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19. Get Back / Don't Let Me Down (R 5777)
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Dark Green Apple Label
  • #19-1 Demonstration Record
  • #19-2 Dark Green Apple / Push-out Center without NCB/on both sides
  • #19-3 Dark Green Apple / Solid Center with NCB/Side-2
  • #19-4 Dark Green Apple / Push-out Center with NCB on both sides
  • #19-5 Dark Green Apple / Solid Center with NCB on both sides
  • #19-6 without SOLD IN U.K. / Push-out Center
  • #19-7 without SOLD IN U.K. / Solid Center
  • #19-8 For Jukeboxes Type-1



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#19 Get Back / Don't Let Me Down (R 5777)
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Released: 11 April 1969 (UK), 5 May 1969 (US)
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"New Musical Express" 19th April 1969
Get Back
Written by: Lennon-McCartney
Recorded: 21, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30 January 1969
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Glyn Johns
Paul McCartney: vocals, bass
John Lennon: harmony vocals, lead guitar
George Harrison: rhythm guitar
Ringo Starr: drums
Billy Preston: electric piano
Don't Let Me Down
Written by: Lennon-McCartney
Recorded: 21, 22, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30 January 1969
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Glyn Johns
John Lennon: vocals, rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney: harmony vocals, bass
George Harrison: harmony vocals, lead guitar
Ringo Starr: drums
Billy Preston: electric piano

The Beatles' 19th British single, and their first for 1969, was Get Back, with Don't Let Me Down on the b-side.
Get Back single - United KingdomIt was the first commercial release from the troubled Get Back sessions of January 1969. Many takes of the songs were recorded that month, before both sides of the single were taped on 28 January.
Get Back was issued as Apple R 5777. Although the official release date was 11 April 1969, many stores didn't receive copies until several days later, as Paul McCartney had ordered a remix on 7 April. He had been unhappy with the earlier mix after hearing it played on BBC Radio 1 by Alan Freeman and John Peel the previous day.
Despite the rush-release, Get Back entered the UK singles charts at number one on 23 April, where it remained for six weeks. In all it spent 17 weeks in the charts.
Although just one new song (Dig A Pony) by John Lennon made it onto the Let It Be album, he did compose this love song to Yoko Ono, which was recorded during the same sessions and released as the b-side to Get Back.
(from "The Beatles Bible")


#19-1 Get Back / Don't Let Me Down (Demonstration Record: R5777)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1 Get Back (Lennon-McCartney)
SIDE 2 Don't Let Me Down (Lennon-McCartney)
RELEASE DATE
Demonstration Record (First Press: 11th April. 1969)
SLEEVE: FRONT SLEEVE: BACK SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK --> Click!
sleeve sleeve label label getback
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label The 2-sided, 45rpm disc bears Apple "Custom Recording" which were usually only used on acetate discs. They also bear the "3 Savile Row" address. Each label has the song title and group name type-written in the centre.

Each side plays the regular UK MONO hit mix of the respective song.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label The disc itself bears all the hallmarks of a genuine test pressing. The base label, beneath the typewritten Apple label, is a plain white over-sized label which covers the serrated raised edge around its perimeter.
SIDE 1 SIDE 2
label label
Matrix numbers:
7XCE 21296-1U & 7XCE 21297-1U
OTHER ITEM
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CATALOG NUMBER
-
LABEL
Apple Test Press Label
MIX
Mono
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 7XCE 21296 - 1U
SIDE 2 7XCE 21297 - 1U
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
-
CENTER
Push-out center
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K..."
-
PUBLISHER'S NAME
SIDE 1
-
SIDE 2
-
PRODUCER
George Martin
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES
Apple black sleeve type-1A:
Wave cut at top. glossy sleeve. Glued left and right.
COMMENTS
Unlike the distinctive green/red & white labelled demonstration copies of their Parlophone singles, Apple never produced any specially printed 'A' label demo labels for any Beatles single. In fact, the only true demo from this late period which does officially exist is 'Something'/'Come Together' which appeared as a green & white Parlophone demo in October 1969.
This disc originated from the collection of an ex-radio station employee who received this copy specifically as a promo of the Beatles' forthcoming release in late March 1969, just ahead of its 11th April release date.

