|
TITLE
|
HELP! |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | TC-PCS 3071 / 1E 262 o 04257 |
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|
RELEASE DATE
|
October 1970 / First Issue | |||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||
| I Need You [A4] |
Help! [A1] |
|||
| Another Girl [A5] | You've Got To Hide Your Love Away [A3] | |||
| I've Just Seen A Face [B5] | You're Going To Lose That Girl [A6] | |||
| Yesterday [B6] | It's Only Love [B2] | |||
| The Night Before [A2] |
You Like Me Too Much [B3] | |||
| Ticket
To Ride [A7] |
Tell Me What You See [B4] | |||
| Act Naturally [B1] |
Dizzy Miss Lizzy [B7] |
|||
| 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 copy has Lemon Yellow paper label without
Parlophone logo. It has a shell with three windows. |
|||
| INLAY |
INLAY: FRONT | INLAY: INSIDE |
||
 |
 |
|||
| This copy has a white foldover inlay with a small reproduction of the album cover, but no additional artwork or original liner notes. The track listings were printed on the reverse, while the foldover advertised other available Beatles and solo cassettes. |
||||
| 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 1 ⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second). |
 |
The track listings were
printed on the reverse of the inlay while the foldovers
advertised other available Beatles cassettes. |
|
| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE-UP | ||||
 |
The cassette running order may have been rearranged to balance the playing times of the two sides. It was most likely also related to the need to balance the four programs on the 8-track edition produced alongside it. |
|||
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE-UP | INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE-UP | |||
 |
 |
Catalog number "TC-PCS 3071" and the EMI country code (*1) were printed on the inlay. |  |
The printer's code "7010 EJD" was printed at the bottom of the inlay. It is thought to indicate October 1970 and Ernest J. Day. |
 |
||||
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
"E.M.I.
Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at
the bottom of the inside of the inlay. |
|||
| LABEL CLOSE-UP | ||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| This cassette was issued without the £ Parlophone logo. The "1E" number was printed on the inlay alongside "TC-PCS 3071", and was also printed on the labels. | A prerecorded music cassette is called a "Musicassette". | The "DP (*2)" logo can often be found molded into cassette shells, especially during the early to mid 1970s. | ||
| LABEL CLOSE-UP | ||||
| SIDE
1 |
SIDE 2 |
The
track listings
were printed on the reverse of the inlay. EMI originally
issued the Beatles UK albums on cassette tape with
re-arranged running orders. Has the shell with three windows. |
||
 |
 |
|||
| LABEL CLOSE-UP | ||||
 |
"Made
in England / Made in U.S.A" was not embossed the
shell. |
|||
| OTHER ITEM | ||||
| - |
||||
| LABEL | Lemon Yellow Paper Label without 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 | ℗ 1964 |
|||
| INLAY FORM | "white" inlay (Foldover) |
|||
| SHELL | Light Gray Shell with three windows
(possibly supplied by Data Packaging Corporation, as suggested by the molded "dp" logo) / 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 / 7010
EJD |
|||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Cover photo: Robert Freeman |
|||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | The original Beatles cassette
release of "Sgt. Pepper's" in October 1967, through "Abbey Road (November 1969?)", "Let It Be (August 1970)", and the first
release of most of the other Beatles cassette albums in
Sept. and Oct, 1970, just months after EMI opened their new
tape duplicating facilities at Hayes in Middlesex in July,
1970.
