The Beatles N.Z. LP: Original Released

membership mail-order system
World Record Club Issue
(Update: 25th. March 2019)

The World Record Club Ltd. was the name of a company in the United Kingdom which issued long-playing records and reel-to-reel tapes, mainly of classical music and jazz, through a membership mail-order system during the 1950s and 1960s.
In addition to titles imported from recording companies like Everest Records and Westminster Records, which it obtained on franchise, it made a series of recordings of international artists using its own engineers. Although often of great musical interest and very acceptable technical quality, these recordings do not appear in shop catalogues of the time as they were not available new through record shops. In modern times, however (when most vinyl is second-hand), they are frequently found by collectors, to whom an outline of the company's history will be valuable.
The label was taken over by EMI in 1965 but continued to be used as a sub-label for mail order, covering a wide range of musical genres, and distributing in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. ( from Wikipedia)

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#1-1 Please Please Me (2nd. Press? "Young World Label / MONO": EZ. 1033)
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TITLE		PLEASE PLEASE ME
CATALOG NUMBER		EZ. 1033
RELEASE DATE		1966? / Second Press (First Press: 1964)
TRACK LISTING		SIDE 1		SIDE 2
		I Saw Her Standing There		Love Me Do (sim. stereo)
		Misery		P.S. I Love You (sim. stereo)
		Anna (Go To Him)		Baby It's You
		Chains		Do You Want To Know A Secret
		Boys		A Taste Of Honey
		Ask Me Why		There's A Place
		Please Please Me		Twist And Shout
FRONT -->Click!		BACK -->Click!	SIDE 1 -->Click!	SIDE 2 -->Click!	DISK

INNER SLEEVE		FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
World Record Club original inner sleeve (maybe)			Covers for this LP came without front "mono" indicator and Parlophone catalog number.		"World Record Club" logo mark was printed on the front cover.
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP			BACK COVER CLOSE UP
		The cover features the correct colour back and there is NO Angus McBean credit on the front bottom right.
			"COVER PHOTO: ANGUS McBEAN" credit on the back bottom left. Housed in a twin-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover)		"LONG PLAYING EZ 1033" was printed on the flip.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
				"WRC" logo mark and "WORLD RECORD INTERNATIONAL" office address was printed at the bottom of the back cover.
LABEL CLOSE UP
					It is possible that this release on the Young World label from the World Record Club preceded the HMV release so this would be the first stereo pressing available in New Zealand.
LABEL CLOSE UP
			Publisher's logomark was printed at the bottom of the Side-2 label.
				"THE WORLD RECORD CLUB (N.Z.) LTD." was printed at the outer rim. UK 1st. generation pressing plates used XEX 94-1 and XEX 95-1
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL		World Record Club / Young World Label
MIX		MONO
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	XEX-421
	SIDE 2	XEX-422
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME	LABEL	THE WORLD RECORD CLUB (N.Z.) LTD.
	COVER	WORLD RECORD INTERNATIONAL
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT		-
COVER FORM		Single type. Housed in a twin-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover).
PRINTER CREDIT		-
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		Cover Photo: Angus McBean / Notes: Tony Barrow
INNER SLEEVE		World Record Club original inner sleeve (maybe)
PRODUCER		George Martin
COMMENTS		This LP was only originally available in mono for at least 2 years before demand from the public finally forced HMV and it's mail order division The World Record Club to release this STEREO LP in either 1965 or early 1966. It is possible that this release on the Young World label from the World Record Club preceded the HMV release so this would be the first stereo pressing available in New Zealand. "Please Please Me" manufactured and distributed both MONO and STEREO by WRC. EZ 1033 (MONO) /1966 / Young World Label SEZ 1033 (STEREO) /1966 / Young World Label Issued in a front-laminated, two-part flipback sleeve with pinched spine. "EZ.1033" on labels, "EZ 1033" on back of the sleeve and spine. 1964 First pressing on the Young World label, with "mono" and the Parlophone catalogue number printed at top right on the front cover. 1966 2nd pressing, with the Parlophone catalogue number at top right now gone. Same addresses on the back of the sleeve. His Master's Voice (HMV) was a subsidiary of EMI Music and was set up in the 1930s under the HMV name in New Zealand. It was, until the 1970s, the biggest manufacturer and distributor of records in New Zealand. In addition to its own labels, HMV, Parlophone, Regal Zonophone, Capitol, and Columbia, it manufactured many others including Decca, Warner Brothers and, at times, Atlantic. In 1973 the HMV label was rebranded worldwide as EMI.

