 1st Press Parlophone Sleeve |
| TITLE | BEATLES FOR SALE | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | PMC 1240 | ||||
| RELEASE DATE | Factory Sample (First Press: 4th December 1964) | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| No Reply |
Eight Days A Week |
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| I'm A Loser |
Words Of Love |
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| Baby's In Black |
Honey Don't |
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| Rock And Roll Music |
Every Little Thing |
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| I'll Follow The Sun |
I Don't Want To Spoil The Party |
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| Mr. Moonlight |
What You're Doing |
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| Kansas City | Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby | ||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISC | |
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| INSIDE --> Click! | INNER SLEEVE | FRONT COVER CLOSE-UP | |||
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Garrod &
Lofthouse Ltd. gatefold inside flipback sleeve. Laminated
front and back sides. With outline “mono” on the front. |
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| FRONT COVER CLOSE-UP | BACK COVER CLOSE-UP | The back-cover photograph is a composite: the image of The Beatles was cropped and superimposed over a background of leaves. | |||
| MONO | STEREO | ||||
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"TRADE MARK OF THE PARLOPHONE Co., Ltd."
was printed under the Parlophone logo. "USE NEW EMITEX" record cleaner information was printed on the back cover. |
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| INSIDE CLOSE-UP | |||||
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No printer’s credit was printed on the sleeve. | ||||
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"THE PARLOPHONE CO. LTD." (uppercase)
was printed around the label rim. "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED
1964" statement was printed on the label. The tax-code letters K and T were embossed around the center hole. |
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| LABEL CLOSE-UP | |||||
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There are three label variants distinguished by the presence or absence of periods after “NCB” in the publishing credits for tracks 5 and 6 on Side 2. |  |
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| SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||||
| Matrix Nos.: Side-1: XEX 503 - 3N Side-2: XEX 504 - 3N |
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OTHER ITEM
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| LABEL | Yellow Parlophone Type-4 | ||||
| MIX | MONO | ||||
| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | XEX 503 - 3N | |||
| SIDE 2 | XEX 504 - 3N | ||||
| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | THE PARLOPHONE CO. LTD. (uppercase) | ||||
| CENTRAL REMARK "SOLD IN U.K..." |
YES | ||||
| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1964 (uppercase) | ||||
| COVER FORM | Gatefold type with both front and back
covers laminated. The flipbacks are visible along the top and bottom edges inside the gatefold sleeve. |
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| “mono” TEXT SIZE | Medium / Outline | ||||
| PRINTER CREDIT | - (Garrod & Lofthouse) |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Robert Freeman taken in
Hyde Park Notes: Derek Taylor |
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| INNER SLEEVE | "USE EMITEX" Sleeve Type-3 Tracing-rice-paper-lined “USE EMITEX” die-cut type. "MADE IN ENGLAND" was printed. The words "PATENTS APPLIED FOR" were removed from the sleeve. |
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| PRODUCER | George Martin | ||||
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COMMENTS
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Black/yellow
Parlophone label with silver print Type-4 Black and Yellow Parlophone label with silver print: the name "THE PARLOPHONE CO. LTD." (uppercase) on the outer rim, the "SOLD IN U.K. ..." statement and the "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1964" statement was printed. A “FACTORY SAMPLE” sticker was attached to the Side 1 label. According to one account of the process, test pressings may have been approved and promotional copies produced before the standard-release labels were loaded into the pressing machines. Samples may then have been taken from each press, marked with a white sticker printed in red, and checked for quality. The gatefold sleeve was constructed from a single piece of material, with laminated front and back covers and foldover flaps joining the sleeve on the inside-right panel. To remove the disc, open the gatefold and slide it out from the left. The orange blur on the front cover is reported to be Tony Bramwell’s hand as he held back tree branches during the photo shoot. The back-cover photograph is a composite: the image of The Beatles was cropped and superimposed over a background of leaves. |
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| TITLE | BEATLES FOR SALE | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | PMC 1240 | ||||
| RELEASE DATE | 1964? / Second Press | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| No Reply |
Eight Days A Week |
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| I'm A Loser |
Words Of Love |
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| Baby's In Black |
Honey Don't |
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| Rock And Roll Music |
Every Little Thing |
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| I'll Follow The Sun |
I Don't Want To Spoil The Party |
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| Mr. Moonlight |
What You're Doing |
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| Kansas City | Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby | ||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISC | |
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| INSIDE --> Click! | INNER SLEEVE | FRONT COVER CLOSE-UP | |||
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Garrod &
Lofthouse Ltd. gatefold inside flipback sleeve. Laminated
front and back sides. With outline “mono” on the front. |
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| FRONT COVER CLOSE-UP | BACK COVER CLOSE-UP | The back-cover photograph is a composite: the image of The Beatles was cropped and superimposed over a background of leaves. | |||
| MONO | STEREO | ||||
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| INSIDE CLOSE-UP | |||||
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"TRADE MARK OF THE PARLOPHONE Co., Ltd."
