|
TITLE
|
ABBEY ROAD | |||
| CATALOG NUMBER | TC-PCS 7088 | |||
|
RELEASE DATE
|
November 1969? / First Issue | |||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||
| Here Comes The Sun | Come Together | |||
| Something | Because |
|||
| Maxwell's Silver Hammer | You Never Give Me Your Money |
|||
| Oh! Darling | Sun King |
|||
| Octopus's Garden |
Mean Mr. Mustard |
|||
| I Want You (She's So Heavy) | Polythene Pam |
|||
| She Came In Through The Bathroom
Window |
||||
| Golden Slumbers *not listed on the label | ||||
| Carry That Weight *not listed on the label | ||||
| The End *not listed on the label | ||||
| ( Her Majesty) *not listed on either the label or the inlay |
||||
| CASSETTE CASE AND TAPE |
CASE FRONT | CASE BACK | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases)
were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area,
and black plastic at the rear. |
The first UK issue of "Abbey Road" has Mint green paper label,
no Apple or Parlophone logo |
|||
| INLAY |
INLAY: FRONT | INLAY:
INSIDE |
||
 |
 |
|||
| The
first UK issue of "Abbey Road" is identified by a white
foldover inlay and mint green paper labels, no Apple or
Parlophone logo, the circular 1 7/8" I.P.S (inches per
second tape speed) . A color reproduction of the LP's back cover appears on the foldover panel. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. |
||||
| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
The circular 1 7/8 " I.P.S mark was printed
on the spine. The standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second). |
 |
Catalog number "TC-PCS
7088" and the EMI country code (*1) were printed on the
inlay. |
|
| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | |||
 |
 |
|||
| "Abbey Road" was
the 2nd Beatle album to be issued on cassette and the first
to change the track order (swapping of "Come Together" and
"Here Comes The Sun"). "Her Majesty" is not listed on either the label or the inlay. |
"E.M.I.
Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at
the bottom of the inside of the inlay. |
|||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
 |
This copy hasmint green
paper label, no Apple or Parlophone logo. With "1E" catalog number below the "TC-PCS 7088" catalog number. |
|
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
| SIDE
1 |
SIDE 2 |
|||
 |
 |
|||
| "Her Majesty" is not listed on either
the label or the inlay. "Here Comes The Sun" and "Come Together" are swapped compared with the original LP. |
||||
| OTHER ITEM | ||||
| - |
||||
| LABEL | Mint
Green Paper Label without Apple or Parlophone logo |
|||
| MIX | STEREO | |||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | EMI Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.) / An E.M.I. Recording | |||
| CENTRAL
REMARK "SOLD IN U.K." |
- | |||
| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | ℗ 1969 | |||
| INLAY FORM | "white" inlay (Foldover) |
|||
| SHELL | Light Gray Shell |
|||
| CASSETTE CASE |
"Norelco"
cases: clear plastic at the front and around the spine area,
and black plastic at the rear. |
|||
| PRINTER CREDIT | Made and Printed in Great Britain |
|||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Iain Macmillan | |||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | The first U.K. cassette issue of
Abbey Road is thought to date from November 1969. It had
mint green paper labels; the individual variants are
described separately on this page. The Dutch electronics company Philips introduced the Compact Cassette Tape in 1963 but it wasn't until October 1967 that the first Beatles album was made available on cassette in the UK, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. There were many reissues of The Beatles' albums during the lifetime of the cassette's popularity from the 1970s through to the 1990s. The original cassette issue preceded the opening of EMI's new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes, Middlesex in July 1970. Between 1966 and June 1970, EMI's early musicassettes were manufactured by the Dutch firm, Philips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. This is background information about the early cassette series. The absence of a date code on the inlay suggests that this cassette may have been manufactured before July 1970, when EMI introduced the system. This copy of "Abbey Road" has its "white" inlay, its mint green paper labels, no Apple or Parlophone logo, (possibly reflecting a dispute between Apple and EMI, as one theory suggests; this explanation has not been confirmed), the circular 1 7/8" I.P.S (inches per second tape speed) and a color reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases) were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black plastic at the rear. EMI issued a number of U.K. Beatles cassettes with rearranged running orders, apparently to bring the playing times of the two sides closer together. "Abbey Road" was the 2nd Beatle album to be issued on cassette and the first to change the track order (swapping of "Come Together" and "Here Comes The Sun"). (*1) EMI country code: 1E 200 o 04243 The EMI country codes (introduced on 1st 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 does not necessarily mean the record was also released in that country (from Discogs). OC / 0C / 1E= UK |