Both sides also bear the earliest possible '1/G' stamper codes.
The 'KT' purchase-tax code is present in both run-outs only.



#19-2 Get Back / Don't Let Me Down (1st. Press "Push-out Center without NCB/on both sides": R5777)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1 Get Back (Lennon-McCartney)
SIDE 2 Don't Let Me Down (Lennon-McCartney)
RELEASE DATE
11th April. 1969/First Press
SLEEVE: FRONT SLEEVE: BACK SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK --> Click!
sleeve sleeve label label getback
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label "(P) 1969" statement was printed on the label.
With the push-out center and has the central remark "SOLD IN UK..."
The embossed letter (tax code) is none.
SIDE 1 SIDE 2
label label
Matrix suffixed with "1U" on both side.
LABEL CLOSE UP
1st. Press (=this record) 2nd. Press SIDE 1 & SIDE 2
label label label label label
Without  the "NCB" credit behind the "Northern Songs" credits on both sides. "The Beatles with Billy Preston" credit was printed.
OTHER ITEM
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CATALOG NUMBER
R 5777
LABEL
Dark Green Apple
MIX
Mono
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 7XCE 21296 - 1U
SIDE 2 7XCE 21297 - 1U
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
Apple Records + An E.M.I. Recording
CENTER
Push-out center
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K..."
YES
PUBLISHER'S NAME
SIDE 1
Northern Songs
SIDE 2
Northern Songs
PRODUCER
George Martin
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES
Apple black sleeve type-1B:
Tab cut at top. glossy sleeve. Glued bottom and right.
COMMENTS
This label is with push-out center type.
It was the only Beatles single to ever credit another musician on the label, and both sides justly give credit to "The Beatles with Billy Preston".
The first pressing, the publisher's credit on the label has no "NCB(*)" credit on both sides.

*NCB=Nordisk Copyright Bureau is responsible for the copyrights in the nordic countries.



#19-3 Get Back / Don't Let Me Down (2nd. Press? "Solid Center with NCB/Side-2": R5777)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1 Get Back (Lennon-McCartney)
SIDE 2 Don't Let Me Down (Lennon-McCartney)
RELEASE DATE
1969/Second Press
SLEEVE: FRONT SLEEVE: BACK SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK --> Click!
sleeve sleeve label label label
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label "(P) 1969" statement was printed on the label.
Without the push-out center (Solid center) and has the central remark "SOLD IN UK..."
The embossed letter (tax code) is none.
SIDE 1 SIDE 2
label label
Matrix suffixed with "1U" on both side.
LABEL CLOSE UP
2nd. Press (=this record) late 2nd. Press SIDE 1 & SIDE 2
label label label label label
Second pressing: With  the "NCB" credit behind the "Northern Songs" credits on side-2. "The Beatles with Billy Preston" credit was printed.
OTHER ITEM
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CATALOG NUMBER
R 5777
LABEL
Dark Green Apple
MIX
Mono
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 7XCE 21296 - 1U
SIDE 2 7XCE 21297 - 1U
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
Apple Records + An E.M.I. Recording
CENTER
Solid center
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K..."
YES
PUBLISHER'S NAME
SIDE 1
Northern Songs
SIDE 2
Northern Songs/NCB
PRODUCER
George Martin
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES
Apple black sleeve type-1A:
Wave cut at top. glossy sleeve. Glued left and right.
COMMENTS
This label is without push-out center type (called "Solid Center").
It was the only Beatles single to ever credit another musician on the label, and both sides justly give credit to "The Beatles with Billy Preston".
The second pressing, the publisher's credit on the label has "NCB(*)" credit on side-2.

*NCB=Nordisk Copyright Bureau is responsible for the copyrights in the nordic countries.