was printed under the Parlophone logo. "USE NEW EMITEX" record cleaner information was printed on the back cover. |
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| INSIDE CLOSE-UP | |||||
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No printer’s credit was printed on the sleeve. | ||||
| LABEL CLOSE-UP | |||||
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"THE PARLOPHONE CO. LTD." (uppercase)
was printed around the label rim. "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED
1964" statement was printed on the label. The tax-code letters M and T were embossed around the center hole. |
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| "SOLD IN U.K. SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS, SEE PRICE LISTS." statement was printed at the center of the label. | |||||
| LABEL CLOSE-UP | |||||
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There are three label variants distinguished by the presence or absence of periods after “NCB” in the publishing credits for tracks 5 and 6 on Side 2. |  |
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| SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||||
| Matrix Nos.: Side-1: XEX 503 - 3N Side-2: XEX 504 - 4N |
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OTHER ITEM
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| LABEL | Yellow Parlophone Type-4 | ||||
| MIX | MONO | ||||
| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | XEX 503 - 3N | |||
| SIDE 2 | XEX 504 - 4N | ||||
| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | THE PARLOPHONE CO. LTD. (uppercase) | ||||
| CENTRAL REMARK "SOLD IN U.K..." |
YES | ||||
| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1964 (uppercase) | ||||
| COVER FORM | Gatefold type with both front and back
covers laminated. The flipbacks are visible along the top and bottom edges inside the gatefold sleeve. |
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| “mono” TEXT SIZE | Medium / Outline | ||||
| PRINTER CREDIT | - (Garrod & Lofthouse) |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Robert Freeman taken in
Hyde Park Notes: Derek Taylor |
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| INNER SLEEVE | "USE EMITEX" Sleeve Type-3 Tracing-rice-paper-lined “USE EMITEX” die-cut type. "MADE IN ENGLAND" was printed. The words "PATENTS APPLIED FOR" were removed from the sleeve. |
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| PRODUCER | George Martin | ||||
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COMMENTS
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Black/yellow
Parlophone label with silver print Type-4 Black and Yellow Parlophone label with silver print: the name "THE PARLOPHONE CO. LTD." (uppercase) on the outer rim, the "SOLD IN U.K. ..." statement and the "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1964" statement was printed. The gatefold sleeve was constructed from a single piece of material, with laminated front and back covers and foldover flaps joining the sleeve on the inside-right panel. To remove the disc, open the gatefold and slide it out from the left. The orange blur on the front cover is reported to be Tony Bramwell’s hand as he held back tree branches during the photo shoot. The back-cover photograph is a composite: the image of The Beatles was cropped and superimposed over a background of leaves. |
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| TITLE | BEATLES FOR SALE | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | PMC 1240 | ||||
| RELEASE DATE | 1965? / Third Press | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| No Reply |
Eight Days A Week |
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| I'm A Loser |
Words Of Love |
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| Baby's In Black |
Honey Don't |
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| Rock And Roll Music |
Every Little Thing |
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| I'll Follow The Sun |
I Don't Want To Spoil The Party |
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| Mr. Moonlight |
What You're Doing |
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| Kansas City | Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby | ||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISC | |
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| INSIDE --> Click! | INNER SLEEVE | FRONT COVER CLOSE-UP | |||
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Garrod &
Lofthouse Ltd. gatefold inside flipback sleeve. Laminated
front and back sides. With outline “mono” on the front. |
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| FRONT COVER CLOSE-UP | BACK COVER CLOSE-UP | The back-cover photograph is a composite: the image of The Beatles was cropped and superimposed over a background of leaves. | |||
| MONO | STEREO | ||||
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| INSIDE CLOSE-UP | |||||
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"TRADE MARK OF THE PARLOPHONE Co., Ltd."
