of the label. |
|
| LABEL: BACK CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
|||
| "E.M.I Records
(The Gramophone Company Ltd)" and "Made and Printed in Great
Britain" were printed at the bottom of the label. |
Parlophone and EMI
logomark were printed at the bottom of the label. |
|||
| LABEL: BACK CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
EMI originally issued the Beatles UK albums on 8-track tape with re-arranged running orders, the reason for this was that because of the 8-track stereo tapes, it was necessary to adjust the endless tape's four tracks to be approximately the same length. |  |
||
| Publisher's credit "Northern
Songs." was printed on the label. |
||||
| LABEL: BOTTOM CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
Catalogue number and album
title was printed at the end of the label. |
|||
| OTHER ITEM | ||||
| - | ||||
| LABEL | Color
Paper Label with £ Parlophone logo |
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| MIX | STEREO | |||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | EMI Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd) | |||
| CENTRAL REMARK "SOLD IN U.K." |
- |
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| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | (P) 1967 | |||
| SHELL | Black Shell |
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| CARTRIDGE CASE |
Plastic
tape protector fitted to the top of the cartridge, and
released in generic cardboard EMI case (Sorry, I don't have
it) |
|||
| PRINTER CREDIT | - |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Stage and Cut out: Peter Blake and Jann
Haworth Photo: Michael Cooper / Wax Figures: Madame Tussauds |
|||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | This cartridge is a black
plastic shell with a white color paper label
affixed to the front face. The four 'programmes' with track
listing is printed in black along with the standard color
artwork for this album. The 8-track cartridge were issued with a £ Parlophone logo. "IE" catalogue number (*1) in addition to the ordinary "8X-PCS 7027" EMI catalogue number. The magnetic tape is played at 3 3/4 (3.75) inches per second (twice the speed of a cassette). Plastic tape protector fitted to the top of the cartridge, and released in generic cardboard EMI case (maybe). The original versions of this 8-track DID NOT include a version of the "Sgt.Pepper Inner Groove". The 8 track cartridge format was jointly developed by Ampex Magnetic Company, RCA Records and Lear Jet Company primarily as a dashboard-based music system for the booming car market. The format was launched in the USA in September 1965, with RCA Victor releasing 175 titles and the Ford Motor Company announcing the format as an option on many of its new 1966 car models. Not long after, players designed for the home began to appear, often incorporated into Reel-to-Reel players. 8 track stereo cartridges comprised four parallel pairs of two-channel stereo programmes: tracks 1 and 5 comprised the first section, 2 and 6 the second, 3 and 7 the third, and 4 and 8 the fourth section. Tracks 1 through 4 were heard through the left speaker while tracks 5 through 8 were heard through the right speaker. All four sections were approximately equal in length and played automatically in sequence. The similar section length often meant that albums had to be re-sequenced to fit the medium, or, in some instances, having songs added, edited or repeated. Conversely, it could also result in long periods of silence between sections. The original Beatles 8 track cartridge release of "Sgt. Peppers" in Oct. or Nov. 1969, through "Abbey Road (Nov. 1969)", "Let It Be (August 1970)", and the first release of most of the other Beatles 8 track albums in Sept. and Oct, 1970, just months after EMI opened their new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes in Middlesex in July, 1970. EMI UK commence manufacture of cartridges in November 1969 (maybe). The cassette and 8-track were released at the same time. (Excluding "Sgt. peppers")
As at July 1971, EMI (Australia) offered the following Beatles titles on 8 track cartridge:
(*1) EMI country code: The EMI country codes (introduced on 1 June, 1969): In most cases the EMI Codes are the first two letters of the record's catalog#. These EMI Country Codes were used to indicate the country in which the record was pressed. Note this doesn't necessarily means the record was also released in that country (from Discog). OC / 0C / 1E= UK |
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