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#7-1 Please Please Me (1st Issue "Lemon Yellow Paper Label without Parlophone logo / shell with three windows": TC-PCS 3042)
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TITLE
PLEASE PLEASE ME
CATALOG NUMBER TC-PCS 3042 / 1E 262 o 04219
RELEASE DATE
October 1970 / First Issue
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Misery [A2]
Please Please Me [A7]
Chains [A4] Love Me Do [B1] (sim. stereo)
P.S. I Love You [B2] (sim. stereo) A Taste Of Honey [B5]
Do You Want To Know A Secret [B4] There's A Place [B6]
I Saw Her Standing There [A1] Anna (Go To Him) [A3]
Ask Me Why [A6]
Boys [A5]
Baby It's You [B3]
Twist And Shout [B7]
CASSETTE CASE
AND
TAPE

CASE FRONT CASE BACK SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click!
label label label label
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 has Lemon Yellow paper label without Parlophone logo.
It has a shell with three windows.
INLAY

INLAY: FRONT INLAY: INSIDE
label label
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
sleeve 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).
sleeve The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay while the foldovers advertised other available Beatles cassettes.
INLAY: FRONT CLOSE-UP
sleeve 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
sleeve
sleeve Catalog number "TC-PCS 3042" and the EMI country code (*1) were printed on the inlay. sleeve
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.
sleeve
INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE-UP
sleeve "E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at the bottom of the inside of the inlay.
LABEL CLOSE-UP
label label sleeve sleeve
This cassette was issued without the £ Parlophone logo. The "1E" number was printed on the labels in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 3042" catalog number. 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 label
LABEL CLOSE-UP
label "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 (except as noted)
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME EMI Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.) / An E.M.I. Recording
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K."
-
RECORDING  PUBLISHED CREDIT ℗ 1963
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)
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: Angus McBean
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.

  • Sept. 1970: Rubber Soul, Revolver and A Collection of Beatles Oldies
  • Oct.1970: Please Please Me, With The Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, Beatles For Sale, and Help!
  • The Beatles White Album was released in August 1971.
  • Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine were to be first issued under later, post-January 1972, subsequent and different inlay designs.

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.


(*1) EMI country code: 1E 262 o 04219
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.



#7-2 Please Please Me (2nd Issue "Lemon Yellow Paper Label without Parlophone logo": TC-PCS 3042)
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TITLE
PLEASE PLEASE ME
CATALOG NUMBER TC-PCS 3042 / 1E 262 o 04219
RELEASE DATE
Late 1970? / Second Issue
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Misery [A2]
Please Please Me [A7]
Chains [A4] Love Me Do [B1] (sim. stereo)
P.S. I Love You [B2] (sim. stereo) A Taste Of Honey [B5]
Do You Want To Know A Secret [B4] There's A Place [B6]
I Saw Her Standing There [A1] Anna (Go To Him) [A3]
Ask Me Why [A6]
Boys [A5]
Baby It's You [B3]
Twist And Shout [B7]
CASSETTE CASE
AND
TAPE

CASE FRONT CASE BACK SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click!
label label label label
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
INLAY

INLAY: FRONT INLAY: INSIDE
label label
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
sleeve 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).
sleeve The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay while the foldovers advertised other available Beatles cassettes.
INLAY: FRONT CLOSE-UP
sleeve 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
sleeve
sleeve Catalog number "TC-PCS 3042" and the EMI country code (*1) were printed on the inlay. sleeve
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
sleeve "E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at the bottom of the inside of the inlay.
LABEL CLOSE-UP
label label sleeve sleeve
A prerecorded music cassette is called a "Musicassette".
This cassette was issued without the £ Parlophone logo. The "1E" number was printed on the labels in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 3042" catalog number. 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 label
LABEL CLOSE-UP
label "Made in England or Made in U.S.A" was not embossed on the shell.
OTHER ITEM
-

LABEL Lemon Yellow Paper Label without Parlophone logo
MIX STEREO (except as noted)
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME EMI Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.) / An E.M.I. Recording
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K."
-
RECORDING  PUBLISHED CREDIT ℗ 1963
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: Angus McBean
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.

  • Sept. 1970: Rubber Soul, Revolver and A Collection of Beatles Oldies
  • Oct.1970: Please Please Me, With The Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, Beatles For Sale, and Help!
  • The Beatles White Album was released in August 1971.
  • Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine were to be first issued under later, post-January 1972, subsequent and different inlay designs.

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.


(*1) EMI country code: 1E 262 o 04219
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.



