The Beatles Indian Singles/Parlophone 45-DPE

Parlophone Label: 45-R (U.K. Release) Series
#10. Help! / I'm Down (45-R. 5305)
(Update: 31th August 2025)

Parlophone Original Label

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#10-1 Silver Parlophone Label/ THE Gramo rim/ With "Regd. Td. Mks." credit/ with (Private) on the rim

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#10-1 Help! / I'm Down (1st. Press? "Silver Parlophone Label / The Gramophone rim / with "Regd. Td. Mks." credit / with (Private) on the rim": 45-R 5305)
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TRACK LISTING	SIDE 1	Help! (from film of same name) (Lennon-McCartney)
	SIDE 2	I'm Down (Lennon-McCartney)
RELEASE DATE		August 1965 / First Press?
SLEEVE: FRONT		SLEEVE: BACK	SIDE 1 --> Click!	SIDE 2 --> Click!	DISK --> Click!
Sorry, I don't have it.		Sorry, I don't have it.
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			"Regd. Td. Mks. of The Parlophone Co., Ltd." was printed under the Parlophone logomark.		"Label rim: Made in India by The Gramophone Co. of India (Private) Ltd. Permitted User." was printed at the perimeter.
LABEL CLOSE UP
			The "Northern Songs NCB" credit was printed at the both sides of the label. "(P) 1965" statement was printed.
				SIDE 1	SIDE 2
				Matrix No.: Side-1:7XCE 18280 2TI Side-2:7XCE 18281 2TI
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CATALOG NUMBER		45-R 5305
LABEL		Black and Silver Parlophone Type-4
MIX		Mono
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	7XCE 18280 2TI
	SIDE 2	7XCE 18281 2TI
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME		Label rim: Made in India by The Gramophone Co. of India (Private) Ltd. Permitted User.
CENTER		Push-out Center
PUBLISHER'S NAME	SIDE 1	Northern Songs NCB
	SIDE 2	Northern Songs NCB
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT		(P) 1965
"Regd. Td. Mks" TEXT		Regd. Td. Mks. of The Parlophone Co., Ltd.
PRODUCER		George Martin
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		Green sleeve type-2 (maybe)
COMMENTS		Black Parlophone label with silver ink. Label rim: Label rim: Made in India by The Gramophone Co. of India (Private) Ltd. Permitted User. "Regd. Td. Mks. of The Parlophone Co., Ltd." was printed under the Parlophone logomark. The Indian pressings I have seen appear to all be dubs (copied from the British 45s). The Indian 78s, in turn, are dubs of those dubs. In the matrix, you'll find "-TI-TI," where "T" stands for "transfer." This format, in use since the 1920s, indicates a non-original pressing process. In 1964 India had labels with “Made in India” at the bottom of the label, six o’clock. By fall 1964 they were issuing the “Limited Liability” rim print on black labels which had Made in India at 10 o’clock and the LL jargon at 2 o’clock. Sometime in 1965 the next version had black labels with “Private” in the message around the rim, at 2 o’clock, still with Made in India at 10 o’clock. So, some Beatles India Parlophone singles have up to 3 black label versions.