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#04. Beatles For Sale (PMCQ 31505)
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#4-1 Beatles For Sale (1st. Press "Light Red Label / NO BIEM logo on both sides" : PMCQ 31505)
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TITLE BEATLES FOR SALE
CATALOG NUMBER PMCQ 31505
RELEASE DATE 1st. December 1964 / First Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
No Reply
Eight Days A Week
I'm A Loser
Words Of Love
Baby's In Black
Honey Don't
Rock And Roll Music
Every Little Thing
I'll Follow The Sun
I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
Mr. Moonlight
What You're Doing
Kansas City Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
FRONT --> Click! BACK --> Click! SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK
sleeve sleeve
label label label
INSIDE --> Click! INNER SLEEVE FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
sleeve Transparent plastic contoured sleeve.
Sorry, I don't have it.
sleeve Catalog number "PMCQ 31505"was printed at the upper right of the front cover.
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sleeve "Dischi Parlophon= Parlophone Records" and 3D Parlophone logomark in a box was printed at the lower left corner of the front cover.
sleeve The back photo is not a simple picture – The Beatles image was cropped and superimposed over a background of leaves.
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sleeve sleeve Gatefold inside flipback sleeve. Laminated front and back sides.
"DISCHI PARLOPHON / CARISH s.p.a. MILANO" bottom on back cover.
sleeve
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label label label Parlophone light red label in silver ink.
"MADE IN ITALY" were printed on the bottom of the label.
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label label On both sides,
No BIEM logo,
No MECOLICO logo.
label label
Catalog number was printed at the right side of the center hole.
Matrix No. is
Side-1: XEX 503 - 4N
Side-2: XEX 504 - 4N
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Parlophone Red Label in silver ink
MIX MONO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 XEX 503  - 4N       1. 12. 64
SIDE 2 XEX 504  - 4N       1. 12. 64
VINYL COLOR BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME LABEL THE PARLOPHON (capital letter)
COVER DISCHI PARLOPHON / CARISH s.p.a. MILANO
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT -
COVER FORM Gatefold type. Laminated front and back sides.
The flaps  can be seen at the upper and bottom place at inside of the gatefold cover.
PRINTER CREDIT None
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Freeman taken in Hyde Park
INNER SLEEVE Transparent plastic contoured sleeve (maybe)
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS
4th. Italian pressing on light red Parlophon label without BIEM and MECOLICO logo. There are currently 4 known label variants for early pressing.
Gatefold type (opens from the inside). Laminated front and back sides.
The flaps  can be seen at the upper and bottom place at inside of the gatefold cover.
The LP cover design is Similar to the UK version. It differs in the inner left side of the foldout over which is completely black with the song titles printed in white.

1st press
COVER: Gatefold type. Laminated front and back sides.
boxed "Dischi Parlophon" logo bottom left on front; "DISCHI PARLOPHON logo CARISH s.p.a. MILANO" bottom on inside.
LABEL: light red (rosso chiaro) label
NO BIEM LOGO / NO MECOLICO LOGO on both sides.

2nd press : light red (rosso chiaro) label
SIDE 1: BOXED BIEM LOGO
SIDE 2: NO BIEM LOGO / NO MECOLICO LOGO

3rd press : light red (rosso chiaro) label
SIDE 1: BOXED BIEM LOGO MECOLICO LOGO
SIDE 2: BOXED BIEM LOGO

4th press : black (nera) label
SIDE 1: BOXED BIEM LOGO MECOLICO LOGO
SIDE 2: BOXED BIEM LOGO



#4-2 Beatles For Sale (2nd Press "Light Red Label / with Boxed BIEM logo on side-1" : PMCQ 31505)
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#4-3 Beatles For Sale (3rd Press "Light Red Label / with Boxed BIEM logo and MECOLICO logo on side-1" : PMCQ 31505)
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#4-4 Beatles For Sale (4th Press "Black Label / with Boxed BIEM logo and MECOLICO logo on side-1" : PMCQ 31505)
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TITLE BEATLES FOR SALE
CATALOG NUMBER PMCQ 31505
RELEASE DATE from september 1965 to 1968 / 4th Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
No Reply
Eight Days A Week
I'm A Loser
Words Of Love
Baby's In Black
Honey Don't
Rock And Roll Music
Every Little Thing
I'll Follow The Sun
I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
Mr. Moonlight
What You're Doing
Kansas City Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
FRONT --> Click! BACK --> Click! SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK --> Click!
sleeve sleeve
label label label
INSIDE --> Click! INNER SLEEVE FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
sleeve Transparent plastic contoured sleeve.
Sorry, I don't have it.
sleeve
Catalog number "PMCQ 31505" was printed at the upper right of the front cover.
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
sleeve "Dischi Parlophon= Parlophone Records" and 3D Parlophone logomark in a box was printed at the lower left corner of the front cover.
sleeve The back photo is not a simple picture – The Beatles image was cropped and superimposed over a background of leaves.
INSIDE CLOSE UP
sleeve sleeve Gatefold inside flipback sleeve. Laminated front and back sides.
"DISCHI PARLOPHON / CARISH s.p.a. MILANO" bottom on back cover.
sleeve
LABEL CLOSE UP
label Parlophone black label in silver ink.
The label design remained unchanged until 1968 / early 1969 when EMI printed its new "Parlophone" label.
label "MADE IN ITALY" was printed on the bottom of the label.
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1
SIDE 2
label label label
Catalog number "PMCQ 31505" was printed at the right of the label.
Boxed BIEM logo and MECOLICO logo were printed at the left side on side-1 label.
Boxed BIEM logo was printed at the left side on side-2 label.
label label The same configuration of the third red label issue is also present on the black label,
The label lists the song title and composer's name.
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Parlophon Black Label in silver ink
MIX MONO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 XEX 503  - 4N       1. 12. 64
SIDE 2 XEX 504  - 4N       1. 12. 64
VINYL COLOR BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME LABEL THE PARLOPHON (capital letter)
COVER DISCHI PARLOPHON / CARISH s.p.a. MILANO
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT -
COVER FORM Gatefold type (opens from the inside). Laminated front and back sides.
The flaps  can be seen at the upper and bottom place at inside of the gatefold cover.
PRINTER CREDIT None
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Freeman taken in Hyde Park
INNER SLEEVE Transparent plastic contoured sleeve (maybe)
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS
Black Parlophon label with BIEM and MECOLICO logo on side-1.

There are currently 4 known label variants for early pressing.
Gatefold type (opens from the inside). Laminated front and back sides.
The flaps  can be seen at the upper and bottom place at inside of the gatefold cover.
The LP cover design is Similar to the UK version. It differs in the inner left side of the foldout over which is completely black with the song titles printed in white.

1st press
COVER: Gatefold type. Laminated front and back sides.
boxed "Dischi Parlophon" logo bottom left on front; "DISCHI PARLOPHON logo CARISH s.p.a. MILANO" bottom on inside.
LABEL: light red (rosso chiaro) label
NO BIEM LOGO / NO MECOLICO LOGO on both sides.

2nd press : light red (rosso chiaro) label
SIDE 1: BOXED BIEM LOGO
SIDE 2: NO BIEM LOGO / NO MECOLICO LOGO

3rd press : light red (rosso chiaro) label
SIDE 1: BOXED BIEM LOGO MECOLICO LOGO
SIDE 2: BOXED BIEM LOGO

4th press : black (nera) label
SIDE 1: BOXED BIEM LOGO MECOLICO LOGO
SIDE 2: BOXED BIEM LOGO



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