|||
|
TITLE
|
ABBEY ROAD | |||
| CATALOG NUMBER | TC-PCS 7088 | |||
|
RELEASE DATE
|
1969? / Second Issue | |||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||
| Here Comes The Sun | Come Together | |||
| Something | Because |
|||
| Maxwell's Silver Hammer | You Never Give Me Your Money |
|||
| Oh! Darling | Sun King |
|||
| Octopus's Garden |
Mean Mr. Mustard |
|||
| I Want You (She's So Heavy) | Polythene Pam |
|||
| She Came In Through The Bathroom
Window |
||||
| Golden Slumbers *not listed on the label | ||||
| Carry That Weight *not listed on the label | ||||
| The End *not listed on the label | ||||
| ( Her Majesty) *not listed on either the label or the inlay |
||||
| CASSETTE CASE AND TAPE |
CASE FRONT | CASE BACK | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases)
were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area,
and black plastic at the rear. |
This UK issue of "Abbey Road" has Mint green paper label,
no Apple or Parlophone logo |
|||
| INLAY |
INLAY: FRONT | INLAY:
INSIDE |
||
 |
 |
|||
| The
first UK issue of "Abbey Road" is identified by a white
foldover inlay and mint green paper labels, no Apple or
Parlophone logo, the circular 1 7/8" I.P.S (inches per
second tape speed) . A color reproduction of the LP's back cover appears on the foldover panel. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. |
||||
| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
The circular 1 7/8 " I.P.S mark was printed
on the spine. The standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second). |
 |
Catalog number "TC-PCS
7088" and the EMI country code (*1) were printed on the
inlay. |
|
| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | |||
 |
 |
|||
| "Abbey Road" was
the 2nd Beatle album to be issued on cassette and the first
to change the track order (swapping of "Come Together" and
"Here Comes The Sun"). "Her Majesty" is not listed on either the label or the inlay. |
"E.M.I.
Records
(The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at the
bottom of the inside of the inlay. |
|||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| This copy hasmint green paper label,
no Apple or Parlophone logo. With "1E" catalog number below the "TC-PCS 7088" catalog number. The ℗ mark on the label is aligned left with the catalog number. |
A prerecorded music
cassette was marketed as a "Musicassette". |
NO mark was molded into
cassette shells. |
||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
| SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | "Her Majesty" is
not listed on either the label or the inlay. "Here Comes The Sun" and "Come Together" are swapped compared with the original LP. |
||
 |
 |
|||
 |
On the label,
there is a space between the "Abbey Road" title and
"Produced by George Martin" |
 |
||
"Made in England / Made in U.S.A" was not embossed on the shell. |
||||
| OTHER ITEM | ||||
| - |
||||
| LABEL | Mint
Green Paper Label without Apple or Parlophone logo |
|||
| MIX | STEREO | |||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | EMI Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.) / An E.M.I. Recording | |||
| CENTRAL
REMARK "SOLD IN U.K." |
- | |||
| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | ℗ 1969 | |||
| INLAY FORM | "white" inlay (Foldover) |
|||
| SHELL | Light Gray Shell |
|||
| CASSETTE CASE |
"Norelco"
cases:
clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and
black plastic at the rear. |
|||
| PRINTER CREDIT | Made and Printed in Great Britain |
|||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Iain Macmillan | |||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | The first U.K. cassette issue of
Abbey Road is thought to date from November 1969. It had
mint green paper labels; the individual variants are