Between 1967 and June 1970, EMI's early musicassettes were manufactured by the Dutch firm, Philips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. EMI opened its new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes, Middlesex in July 1970. These cassettes had bright yellow paper labels. Logo styles varied by period and copy, including the black-boxed EMI/Parlophone logo and labels without a logo. The absence of a logo may have been due to a shortage of costly letterpress blocks. The white inlay design of Let It Be provided the template for most subsequent Beatles cassette releases. Most Beatles cassette releases in 1970 and 1971 used white inlays with a small reproduction of the album cover, but no additional artwork or original liner notes. The codes 7010 and 7009 on the inside of the inlay are thought to indicate its printing date (October and September 1970, respectively), followed by the printer's initials: EJD, G&L or DP (Ernest J. Day, Garrod & Lofthouse or Data Packaging). An inlay's printing date does not necessarily establish when the cassette itself was issued. Advertising for other Beatles/solo albums was on the foldover front, and the EMI UK catalog no. (TC-PCS-XXXX) was on the front cover at the top and on the spine. The spine also carried the tape speed, 1&7/8 ths in a circular logo style at the top. The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases) were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black plastic at the rear. The cassette running order may have been rearranged to balance the playing times of the two sides. It was most likely also related to the need to balance the four programs on the 8-track edition produced alongside it. The inlay was printed with "℗ 1965", while the labels were printed with "℗ 1964". The year 1964 on the labels appears to be a misprint. (*1) EMI country code: 1E 262 o 04257 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 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
|
HELP! |
|||
| CATALOG NUMBER | TC-PCS 3071 / 1E 262 o 04257 |
|||
|
RELEASE DATE
|
Late 1970? / Second Issue | |||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||
| I Need You [A4] |
Help! [A1] |
|||
| Another Girl [A5] | You've Got To Hide Your Love Away [A3] | |||
| I've Just Seen A Face [B5] | You're Going To Lose That Girl [A6] | |||
| Yesterday [B6] | It's Only Love [B2] | |||
| The Night Before [A2] |
You Like Me Too Much [B3] | |||
| Ticket
To Ride [A7] |
Tell Me What You See [B4] | |||
| Act Naturally [B1] |
Dizzy Miss Lizzy [B7] |
|||
| 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 copy has Lemon Yellow paper label without
Parlophone logo |
|||
| INLAY |
INLAY: FRONT | INLAY: INSIDE |
||
 |
 |
|||
| This copy has a white foldover inlay with a small reproduction of the album cover, but no additional artwork or original liner notes. The track listings were printed on the reverse, while the foldover advertised other available Beatles and solo cassettes. |
||||
| 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 1 ⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second). |
 |
The track listings were
printed on the reverse of the inlay while the foldovers
advertised other available Beatles cassettes. |
|
| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
The cassette running order may have been rearranged to balance the playing times of the two sides. It was most likely also related to the need to balance the four programs on the 8-track edition produced alongside it. |
|||
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE-UP | INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | |||
 |
 |
Catalog number "TC-PCS 3071" and the EMI country code (*1) were printed on the inlay. |  |
The printer's code "7010 EJD" was printed at the bottom of the inlay. It is thought to indicate October 1970 and Ernest J. Day. |
 |
||||
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE-UP | ||||
 |
"E.M.I.
Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at
the bottom of the inside of the inlay. |
|||
| LABEL CLOSE-UP | ||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| This cassette was issued without the £ Parlophone logo. The "1E" number was printed on the inlay alongside "TC-PCS 3071", and was also printed on the labels. | A prerecorded music cassette is called a "Musicassette". | The "DP (*2)" logo can often be found molded into cassette shells, especially during the early to mid 1970s. | ||
| LABEL CLOSE-UP | ||||
| SIDE
1 |
SIDE 2 |
The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. EMI originally issued the Beatles UK albums on cassette tape with re-arranged running orders. | ||
 |
 |
|||
| LABEL CLOSE-UP | ||||
 |
"Made
in
England/Made in U.S.A" was not embossed on the shell. |
|||
| OTHER ITEM | ||||
| - |
||||
| LABEL | Lemon Yellow Paper Label without 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 | ℗ 1964 |
|||
| INLAY FORM | "white" inlay (Foldover) |
|||
| SHELL | Light Gray Shell / 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 / 7010
EJD |
|||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Cover photo: Robert Freeman |
|||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | The original Beatles cassette
release of "Sgt. Pepper's" in October 1967, through "Abbey Road (November 1969?)", "Let It Be (August 1970)", and the first
release of most of the other Beatles cassette albums in
Sept. and Oct, 1970, just months after EMI opened their new
tape duplicating facilities at Hayes in Middlesex in July,
1970.