#1-2 Please Please Me (1st. Press? "Young World Label / STEREO": SEZ. 1033)
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TITLE		PLEASE PLEASE ME
CATALOG NUMBER		SEZ. 1033
RELEASE DATE		1966? / First Press
TRACK LISTING		SIDE 1		SIDE 2
		I Saw Her Standing There		Love Me Do (sim. stereo)
		Misery		P.S. I Love You (sim. stereo)
		Anna (Go To Him)		Baby It's You
		Chains		Do You Want To Know A Secret
		Boys		A Taste Of Honey
		Ask Me Why		There's A Place
		Please Please Me		Twist And Shout
FRONT -->Click!		BACK -->Click!	SIDE 1 -->Click!	SIDE 2 -->Click!	DISK

INNER SLEEVE		FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
World Record Club original inner sleeve (maybe)					"World Record Club" logo mark was printed on the front cover. The gold "WORLD STEREO" sticker is pasted on the front cover.
		Covers for this LP came without front "stereo" indicator.
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP			BACK COVER CLOSE UP
		The cover features the correct colour back and there is NO Angus McBean credit on the front bottom right.
			"COVER PHOTO: ANGUS McBEAN" credit on the back bottom left. Housed in a twin-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover)		"LONG PLAYING EZ 1033" was printed on the flip.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
				"WRC" logo mark and "WORLD RECORD INTERNATIONAL" office address was printed at the bottom of the back cover.
LABEL CLOSE UP
					It is possible that this release on the Young World label from the World Record Club preceded the HMV release so this would be the first stereo pressing available in New Zealand.
LABEL CLOSE UP
				"THE WORLD RECORD CLUB (N.Z.) LTD." was printed at the outer rim. UK 1st. generation pressing plates used YEX 94-1 and YEX 95-1
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL		World Record Club / Young World Label
MIX		STEREO
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	YEX 94-1
	SIDE 2	YEX 95-1
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME	LABEL	THE WORLD RECORD CLUB (N.Z.) LTD.
	COVER	WORLD RECORD INTERNATIONAL
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT		-
COVER FORM		Single type. Housed in a twin-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover).
PRINTER CREDIT		-
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		Cover Photo: Angus McBean / Notes: Tony Barrow
INNER SLEEVE		World Record Club original inner sleeve (maybe)
PRODUCER		George Martin
COMMENTS		This LP was only originally available in mono for at least 2 years before demand from the public finally forced HMV and it's mail order division The World Record Club to release this STEREO LP in either 1965 or early 1966. It is possible that this release on the Young World label from the World Record Club preceded the HMV release so this would be the first stereo pressing available in New Zealand. The gold "WORLD STEREO" sticker is pasted on the front cover. "Please Please Me" manufactured and distributed both MONO and STEREO by WRC. EZ 1033 (MONO) /1966 / Young World Label SEZ 1033 (STEREO) /1966 / Young World Label His Master's Voice (HMV) was a subsidiary of EMI Music and was set up in the 1930s under the HMV name in New Zealand. It was, until the 1970s, the biggest manufacturer and distributor of records in New Zealand. In addition to its own labels, HMV, Parlophone, Regal Zonophone, Capitol, and Columbia, it manufactured many others including Decca, Warner Brothers and, at times, Atlantic. In 1973 the HMV label was rebranded worldwide as EMI.