#7-3 Please Please Me (3rd Issue "Lemon Yellow Paper Label with EMI logo type-1 / MADE IN U.S.A.": TC-PCS 3042)
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TITLE
PLEASE PLEASE ME
CATALOG NUMBER TC-PCS 3042 / 1E 262 o 04219
RELEASE DATE
Mid-1971? / Third Issue
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Misery [A2]
Please Please Me [A7]
Chains [A4] Love Me Do [B1] (sim. stereo)
P.S. I Love You [B2] (sim. stereo) A Taste Of Honey [B5]
Do You Want To Know A Secret [B4] There's A Place [B6]
I Saw Her Standing There [A1] Anna (Go To Him) [A3]
Ask Me Why [A6]
Boys [A5]
Baby It's You [B3]
Twist And Shout [B7]
CASSETTE CASE
AND
TAPE

CASE FRONT CASE BACK SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click!
label label label label
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 EMI/Parlophone logo
INLAY

INLAY: FRONT INLAY: INSIDE
label label
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
sleeve 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).
sleeve The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay while the foldovers advertised other available Beatles cassettes.
INLAY: FRONT CLOSE-UP
sleeve 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
sleeve
sleeve Catalog number "TC-PCS 3042" and the EMI country code (*1) were printed on the inlay. sleeve
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
sleeve "E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at the bottom of the inside of the inlay.
LABEL CLOSE-UP
label label sleeve sleeve
A prerecorded music cassette is called a "Musicassette".
This copy has Lemon Yellow paper labels with the black-boxed EMI/Parlophone logo.
The "DP (*2)" logo was not embossed on the cassette shells.
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 label
LABEL CLOSE-UP
label "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 (except as noted)
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME EMI Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.) / An E.M.I. Recording
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K."
-
RECORDING  PUBLISHED CREDIT ℗ 1963
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: Angus McBean
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.

  • Sept. 1970: Rubber Soul, Revolver and A Collection of Beatles Oldies
  • Oct.1970: Please Please Me, With The Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, Beatles For Sale, and Help!
  • The Beatles White Album was released in August 1971.
  • Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine were to be first issued under later, post-January 1972, subsequent and different inlay designs.

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 U.S.A." was embossed on the shell.

(*1) EMI country code: 1E 262 o 04219
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.



#7-4 Please Please Me (4th Issue? "Lemon Yellow Paper Label with EMI logo type-2 (New Track Layout) / MADE IN U.S.A.": TC-PCS 3042)
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TITLE
PLEASE PLEASE ME
CATALOG NUMBER TC-PCS 3042 / 1E 262 o 04219
RELEASE DATE
Mid-1971? / 4th Issue?
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Misery [A2]
Please Please Me [A7]
Chains [A4] Love Me Do [B1] (sim. stereo)
P.S. I Love You [B2] (sim. stereo) A Taste Of Honey [B5]
Do You Want To Know A Secret [B4] There's A Place [B6]
I Saw Her Standing There [A1] Anna (Go To Him) [A3]
Ask Me Why [A6]
Boys [A5]
Baby It's You [B3]
Twist And Shout [B7]
CASSETTE CASE
AND
TAPE

CASE FRONT CASE BACK SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click!
label label label label
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 EMI/Parlophone logo
INLAY

INLAY: FRONT INLAY: INSIDE
label label
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
sleeve 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).
sleeve The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay while the foldovers advertised other available Beatles cassettes.
INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP
sleeve 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
sleeve
sleeve Catalog number "TC-PCS 3042" and the EMI country code (*1) were printed on the inlay. sleeve
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.
sleeve
INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE-UP
sleeve "E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at the bottom of the inside of the inlay.
LABEL CLOSE-UP
label label sleeve sleeve
This copy has Lemon Yellow paper labels with the black-boxed EMI/Parlophone logo.
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 Side 1 label has the NEW track listing layout  instead of the lemon yellow type-1 label.
label label
LABEL CLOSE-UP
label "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 (except as noted)
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME EMI Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.) / An E.M.I. Recording
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K."
-
RECORDING  PUBLISHED CREDIT ℗ 1963
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: Angus McBean
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.

  • Sept. 1970: Rubber Soul, Revolver and A Collection of Beatles Oldies
  • Oct.1970: Please Please Me, With The Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, Beatles For Sale, and Help!
  • The Beatles White Album was released in August 1971.
  • Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine were to be first issued under later, post-January 1972, subsequent and different inlay designs.

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 Side 1 label has a revised track listing layout compared with the Lemon Yellow Type-1 label.
"MADE IN U.S.A." was embossed on the shell.


(*1) EMI country code: 1E 262 o 04219
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.



