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#25. Strawberry Fields Forever / Panny Lane (QMSP-16404)
(Update: 4th February 2017)
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Parlophon Original Sleeve
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#25-1 Strawberry Fields Forever / Panny Lane (1st Press "Black Parlophon Label with QMSP prefix": QMSP-16404)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
 Strawberry Fields Forever (Lennon-McCartney)
SIDE 2
 Penny Lane (Lennon-McCartney)
RELEASE DATE
 14th February 1967/First Press
FRONT -->Click! BACK -->Click! SIDE 1 -->Click! SIDE 2 -->Click! DISK -->Click!
strawberry strawberry_back label label label
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP BACK COVER CLOSE UP
strawberry strawberry "BANDIERA GIALLA" was the title of a popular radio programme, where listeners ciould phone in and vote for their favourite song every week. strawberry_back Back cover lists 9 LPs.
Carisch is a leading publishing company based in Milan, founded in 1887, which prints and distributes the most important catalogues of music score.
"PARLOPHON" logomark was printed at the left corner of the front cover.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label "BIEM" logo in the box was printed on the label. label 1st. press: BIEM / BIEM, correct prefix QMSP
2nd. press: BIEM / BIEM, wrong prefix QMPS
LABEL CLOSE UP
label "PARLOPHON" logomark and "MADE IN ITALY" were printed at the center of the label.
OTHER ITEM
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RECORD LABEL
 PARLOPHON / Flat black label with silver print
CATALOG NUMBER
 QMSP-16404
VINYL COLOR
 BLACK
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 7XCE - 18415 - T1 - 14 - 2 - 67
SIDE 2 7XCE - 18416 - T1 - 14 - 2 - 67
MIX
 MONO
CREDIT
 DISCHI PARLOPHON CARISCH S.p.A. MILANO
COMMENTS
 First Press has the black label.
  • Label
    • 1st Press (14th. Feb. 1967): Black Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, BIEM / BIEM, correct prefix QMSP
    • 2nd. Press (1966): Black Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, BIEM / BIEM, wrong prefix QMPS
  • Sleeve
    • 1st. press (14th. Feb. 1967):  Blue hats cover
    • 2nd. press (1967): White sleeve with blue picture in a frame
Italy adapted the U.K. cover for the domestic release, but had a unique Italian-only cover as well.
That one features a printed on BANDIERA GIALLA (Yellow flag).
Records that were voted into the top position were given a yellow flag, which was usually pasted onto the sleeve in sticker form.

First Picture sleeve to this single 1,000 copies pressed.
On both side of the disk, "BIEM" logo in the box was printed.

*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:
  • We Can Work It Out
  • Michelle
  • Paperback Writer
  • Eleanor Rigby
  • The Ballad of John and Yoko
The yellow flag was printed on the picture sleeves from the first pressing of:
  • Strawberry Fields Forever


#25-2 Strawberry Fields Forever / Panny Lane (2nd Press "Black Parlophon Label with QMSP prefix / U.K. Picture Sleeve": QMSP-16404)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
 Strawberry Fields Forever (Lennon-McCartney)
SIDE 2
 Penny Lane (Lennon-McCartney)
RELEASE DATE
 1967 / Second Press
FRONT -->Click! BACK -->Click! SIDE 1 -->Click! SIDE 2 -->Click! DISK -->Click!
strawberry strawberry_back label label label
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP BACK COVER CLOSE UP
strawberry Catalog number is in top right. strawberry_back
Carisch is a leading publishing company based in Milan, founded in 1887, which prints and distributes the most important catalogues of music score.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label "BIEM" logo in the box was printed on the label. label 1st. press: BIEM / BIEM, correct prefix QMSP
2nd. press: BIEM / BIEM, wrong prefix QMPS
LABEL CLOSE UP
label "PARLOPHON" logomark and "MADE IN ITALY" were printed at the center of the label.
OTHER ITEM
-

RECORD LABEL
 PARLOPHON--Flat black label,silver print
CATALOG NUMBER
 QMSP-16404
VINYL COLOR
 BLACK
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 7XCE - 18415 - T1 - 14 - 2 - 67
SIDE 2 7XCE - 18416 - T1 - 14 - 2 - 67
MIX
 MONO
CREDIT
 DISCHI PARLOPHON CARISCH S.p.A. MILANO
COMMENTS
 First Press has the black label.
  • Label
    • 1st Press (14th. Feb. 1967): Black Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, BIEM / BIEM, correct prefix QMSP
    • 2nd. Press (1966): Black Parlophon label with spherical logo and silver print, BIEM / BIEM, wrong prefix QMPS
  • Sleeve
    • 1st. press (14th. Feb. 1967):  Blue hats cover
    • 2nd. press (1967): White sleeve with blue picture in a frame (simular to UK sleeve)
Italy adapted the U.K. cover for the domestic release, but had a unique Italian-only cover as well.
That one features a printed on BANDIERA GIALLA (Yellow flag).
On both side of the disk, "BIEM" logo in the box was printed.

*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:
  • We Can Work It Out
  • Michelle
  • Paperback Writer
  • Eleanor Rigby
  • The Ballad of John and Yoko
The yellow flag was printed on the picture sleeves from the first pressing of:
  • Strawberry Fields Forever


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