#2-1 A Hard Day's Night (WRC E. 3111 / PCSM. 3058)
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#3-1 Help! (1st. Press "His Master's Voice press": WRC E. 3112 / PCSM. 7009)
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TITLE		HELP!
CATALOG NUMBER		WRC E. 3112 / PCSM. 3071
RELEASE DATE		January 1973? / First Press
TRACK LISTING		SIDE 1		SIDE 2
		Help!		Act Naturally
		The Night Before		It's Only Love
		You've Got To Hide Your Love Away		You Like Me Too Much
		I Need You		Tell Me What You See
		Another Girl		I've Just Seen A Face
		You're Going To Lose That Girl		Yesterday
		Ticket To Ride		Dizzy Miss Lizzy
FRONT -->Click!		BACK -->Click!	SIDE 1 -->Click!	SIDE 2 -->Click!	DISK

INNER SLEEVE		FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
Original WRC paper sleeve (maybe)					Covers for this LP came without front "stereo" indicator.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP -->Click!
				Housed in a tri-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover.). Catalog No. "PCSM 3071" was printed at the right corner of the back cover (NO "Stereo" sticker). "LITHOED IN NEW ZEALAND" and "CSW" in the circle were printed at the top of the back cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
				"Copyright subsists in all records by virtue of the New Zealand Copyright Act 1962 and the Australian Copyright Act, 1912-1933. All rights under Copyright law are reserved." credit on the back bottom. Company name "His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd." was printed at the bottom.
LABEL CLOSE UP
					This pressing have been only a few hundred members yet EMI NZ released. The unique WRC catalog number was printed on the dark green Apple record labels only.
LABEL CLOSE UP
				"MADE IN NEW ZEALAND BY HIS MASTER'S VOICE (N.Z.) LIMITED." was printed at the outer rim.
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL		Apple Label with WRC Catalog Number
MIX		STEREO
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	YEX 168-1
	SIDE 2	YEX 169-1
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME	LABEL	HIS MASTER'S VOICE (N.Z.) LIMITED
	COVER	His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd.
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT		(P) 1965
COVER FORM		Single type. Housed in a tri-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover).
PRINTER CREDIT		LITHOED IN NEW ZEALAND by CSW (printing house)
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		Photography: Robert Freeman
INNER SLEEVE		Original WRC paper sleeve (maybe)
PRODUCER		George Martin
COMMENTS		The World Record Club (WRC) of New Zealand issued seven Beatles LP titles in 1973, five of which shared a common, sequential, catalogue designation and distributed on the Apple label. The five Apple-labeled titles were: A Hard Day's Night (WRC E3111) Help! (WRC E3112) Rubber Soul (WRC E3113) Revolver (WRC E3114) Abbey Road (WRC E3115) The WRC catalogue numbers were printed on the labels (above the standard EMI cat. number); but the sleeves were the regular retail version. This is the 1st. issue pressed by HIS MASTER'S VOICE (N.Z.) LIMITED. 2nd. issue pressed by EMI (N.Z.) Limited. His Master's Voice (HMV) was a subsidiary of EMI Music and was set up in the 1930s under the HMV name in New Zealand. It was, until the 1970s, the biggest manufacturer and distributor of records in New Zealand. In addition to its own labels, HMV, Parlophone, Regal Zonophone, Capitol, and Columbia, it manufactured many others including Decca, Warner Brothers and, at times, Atlantic. In 1973 the HMV label was rebranded worldwide as EMI.

#3-2 Help! (2nd. Press "E.M.I. press": WRC E. 3112 / PCSM. 7009)
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TITLE		HELP!
CATALOG NUMBER		WRC E. 3112 / PCSM. 3071
RELEASE DATE		mid 1973? / Second Press
TRACK LISTING		SIDE 1		SIDE 2
		Help!		Act Naturally
		The Night Before		It's Only Love
		You've Got To Hide Your Love Away		You Like Me Too Much
		I Need You		Tell Me What You See
		Another Girl		I've Just Seen A Face
		You're Going To Lose That Girl		Yesterday
		Ticket To Ride		Dizzy Miss Lizzy
FRONT -->Click!		BACK -->Click!	SIDE 1 -->Click!	SIDE 2 -->Click!	DISK

INNER SLEEVE		FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
Original WRC paper sleeve (maybe)					Covers for this LP came without front "stereo" indicator.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP -->Click!
				Housed in a tri-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover.). Catalog No. "PCSM 3071" was printed at the right corner of the back cover (NO "Stereo" sticker). "LITHOED IN NEW ZEALAND" and "CSW" in the circle were printed at the top of the back cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
				"Copyright subsists in all records by virtue of the New Zealand Copyright Act 1962 and the Australian Copyright Act, 1912-1933. All rights under Copyright law are reserved." credit on the back bottom. Company name "His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd." was printed at the bottom.
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1 CLOSE UP			#3-1 (1st. Press)	#3-2 (2nd. Press)	On both sides, the large number of the side-1 or side-2 indicator was added at the left side of the center hole.

