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#04 Let It Be (P-PCS 7096)
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#4-1 Let It Be (1st Press Silver Parlophone Label / 1 EMI mark "Box Set": P-PCS 7096)
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#4-2 Let It Be (2nd Press Silver Parlophone Label / 1 EMI mark / Decca Contract Press : P-PCS 7096)
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TITLE
 LET IT BE
CATALOG NUMBER P-PCS 7096
RELEASE DATE
 late 1970? /Second Press/ Export  Edition / Decca Contract Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Two Of Us
 I've Got A Feeling
Dig A Pony
 One After 909
Across The Universe
 The Long And Winding Road
I Me Mine
 For You Blue
Dig It
 Get Back
Let It Be
Maggie Mae
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INNER SLEEVE BACK COVER CLOSE UP
Plain White Sleeve
(Unconfirmed)
 sleeve Full laminated sleeve.
On the back cover of the export pressing, the Parlophone logo is printed in black lettering on a white background instead of the Apple logo.
Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
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 On the UK version, the producer is credited as "Phil Spector" with lowercase letters, on the US version, it's written as "PHIL SPECTOR" in all capital letters.
sleeve In the "Thanks to ~" section below the photo, the name "Harold Seider*" is included on the US version, but it does not appear on the UK version.
cover
Printer's credit "Garrod and Lofthouse Ltd." is printed at the bottom of the back cover.
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label sleeve Decca contract press: The most promiment groove, which is a typical characteristic of Decca LP presses is approximately 31mm out from the centre hole and 15mm in from the edge of the label.
This label have one "EMI" mark, placed at the bottom, which are white print.
"MADE IN GT BRITAIN" is printed at the bottom of the label.
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sleeve sleeve sleeve "THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD. (capital letter)" was printed at the perimeter.
The "(P) 1970" statement is printed at the left part of the label.
label The most prominent groove, which is a typical characteristic of Decca LP presses is approximately 31mm out from the center hole and 15mm in from the edge of the label.
 sleeve Catalog No. "P-PCS 7096" and "("An E.M.I. Recording")" were printed at the right part of the label.
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label label The song title, composer's name, and music publisher's name on the label are printed in a rounded sans-serif font.
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Silver Parlophone Type-1
MIX STEREO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 YEX 773-2U
 MOTHER & STAMPER
 1
SIDE 2 YEX 774-2U 2   1
VINYL COLOR BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD. (capital letter)
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K."		 -
RECORDING  PUBLISHED CREDIT (P) 1970
COVER FORM Single type. Full laminated cover
PRINTER CREDIT Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrod and Lofthouse Ltd.
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Design by John Kosh
Photographs by Ethan Russell
INNER SLEEVE Plain white sleeve (Unconfirmed)
PRODUCER Reproduced for disc by Phill Spector
COMMENTS Export edition.
These are regular U.K. albums with different labels from the U.K. domestic releases, perhaps the U.K. domestic labels were forbidden in some countries due to a record contract. For example, the Parlophone label was used instead of the Apple label on exporting "The Beatles", "Abbey Road" or "Let It Be" to those countries. The prefix was "P-PCS", "P" maybe for Parlophone.
Black label with one silver EMI logo and silver print. “THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD. (capital letter)” printed at the start perimeter print and “MADE IN GT BRITAIN” lower text.

Stereo only.
  • 1st. Press (1970): Silver Parlophone label and with 1 EMI mark. This export album could be sold with Apple PXS 1 box set and also could be sold separately.
  • 2nd. Press (late 1970?): Silver Parlophone label with 1 EMI mark / Decca Contract Pressing.
Back in the 60's EMI had a limited record pressing power, and the Beatles were so popular that they simply could not cope with the demand that the fans were putting on them to get the copies out and into the shops. Purchases meant profit, and fans having to wait for EMI to catch up with demand meant a loss of earnings. Because of this, EMI decided to approach rival production companies with batch orders for them to press to help keep on top of things.
Decca contract pressing: these are distinguishing characteristics Decca:
1: There is no tax code around the center hole on either side of the disk.
2: There's a light ridge that runs around approximately 5mm out from the center hole. This ridge is also 41mm in from the edge of the label.
3: The most prominent groove, which is a typical characteristic of Decca LP presses is approximately 31mm out from the center hole and 15mm in from the edge of the label.
4: There is no tax code stamped at the 12 o'clock position.
5: The mother plate number (either single or double figured) is at the 9 o'clock position. There is no tx code stamped above it.
6: The contract pressings did NOT utilise the BUCKINGHAM stamper codes, so there are no such letters at the 3 o'clock position.
7: The matrix number is stamped at the 6 o'clock position in the deadwax.
(According to "The Beatles-Collection.com")

(*)Harold Seider, a lawyer who worked for Allen Klein’s ABKCO, is credited in the “Thanks to...” section on the back cover of the U.S. edition of Let It Be. His name does not appear on the UK edition.
The U.S. release was distributed by United Artists rather than Capitol, as the album was associated with the Let It Be film. The U.S. jacket also identifies Apple Records as “an abkco managed company.”
Seider’s inclusion in the U.S. “Thanks to...” credits appears to reflect his involvement on the ABKCO/Klein side in the U.S. business and legal affairs surrounding the release.


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