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| Parlophone Original Inlay
and Tape |
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TITLE
|
SGT PEPPER'S LONELY
HEARTS CLUB BAND |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | TC-PCS 7027 | |||
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RELEASE DATE
|
October 1967? / First Issue | |||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||
| Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
Within
You
Without You |
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| With A Little Help From My Friends | When I'm Sixty Four | |||
| Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds | Lovely Rita | |||
| Getting Better | Good Morning Good Morning | |||
| Fixing A Hole | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) | |||
| She's Leaving Home | A Day In The Life | |||
| Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite | ||||
| 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 "Sgt. Peppers" has Lime
green paper label with "£" Parlophone logo |
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| INLAY |
INLAY: FRONT | INLAY:
INSIDE |
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|
 |
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|
The first UK issue of "Sgt. Peppers" is identified by its
"white" inlay, its lime green paper label with Parlophone logo, the
circular 1 7/8" I.P.S. (inches per second tape speed) . Aa colour reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. 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 at the spine. As the standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second). |
 |
 |
The Pepper inlay foldover included
black & white cut outs of the Beatles heads (as originally posed
for the vinyl gatefold). |
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
"E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at the bottom of the inside of the inlay. | ||
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
|
"Sold in U.K. subject to resale price conditions. See price list." printed on the label as well as the inlay. | |||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
The original Pepper cassettes were issued with a £ Parlophone logo. NO "IE" catalogue number in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalogue number. |  |
The
first pressings included a "Sold in the UK..." notice in the bottom
right hand corner. |
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
| SIDE
1 |
SIDE
2 |
On the
lime green paper label, with the track listing the same as on the
vinyl album. |
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 |
 |
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| TAPE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
This first example shows metal screws holding the two halves of the shell together. |  |
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| The clear leader tape has "PCS - 7027 L713 (unique serial number?)" printed in black. | ||||
| OTHER ITEM | ||||
| INSERT: FRONT | INSERT:
BACK |
There was
also a small "Musicassettes" booklet inserted which listed the EMI
tapes currently available as well as those scheduled for release in
November and December 1967. |
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|
 |
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| LABEL | Lime
Green
Paper Label with £ 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." |
YES |
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| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | (P) 1969 | |||
| COVER FORM | "white"
inlay
(Foldover) |
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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 | Stage
and Cut out: Peter Blake and Jann Haworth Photo: Michael Cooper / Wax Figures: Madame Tussauds |
|||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | 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.Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. There were many reissues of The Beatles albums during the lifetime of the cassette's popularity 1970 through to the 1990s. This item was the original first release, before EMI opened its 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, Phillips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. This item is one of them. There is no date code on the inlay which dates this cassette manufacture as before July 1970, when EMI brought in the system. The very first Beatles cassette to be released in 1967, on the lime green paper label, with the track listing the same as on the vinyl album. The original Pepper cassettes were issued with a £ Parlophone logo. The first pressings included a "Sold in the UK..." notice in the bottom right hand corner. NO "IE" catalogue number (*1) in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalogue number. This first example shows metal screws holding the two halves of the shell together and the leader tape showed the PCS-7027 catalogue number printed on it at the beginning. Later issues had no screws and omitted the leader tape catalogue number, as well as the "Sold in the UK..." text (in mid 1969), as the paper labels went through a chartreuse lemon yellow phase, before finally setting on the new style black box Pharlophone / EMI logo bright yellow paper label introduced in September / October, 1970 to coincide with the first release of the main bulk of the other Beatles albums as the date. The original inlay design (with the "Sold in the UK..." text), was continued to be used, up to the introduction of the newly designed all-gold inlay in January 1972. The circular 1 7/8" I.P.S. (inches per second tape speed) and a colour reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. Unlike the 1970's inlays, the original design for the album did include some extra artwork rather than just a reproduction of the front cover. The Pepper inlay foldover included black & white cut outs of the Beatles heads (as originally posed for the vinyl gatefold). As with all Beatles cassettes issued until 1987, the cassette boxes (or to use the correct term, the Norelco cases) were transparent at the front and around the spine area (to reveal the inlay cover) and black at the rear. The shells of the early cassettes were white/light grey. There was also a small "Musicassettes" booklet inserted which listed the EMI tapes currently available as well as those scheduled for release in November and December 1967. The original and gold versions of this cassette include a version of the "Sgt.Pepper Inner Groove" that was NOT artificially repeated and then faded - on these cassettes you hear it ONCE only. (*1) EMI country code: 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 |