was printed under the Parlophone logo. "USE NEW EMITEX" record cleaner information was printed on the back cover. |
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| INSIDE CLOSE-UP | |||||
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No printer’s credit was printed on the sleeve. | ||||
| LABEL CLOSE-UP | |||||
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Black and Yellow
Parlophone label with silver print. The name PARLOPHONE was printed in bold, bright-yellow lettering across the top. |
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"THE PARLOPHONE CO. LTD." (uppercase) was printed around the label rim. | ||
| LABEL CLOSE-UP | |||||
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"RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1964" statement was printed on the label. The tax-code letters K and T were embossed around the center hole. |
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| "SOLD IN U.K. SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS, SEE PRICE LISTS." statement was printed at the center of the label. | |||||
| LABEL CLOSE-UP | |||||
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There are three label variants distinguished by the presence or absence of periods after “NCB” in the publishing credits for tracks 5 and 6 on Side 2. |  |
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| SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||||
| Matrix Nos.: Side-1: XEX 503 - 4N Side-2: XEX 504 - 4N |
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OTHER ITEM
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| LABEL | Yellow Parlophone Type-4 | ||||
| MIX | MONO | ||||
| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | XEX 503 - 4N | |||
| SIDE 2 | XEX 504 - 4N | ||||
| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | THE PARLOPHONE CO. LTD. (uppercase) | ||||
| CENTRAL REMARK "SOLD IN U.K..." |
YES | ||||
| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1964 (uppercase) | ||||
| COVER FORM | Gatefold type with both front and back
covers laminated. The flipbacks are visible along the top and bottom edges inside the gatefold sleeve. |
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| “mono” TEXT SIZE | Medium / Outline | ||||
| PRINTER CREDIT | - (Garrod & Lofthouse) |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Robert Freeman taken in
Hyde Park Notes: Derek Taylor |
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| INNER SLEEVE | "USE EMITEX" Sleeve Type-3 Tracing-rice-paper-lined “USE EMITEX” die-cut type. "MADE IN ENGLAND" was printed. The words "PATENTS APPLIED FOR" were removed from the sleeve. |
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| PRODUCER | George Martin | ||||
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COMMENTS
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Black/yellow
Parlophone label with silver print Type-4 Black and Yellow Parlophone label with silver print: the name "THE PARLOPHONE CO. LTD." (uppercase) on the outer rim, the "SOLD IN U.K. ..." statement and the "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1964" statement was printed. The gatefold sleeve was constructed from a single piece of material, with laminated front and back covers and foldover flaps joining the sleeve on the inside-right panel. To remove the disc, open the gatefold and slide it out from the left. The orange blur on the front cover is reported to be Tony Bramwell’s hand as he held back tree branches during the photo shoot. The back-cover photograph is a composite: the image of The Beatles was cropped and superimposed over a background of leaves. |
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| TITLE | BEATLES FOR SALE | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | PMC 1240 | ||||
| RELEASE DATE | July 1981 / Limited Edition | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| No Reply |
Eight Days A Week |
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| I'm A Loser |
Words Of Love |
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| Baby's In Black |
Honey Don't |
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| Rock And Roll Music |
Every Little Thing |
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| I'll Follow The Sun |
I Don't Want To Spoil The Party |
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| Mr. Moonlight |
What You're Doing |
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| Kansas City | Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby | ||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISC | |
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| INSIDE --> Click! | INNER SLEEVE | ||||
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White paper sleeve
"IMPORTANT NOTICE in rectangle box" Type-3-1 |
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| FRONT COVER CLOSE-UP | |||||
