The Beatles Indian Singles/Parlophone 45-DPE

Parlophone Label: 45-R (U.K. Release) Series
#01. Please Please Me / Ask Me Why (45-R 4983)
(Update: 12th September 2025)

Parlophone Original Sleeve

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#1-1 Silver Parlophone Label/ THE PARLO rim/ NO "Regd. Td. Mks." credit
#1-2 Silver Parlophone Label/ The Gramo rim/ with "Regd. Td. Mks." credit/ with (Limited Liability) on the rim
#1-3 Silver Parlophone Label/ The Gramo rim/ with "Regd. Td. Mks." credit/ with (Private) on the rim

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#1-1 Please Please Me / Ask Me Why (1st. Press "Silver Parlophone Label / THE PARLOPHONE rim / NO "Regd. Td. Mks." credit": 45-R 4983)
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TRACK LISTING	SIDE 1	Please Please Me (Lennon-McCartney)
	SIDE 2	Ask Me Why (Lennon-McCartney)
RELEASE DATE		Early 1964? / First Press
SLEEVE:FRONT		SLEEVE:BACK	SIDE 1 --> Click!	SIDE 2 --> Click!	DISK --> Click!

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		Parlophone logomark and "TRADE MARK OF THE PARLOPHONE Co. Ltd." credit were printed at the bottom of the front sleeve.			Parlophone logo mark and "45 R.P.M." were printed at the bottom of the back sleeve.
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					"THE PARLOPHONE CO. LTD. (capital letter)" rim. "Regd. Td. Mks. of the Parlophone Co., Ltd." was not printed under the Parlophone logomark.
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		With Push- out venter,			"Dick James Music" credit was printed at the both sides of the label. "Recording First Pblished 1963" statement was printed at the left part of the label.
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Catalog No. "45-R 4983" was printed at the right side of the label.		In 1963 - 1964 India had labels with “Made in India” at the bottom of the label, six o’clock.
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CATALOG NUMBER		45-R 5055
LABEL		Black and Silver Parlophone Type-1
MIX		Mono
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	7XCE 17217 INTI A
	SIDE 2	7XCE 17218 INTI R
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME		Label rim: THE PARLOPHONE CO. LTD.
CENTER		Push-out Center
PUBLISHER'S NAME	SIDE 1	Dick James Music
	SIDE 2	Dick James Music
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT		Recording First Published 1963
"Regd. Td. Mks" TEXT		-
PRODUCER		George Martin
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		Indian original sleeve
COMMENTS		Black Parlophone label with silver ink. Label rim: THE PARLOPHONE CO. LTD. (capital letter). "Regd. Td. Mks. of The Parlophone Co., Ltd." was not printed under the Parlophone logomark. Music publisher's credit "Dick James Music" was printed at the both sides of the label. The Indian pressings 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 1963-1964, 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.