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|
TITLE
|
SGT PEPPER'S LONELY
HEARTS CLUB BAND |
|||
| CATALOG NUMBER | TC-PCS 7027 | |||
|
RELEASE DATE
|
mid. 1969? / Second Issue | |||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||
| Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
Within
You
Without You |
|||
| With A Little Help From My Friends | When I'm Sixty Four | |||
| Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds | Lovely Rita | |||
| Getting Better | Good Morning Good Morning | |||
| Fixing A Hole | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) | |||
| She's Leaving Home | A Day In The Life | |||
| Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite | ||||
| 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 "Sgt. Peppers" has Lime
green paper label with "£" Parlophone logo |
|||
| INLAY |
INLAY: FRONT | INLAY:
INSIDE |
||
 |
 |
|||
|
The first UK issue of "Sgt. Peppers" is identified by its
"white" inlay, its lime green paper label with Parlophone logo, the
circular 1 7/8" I.P.S. (inches per second tape speed) . Aa colour reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. 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 at the spine. As the standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second). |
 |
 |
The Pepper inlay foldover included
black & white cut outs of the Beatles heads (as originally posed
for the vinyl gatefold). |
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
"E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at the bottom of the inside of the inlay. | ||
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
|
"Sold in U.K. subject to resale price conditions. See price list." was still printed on the the inlay. | |||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
The original Pepper cassettes were issued with a £ Parlophone logo. NO "IE" catalogue number in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalogue number. |  |
The
2nd. pressings was omitted the credit "Sold in the
UK..." on the bottom right hand corner of the label. |
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
| SIDE
1 |
SIDE
2 |
On the
lime green paper label, with the track listing the same as on the
vinyl album. |
||
 |
 |
|||
| TAPE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
2nd. issues had NO screws and omitted the "Sold in the UK..." text. |  |
|
| The clear leader tape has "PCS - 7027 L9 (unique serial number?)" printed in black. | ||||
| OTHER ITEM | ||||
| - | ||||
| LABEL | Lime
Green
Paper Label with £ 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." |
LABEL:
NO / INLAY: YES |
|||
| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | (P) 1969 | |||
| COVER FORM | "white"
inlay
(Foldover) |
|||
| 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 | Stage
and Cut out: Peter Blake and Jann Haworth Photo: Michael Cooper / Wax Figures: Madame Tussauds |
|||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | 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.Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. There were many reissues of The Beatles albums during the lifetime of the cassette's popularity 1970 through to the 1990s. This item was the original first release, before EMI opened its 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, Phillips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. This item is one of them. There is no date code on the inlay which dates this cassette manufacture as before July 1970, when EMI brought in the system. The very first Beatles cassette to be released in 1967, on the lime green paper label, with the track listing the same as on the vinyl album. The original Pepper cassettes were issued with a £ Parlophone logo. The first pressings included a "Sold in the UK..." notice in the bottom right hand corner. NO "IE" catalogue number (*1) in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalogue number. This first example shows metal screws holding the two halves of the shell together and the leader tape showed the PCS-7027 catalogue number printed on it at the beginning. Later issues had no screws and omitted the leader tape catalogue number, as well as the "Sold in the UK..." text (in mid 1969), as the paper labels went through a chartreuse lemon yellow phase, before finally setting on the new style black box Pharlophone / EMI logo bright yellow paper label introduced in September / October, 1970 to coincide with the first release of the main bulk of the other Beatles albums as the date. The original inlay design (with the "Sold in the UK..." text), was continued to be used, up to the introduction of the newly designed all-gold inlay in January 1972. The circular 1 7/8" I.P.S. (inches per second tape speed) and a colour reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. Unlike the 1970's inlays, the original design for the album did include some extra artwork rather than just a reproduction of the front cover. The Pepper inlay foldover included black & white cut outs of the Beatles heads (as originally posed for the vinyl gatefold). As with all Beatles cassettes issued until 1987, the cassette boxes (or to use the correct term, the Norelco cases) were transparent at the front and around the spine area (to reveal the inlay cover) and black at the rear. The shells of the early cassettes were white/light grey. There was also a small "Musicassettes" booklet inserted which listed the EMI tapes currently available as well as those scheduled for release in November and December 1967. The original and gold versions of this cassette include a version of the "Sgt.Pepper Inner Groove" that was NOT artificially repeated and then faded - on these cassettes you hear it ONCE only. (*1) EMI country code: 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 |
