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24. The Beatles Ballads (PCS 7214)
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#24-1 The Beatles Ballads (1st. Press "2 EMI Marks / EMI RECORDS rim": PCS 7214)
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THE BEATLES BALLADS  20 ORIGINAL TRACKS
CATALOG NUMBER PCS 7214
RELEASE DATE
20th. October 1980 / First Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Yesterday
Something
Norwegian Wood  (This Bird Has Flown)
The Fool On The Hill
Do You Want To Know A Secret
Till There Was You
For No One
The Long And Winding Road
Michelle
Here Comes The Sun
Nowhere Man
Blackbird
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
And I Love Her
Across The Universe  ("Wildlife" version)
She's Leaving Home
All My Loving
Here, There And Everywhere
Hey Jude
Let It Be
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sleeve cover cover "EMI Records Ltd." credit and Parlophone logo mark were printed at the lower right side of the back cover.
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Catalogue number was printed at the upper right corner of the back cover. "Available on tape", "This compilation (P)1980 by EMI. Records Limited", and "All sound recording owned by EMI. Records Limited" in uppercase were printed at the lower right of the back cover.
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Producer, painter, photographer, art director, and desiner's credit were printed at the bottom of the back cover.
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label label label This label have two "EMI" marks, which are white with black print (reversed).
"EMI RECORDS LTDc" printed at the start perimeter print.
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label label "(P) Original sound recording made by EMI Records Ltd." credit was printed at the left side of the center hole.
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gMADE IN GT. BRITAIN" in uppercase was printed at the end of the perimeter print.
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LABEL Black/white Parlophone label with silver print Type-3
MIX STEREO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 PCS 7214  A2
SIDE 2 PCS 7214  B2         AM (hand etched)
VINYL COLOR BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME EMI Records Ltd.
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K."
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RECORDING  PUBLISHED CREDIT This Compilation ? 1980 by EMI Records Ltd.
COVER FORM Single type. non laminated cover.
PRINTER CREDIT TM 8010    GL
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Cover Painting by John Patrick Byrne
Back Cover Photograph: Stephen Goldblatt
Art Direction: Peter Shepherd
Design: Shoot That Tiger!
INNER SLEEVE White paper sleeve "IMPORTANT NOTICE in rectangle box" Type-3
PRODUCER Produced by George Martin / "The Long And Winding Road" Produced by Phil Spector
COMMENTS The Beatles Ballads is a compilation album featuring a selection of ballad songs by The Beatles. The album was not released in the United States, but in Mexico, the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Germany, Italy, India, Japan, South Korea and Australia.
Ten of the 20 tracks had been issued just three years earlier on the "Love Songs" album.
A remixed version of gNorvegian Woodh is included with the backing track now on the right-hand channel instead of on the left and the vocals mixed into the center.

The cover art by "Patrick" (John Byrne) had been created in 1968 as a possible cover for what would become The Beatles ("The White Album"). Its style and concept appears to support the White Album's original working title of A Doll's House.
The cover art was taken from the Alan Aldridge book "The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics" and is a painting by John Patrick Byrne which was used in the foreword on page 6. "Patrick" had also done album covers for other artists in the early seventies.
The album sleeve manufactured by Garrod & Lofthouse ltd.

1st. pressing / 20th. October 1980:
Black label with 2 white-black EMI logos and silver print. "EMI RECORDS LTD. ..." printed at the start perimeter print and "MADE IN GT BRITAIN" printed at the end of the perimeter print.
Matrix numbers:
Side-1: PCS 7214  A2
Side-2: PCS 7214  B2

2nd. pressing / 1982:
Black label with two white-black EMI logos and silver print. gALL RIGHTS OF THE PRODUCERch printed at the start perimeter print. Importantly, around the 11 eof clock position in the rimtext the wording is: gcUNAUTHORISED PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, BROADCASTING, COPYING AND HIRINGch. Instead, added gMANUFACTURED IN THE UK BY EMI RECORDS LIMITEDh text at the end of the perimeter print.
Matrix numbers:
Side-1: PCS 7214 A4 (maybe)
Side-2: PCS 7214 B3 (maybe)



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