described separately on this page. The Dutch electronics company Philips introduced the Compact Cassette Tape in 1963 but it wasn't until October 1967 that the first Beatles album was made available on cassette in the UK, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. There were many reissues of The Beatles' albums during the lifetime of the cassette's popularity from the 1970s through to the 1990s. The original cassette issue preceded the opening of EMI's new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes, Middlesex in July 1970. Between 1966 and June 1970, EMI's early musicassettes were manufactured by the Dutch firm, Philips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. This is background information about the early cassette series. The absence of a date code on the inlay suggests that this cassette may have been manufactured before July 1970, when EMI introduced the system. This copy of "Abbey Road" has its "white" inlay, its mint green paper labels, no Apple or Parlophone logo, (possibly reflecting a dispute between Apple and EMI, as one theory suggests; this explanation has not been confirmed), the circular 1 7/8" I.P.S (inches per second tape speed) and a color reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. Mint green label type-2: On the label, there is a space between the "Abbey Road" title and "Produced by George Martin" The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases) were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black plastic at the rear. EMI issued a number of U.K. Beatles cassettes with rearranged running orders, apparently to bring the playing times of the two sides closer together. "Abbey Road" was the 2nd Beatle album to be issued on cassette and the first to change the track order (swapping of "Come Together" and "Here Comes The Sun"). (*1) EMI country code: 1E 200 o 04243 The EMI country codes (introduced on 1st 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 does not necessarily mean the record was also released in that country (from Discogs). OC / 0C / 1E= UK |
|||
|
TITLE
|
ABBEY ROAD | |||
| CATALOG NUMBER | TC-PCS 7088 | |||
|
RELEASE DATE
|
1970? / Third Issue | |||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||
| Here Comes The Sun | Come Together | |||
| Something | Because |
|||
| Maxwell's Silver Hammer | You Never Give Me Your Money |
|||
| Oh! Darling | Sun King |
|||
| Octopus's Garden |
Mean Mr. Mustard |
|||
| I Want You (She's So Heavy) | Polythene Pam |
|||
| She Came In Through The Bathroom
Window |
||||
| Golden Slumbers *not listed on the label | ||||
| Carry That Weight *not listed on the label | ||||
| The End *not listed on the label | ||||
| ( Her Majesty) *not listed on either the label or the inlay |
||||
| CASSETTE CASE AND TAPE |
CASE FRONT | CASE BACK | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases)
were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area,
and black plastic at the rear. |
This UK issue of "Abbey Road" has Lemon Yellow paper label,
no Apple or Parlophone logo. This copy has a shell with three windows. |
|||
| INLAY |
INLAY: FRONT | INLAY:
INSIDE |
||
 |
 |
|||
| The
first UK issue of "Abbey Road" is identified by a white
foldover inlay and lemon yellow paper labels, no Apple or
Parlophone logo, the circular 1 7/8" I.P.S (inches per
second tape speed) . A color reproduction of the LP's back cover appears on the foldover panel. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. |
||||
| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
The circular 1 7/8 " I.P.S mark was printed
on the spine. The standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second). |
 |
Catalog number "TC-PCS
7088" and the EMI country code (*1) were printed on the
inlay. |
|
| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | |||
 |
 |
|||
| "Abbey Road" was
the 2nd Beatle album to be issued on cassette and the first
to change the track order (swapping of "Come Together" and
"Here Comes The Sun"). "Her Majesty" is not listed on either the label or the inlay. |
"E.M.I.
Records
(The
Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at the bottom
of the inside of the inlay. |
|||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| Have a
lemon yellow paper label, no Apple or Parlophone logo. With
"1E" catalog number below the "TC-PCS 7088" catalog number. |
A prerecorded music
cassette was marketed as a "Musicassette". |
The "DP" logo (*2) can
often be found molded into cassette shells, especially
during the early to mid 1970s |
||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
| SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | "Her Majesty" is
not listed on either the label or the inlay. "Here Comes The Sun" and "Come Together" are swapped compared with the original LP. This copy has a shell with three windows. |
||
 |
 |
|||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
"Made in England / Made in U.S.A" was not embossed on the shell. | ||
| OTHER ITEM | ||||
| - |
||||
| LABEL | Lemon Yellow Paper Label
type-1 without Apple or Parlophone logo |
|||
| MIX | STEREO | |||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | EMI Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.) / An E.M.I. Recording | |||
| CENTRAL
REMARK "SOLD IN U.K." |
- | |||
| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | ℗ 1969 | |||
| INLAY FORM | "white" inlay (Foldover) |
|||
| SHELL | Light Gray Shell with 3 windows
(Philips made?) / embossed "dp" logo mark. |
|||
| CASSETTE CASE |
"Norelco"
cases:
clear
plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black
plastic at the rear. |