|||
|
TITLE
|
SGT PEPPER'S LONELY
HEARTS CLUB BAND |
|||
| CATALOG NUMBER | TC-PCS 7027 | |||
|
RELEASE DATE
|
early 1970? / 3rd. Issue? | |||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||
| Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
Within
You
Without You |
|||
| With A Little Help From My Friends | When I'm Sixty Four | |||
| Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds | Lovely Rita | |||
| Getting Better | Good Morning Good Morning | |||
| Fixing A Hole | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) | |||
| She's Leaving Home | A Day In The Life | |||
| Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite | ||||
| 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 second UK issue of "Sgt. Peppers" has Lemon yellow paper label with "£" Parlophone logo | |||
| INLAY |
INLAY: FRONT | INLAY:
INSIDE |
||
 |
 |
|||
|
The second UK issue of "Sgt. Peppers" is identified by its
"white" inlay, its lime green paper label with Parlophone logo, the
circular 1 7/8" I.P.S. (inches per second tape speed) . Aa colour reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. 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 at the spine. As the standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second). |
 |
 |
The Pepper inlay foldover included
black & white cut outs of the Beatles heads (as originally posed
for the vinyl gatefold). |
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
"E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at the bottom of the inside of the inlay. | ||
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
|
"Sold in U.K. subject to resale price conditions. See price list." was still printed on the the inlay. | |||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
NO
"IE"
catalogue number in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI
catalogue number. Later issues had lemon yellow label, and printed on the new style black box Pharlophone / EMI logo introduced in September / October, 1970. |
||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
| SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
 |
 |
 |
||
| On the side-1 of the label, with the track layout the same as on the lime green label. | On the side-2 of the the label, with the track layout the same as on the lime green label. | |||
| TAPE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
Later
issues had NO screws and omitted the leader tape catalogue number,
as well as the "Sold in the UK..." text (in mid. 1969) |
 |
|
| "Made
in USA" was embossed the shell. |
||||
| TAPE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
Later issues omitted the leader tape catalogue number. | |||
| 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 | (P) 1969 | |||
| COVER FORM | "white"
inlay
(Foldover) |
|||
| 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 / "MADE IN USA" moulded on side 1. | |||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Iain Macmillan | |||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | 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.Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. There were many reissues of The Beatles albums during the lifetime of the cassette's popularity 1970 through to the 1990s. This item was the original first release, before EMI opened its 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, Phillips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. This item is one of them. There is no date code on the inlay which dates this cassette manufacture as before July 1970, when EMI brought in the system. The very first Beatles cassette to be released in 1967, on the lime green paper label, with the track listing the same as on the vinyl album. The original Pepper cassettes were issued with a £ Parlophone logo. The first pressings included a "Sold in the UK..." notice in the bottom right hand corner. NO "IE" catalogue number (*1) in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalogue number. This first example shows metal screws holding the two halves of the shell together and the leader tape showed the PCS-7027 catalogue number printed on it at the beginning. Later issues had no screws and omitted the leader tape catalogue number, as well as the "Sold in the UK..." text (in mid 1969), as the paper labels went through a chartreuse lemon yellow phase, before finally setting on the new style black box Pharlophone / EMI logo bright yellow paper label introduced in September / October, 1970 to coincide with the first release of the main bulk of the other Beatles albums as the date. The original inlay design (with the "Sold in the UK..." text), was continued to be used, up to the introduction of the newly designed all-gold inlay in January 1972. The circular 1 7/8" I.P.S. (inches per second tape speed) and a colour reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. Unlike the 1970's inlays, the original design for the album did include some extra artwork rather than just a reproduction of the front cover. The Pepper inlay foldover included black & white cut outs of the Beatles heads (as originally posed for the vinyl gatefold). As with all Beatles cassettes issued until 1987, the cassette boxes (or to use the correct term, the Norelco cases) were transparent at the front and around the spine area (to reveal the inlay cover) and black at the rear. The shells of the early cassettes were white/light grey. There was also a small "Musicassettes" booklet inserted which listed the EMI tapes currently available as well as those scheduled for release in November and December 1967. The original and gold versions of this cassette include a version of the "Sgt.Pepper Inner Groove" that was NOT artificially repeated and then faded - on these cassettes you hear it ONCE only. (*1) EMI country code: 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 |
