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TITLE
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THE BEATLES |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | TC2-PCS 4501 / 1E 274 o 04844 |
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RELEASE DATE
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August 1971 / First Issue | |||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||||
| Back In The U.S.S.R. [A1] |
Everybody Got Something To Hide Except Me
And My Monkey [C4] |
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| Dear Prudence [A2] |
Sexy Sadie [C5] |
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| Glass Onion [A3] |
Helter Skelter [C6] | |||||
| Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da [A4] |
Revolution 1 [D1] |
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| Wild Honey Pie [A5] |
Honey Pie [D2] |
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| The Continuing Story Of Bungalow
Bill [A6] |
Savoy Truffle [D3] | |||||
| While My Guitar Gently Weeps [A7] | Good Night [D7] |
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| Martha My Dear [B1] |
Happiness Is A Warm Gun [A8] |
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| I'm So Tired [B2] |
Birthday [C1] |
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| Blackbird [B3] |
Yer Blues [C2] |
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| Piggies [B4] |
Mother Nature's Son [C3] | |||||
| Rocky Raccoon [B5] |
Cry Baby Cry [D4] |
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| Don't Pass Me By [B6] |
(" Can You Take Me Back...") [D5] |
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| Why Don't We Do It In The Road?
[B7] |
Revolution 9 [D6] |
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| I will [B8] |
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| Julia [B9] | ||||||
| Long, Long, Long [C7] |
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| CASSETTE CASE AND TAPE |
CASE FRONT | CASE BACK | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | ||
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| The ‘White Album’
double play tape cassette originally issued in a
cigarette type packet / card box (similar to the flip-top
king size cigarette boxes) which slipped into the back of a
large display card (sorry, I don't have it). |
The first UK issue has Lemon Yellow paper label without
Parlophone logo |
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| CASSETTE CASE |
CASE OPEN1 |
CASE OPEN2 |
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| Open top the flip-top king size
cigarette box, and pull out the cassette tape from inside. |
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| CASE: FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
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This is a Double Album Cassette by The Beatles titled "The Beatles (A.K.A. White Album)" |  |
This cassette is two albums on one cassette. | |
| CASE: FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
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EMI logo mark and the credit
"A member of the EMI Group of Companies International
leaders in Electronics, Records and Entertainment" were
printed at the bottom of the case. |
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| CASE: BOTTOM CLOSE UP | ||||
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The standard copyright
text was printed at the bottom of the case. |
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| CASE: BACK CLOSE UP | ||||
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| Catalog number
"TC2-PCS 4501" and the EMI country code (*1) were printed on
the inlay. The word "An Apple Record" was printed at the top of the rear case. |
"E.M.I. Records
(The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at the
bottom of the case. Printer credit "Printed and made by Carrod and Lofthouse International Limited" was printed at the bottom. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
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| The original
1st. cassettes was issued NO £ Parlophone logo. "IE"
catalogue number in addition to the ordinary "TC2-PCS 4501"
EMI catalogue number, but not printed on the label. |
Containing content as a prerecorded cassette is called "Musicassette" | The "DP(**)" logo was not
embossed on the cassette shells. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
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EMI originally issued the Beatles UK albums on cassette tape with re-arranged running orders, the reason for this was that because of the 8-track stereo tapes made at the same time, it was necessary to adjust the endless tape's four tracks to be approximately the same length. | ||
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"Made
in
U.S.A" was embossed the shell. |
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| OTHER
ITEM: Cardboard Display Panel |
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| CARDBOARD:
FRONT |
CARDBOARD: BACK | Some early copies
came with a cardboard display panel which hold the cassette
in a cardboard box. (Sorry, I don't have it.) |
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| LABEL | Lemon Yellow Paper Label without Parlophone logo |
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| MIX | STEREO |
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| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | An Apple Record / EMI Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.) / An E.M.I. Recording | |||
| CENTRAL REMARK "SOLD IN U.K." |
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| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | (P) 1968 |
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| INLAY FORM | No inlay card |
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| SHELL | White Shell / embossed "MADE IN
USA" |
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| CASSETTE CASE |
In a
cigarette type card box which was attached to the back of a
large display card. |
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| PRINTER CREDIT | Printed and made by Carrod and Lofthouse
International Limited |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Some early copies came with a cardboard
display panel which hold the cassette in a cardboard box. |
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| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | Lemon yellow paper label without
