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TRACK LISTING
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SIDE 1
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Paperback Writer (Lennon-McCartney) | |||
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SIDE 2
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Rain (Lennon-McCartney) | ||||
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RELEASE DATE
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6th June 1966 / First Press | ||||
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| Catalog number is in top right. Without "Bandiera Gialla" sticker, |
Backside: List Run For Your Life + 20
others. Carisch is a leading publishing company based in Milan, founded in 1887, which prints and distributes the most important catalogues of music score. |
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"PARLOPHON" logomark and "MADE IN ITALY" were printed at the center of the label. | ![]() |
Black Parlophon label with spherical logo at the right side of the center hole. | ||
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On both sides, "BIEM" logo in the box was printed on the label. | ![]() |
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| 1st. press: Small title on A-Side 2nd. press: Bigger title on A-Side |
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OTHER ITEM
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RECORD LABEL
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PARLOPHON / Black label with silver print | ||||
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CATALOG NUMBER
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QMSP-16394 | ||||
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VINYL COLOR
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BLACK | ||||
| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | 7XCE 18380 1 6
6 66 |
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| SIDE 2 | 7XCE 18381 1
6 6 66 |
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MIX
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MONO | ||||
| SLEEVE | 1st. press (6th. June. 1965): Front: Without Bandiera Gialla sticker, Backside: List Run For Your Life + 20 others | ||||
| LABEL | 1st Press (6th. June. 1966): Black Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, BIEM / BIEM, Small title on A-Side | ||||
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CREDIT
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DISCHI PARLOPHON CARISCH S.p.A. MILANO | ||||
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COMMENTS
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First Press has the
black label.
*Bandiera Gialla (Yellow Flag) "Bandiera Gialla" was a popular Italian radio music program broadcast by RAI from 1965 to 1970. Young audience members voted for their favorite songs by raising yellow flags. Record companies used the yellow flag symbol on picture sleeves to promote records featured on the program. The flag appeared either as a sticker or as part of the printed sleeve design. Several Italian Beatles singles from the mid-1960s were issued with this symbol. However, the presence of the yellow flag does not necessarily indicate a later pressing. >https://www.teche.rai.it/2025/10/bandiera-gialla/ The yellow flag was added to the printed design on later pressings of:
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