#19-4 Get Back / Don't Let Me Down (2nd. Press? "Push-out Center with NCB on both sides": R5777)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1 Get Back (Lennon-McCartney)
SIDE 2 Don't Let Me Down (Lennon-McCartney)
RELEASE DATE
1969 / Second Press?
SLEEVE: FRONT SLEEVE: BACK SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK --> Click!
sleeve sleeve label label label
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label "(P) 1969" statement was printed on the label. With the push-out center and has the central remark "SOLD IN UK..."
The embossed letter (tax code) is none.
SIDE 1 SIDE 2
label label
Matrix suffixed with "1U" on both side.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label label "An E.M.I. Recording" credit was printed on the label, but "Produced by: GEORGE MARTIN" was not printed. label
Third pressing: With  the "NCB" credit behind the "Northern Songs" credits on both sides. "The Beatles with Billy Preston" credit was printed.
OTHER ITEM
-

CATALOG NUMBER
R 5777
LABEL
Dark Green Apple
MIX
Mono
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 7XCE 21296 - 1U
SIDE 2 7XCE 21297 - 1U
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
Apple Records + An E.M.I. Recording
CENTER
Push-out center
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K..."
YES
PUBLISHER'S NAME
SIDE 1
Northern Songs/NCB
SIDE 2
Northern Songs/NCB
PRODUCER
George Martin
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES
Apple black sleeve type-1A:
Wave cut at top. glossy sleeve. Glued left and right.
COMMENTS
This label is with push-out center type.
It was the only Beatles single to ever credit another musician on the label, and both sides justly give credit to "The Beatles with Billy Preston".



#19-5 Get Back / Don't Let Me Down (2nd. Press? "Solid Center with NCB on both sides": R5777)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1 Get Back (Lennon-McCartney)
SIDE 2 Don't Let Me Down (Lennon-McCartney)
RELEASE DATE
1969 / Second Press?
SLEEVE: FRONT SLEEVE: BACK SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK --> Click!
sleeve sleeve label label label
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label "(P) 1969" statement was printed on the label. Without the push-out center (Solid center) and has the central remark "SOLD IN UK..."
The embossed letter (tax code) is none.
SIDE 1 SIDE 2
label label
Matrix suffixed with "1U" on both side.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label label "An E.M.I. Recording" credit was printed on the label, but "Produced by: GEORGE MARTIN" was not printed. label
Third pressing: With  the "NCB" credit behind the "Northern Songs" credits on both sides. "The Beatles with Billy Preston" credit was printed.
OTHER ITEM
-

CATALOG NUMBER
R 5777
LABEL
Dark Green Apple
MIX
Mono
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 7XCE 21296 - 1U
SIDE 2 7XCE 21297 - 1U
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
Apple Records + An E.M.I. Recording
CENTER
Solid center
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K..."
YES
PUBLISHER'S NAME
SIDE 1
Northern Songs/NCB
SIDE 2
Northern Songs/NCB
PRODUCER
George Martin
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES
Apple black sleeve type-1B:
Tab cut at top. glossy sleeve. Glued bottom and right.
COMMENTS
This label is without push-out center type (called "Solid Center").
It was the only Beatles single to ever credit another musician on the label, and both sides justly give credit to "The Beatles with Billy Preston".



#19-6 Get Back / Don't Let Me Down (3rd. Press "Push-out Center without SOLD IN U.K.": R5777)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1 Get Back (Lennon-McCartney)
SIDE 2 Don't Let Me Down (Lennon-McCartney)
RELEASE DATE
1969? / 3rd. Press?
SLEEVE: FRONT SLEEVE: BACK SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK --> Click!
sleeve sleeve label label label
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label "(P) 1969" statement was printed on the label. With the push-out center and remove the central remark "SOLD IN UK..."
The embossed letter (tax code) is none.
SIDE 1 SIDE 2
label label
Matrix suffixed with "1U" on both side.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label label "An E.M.I. Recording" credit was printed on the label, but "Produced by: GEORGE MARTIN" was not printed. label
Third pressing: With  the "NCB" credit behind the "Northern Songs" credits on both sides. "The Beatles with Billy Preston" credit was printed.
OTHER ITEM
-

CATALOG NUMBER
R 5777
LABEL
Dark Green Apple
MIX
Mono
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 7XCE 21296 - 1U
SIDE 2 7XCE 21297 - 1U
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
Apple Records + An E.M.I. Recording
CENTER
Push-out center
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K..."
-
PUBLISHER'S NAME
SIDE 1
Northern Songs/NCB
SIDE 2
Northern Songs/NCB
PRODUCER
George Martin
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES
Apple black sleeve type-1C:
Tab cut at top. Matte sleeve. Glued bottom and right.
COMMENTS
This label is with push-out center type.
The "Sold in U.K." text has gone from the label.
Beginning in 1964, Parlophone (and all the other EMI companies) began printing a phrase in the centers of all their singles, EP's and LP's, which said:

SOLD IN U.K. SUBJECT TO
RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS,
SEE PRICE LISTS.