Parlophone logo. This is a Double Album Cassette by The Beatles titled "The Beatles (A.K.A. White Album)", 1968 manufactured by Apple Records. This cassette is two albums on one cassette. The "White Album" double play tape cassette originally issued in a cigarette type packet/card box (similar to the flip-top king size cigarette boxes) which slipped into the back of a large display card. Released for the first time in double play cassette form, in mid 1971, as an experimental design testing the market, in a cigarette type card box which was attached to the back of a large display card. Catalogue no. TC2-PCS-4501. So rare, because it was available for a very short time only, before being replaced, also in 1971, by the original white inlay design of the other Beatles cassette albums in Norelco cases that were released for the first time in September and October 1970. The white inlay design is in itself rare and hard to find, but to find the earlier cigarette type box design complete with the large display card is even more difficult, and prices will reflect this when condition has been taken into account. Note the absence of the black box EMI/Parlophone logo on the yellow paper label. (Shortage of expensive letterpress blocks) Bear in mind that during the period of first release Beatles cassettes (1968-71) vinyl was still, by far the dominant format, until cassettes began to catch on for the "on the move" market from 1972 on, and these early original cassettes would have been produced in significantly far fewer numbers than their vinyl counterparts. EMI originally issued the Beatles UK albums on cassette tape with re-arranged running orders, the reason for this was that because of the 8-track stereo tapes made at the same time, it was necessary to adjust the endless tape's four tracks to be approximately the same length. The EMI UK catalogue 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 cassette cases ("Norelco" cases) were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black plastic at the rear. The "DP(**)" logo was not embossed on the cassette shells. "MADE IN U.S.A." was embossed 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 means the record was also released in that country (from Discog). OC / 0C / 1E= UK (**)Data Packaging Corporation: (who also traded as Hellerman Data Packaging Ltd) supplied cassette and 8 track shells, tape and other components to the music industry. The "DP" logo can often be found moulded into cassette shells, especially during the early to mid 1970s. |
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TITLE
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THE BEATLES |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | TC2-PCS 4501 / 1E 274 o 04844 |
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RELEASE DATE
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Late 1971? / Second Issue | |||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||
| Back In The U.S.S.R. [A1] |
Everybody Got Something To Hide Except Me
And My Monkey [C4] |
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| Dear Prudence [A2] |
Sexy Sadie [C5] |
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| Glass Onion [A3] |
Helter Skelter [C6] |
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| Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da [A4] |
Revolution 1 [D1] |
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| Wild Honey Pie [A5] |
Honey Pie [D2] |
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| The Continuing Story Of Bungalow
Bill [A6] |
Savoy Truffle [D3] |
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| While My Guitar Gently Weeps [A7] |
Good Night [D7] |
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| Martha My Dear [B1] |
Happiness Is A Warm
Gun [A8] |
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| I'm So Tired [B2] |
Birthday [C1] |
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| Blackbird [B3] |
Yer Blues [C2] |
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| Piggies [B4] |
Mother Nature's Son [C3] |
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| Rocky Raccoon [B5] |
Cry Baby Cry [D4] |
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| Don't Pass Me By [B6] |
(" Can You Take Me Back...") [D5] |
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| Why Don't We Do It In The Road? [B7] |
Revolution 9 [D6] | |||
| I will [B8] |
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| Julia [B9] |
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| Long, Long, Long [C7] | ||||
| CASSETTE CASE AND TAPE |
CASE FRONT | CASE BACK | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! |
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| The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases)
were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area,
and black plastic at the rear. |
This UK issue has Lemon
Yellow paper label without Parlophone logo |
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| INLAY |
INLAY: FRONT | INLAY: INSIDE |
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| Reissue cassettes had white inlays and,
aside from the small reproduction of the front cover, no
artwork was included nor the original liner notes. The
tracklistings were printed on the on the foldovers of the
inlay. |
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| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
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The
circular 1 7/8 " I.P.S. mark was printed at the spine. As the standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1 ⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second). |
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Publisher's credit
"Northern Songs/NCB"was printed on the inlay. |
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| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
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EMI
initially released the Beatles' UK albums on cassette tapes
with rearranged performance sequences. The reason for this was that because of the 8-track stereo tapes made at the same time, it was necessary to adjust the endless tape's four tracks to be approximately the same length. |
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| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
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Catalog No. "TC2-PCS 4501" and the
EMI country code (*1) were printed on the inlay. The word "An Apple Record" was printed at the top.Printer company's name"G & L" was printed at the bottom of the inlay. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
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| The 2nd.