Between 1967 and June 1970, EMI's early musicassettes were manufactured by the Dutch firm, Philips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. EMI opened its new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes, Middlesex in July 1970. These cassettes had bright yellow paper labels. Logo styles varied by period and copy; some were issued without the logo. The absence of a logo may have been due to a shortage of costly letterpress blocks. The white inlay design of Let It Be provided the template for most subsequent Beatles cassette releases. Most Beatles cassette releases in 1970 and 1971 used white inlays with a small reproduction of the album cover, but no additional artwork or original liner notes. The codes 7010 and 7009 on the inside of the inlay are thought to indicate its printing date (October and September 1970, respectively), followed by the printer's initials: EJD, G&L or DP (Ernest J. Day, Garrod & Lofthouse or Data Packaging). An inlay's printing date does not necessarily establish when the cassette itself was issued. Advertising for other Beatles/solo albums was on the foldover front, and the EMI UK catalog no. (TC-PCS-XXXX) was on the front cover at the top and on the spine. The spine also carried the tape speed, 1&7/8 ths in a circular logo style at the top. The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases) were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black plastic at the rear. The cassette running order may have been rearranged to balance the playing times of the two sides. It was most likely also related to the need to balance the four programs on the 8-track edition produced alongside it. "Made in England/Made in U.S.A" was not embossed the shell. The inlay was printed with "℗ 1965", while the labels were printed with "℗ 1964". The year 1964 on the labels appears to be a misprint. (*1) EMI country code: 1E 262 o 04257 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 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
|
HELP! |
|||
| CATALOG NUMBER | TC-PCS 3071 / 1E 262 o 04257 |
|||
|
RELEASE DATE
|
Late 1970? / Third Issue? | |||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||
| I Need You [A4] |
Help! [A1] |
|||
| Another Girl [A5] | You've Got To Hide Your Love Away [A3] | |||
| I've Just Seen A Face [B5] | You're Going To Lose That Girl [A6] | |||
| Yesterday [B6] | It's Only Love [B2] | |||
| The Night Before [A2] |
You Like Me Too Much [B3] | |||
| Ticket
To Ride [A7] |
Tell Me What You See [B4] | |||
| Act Naturally [B1] |
Dizzy Miss Lizzy [B7] |
|||
| 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 has Lemon
Yellow
paper label with the black-boxed EMI/Parlophone logo |
|||
| INLAY |
INLAY: FRONT | INLAY: INSIDE |
||
 |
 |
|||
| This copy has a white foldover inlay with a small reproduction of the album cover, but no additional artwork or original liner notes. The track listings were printed on the reverse, while the foldover advertised other available Beatles and solo cassettes. |
||||
| 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 1 ⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second). |
 |
The track listings were
printed on the reverse of the inlay while the foldovers
advertised other available Beatles cassettes. |
|
| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE-UP | ||||
 |
The cassette running order may have been rearranged to balance the playing times of the two sides. It was most likely also related to the need to balance the four programs on the 8-track edition produced alongside it. |
|||
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE-UP | INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | |||
 |
 |
Catalog number "TC-PCS 3071" and the EMI country code (*1) were printed on the inlay. |  |
The printer's code "7010 EJD" was printed at the bottom of the inlay. It is thought to indicate October 1970 and Ernest J. Day. |
 |
||||
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
"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 has Lemon Yellow paper labels with the black-boxed EMI/Parlophone logo. The "1E" number was printed on both labels alongside "TC-PCS 3071". | A prerecorded music cassette is called a "Musicassette". | The "DP (*2)" logo can often be found molded into cassette shells, especially during the early to mid 1970s. | ||
| LABEL CLOSE-UP | ||||
| SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
 |
 |
|||
| The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. EMI originally issued the Beatles UK albums on cassette tape with re-arranged running orders. | The Side 2 label has a revised track listing layout compared with the earlier label without a logo. |
|||
| LABEL CLOSE-UP | ||||
 |
"Made
in
England or Made in U.S.A" was not embossed the
shell. |
|||
| OTHER ITEM | ||||
| - |
||||
| LABEL | Lemon Yellow Paper Label with
EMI/Parlophone logo in black box |
|||
| 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 | ℗ 1964 |
|||
| INLAY FORM | "white" inlay (Foldover) |
|||
| SHELL | Light Gray Shell / 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 / 7010
EJD |
|||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Cover photo: Robert Freeman |
|||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | The original Beatles cassette
release of "Sgt. Pepper's" in October 1967, through "Abbey Road (November 1969?)", "Let It Be (August 1970)", and the first
release of most of the other Beatles cassette albums in
Sept. and Oct, 1970, just months after EMI opened their new
tape duplicating facilities at Hayes in Middlesex in July,
1970.
