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#28. Lady Madonna / The Inner Light (QMSP-16423)
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#28-1 Lady Madonna / The Inner Light (1st Press: QMSP-16423)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
 Lady Madonna (Lennon-McCartney)
SIDE 2
 The Inner Light (Harrison)
RELEASE DATE
 7th March 1968 / First Press
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FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
CATALOG NO.
 1st Press (=this record)
 2nd Press (with EMI/ Parlophone logo)
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Catalog number is in top right.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
allyou 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.a label Black Parlophon label with spherical logo at the right side of the center hole.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label "PARLOPHON" logomark and "MADE IN ITALY" were printed at the center of the label.
"Producer George Martin" credit was added on the label.
OTHER ITEM
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RECORD LABEL
 PARLOPHON--Flat black label,silver print
CATALOG NUMBER
 QMSP-16423
VINYL COLOR
 BLACK
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 7XCE - 18438 - T1 .......- 8 - 3 - 68
SIDE 2 7XCE - 18439 - T1 - 7 - 3 - 68
MIX
 MONO
CREDIT
 DISCHI PARLOPHON CARISCH S.p.A. MILANO
COMMENTS
 The front cover features a color photograph of the four Beatles posing with their instruments, with "THE BEATLES" printed in large red letters at the top and "Lady Madonna" in black at the bottom. The catalog number "QMSP 16423" was printed in the upper right corner.
The back cover features a black-and-white photograph of the Beatles, with the two song titles and the credit "Producer George Martin" printed above it. The words "DISCHI PARLOPHON CARISCH S.p.A. MILANO" and the Parlophon trademark appear along the bottom.
This appears to have been the last original Italian Beatles single issued with the Carisch distribution credit on the picture sleeve, before distribution passed to EMI Italiana.

This appears to be the first regular Italian Beatles single to feature the "Producer George Martin" credit on both sides of the record label.


Label:
  • 1st Press (7 March 1968): Black Parlophon label with silver print and boxed BIEM logo.
  • The same label design was used for the second sleeve issue.

Picture Sleeve:
  • 1st Sleeve (7 March 1968): No EMI/Parlophone logo on the front. Black-and-white Beatles photograph on the back.
  • 2nd Sleeve (1968): EMI/Parlophone logo added to the lower left corner of the front. The back cover features a printed cut-out jukebox label instead of the Beatles photograph.


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