| The changes in company sleeve designs were similar to
those of other EMI labels, and the transitions between
different designs occurred at approximately the same time. There were no picture sleeves for the singles in the MSP number series. For the (45-)R-series, there were a few promotional picture sleeves, and it is likely that only two singles were released with picture sleeves before 1975. Both of these are The Beatles' singles. Note: *Click on the sleeve pictures to view larger images. |
| Part-11: Company Green Sleeve #8 (from 1968 to 1971) | |
| Green sleeve with Parlophone logo, globe EMI logo, and
swirl design. There were at least two different backside designs (advertising different LPs).
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| Green sleeve type-9A (from 1968 to 1971?) | |||
| FRONT | BACK | COMMENTS | |
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Wavy
cut Type-B at top. Glued bottom and right. "TRADE MARK OF THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD." below the Parlophone logo on front. "EMI LPs" advertisement on back, which featured the latest EMI albums. |
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| Album information: | Cilla Black: Cilla Sings A Rainbow (PMC
7004) / Apr. 1966 The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (PMC 7027) / Jun. 1967 Mrs Mills: Let's Have Another Party (PCS 7035) / Dec. 1967 The Goons: Goon But Not Forgotten (PMC 7037) / Nov. 1967 The Hollies: Butterfly (PMC 7039) / Nov. 1967 etc. |
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| Green sleeve type-9B (from 1969? to 1971) | ||
| FRONT | BACK | COMMENTS |
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Tab
cut at top. Glued bottom and right. "TRADE MARK OF THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD." below the Parlophone logo on front. "EMI LPs" advertisement on back, which featured the latest EMI albums, including the Beatles' own "Sgt. Pepper's". |
| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | ||
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| Album information: | The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely
Hearts Club Band (PMC 7027) / Jun. 1967 Cilla Black: Sher-oo! (PMC 7041) / Apr. 1968 Deep Purple: Shades Of Deep Purple (PMC 7055) / Sep. 1968 Love Sculpture: Blues Helping (PMC 7059) / Oct. 1968 The Goon Show: Goon Again (PMC 7062) / Oct. or Dec. 1968 etc. |
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| Sleeve Form variations #1: Open top cut | ||||
| Type-1 | Type-2 | Type-3 | Type-4 | Type-5 |
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| Straight cut | Slight curved cut | Wavy cut Type-A | Wavy cut Type-B | Tab cut |
| Sleeve Form variations #2: Glued | |||
| Type-1 | Type-2 | Type-3 | |
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| Inside glued | Glued left & right | Glued bottom & right | |
 Part-10: Company Color
Sleeve |
Part-12:
Apple Sleeve  |