Between 1967 and June 1970, EMI's early musicassettes were manufactured by the Dutch firm, Philips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. EMI opened its new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes, Middlesex in July 1970. These cassettes had bright yellow paper labels. Logo styles varied by period and copy; some were issued without the logo. The absence of a logo may have been due to a shortage of costly letterpress blocks. The white inlay design of Let It Be provided the template for most subsequent Beatles cassette releases. Most Beatles cassette releases in 1970 and 1971 used white inlays with a small reproduction of the album cover, but no additional artwork or original liner notes. The codes 7010 and 7009 on the inside of the inlay are thought to indicate its printing date (October and September 1970, respectively), followed by the printer's initials: EJD, G&L or DP (Ernest J. Day, Garrod & Lofthouse or Data Packaging). An inlay's printing date does not necessarily establish when the cassette itself was issued. Advertising for other Beatles/solo albums was on the foldover front, and the EMI UK catalog no. (TC-PCS-XXXX) was on the front cover at the top and on the spine. The spine also carried the tape speed, 1&7/8 ths in a circular logo style at the top. The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases) were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black plastic at the rear. The cassette running order may have been rearranged to balance the playing times of the two sides. It was most likely also related to the need to balance the four programs on the 8-track edition produced alongside it. The Side 2 label has a revised track listing layout compared with the earlier label without a logo. "Made in England / Made in U.S.A" was not embossed the shell. The inlay was printed with "℗ 1965", while the labels were printed with "℗ 1964". The year 1964 on the labels appears to be a misprint. (*1) EMI country code: 1E 262 o 04257 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 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
|
HELP! |
|||
| CATALOG NUMBER | TC-PCS 3071 / 1E 262 o 04257 |
|||
|
RELEASE DATE
|
Mid-1971? / 4th Issue | |||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||
| I Need You [A4] |
Help! [A1] |
|||
| Another Girl [A5] | You've Got To Hide Your Love Away [A3] | |||
| I've Just Seen A Face [B5] | You're Going To Lose That Girl [A6] | |||
| Yesterday [B6] | It's Only Love [B2] | |||
| The Night Before [A2] |
You Like Me Too Much [B3] | |||
| Ticket
To Ride [A7] |
Tell Me What You See [B4] | |||
| Act Naturally [B1] |
Dizzy Miss Lizzy [B7] |
|||
| 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 has Lemon
Yellow paper label with the black-boxed EMI/Parlophone logo |
|||
| INLAY |
INLAY: FRONT | INLAY: INSIDE |
||
 |
 |
|||
| This copy has a white foldover inlay with a small reproduction of the album cover, but no additional artwork or original liner notes. The track listings were printed on the reverse, while the foldover advertised other available Beatles and solo cassettes. |
||||
| 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 1 ⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second). |
 |
The track listings were
printed on the reverse of the inlay while the foldovers
advertised other available Beatles cassettes. |
|
| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
The cassette running order may have been rearranged to balance the playing times of the two sides. It was most likely also related to the need to balance the four programs on the 8-track edition produced alongside it. |
|||
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE-UP | INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE-UP | |||
 |
 |
Catalog number "TC-PCS 3071" and the EMI country code (*1) were printed on the inlay. |  |
The printer's code "7010 EJD" was printed at the bottom of the inlay. It is thought to indicate October 1970 and Ernest J. Day. |
 |
||||
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE-UP | ||||
 |
"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 has Lemon Yellow paper labels with the black-boxed EMI/Parlophone logo. The "1E" number was printed on both labels alongside "TC-PCS 3071". | A prerecorded music cassette is called a "Musicassette". | The "DP (*2)" logo was not embossed on the cassette shells. | ||
| LABEL CLOSE-UP | ||||
| SIDE
1 |
SIDE 2 |
EMI originally issued the Beatles UK albums on cassette tape with re-arranged running orders. The label’s track listing layout has returned to the original arrangement used at the cassette’s initial release (Oct. 1970). | ||
 |
 |
|||
| LABEL CLOSE-UP | ||||
 |
"MADE
IN
U.S.A." was embossed on the shell. |
|||
| OTHER ITEM | ||||
| - |
||||
| LABEL | Lemon Yellow Paper Label with
EMI/Parlophone logo in black box |
|||