|||
| PRINTER CREDIT | Made and Printed in Great Britain |
|||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Iain Macmillan | |||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | The first U.K. cassette issue of
Abbey Road is thought to date from November 1969. It had
mint green paper labels; the individual variants are
described separately on this page. The Dutch electronics company Philips introduced the Compact Cassette Tape in 1963 but it wasn't until October 1967 that the first Beatles album was made available on cassette in the UK, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. There were many reissues of The Beatles' albums during the lifetime of the cassette's popularity from the 1970s through to the 1990s. The original cassette issue preceded the opening of EMI's new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes, Middlesex in July 1970. Between 1966 and June 1970, EMI's early musicassettes were manufactured by the Dutch firm, Philips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. This is background information about the early cassette series. The absence of a date code on the inlay suggests that this cassette may have been manufactured before July 1970, when EMI introduced the system. This copy of "Abbey Road" has its "white" inlay, its lemon yellow paper labels, no Apple or Parlophone logo, (possibly reflecting a dispute between Apple and EMI, as one theory suggests; this explanation has not been confirmed), the circular 1 7/8" I.P.S (inches per second tape speed) and a color reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. This copy of "Abbey Road" has its "white" inlay, its lemon yellow paper label, no Apple or Parlophone logo, (possibly reflecting a dispute between Apple and EMI, as one theory suggests; this explanation has not been confirmed), the circular 1 7/8" I.P.S. inches per second tape speed) and a color reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases) were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black plastic at the rear. Light Gray Shell with 3 windows (Philips made?), embossed "dp" logo mark. EMI issued a number of U.K. Beatles cassettes with rearranged running orders, apparently to bring the playing times of the two sides closer together. "Abbey Road" was the 2nd Beatle album to be issued on cassette and the first to change the track order (swapping of "Come Together" and "Here Comes The Sun"). (*1) EMI country code: 1E 200 o 04243 The EMI country codes (introduced on 1st 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 does not necessarily mean the record was also released in that country (from Discogs). OC / 0C / 1E= UK (*2)Data Packaging Corporation (who also traded as Hellerman Data Packaging Ltd) supplied cassette and 8 track shells, tape and other components to the music industry. The "DP" logo can often be found molded into cassette shells, especially during the early to mid 1970s. |
|||
|
TITLE
|
ABBEY ROAD | |||
| CATALOG NUMBER | TC-PCS 7088 | |||
|
RELEASE DATE
|
Mid-1971? / 4th Issue | |||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||
| Here Comes The Sun | Come Together | |||
| Something | Because |
|||
| Maxwell's Silver Hammer | You Never Give Me Your Money |
|||
| Oh! Darling | Sun King |
|||
| Octopus's Garden |
Mean Mr. Mustard |
|||
| I Want You (She's So Heavy) | Polythene Pam |
|||
| She Came In Through The Bathroom
Window |
||||
| Golden Slumbers *not listed on the label | ||||
| Carry That Weight *not listed on the label | ||||
| The End *not listed on the label | ||||
| ( Her Majesty) *not listed on either the label or the inlay |
||||
| CASSETTE CASE AND TAPE |
CASE FRONT | CASE BACK | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases)
were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area,
and black plastic at the rear. |
This UK issue of "Abbey Road" has lemon yellow paper label,
no Apple or Parlophone logo |
|||
| INLAY |
INLAY: FRONT | INLAY:
INSIDE |
||
 |
 |
|||
| The
second UK issue of "Abbey Road" is identified by a white
foldover inlay and lemon yellow paper label, no Apple or
Parlophone logo, the circular 1 7/8" I.P.S. (inches per
second tape speed) . A color reproduction of the LP's back cover appears on the foldover panel. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. |
||||
| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
The circular 1 7/8 " I.P.S. mark was printed
on the spine. The standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second). |
 |
Catalog number "TC-PCS
7088" and the EMI country code (*1) were printed on the
inlay. |
|
| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | |||
 |
 |
|||
| "Abbey Road" was
the 2nd Beatle album to be issued on cassette and the first
to change the track order (swapping of "Come Together" and
"Here Comes The Sun"). "Her Majesty" is not listed on either the label or the inlay. |
"E.M.I.
Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at
the bottom of the inside of the inlay. |
|||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
 |
This copy haslemon yellow
paper label, no Apple or Parlophone logo. With "1E" catalog number below the "TC-PCS 7088" catalog number. |
|
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
| SIDE
1 |
SIDE 2 |
|||
 |
 |
|||
| "Her Majesty" is not listed on either
the label or the inlay. "Here Comes The Sun" and "Come Together" are swapped compared with the original LP. |
||||
 |
"Made in U.S.A. (capital
letter)" was embossed on the shell. |
|||
| OTHER ITEM | ||||
| - |
||||
| LABEL | Lemon
Yellow Paper Label type-1 without Apple or
Parlophone logo |
|||
| MIX | STEREO | |||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | EMI Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.) / An E.M.I. Recording | |||
| CENTRAL
REMARK "SOLD IN U.K." |
- | |||
| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | ℗ 1969 | |||
| INLAY FORM | "white" inlay (Foldover) |
|||
| SHELL | White Shell / embossed "MADE IN
USA" |
|||
| CASSETTE CASE |
"Norelco"
cases: clear plastic at the front and around the spine area,
and black plastic at the rear. |
|||
| PRINTER CREDIT | Made and Printed in Great Britain |
|||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Iain Macmillan | |||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | The first U.K. cassette issue of
Abbey Road is thought to date from November 1969. It had
mint green paper labels; the individual variants are
described separately on this page. Like Sgt. Pepper, it was first released in lime green paper label form, and went through the lemon yellow color phase, before matching the bright yellow paper label of the September / October 1970 other first issue albums, all the while retaining the original artwork design of the November 1969 inlay. The Dutch electronics company Philips introduced the Compact Cassette Tape in 1963 but it wasn't until October 1967 that the first Beatles album was made available on cassette in the UK, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. There were many reissues of The Beatles' albums during the lifetime of the cassette's popularity from the 1970s through to the 1990s. The original cassette issue preceded the opening of EMI's new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes, Middlesex in July 1970. Between 1966 and June 1970, EMI's early musicassettes were manufactured by the Dutch firm, Philips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. This is background information about the early cassette series. The absence of a date code on the inlay suggests that this cassette may have been manufactured before July 1970, when EMI introduced the system. This copy of "Abbey Road" has its "white" inlay, its lemon yellow paper label, no Apple or Parlophone logo, (possibly reflecting a dispute between Apple and EMI, as one theory suggests; this explanation has not been confirmed), the circular 1 7/8" I.P.S. inches per second tape speed) and a color reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases) were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black plastic at the rear. EMI issued a number of U.K. Beatles cassettes with rearranged running orders, apparently to bring the playing times of the two sides closer together. "Abbey Road" was the 2nd Beatle album to be issued on cassette and the first to change the track order (swapping of "Come Together" and "Here Comes The Sun"). (*1) EMI country code: 1E 200 o 04243 The EMI country codes (introduced on 1st 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 does not necessarily mean the record was also released in that country (from Discogs). OC / 0C / 1E= UK |
|||
|
TITLE
|
ABBEY ROAD | |||
| CATALOG NUMBER | TC-PCS 7088 | |||
|
RELEASE DATE
|
Mid-1971? / 5th Issue? | |||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||
| Here Comes The Sun | Come Together | |||
| Something | Because |
|||
| Maxwell's Silver Hammer | You Never Give Me Your Money |
|||
| Oh! Darling | Sun King |
|||
| Octopus's Garden |
Mean Mr. Mustard |
|||
| I Want You (She's So Heavy) | Polythene Pam |
|||
| She Came In Through The Bathroom
Window |
||||
| Golden Slumbers | ||||
| Carry That Weight | ||||
| The End | ||||
| ( Her Majesty) *not listed on either the label or the inlay |
||||
| CASSETTE CASE AND TAPE |
CASE FRONT | CASE BACK | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases)
were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area,
and black plastic at the rear. |
This UK issue of "Abbey Road" has lemon yellow paper label,
no Apple or Parlophone logo |
|||
| INLAY |
INLAY: FRONT | INLAY:
INSIDE |
||
 |
 |
|||
| The
third UK issue of "Abbey Road" is identified by a white
foldover inlay and lemon yellow paper label, no Apple or
Parlophone logo, the circular 1 7/8" I.P.S. (inches per
second tape speed) . A color reproduction of the LP's back cover appears on the foldover panel. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. |
||||
| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
The circular 1 7/8 " I.P.S. mark was printed
on the spine. The standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second). |
 |
Catalog number "TC-PCS
7088" and the EMI country code (*1) were printed on the
inlay. |
|
| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | |||
 |
 |
|||
| "Abbey Road" was
the 2nd Beatle album to be issued on cassette and the first
to change the track order (swapping of "Come Together" and
"Here Comes The Sun"). "Her Majesty" is not listed on either the label or the inlay. |
"E.M.I.