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The word “mono” was printed in outlined lettering in the upper-right corner of the front cover. |  |
The Parlophone and EMI logos were printed in a box in the upper-left corner of the front cover. |
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| FRONT COVER CLOSE-UP |
INSIDE CLOSE-UP | ||||
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The back-cover photograph is a composite: the image of The Beatles was cropped and superimposed over a background of leaves. |  |
Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. gatefold
inside flipback sleeve. Laminated front and back sides. |
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| INSIDE CLOSE-UP | |||||
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| No printer’s credit was printed on the sleeve. "TRADE MARK OF THE PARLOPHONE Co., Ltd." was printed. "USE NEW EMITEX" record cleaner information was printed on the back cover. |
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| INSIDE CLOSE-UP | |||||
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| LABEL CLOSE-UP | |||||
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Yellow Parlophone label. "ALL RIGHTS rim" (uppercase) was printed around the label rim. The word "MONO" was added above and to the right of the Yellow Parlophone logo. |
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| The statement “SOLD IN U.K. SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS, SEE PRICE LISTS.” was not printed in the center of the label. | "℗ 1964" statement was printed on the
label. |
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"Manufactured in the UK by
EMI Records Limited" (uppercase) was printed around the label rim. |
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| LABEL CLOSE-UP | |||||
| SIDE 1 |
SIDE 2 |
This copy has two label misprints: "I’m A Losser" on the Side 1. "SSongs" on the Side 2. |
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| LABEL CLOSE-UP | |||||
| SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | Matrix Nos.: Side-1: XEX 503-4N Side-2: XEX 504-3N |
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OTHER ITEM
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| LABEL | Yellow Parlophone Type-8 | ||||
| MIX | MONO | ||||
| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | XEX 503 - 4N |
MOTHER & STAMPER |
3 / 4 9 |
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| SIDE 2 | XEX 504 - 3N |
2 / 6 8 |
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| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | EMI RECORDS LIMITED (uppercase) | ||||
| CENTRAL REMARK "SOLD IN U.K..." |
NONE |
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| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | ℗ 1964 |
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| COVER FORM | Gatefold type with both front and back
covers laminated. The flipbacks are visible along the top and bottom edges inside the gatefold sleeve. |
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| “mono” TEXT SIZE | Medium / Outline | ||||
| PRINTER CREDIT | - (Garrod & Lofthouse) |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Robert Freeman taken in
Hyde Park Notes: Derek Taylor |
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| INNER SLEEVE |
White paper sleeve "IMPORTANT
NOTICE in rectangle box" Type-3-1 "PATENT No. 1,125,555" was printed at the bottom of the white plain paper sleeve. |
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| PRODUCER | George Martin | ||||
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COMMENTS
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This mono reissue was released in the U.K. in 1981. The mono version may not have been sold by EMI since 1969/70. The 1981 mono reissue series included eight Parlophone albums, from Please Please Me to Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and two Apple albums, The Beatles and Yellow Submarine. This copy features a reproduction of the 1960s yellow-and-black Parlophone label, with a yellow Parlophone logo at the top and “MONO” printed above and to its right. The two Apple titles also carried a mono designation. The 1981 mono reissues were initially sold individually and were subsequently released together in 1982 as a box set (catalog number BMC-10). The 1981 mono reissues were produced in limited quantities. Presented in a semi-gloss "Garrod & Lofthouse" printed mono cover with original EMI inner sleeve. The gatefold sleeve was constructed from a single piece of material, with foldover flaps joining the sleeve on the inside-right panel. To remove the disc, open the gatefold and slide it out from the left. The orange blur on the front cover is reported to be Tony Bramwell’s hand as he held back tree branches during the photo shoot. The back-cover photograph is a composite: the image of The Beatles was cropped and superimposed over a background of leaves. |
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