| 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 | ℗ 1964 |
|||
| 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 / 7010
EJD |
|||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Cover photo: Robert Freeman |
|||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | The original Beatles cassette
release of "Sgt. Pepper's" in October 1967, through "Abbey Road (November 1969?)", "Let It Be (August 1970)", and the first
release of most of the other Beatles cassette albums in
Sept. and Oct, 1970, just months after EMI opened their new
tape duplicating facilities at Hayes in Middlesex in July,
1970.
Between 1967 and June 1970, EMI's early musicassettes were manufactured by the Dutch firm, Philips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. EMI opened its new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes, Middlesex in July 1970. These cassettes had bright yellow paper labels. Logo styles varied by period and copy, including the black-boxed EMI/Parlophone logo and labels without a logo. The absence of a logo may have been due to a shortage of costly letterpress blocks. The white inlay design of Let It Be provided the template for most subsequent Beatles cassette releases. Most Beatles cassette releases in 1970 and 1971 used white inlays with a small reproduction of the album cover, but no additional artwork or original liner notes. The codes 7010 and 7009 on the inside of the inlay are thought to indicate its printing date (October and September 1970, respectively), followed by the printer's initials: EJD, G&L or DP (Ernest J. Day, Garrod & Lofthouse or Data Packaging). An inlay's printing date does not necessarily establish when the cassette itself was issued. Advertising for other Beatles/solo albums was on the foldover front, and the EMI UK catalog no. (TC-PCS-XXXX) was on the front cover at the top and on the spine. The spine also carried the tape speed, 1&7/8 ths in a circular logo style at the top. The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases) were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black plastic at the rear. The cassette running order may have been rearranged to balance the playing times of the two sides. It was most likely also related to the need to balance the four programs on the 8-track edition produced alongside it. The label’s track listing layout appears to have returned to the original text arrangement when the cassette tape was released (Oct. 1970). (maybe) The "DP (*2)" logo was not embossed on the cassette shells. "MADE IN U.S.A." was embossed on the shell. The inlay was printed with "℗ 1965", while the labels were printed with "℗ 1964". The year 1964 on the labels appears to be a misprint. (*1) EMI country code: 1E 262 o 04257 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 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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TITLE
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HELP! |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | TC-PCS 3071 / 1E 262 o 04257 |
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RELEASE DATE
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Late 1971? / Fifth Issue | |||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||
| I Need You [A4] |
Help! [A1] |
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| Another Girl [A5] | You've Got To Hide Your Love Away [A3] | |||
| I've Just Seen A Face [B5] | You're Going To Lose That Girl [A6] | |||
| Yesterday [B6] | It's Only Love [B2] | |||
| The Night Before [A2] |
You Like Me Too Much [B3] | |||
| Ticket
To Ride [A7] |
Tell Me What You See [B4] | |||
| Act Naturally [B1] |
Dizzy Miss Lizzy [B7] |
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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 with the black-boxed EMI/Parlophone logo |
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| INLAY |
INLAY: FRONT | INLAY: INSIDE |
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| This copy has a white foldover inlay with a small reproduction of the album cover, but no additional artwork or original liner notes. The track listings were printed on the reverse, while the foldover advertised other available Beatles and solo cassettes. |
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| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE-UP | ||||
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The
circular 1 7/8 " I.P.S. mark was printed on the spine. The standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1 ⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second). |
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The track listings were
printed on the reverse of the inlay while the foldovers
advertised other available Beatles cassettes. |
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| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