LABEL CLOSE UP
		This pressing have been only a few hundred members yet EMI NZ released. The unique WRC catalog number was printed on the dark green Apple record labels only.
			"MANUFACTURED IN NEW ZEALAND BY E.M.I. (N.Z.) LIMITED." was printed at the outer rim.
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL		Apple Label with WRC Catalog Number
MIX		STEREO
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	YEX 168-1
	SIDE 2	YEX 169-1
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME	LABEL	E.M.I. (N.Z.) LIMITED
	COVER	His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd.
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT		(P) 1965
COVER FORM		Single type. Housed in a tri-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover).
PRINTER CREDIT		LITHOED IN NEW ZEALAND by CSW (printing house)
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		Photography: Robert Freeman
INNER SLEEVE		Original WRC paper sleeve (maybe)
PRODUCER		George Martin
COMMENTS		The World Record Club (WRC) of New Zealand issued seven Beatles LP titles in 1973, five of which shared a common, sequential, catalogue designation and distributed on the Apple label. The five Apple-labeled titles were: A Hard Day's Night (WRC E3111) Help! (WRC E3112) Rubber Soul (WRC E3113) Revolver (WRC E3114) Abbey Road (WRC E3115) The WRC catalogue numbers were printed on the labels (above the standard EMI cat. number); but the sleeves were the regular retail version. This is the 2nd. issue pressed by E.M.I. (N.Z.) LIMITED. 1st. issue pressed by His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Limited. His Master's Voice (HMV) was a subsidiary of EMI Music and was set up in the 1930s under the HMV name in New Zealand. It was, until the 1970s, the biggest manufacturer and distributor of records in New Zealand. In addition to its own labels, HMV, Parlophone, Regal Zonophone, Capitol, and Columbia, it manufactured many others including Decca, Warner Brothers and, at times, Atlantic. In 1973 the HMV label was rebranded worldwide as EMI.

#4-1 Rubber Soul (1st. Press "His Master's Voice press": WRC E. 3113 / PCSM. 3075)
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TITLE		RUBBER SOUL
CATALOG NUMBER		WRC E. 3113 / PCSM. 3075
RELEASE DATE		January 1973? / First Press
TRACK LISTING		SIDE 1		SIDE 2
		Drive My Car		What Goes On
		Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)		Girl
		You Won't See Me		I'm Looking Through You
		Nowhere Man		In My Life
		Think For Yourself		Wait
		The Word		If I Needed Someone
		Michelle		Run For Your Life
FRONT -->Click!		BACK -->Click!	SIDE 1 -->Click!	SIDE 2 -->Click!	DISK

INNER SLEEVE		FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
Original WRC paper sleeve (maybe)				In the original photo taken for the cover, there is a loose thread on right shoulder of John's jacket. This was airbrushed out on most covers in the U.K. Some countries did not alter the photo (ex. Mexico)
BACK COVER CLOSE UP -->Click!
				Housed in a tri-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover.). Catalog No. "PCSM 3075" was printed at the right corner of the back cover (NO "Stereo" sticker). "LITHOED IN NEW ZEALAND" and "CSW" in the circle were printed at the top of the back cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
				"Copyright subsists in all records by virtue of the New Zealand Copyright Act 1962 and the Australian Copyright Act, 1912-1933. All rights under Copyright law are reserved." credit on the back bottom. Company name "His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd." was printed at the bottom.
LABEL CLOSE UP
					This pressing have been only a few hundred members yet EMI NZ released. The unique WRC catalog number was printed on the dark green Apple record labels only.
LABEL CLOSE UP
				"MADE IN NEW ZEALAND BY HIS MASTER'S VOICE (N.Z.) LIMITED." was printed at the outer rim.
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL		Apple Label with WRC Catalog Number
MIX		STEREO
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	YEX 178-2
	SIDE 2	YEX 179-2
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME	LABEL	HIS MASTER'S VOICE (N.Z.) LIMITED
	COVER	His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd.
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT		(P) 1965
COVER FORM		Single type. Housed in a tri-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover).
PRINTER CREDIT		LITHOED IN NEW ZEALAND by CSW (printing house)
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		Photography: Robert Freeman
INNER SLEEVE		Original WRC paper sleeve (maybe)
PRODUCER		George Martin
COMMENTS		The World Record Club (WRC) of New Zealand issued seven Beatles LP titles in 1973, five of which shared a common, sequential, catalogue designation and distributed on the Apple label. The five Apple-labeled titles were: A Hard Day's Night (WRC E3111) Help! (WRC E3112) Rubber Soul (WRC E3113) Revolver (WRC E3114) Abbey Road (WRC E3115) The WRC catalogue numbers were printed on the labels (above the standard EMI cat. number); but the sleeves were the regular retail version. This is the 1st. issue pressed by HIS MASTER'S VOICE (N.Z.) LIMITED. 2nd. issue pressed by EMI (N.Z.) Limited. His Master's Voice (HMV) was a subsidiary of EMI Music and was set up in the 1930s under the HMV name in New Zealand. It was, until the 1970s, the biggest manufacturer and distributor of records in New Zealand. In addition to its own labels, HMV, Parlophone, Regal Zonophone, Capitol, and Columbia, it manufactured many others including Decca, Warner Brothers and, at times, Atlantic. In 1973 the HMV label was rebranded worldwide as EMI.

