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| Parlophone Gold
Top Inlay and Tape |
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TITLE
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A HARD DAY'S
NIGHT |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | TC-PCS 3058 / 1E 262 o 04145 |
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RELEASE DATE
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January 1972? / First Issue | |||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||
| I Should Have Known Better [A2] |
A Hard Day's Night [A1] |
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| When I Get Home [B4] | Can't Buy Me Love [A7] |
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| I'll Be Back [B6] | Things We Said Today [B3] |
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| I'm Happy Just To Dance With You [A4] |
If I Fell [A3] |
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| Tell Me Why [A6] |
And I Love Her [A5] |
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| Any Time At All [B1] |
You Can't Do That [B5] |
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| I'll Cry Instead
[B2] |
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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 Lemon
Yellow paper label without Parlophone logo |
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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. |
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| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
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Catalog number "TC-PCS 3058" 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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| The original
1st. cassettes was issued NO £ Parlophone logo. "IE"
catalogue number (*) in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS
3058" EMI catalogue number, but not printed on the label. |
Containing content as a prerecorded cassette is called "Musicassette" | The "DP(**)" logo was not moulded into cassette shells, especially during the early to mid 1970s. | ||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
| SIDE
1 |
SIDE 2 |
The tracklistings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. EMI originally issued the Beatles UK albums on cassette tape with re-arranged running orders. | ||
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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 | Lemon Yellow Paper Label without 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) 1964 |
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| INLAY FORM | Metallic effect gold inlay (Foldover) |
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| SHELL | White 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 | Cover photo: Robert Freeman |
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| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | Lemon yellow paper label without
Parlophone logo on white 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-3058) 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. (*1) EMI country code: 1E 262 o 04145 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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