This notice appears on the labels of every UK market EMI product, from very early 1964, right through mid-1969. 



#19-7 Get Back / Don't Let Me Down (3rd. Press "Solid Center without SOLD IN U.K.": R5777)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1 Get Back (Lennon-McCartney)
SIDE 2 Don't Let Me Down (Lennon-McCartney)
RELEASE DATE
1969? / 3rd. Press?
SLEEVE: FRONT SLEEVE: BACK SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK --> Click!
sleeve sleeve label label label
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label "(P) 1969" statement was printed on the label. Without the push-out center (Solid center) and remove the central remark "SOLD IN UK..."
The embossed letter (tax code) is none.
SIDE 1 SIDE 2
label label
Matrix suffixed with "1U" on both side.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label label "An E.M.I. Recording" credit was printed on the label, but "Produced by: GEORGE MARTIN" was not printed. label
Third pressing: With  the "NCB" credit behind the "Northern Songs" credits on both sides. "The Beatles with Billy Preston" credit was printed.
OTHER ITEM
-

CATALOG NUMBER
R 5777
LABEL
Dark Green Apple
MIX
Mono
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 7XCE 21296 - 1U
SIDE 2 7XCE 21297 - 1U
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
Apple Records + An E.M.I. Recording
CENTER
Solid center
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K..."
-
PUBLISHER'S NAME
SIDE 1
Northern Songs/NCB
SIDE 2
Northern Songs/NCB
PRODUCER
George Martin
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES
Apple black sleeve type-1B:
Tab cut at top. glossy sleeve. Glued bottom and right.
COMMENTS
This label is with solid center type.
The "Sold in U.K." text has gone from the label.
Beginning in 1964, Parlophone (and all the other EMI companies) began printing a phrase in the centers of all their singles, EP's and LP's, which said:

SOLD IN U.K. SUBJECT TO
RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS,
SEE PRICE LISTS.

This notice appears on the labels of every UK market EMI product, from very early 1964, right through mid-1969. 



#19-8 Get Back / Don't Let Me Down ("For Jukeboxes Type-1": R5777)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1 Get Back (Lennon-McCartney)
SIDE 2 Don't Let Me Down (Lennon-McCartney)
RELEASE DATE
1970? / For Jukeboxes
SLEEVE: FRONT SLEEVE: BACK SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK --> Click!
sleeve sleeve label label label
INNER SLEEVE CLOSE UP
label A script "Apple" in green appears at the top of the black sleeve. label
Apple company sleeve issued tub cut top.
glossy sleeve.
Glued bottom and right.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label Dark green label with an image of an apple on side 1 and sliced apple on side 2.
Remove the central remark "SOLD IN UK..."
The phrase "Apple Records - All Rights of the Manufacturer and of the Owner of the Recorded work Reserved." was printed at the perimeter.
Full size center hole for jukeboxes.
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1 SIDE 2 "(P) 1969" statement and publisher's name were printed at the right side, and "An E.M.I. Recording" credit was printed at the right side of the label.
label label label label
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1 SIDE 2
"The Beatles with Billy Preston" credit was printed.
label label
OTHER ITEM
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CATALOG NUMBER
R 5777
LABEL
Dark Green Apple
MIX
Mono
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 7XCE 21296 - 1U MOTHER & STAMPER
3 / GG
SIDE 2 7XCE 21297 - 1U 4 / AD
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
Apple Records + An E.M.I. Recording
CENTER
Full size center hole
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K..."
-
PUBLISHER'S NAME
SIDE 1
Northern Songs/NCB
SIDE 2
Northern Songs/NCB
PRODUCER
George Martin
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES
Apple black sleeve type-1B:
Tab cut at top. glossy sleeve. Glued bottom and right.
COMMENTS
All of these Apple singles were custom manufactured without centres by EMI specifically for use in jukeboxes. The inside of each hole is smooth confirming that a centre was never present.

There are two types of the jukeboxes issue of the "Get Back" single (maybe).
Type-1: Dark green apple label and "narrow" catalog number printing on the label. (=this record)
Type-2: Light green apple label and "broad" catalog number printing on the label.



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