Records
(The
Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at the bottom
of the inside of the inlay. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
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This copy haslemon yellow paper label,
no Apple or Parlophone logo. With "1E" catalog number
below the "TC-PCS 7088" catalog number. "Copyright control / Northern
Songs" credit was omitted. "Made in U.S.A. (uppercase)" was embossed on the shell. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP (TYPE-2 =
This cassette) |
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| SIDE
1 |
SIDE 2 |
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| #2-4 LABEL CLOSE UP
(TYPE-1) |
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| SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
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| On both sides of the label, with the NEW
track
listing layout instead of the lemon yellow type-1
label. The credit "Produced by George Martin" was omitted. "Her Majesty" is not listed on either the label or the inlay. "Here Comes The Sun" and "Come Together" are swapped compared with the original LP. |
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| OTHER ITEM | ||||
| - |
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| LABEL | Lemon
Yellow Paper Label type-2 without Apple or
Parlophone logo / "produced by George Martin" omitted |
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| MIX | STEREO | |||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | EMI Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.) / An E.M.I. Recording | |||
| CENTRAL
REMARK "SOLD IN U.K." |
- | |||
| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | ℗ 1969 | |||
| INLAY FORM | "white" inlay (Foldover) |
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| SHELL | White Shell / embossed "MADE IN
USA" |
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| CASSETTE CASE |
"Norelco"
cases:
clear
plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black
plastic at the rear. |
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| PRINTER CREDIT | Made and Printed in Great Britain |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Iain Macmillan | |||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | The first U.K. cassette issue of
Abbey Road is thought to date from November 1969. It had
mint green paper labels; the individual variants are
described separately on this page. Like Sgt. Pepper, it was first released in lime green paper label form, and went through the lemon yellow color phase, before matching the bright yellow paper label of the September / October 1970 other first issue albums, all the while retaining the original artwork design of the November 1969 inlay. The Dutch electronics company Philips introduced the Compact Cassette Tape in 1963 but it wasn't until October 1967 that the first Beatles album was made available on cassette in the UK, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. There were many reissues of The Beatles' albums during the lifetime of the cassette's popularity from the 1970s through to the 1990s. The original cassette issue preceded the opening of EMI's new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes, Middlesex in July 1970. Between 1966 and June 1970, EMI's early musicassettes were manufactured by the Dutch firm, Philips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. This is background information about the early cassette series. The absence of a date code on the inlay suggests that this cassette may have been manufactured before July 1970, when EMI introduced the system. This copy of "Abbey Road" has its "white" inlay, its lemon yellow paper label, no Apple or Parlophone logo, (possibly reflecting a dispute between Apple and EMI, as one theory suggests; this explanation has not been confirmed), the circular 1 7/8" I.P.S. inches per second tape speed) and a color reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. On both sides of the label, with the NEW track listing layout instead of the lemon yellow type-1 label. The credit "Produced by George Martin" was omitted. The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases) were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black plastic at the rear. EMI issued a number of U.K. Beatles cassettes with rearranged running orders, apparently to bring the playing times of the two sides closer together. "Abbey Road" was the 2nd Beatle album to be issued on cassette and the first to change the track order (swapping of "Come Together" and "Here Comes The Sun"). (*1) EMI country code: 1E 200 o 04243 The EMI country codes (introduced on 1st 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 does not necessarily mean the record was also released in that country (from Discogs). OC / 0C / 1E= UK |
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TITLE
|
ABBEY ROAD | |||
| CATALOG NUMBER | TC-PCS 7088 | |||
|
RELEASE DATE
|
Mid-1971? / 6th Issue? | |||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||
| Here Comes The Sun | Come Together | |||
| Something | Because |
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| Maxwell's Silver Hammer | You Never Give Me Your Money |
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| Oh! Darling | Sun King |
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| Octopus's Garden |
Mean Mr. Mustard |
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| I Want You (She's So Heavy) | Polythene Pam |
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| She Came In Through The Bathroom
Window |
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| Golden Slumbers *not listed on the label | ||||
| Carry That Weight *not listed on the label | ||||
| The End *not listed on the label | ||||
| ( Her Majesty) *not listed on either the label or the inlay |
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| CASSETTE CASE AND TAPE |
CASE FRONT | CASE BACK | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! |
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|
| The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases)
were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area,
and black plastic at the rear. |
This UK issue of "Abbey Road" has lemon yellow paper label,
no Apple or Parlophone logo |