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The cassette running order may have been rearranged to balance the playing times of the two sides. It was most likely also related to the need to balance the four programs on the 8-track edition produced alongside it. |
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| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE-UP | INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE-UP | |||
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Catalog number "TC-PCS 3071" and the EMI country code (*1) were printed on the inlay. |  |
The printer's code "7010 EJD" was printed at the bottom of the inlay. It is thought to indicate October 1970 and Ernest J. Day. |
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| 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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| This copy has Lemon Yellow paper labels with the black-boxed EMI/Parlophone logo. The "1E" number was printed on both labels alongside "TC-PCS 3071". | A prerecorded music cassette is called a "Musicassette". | The "DP (*2)" logo can often be found molded into cassette shells, especially during the early to mid 1970s. | ||
| LABEL CLOSE-UP | ||||
| SIDE
1 |
SIDE 2 |
The track listings 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" was embossed on the shell. |
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| OTHER ITEM | ||||
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| LABEL | Lemon Yellow Paper Label with
EMI/Parlophone logo in black box |
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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 | ℗ 1964 |
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| INLAY FORM | "white" inlay (Foldover) |
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| SHELL | Light Gray Shell / embossed "MADE
IN ENGLAND" and "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 / 7010
EJD |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Cover photo: Robert Freeman |
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| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | The original Beatles cassette
release of "Sgt. Pepper's" in October 1967, through "Abbey Road (November 1969?)", "Let It Be (August 1970)", and the first
release of most of the other Beatles cassette albums in
Sept. and Oct, 1970, just months after EMI opened their new
tape duplicating facilities at Hayes in Middlesex in July,
1970.
Between 1967 and June 1970, EMI's early musicassettes were manufactured by the Dutch firm, Philips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. EMI opened its new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes, Middlesex in July 1970. These cassettes had bright yellow paper labels. Logo styles varied by period and copy, including the black-boxed EMI/Parlophone logo and labels without a logo. The absence of a logo may have been due to a shortage of costly letterpress blocks. The white inlay design of Let It Be provided the template for most subsequent Beatles cassette releases. Most Beatles cassette releases in 1970 and 1971 used white inlays with a small reproduction of the album cover, but no additional artwork or original liner notes. The codes 7010 and 7009 on the inside of the inlay are thought to indicate its printing date (October and September 1970, respectively), followed by the printer's initials: EJD, G&L or DP (Ernest J. Day, Garrod & Lofthouse or Data Packaging). An inlay's printing date does not necessarily establish when the cassette itself was issued. Advertising for other Beatles/solo albums was on the foldover front, and the EMI UK catalog no. (TC-PCS-XXXX) was on the front cover at the top and on the spine. The spine also carried the tape speed, 1&7/8 ths in a circular logo style at the top. The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases) were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black plastic at the rear. The cassette running order may have been rearranged to balance the playing times of the two sides. It was most likely also related to the need to balance the four programs on the 8-track edition produced alongside it. "MADE IN ENGLAND" was embossed on the shell. The two exceptions were Revolver and The Beatles (the White Album). Revolver had a black spine and a black panel above the front-cover image, while the White Album was issued in a box-style package without an inlay. Subsequent Beatles cassette releases used the standard white inlay design. The inlay was printed with "℗ 1965", while the labels were printed with "℗ 1964". The year 1964 on the labels appears to be a misprint. (*1) EMI country code: 1E 262 o 04257 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 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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