 Parlophon Original Sleeve |
| TITLE | SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | PMCQ 31512 |
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| RELEASE DATE | 23th May 1967 / First Press | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely
Hearts Club Band |
Within You Without You |
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| With A Little Help From
My Friends |
When I'm Sixty-four |
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| Lucy In The Sky With
Diamonds |
Lovely Rita |
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| Getting Better |
Good Morning Good Morning |
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| Fixing A Hole |
Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) |
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| She's Leaving Home |
A Day In The Life | ||||
| Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite | "inner groove" (once) |
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| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK --> Click! | |
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| COVER: INSIDE
(Gatefold Type) |
CUT OUT |
INNER SLEEVE | |||
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Laminated gatefold cover (flipback on
inner side) |
"Cut-outs" card insert (Sorry, I don't have it.) |
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| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
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Back cover has an orange background
instead of the original red one.
"DISCHI PARLOPHON / CARISH s.p.a. MILANO" bottom on back sleeve. |
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Parlophone black label in silver ink. The label design remained unchanged until 1968 / early 1969 when EMI printed its new "Parlophone" label. |
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"MADE IN ITALY" was
printed on the bottom of the label. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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SIDE 2 |
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| Catalog number
"PMCQ 31512" was printed at the right of the label. |
Boxed BIEM logo
was printed at the left side on both sides. |
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The label lists the song title and
composer's name (no song duration or publisher name). |
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The title of the second song on side A is correctly written as "With A Littie Help From My Friend." | ||||
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OTHER ITEM
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| LABEL | Parlophon Black Label
in silver ink |
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| MIX | MONO (stereo reduced
to mono) |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | XEX 637 T1 23-5-67 |
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| SIDE 2 | XEX 638 T1 23-5-67 | ||||
| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | LABEL | PARLOPHON (capital
letter) |
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| COVER | DISCHI PARLOPHON /
CARISH s.p.a. MILANO |
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| PUBLISHER'S CREDIT | SIDE 1: BIEM SIDE 2: BIEM |
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| COVER FORM | Gatefold cover
(flipback on inner side) Non-laminated front and back sides. |
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| PRINTER CREDIT | None |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Stage and
Cut out: Peter Blake and Jann Haworth Photo: Michael Cooper / Wax Figures: Madame Tussauds |
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| INNER SLEEVE | Transparent plastic
contoured inner sleeve |
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| PRODUCER | George Martin | ||||
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COMMENTS
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Between 1963
and early 1965 Beatles albums were issued in mono only on a
red "Parlophon" label. In mid 1965 Parlophone issued Beatles
albums on a silver and black label. All of the earlier LP's were reissued onto this label style. New LP's came to be issued in stereo as well as mono. The label design remained unchanged until 1968 / early 1969 when EMI printed its new "Parlophone" label. All LPs up to The Beatles in Italy were released in mono only, while from Ainto! to Sgt. Pepper, a stereo edition also exists. The stereo issue was generally pressed sometime after the mono version. But the gap between the two versions kept decreasing with each release: for example, the stereo version of Aiuto! was pressed nine weeks after the mono LP, while between the Rubber Soul mono and stereo versions the time was reduced to just two weeks, and one day only elapsed between the Oldies but Goldies mono and stereo issues. The stereo editions were distributed using the "mono' cover on which a round silver sticker carrying the word 'STEREO' printed in black was placed on the left front cover edge and across the cover spine. The mono pressings had the release number PMCQ 315**, while the stereo copies, retaining the same mono release number, added an 'S' before the mono prefix, thus turning it into SPMCQ 315*** All stereo LPs were released on the black Parlophon label. The mono version of this LP was released at about the same time of the UK release. Its cover is virtually identical to the UK release with two slight exceptions: on the lower right back corner the classic statement 'A splendid time is guaranteed for all' is missing and the back cover itself has an orange background instead of the original red one. It is interesting to note, that the Italian mono version of this LP doesn't use the real mono mix. Carisch, as it was previously done with Retober, simply mixed down the two stereo channels. This pressing has the final famous inner groove message , but it is not locked as in the uk release, just one passage at the end of A Day in The Life. 1st press COVER: bifold type. Non-laminated front and back sides. Has an orange background instead of the original red one "Dischi Parlophon" logo and "DISCHI PARLOPHON logo CARISH s.p.a. MILANO" prited bottom on back. "Cut-outs" card insert LABEL: black label SIDE 1: Boxed BIEM Logo NO MECOLICO Logo SIDE 2: Boxed BIEM Logo NO MECOLICO Logo "MADE IN ITALY" was printed on the bottom of the label. |
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