#7-5 Please Please Me (5th Issue "Lemon Yellow Paper Label with EMI logo Type-1 / MADE IN ENGLAND": TC-PCS 3042)
Back to top of page.
TITLE
PLEASE PLEASE ME
CATALOG NUMBER TC-PCS 3042 / 1E 262 o 04219
RELEASE DATE
Late 1971? / 5th Issue
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Misery [A2]
Please Please Me [A7]
Chains [A4] Love Me Do [B1] (sim. stereo)
P.S. I Love You [B2] (sim. stereo) A Taste Of Honey [B5]
Do You Want To Know A Secret [B4] There's A Place [B6]
I Saw Her Standing There [A1] Anna (Go To Him) [A3]
Ask Me Why [A6]
Boys [A5]
Baby It's You [B3]
Twist And Shout [B7]
CASSETTE CASE
AND
TAPE

CASE FRONT CASE BACK SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click!
label label label label
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 EMI/Parlophone logo
INLAY

INLAY: FRONT INLAY: INSIDE
label label
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
sleeve 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).
sleeve The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay while the foldovers advertised other available Beatles cassettes.
INLAY: FRONT CLOSE-UP
sleeve 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
sleeve
sleeve Catalog number "TC-PCS 3042" and the EMI country code (*1) were printed on the inlay. sleeve
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
sleeve "E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at the bottom of the inside of the inlay.
LABEL CLOSE-UP
label label sleeve sleeve
A prerecorded music cassette is called a "Musicassette".
This copy has Lemon Yellow paper labels with the black-boxed EMI/Parlophone logo.
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
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 label
LABEL CLOSE-UP
label "MADE IN ENGLAND" was embossed on the shell.
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Lemon Yellow Paper Label with EMI/Parlophone logo in black box
MIX STEREO (except as noted)
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 ℗ 1963
INLAY FORM "white" inlay (Foldover)
SHELL Light Gray Shell / embossed "MADE IN ENGLAND" and "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: Angus McBean
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.

  • Sept. 1970: Rubber Soul, Revolver and A Collection of Beatles Oldies
  • Oct.1970: Please Please Me, With The Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, Beatles For Sale, and Help!
  • The Beatles White Album was released in August 1971.
  • Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine were to be first issued under later, post-January 1972, subsequent and different inlay designs.

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 arrangement used at the cassette's initial release (October 1970).

"MADE IN ENGLAND" was embossed on the shell.


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" IPS in a circular logo style at the top.


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.


(*1) EMI country code: 1E 262 o 04219
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.



#7-6 Please Please Me (6th Issue "Lemon Yellow Paper Label with EMI logo Type-2 / MADE IN ENGLAND": TC-PCS 3042)
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TITLE
PLEASE PLEASE ME
CATALOG NUMBER TC-PCS 3042 / 1E 262 o 04219
RELEASE DATE
Late 1971? / 6th Issue
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Misery [A2]
Please Please Me [A7]
Chains [A4] Love Me Do [B1] (sim. stereo)
P.S. I Love You [B2] (sim. stereo) A Taste Of Honey [B5]
Do You Want To Know A Secret [B4] There's A Place [B6]
I Saw Her Standing There [A1] Anna (Go To Him) [A3]
Ask Me Why [A6]
Boys [A5]
Baby It's You [B3]
Twist And Shout [B7]
CASSETTE CASE
AND
TAPE

CASE FRONT CASE BACK SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click!
label label label label
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 EMI/Parlophone logo
INLAY

INLAY: FRONT INLAY: INSIDE
label label
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
sleeve 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).
sleeve The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay while the foldovers advertised other available Beatles cassettes.
INLAY: FRONT CLOSE-UP
sleeve 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
sleeve
sleeve Catalog number "TC-PCS 3042" and the EMI country code (*1) were printed on the inlay. sleeve
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.
sleeve
INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP
sleeve "E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at the bottom of the inside of the inlay.
LABEL CLOSE-UP
label label sleeve sleeve
A prerecorded music cassette is called a "Musicassette".
This copy has Lemon Yellow paper labels with the black-boxed EMI/Parlophone logo.
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
EMI originally issued the Beatles UK albums on cassette tape with re-arranged running orders. The Side 1 label has a revised track listing layout compared with the Lemon Yellow Type-1 label.
label label
LABEL CLOSE-UP
label label "MADE IN ENGLAND" was embossed the shell on both sides.


OTHER ITEM
-

LABEL Lemon Yellow Paper Label with EMI/Parlophone logo in black box
MIX STEREO (except as noted)
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME EMI Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.) / An E.M.I. Recording
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K."
-
RECORDING  PUBLISHED CREDIT ℗ 1963
INLAY FORM "white" inlay (Foldover)
SHELL Light Gray Shell / embossed "MADE IN ENGLAND" and "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: Angus McBean
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.

  • Sept. 1970: Rubber Soul, Revolver and A Collection of Beatles Oldies
  • Oct.1970: Please Please Me, With The Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, Beatles For Sale, and Help!
  • The Beatles White Album was released in August 1971.
  • Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine were to be first issued under later, post-January 1972, subsequent and different inlay designs.

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.

EMI originally issued the Beatles UK albums on cassette tape with re-arranged running orders. The Side 1 label has a revised track listing layout compared with the Lemon Yellow Type-1 label.

"MADE IN ENGLAND" was embossed on the shell.


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" IPS in a circular logo style at the top.


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.


(*1) EMI country code: 1E 262 o 04219
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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