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THE BEATLES | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | PMC 7067–7068 | ||||
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RELEASE DATE
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22nd November 1968 / 1st Press | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| Back In The U.S.S.R. |
Martha My Dear |
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| Dear Prudence |
I'm So Tired |
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| Glass Onion |
Blackbird |
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| Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da |
Piggies |
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| Wild Honey Pie |
Rocky Raccoon |
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| The Continuing Story Of Bungalow
Bill |
Don't Pass Me By |
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| While My Guitar Gently Weeps |
Why Don't We Do It In The Road? |
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| Happiness Is A Warm Gun | I Will |
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| Julia | |||||
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| Birthday |
Revolution 1 |
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| Yer Blues |
Honey Pie |
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| Mother Nature's Son |
Savoy Truffle |
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| Everybody’s Got Something to Hide
Except Me and My Monkey |
Cry Baby Cry |
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| Sexy Sadie |
(" Can You Take Me Back...") |
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| Helter Skelter |
Revolution 9 |
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| Long, Long, Long | Good Night | ||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | INSIDE
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| SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | SIDE 3 --> Click! | SIDE 4 --> Click! | INNER SLEEVE | |
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The front cover has “The BEATLES” embossed in raised block letters. Each sleeve was sequentially numbered. | |||
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"Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrod and Lofthouse International Ltd." was printed at the bottom of the cover. | ||||
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The sleeve opened at the
top of both pockets. The internal flaps were visible along
the left and right edges of the open gatefold. |
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Dark green labels with a
whole apple on Sides 1 and 3 and a sliced apple on Sides 2
and 4. The rim text began with “Apple Records - All rights...”. |
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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. |
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The text “(An E.M.I. Recording)” was absent
from the labels. The left side carried “33 1/3” and “Mfd. in
U.K.” |
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The recording year was printed with a small
phonogram copyright symbol ℗. |
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Have the credits "Production by GEORGE MARTIN" and
"Orchestrations by GEORGE MARTIN" below the group's name. |
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With
a "FACTORY SAMPLE"
sticker on the label of side-3. Factory samples may have been taken from individual pressing machines and marked with red-on-white stickers for quality checks. |
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| SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | SIDE 3 | SIDE 4 | Matrix No. is Side-1: XEX 709 -1 Side-2: XEX 710 -1 Side-3: XEX 711 -1 Side-4: XEX 712 -1 |
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| PORTRAITS | POSTER | ||||
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FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | The sleeve design was by Richard Hamilton, who suggested the minimalistic approach and the consecutively numbered sleeves which would give a limited edition feel to it. Richard also came up with the montage idea for the large free poster, which included the lyrics on its reverse. | ||
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double LP was issued with an 85.8 × 57.2 cm poster and four
28.8 × 20 cm glossy portraits taken by John Kelly, one of
each Beatle. Early copies were issued with a separator sheet placed on the top of each photo. |
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| LABEL | Dark Green Apple label Type-1 |
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| MIX | MONO |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | XEX 709 -1 | |||
| SIDE 2 | XEX 710 -1 | ||||
| SIDE 3 | XEX 711 -1 | ||||
| SIDE 4 | XEX 712 -1 | ||||
| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| SERIAL NO. | No. 0008564 | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | LABEL |
Label:Apple Records / without "An
E.M.I. Recording" credit |
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| SLEEVE | EMI Records (The Gramophone Co. Ltd.) Hayes, Middlesex, England | ||||
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REMARK "SOLD IN U.K." |
YES |
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| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | ℗ 1968
(small ℗) |
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| COVER FORM | Top-opening gatefold sleeve. | ||||
| PRINTER CREDIT | Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrod and Lofthouse International Ltd. | ||||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Art Design: Richard
Hamilton,Gordon House and Jeremy Banks Photo: John Kelly |
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| INNER SLEEVE | Black inner sleeve with a die-cut
circular opening on one side |
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| PRODUCER | George Martin | ||||
| COMMENTS | Initial numbered edition with top
opening G & L gatefold sleeve, black inners, poster
& 4 color portraits, dark green Apple labels with "Sold
In The UK...." text. Early labels omitted the text “An E.M.I. Recording”; the credit was added on later labels. Eric Clapton uncredited on A7 for contractual reasons. 1st Press: Dark green labels with a whole apple on Sides 1 and 3 and a sliced apple on Sides 2 and 4. First label variation have "33 1/3" text at the top line of the left side and "Sold In U.K. subject to resale price conditions, see price lists" text. The recording year was printed with a small phonogram copyright symbol ℗. "An E.M.I. Recording" text was not printed on the label. Matrix numbers: Side 1: XEX 709-1; Side 2: XEX 710-1; Side 3: XEX 711-1; Side 4: XEX 712-1. The fully laminated white gatefold sleeve had visible internal flaps along the left and right edges and openings at the top. The front of the cover has "The BEATLES" embossed in raised block letters. The seven-digit number was stamped in gray at a slight downward angle near the lower right corner. The back of the mono cover is completely blank. The right panel of the open gatefold has the four John Kelly black and white portraits running left to right (John, Paul, George and Ringo). The left panel has the titles to the album’s songs in gray in 12 rows. The records were housed in black inner sleeves with a die-cut circular opening on one side to expose the Apple label. These sleeves were most likely manufactured by Harrison & Sons. The four 28.8 × 20 cm glossy color portraits by John Kelly were normally inserted into the left pocket, sometimes with light-colored separator sheets. The 85.8 × 57.2 cm Richard Hamilton collage poster, with lyrics on the reverse, was normally inserted into the right pocket. With a "FACTORY SAMPLE" sticker on the label of side-3. Factory samples may have been taken from individual pressing machines and marked with red-on-white stickers for quality checks. |
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