|||
|
TITLE
|
SGT PEPPER'S LONELY
HEARTS CLUB BAND |
|||
| CATALOG NUMBER | TC-PCS 7027 | |||
|
RELEASE DATE
|
Late 1970? / 4th. Issue? | |||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||
| Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
Within
You
Without You |
|||
| With A Little Help From My Friends | When I'm Sixty Four | |||
| Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds | Lovely Rita | |||
| Getting Better | Good Morning Good Morning | |||
| Fixing A Hole | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) | |||
| She's Leaving Home | A Day In The Life | |||
| Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite | ||||
| 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 second UK issue of "Sgt. Peppers" has Lemon yellow paper label with "£" Parlophone logo | |||
| INLAY |
INLAY: FRONT | INLAY:
INSIDE |
||
 |
 |
|||
|
The second UK issue of "Sgt. Peppers" is identified by its
"white" inlay, its lime green paper label with Parlophone logo, the
circular 1 7/8" I.P.S. (inches per second tape speed) . Aa colour reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. 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 at the spine. As the standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second). |
 |
 |
The Pepper inlay foldover included
black & white cut outs of the Beatles heads (as originally posed
for the vinyl gatefold). |
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
"E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at the bottom of the inside of the inlay. | ||
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
|
"Sold in U.K. subject to resale price conditions. See price list." was still printed on the the inlay. | |||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
NO
"IE"
catalogue number in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI
catalogue number. Later issues had lemon yellow label, and printed on the new style black box Pharlophone / EMI logo introduced in September / October, 1970. Parlophone / EMI logo Raised. |
||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
| SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
 |
 |
 |
||
| On the side-1 of the label, with the NEW track listing layout instead of the lemon yellow type-1 label. | On the side-2 of the label, with the track listing the same as on the lime green label. | |||
| TAPE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
Later
issues had NO screws and omitted the leader tape catalogue
number, as well as the "Sold in the UK..." text (in mid. 1969) |
 |
|
| "Made
in England" was embossed the shell. |
||||
| TAPE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
Later issues omitted the leader tape catalogue number. | |||
| 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 | (P) 1969 | |||
| COVER FORM | "white"
inlay
(Foldover) |
|||
| 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 / "MADE IN ENGLAND" moulded on
side 1. |
|||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Iain Macmillan | |||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | 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.Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. There were many reissues of The Beatles albums during the lifetime of the cassette's popularity 1970 through to the 1990s. This item was the original first release, before EMI opened its 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, Phillips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. This item is one of them. There is no date code on the inlay which dates this cassette manufacture as before July 1970, when EMI brought in the system. The very first Beatles cassette to be released in 1967, on the lime green paper label, with the track listing the same as on the vinyl album. The original Pepper cassettes were issued with a £ Parlophone logo. The first pressings included a "Sold in the UK..." notice in the bottom right hand corner. NO "IE" catalogue number (*1) in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalogue number. This first example shows metal screws holding the two halves of the shell together and the leader tape showed the PCS-7027 catalogue number printed on it at the beginning. Later issues had no screws and omitted the leader tape catalogue number, as well as the "Sold in the UK..." text (in mid 1969), as the paper labels went through a chartreuse lemon yellow phase, before finally setting on the new style black box Pharlophone / EMI logo bright yellow paper label introduced in September / October, 1970 to coincide with the first release of the main bulk of the other Beatles albums as the date. The original inlay design (with the "Sold in the UK..." text), was continued to be used, up to the introduction of the newly designed all-gold inlay in January 1972. On the side-1 of the the label, with the NEW track listing layout instead of the lemon yellow type-1 label. The circular 1 7/8" I.P.S. (inches per second tape speed) and a colour reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. Unlike the 1970's inlays, the original design for the album did include some extra artwork rather than just a reproduction of the front cover. The Pepper inlay foldover included black & white cut outs of the Beatles heads (as originally posed for the vinyl gatefold). As with all Beatles cassettes issued until 1987, the cassette boxes (or to use the correct term, the Norelco cases) were transparent at the front and around the spine area (to reveal the inlay cover) and black at the rear. The shells of the early cassettes were white/light grey. There was also a small "Musicassettes" booklet inserted which listed the EMI tapes currently available as well as those scheduled for release in November and December 1967. The original and gold versions of this cassette include a version of the "Sgt.Pepper Inner Groove" that was NOT artificially repeated and then faded - on these cassettes you hear it ONCE only. (*1) EMI country code: 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 |
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