cassettes was issued NO £ Parlophone logo. "IE"
catalogue number in addition to the ordinary "TC2-PCS 4501"
EMI catalogue number, but not printed on the label. |
Containing content as a prerecorded cassette is called "Musicassette" | The "DP(**)" logo can often be found moulded into cassette shells, especially during the early to mid 1970s. | ||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
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 |
EMI originally
issued the Beatles UK albums on cassette tape with
re-arranged running orders, the reason for this was that
because of the 8-track stereo tapes made at the same time,
it was necessary to adjust the endless tape's four tracks to
be approximately the same length. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
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"Made
in
ENGLAND" was embossed the shell. |
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| OTHER ITEM | ||||
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| LABEL | Lemon Yellow Paper Label without Parlophone logo |
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| MIX | STEREO |
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| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | An E.M.I. Recording / An Apple Record |
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| CENTRAL REMARK "SOLD IN U.K." |
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| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | (P) 1968 |
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| INLAY FORM | "white" inlay (Foldover) |
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| SHELL | Light Grey 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 | G & L (Garrod & Lofthouse) |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | - |
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| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | Lemon yellow paper label without
Parlophone logo. This is a Double Album Cassette by The Beatles titled "The Beatles (A.K.A. White Album)", 1968 manufactured by Apple Records. This cassette is two albums on one cassette. The "White Album" double play tape cassette originally issued in a cigarette type packet/card box (similar to the flip-top king size cigarette boxes) which slipped into the back of a large display card. Released for the first time in double play cassette form, in mid 1971, as an experimental design testing the market, in a cigarette type card box which was attached to the back of a large display card. Catalogue no. TC2-PCS-4501. So rare, because it was available for a very short time only, before being replaced, also in 1971, by the original white inlay design of the other Beatles cassette albums in Norelco cases that were released for the first time in September and October 1970. The white inlay design is in itself rare and hard to find, but to find the earlier cigarette type box design complete with the large display card is even more difficult, and prices will reflect this when condition has been taken into account. Note the absence of the black box EMI/Parlophone logo on the yellow paper label. (Shortage of expensive letterpress blocks) Bear in mind that during the period of first release Beatles cassettes (1968-71) vinyl was still, by far the dominant format, until cassettes began to catch on for the "on the move" market from 1972 on, and these early original cassettes would have been produced in significantly far fewer numbers than their vinyl counterparts. EMI originally issued the Beatles UK albums on cassette tape with re-arranged running orders, the reason for this was that because of the 8-track stereo tapes made at the same time, it was necessary to adjust the endless tape's four tracks to be approximately the same length. The EMI UK catalogue 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 cassette cases ("Norelco" cases) were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black plastic at the rear. The "DP(**)" logo was embossed on the cassette shells. "MADE IN ENGLAND" was embossed the shell. The two exceptions to this generally adopted style for the white inlays was Revolver - which had a black background above the front cover album picture with no TC-PCS-7009 and a black coloured inlay spine with it, and The Beatles White album, which had its tracklisting on the front foldover where normally the advertising for the other albums would be. (*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 means the record was also released in that country (from Discog). OC / 0C / 1E= UK (**)Data Packaging Corporation: (who also traded as Hellerman Data Packaging Ltd) supplied cassette and 8 track shells, tape and other components to the music industry. The "DP" logo can often be found moulded into cassette shells, especially during the early to mid 1970s. |
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