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| INLAY |
INLAY: FRONT | INLAY:
INSIDE |
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 |
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| The
third UK issue of "Abbey Road" is identified by a white
foldover inlay and lemon yellow paper label, no Apple or
Parlophone logo, the circular 1 7/8" I.P.S. (inches per
second tape speed) . A color reproduction of the LP's back cover appears on the foldover panel. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. |
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| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
The circular 1 7/8 " I.P.S. mark was printed
on the spine. The standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second). |
 |
Catalog number "TC-PCS
7088" and the EMI country code (*1) were printed on the
inlay. |
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| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
"Abbey Road" was the 2nd
Beatle album to be issued on cassette and the first to
change the track order (swapping of "Come Together" and
"Here Comes The Sun"). "Her Majesty" is not listed on either the label or the inlay. |
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| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
"Come Together" and "Here Comes The Sun" exchange positions compared with the original LP. "Her Majesty" is not listed on either the label or the inlay. | ||
 |
"E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at the bottom of the inside of the inlay. | |||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
 |
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| Have a
lemon yellow paper label, no Apple or Parlophone logo. With "1E" catalog number below the "TC-PCS 7088" catalog number. |
A prerecorded music
cassette was marketed as a "Musicassette". |
The "DP" logo (*2) can
often be found molded into cassette shells, especially
during the early to mid 1970s |
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| SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | This copy usesthe
Type 1 layout. ("Produced by George Martin" credited) |
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 |
 |
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 |
"Made in England
(uppercase)" was embossed on the shell. |
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| OTHER ITEM | ||||
| - |
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| LABEL | Lemon
Yellow Paper Label type-1 without Apple or
Parlophone logo |
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| MIX | STEREO | |||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | EMI Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.) / An E.M.I. Recording | |||
| CENTRAL
REMARK "SOLD IN U.K." |
- | |||
| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | ℗ 1969 | |||
| INLAY FORM | "white" inlay (Foldover) |
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| SHELL | Light Gray Shell / embossed "MADE
IN ENGLAND" / embossed "dp" logo mark |
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| CASSETTE CASE |
"Norelco"
cases:
clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and
black plastic at the rear. |
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| PRINTER CREDIT | Made and Printed in Great Britain |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Iain Macmillan | |||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | The first U.K. cassette issue of
Abbey Road is thought to date from November 1969. It had
mint green paper labels; the individual variants are
described separately on this page. Like Sgt. Pepper, it was first released in lime green paper label form, and went through the lemon yellow color phase, before matching the bright yellow paper label of the September / October 1970 other first issue albums, all the while retaining the original artwork design of the November 1969 inlay. The Dutch electronics company Philips introduced the Compact Cassette Tape in 1963 but it wasn't until October 1967 that the first Beatles album was made available on cassette in the UK, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. There were many reissues of The Beatles' albums during the lifetime of the cassette's popularity from the 1970s through to the 1990s. The original cassette issue preceded the opening of EMI's new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes, Middlesex in July 1970. Between 1966 and June 1970, EMI's early musicassettes were manufactured by the Dutch firm, Philips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. This is background information about the early cassette series. The absence of a date code on the inlay suggests that this cassette may have been manufactured before July 1970, when EMI introduced the system. This copy of "Abbey Road" has its "white" inlay, its lemon yellow paper label, no Apple or Parlophone logo, (possibly reflecting a dispute between Apple and EMI, as one theory suggests; this explanation has not been confirmed), the circular 1 7/8" I.P.S. inches per second tape speed) and a color reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. On both sides, this copy uses the Type 1 label layout. ("Produced by George Martin" credited) "Made in England (uppercase)" was embossed the shell. The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases) were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black plastic at the rear. EMI issued a number of U.K. Beatles cassettes with rearranged running orders, apparently to bring the playing times of the two sides closer together. "Abbey Road" was the 2nd Beatle album to be issued on cassette and the first to change the track order (swapping of "Come Together" and "Here Comes The Sun"). (*1) EMI country code: 1E 200 o 04243 The EMI country codes (introduced on 1st 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 does not necessarily mean the record was also released in that country (from Discogs). OC / 0C / 1E= UK (*2)Data Packaging Corporation (who also traded as Hellerman Data Packaging Ltd) supplied cassette and 8 track shells, tape and other components to the music industry. The "DP" logo can often be found molded into cassette shells, especially during the early to mid 1970s. |
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