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| Parlophone Gold
Top Inlay and Tape |
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TITLE
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ABBEY ROAD |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | TC-PCS 7088 / 1E 200 o 04243 |
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RELEASE DATE
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1975? / 4th Issue? | |||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||
| Here Comes The Sun |
Come Together |
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| Something |
Because |
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| Maxwell's Silver Hammer |
You Never Give Me Your Money |
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| Oh! Daring |
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 *no credit on
label |
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| Carry That Wait *no credit on
label |
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| The End *no credit on label |
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| (Her Majesty) *no credit on both label and 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 has White
paper label on light grey shell. |
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| INLAY |
INLAY: FRONT | INLAY: INSIDE |
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| EMI metallic effect "Gold Top" cassette
inlay. ”Gold Top inlay" are believed to have been introduced in January 1972. |
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| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
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The circular 1 7/8 " I.P.S. mark was
printed at the spine. As the standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1 ⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second). |
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EMI metallic
effect "Gold Top" cassette inlay. |
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| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
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| EMI originally issued the Beatles
UK albums on cassette tape with re-arranged running orders,
the excuse being the need to have two sides of equal length
to avoid the problem of listeners stopping the tape at the
end of one side and turning over to start mid-way through
the opening track on the reverse. Without a credit for the song title "Her Majesty" on both back cover and label. "Here Comes The Sun" and "Come Together" are swapped compared to original LP. |
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| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
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Catalog number "TC-PCS 7088" and the EMI country code (*1) were printed on the inlay. |  |
Printer company's name (removed relrease date) "G&L" was printed at the bottom of the inlay. | |
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
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"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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| Have a white
paper label, no Apple or Parlophone logo. With "IE" catalogue number below the "TC-PCS 7088" catalogue number. |
Containing content as a prerecorded cassette is called "Musicassette" | NO mark was moulded into cassette shells. | ||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
| SIDE
1 |
SIDE 2 |
EMI
originally issued the Beatles UK albums on cassette tape
with re-arranged running orders. Without a credit for the song title "Her Majesty" on both back cover and label. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
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"Made
in England or Made in U.S.A" was not embossed the
shell. |
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| OTHER ITEM | ||||
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| LABEL | White Paper Label without
EMI/Parlophone logo |
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| MIX | STEREO |
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| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | EMI Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.) / An E.M.I. Recording | |||
| CENTRAL REMARK "SOLD IN U.K." |
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| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | (P) 1969 |
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| INLAY FORM | Metallic effect gold inlay (Foldover) |
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| SHELL | Light Grey Shell |
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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 / G
& L (Garrod & Lofthouse) |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Iain Macmillan |
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| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | White paper label without
EMI/Parlophone logo on light grey shell cassette, with
its original inlay and case. EMI "Gold Top" cassette inlay. “Gold Top inlay” are believed to have been introduced in January 1972. The G&L notation on the inside inlay indicates the printer's initials (Ernest J Day, Garrod & Lofthouse, or Data Packaging). The EMI UK catalog no. (TC-PCS-7088) was on the spine. The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases) were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black plastic at the rear. Without a credit for the song title "Her Majesty" on both back cover and label. "Here Comes The Sun" and "Come Together" are swapped compared to original LP. (*1) EMI country code: 1E 200 o 04243 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 (**)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 moulded into cassette shells, especially during the early to mid 1970s. |
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