#5-1 Revolver (2nd. Press "E.M.I. Press": WRC E. 3114 / PCSM. 7009)
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TITLE		REVOLVER
CATALOG NUMBER		WRC E. 3114 / PCSM. 7009
RELEASE DATE		mid. 1973? / Second Press
TRACK LISTING		SIDE 1		SIDE 2
		Taxman		Good Day Sunshine
		Eleanor Rigby		And Your Bird Can Sing
		I'm Only Sleeping		For No One
		Love You Too		Dr. Robert
		Here, There And Everywhere		I Want To Tell You
		Yellow Submarine		Got To Get You Into My Life
		She Said She Said		Tomorrow Never Knows
FRONT -->Click!		BACK -->Click!	SIDE 1 -->Click!	SIDE 2 -->Click!	DISK

INNER SLEEVE -->Click!			FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
					Covers for this LP came without front "mono" indicator.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
				Housed in a tri-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover.). Catalog No. "PCSM 7009" was printed at the right corner of the back cover (NO "Stereo" sticker).
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
				"Copyright subsists in all records by virtue of the New Zealand Copyright Act 1962 and the Australian Copyright Act, 1912-1933. All rights under Copyright law are reserved." credit on the back bottom. Company name "His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd." was printed at the bottom.
LABEL CLOSE UP
					This pressing have been only a few hundred members yet EMI NZ released. The unique WRC catalog number was printed on the dark green Apple record labels only.
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1		SIDE 2	COVER	1) About the song title of the 4th song on side-1, this label was printed "LOVE YOU TOO" instead of "Love You To", however, the title on the album cover still remained. 2) About the song title of the 4th song on side-1, this label was printed "DR. ROBERT".

LABEL CLOSE UP
				"MANUFACTURED IN NEW ZEALAND BY E.M.I. (N.Z.) LIMITED was printed at the outer rim.
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL		Apple Label with WRC Catalog Number
MIX		STEREO
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	YEX 605-1
	SIDE 2	YEX 606-1
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME	LABEL	E.M.I. (N.Z.) LIMITED
	COVER	His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd.
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT		(P) 1966
COVER FORM		Single type. Housed in a tri-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover).
PRINTER CREDIT		-
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		Front cover features artwork by Klaus Voormann Rear cover photograph is by Robert Whittaker
INNER SLEEVE		World Record Club original inner sleeve
PRODUCER		George Martin
COMMENTS		The World Record Club (WRC) of New Zealand issued seven Beatles LP titles in 1973, five of which shared a common, sequential, catalogue designation and distributed on the Apple label. The five Apple-labeled titles were: A Hard Day's Night (WRC E3111) Help! (WRC E3112) Rubber Soul (WRC E3113) Revolver (WRC E3114) Abbey Road (WRC E3115) The WRC catalogue numbers were printed on the labels (above the standard EMI cat. number); but the sleeves were the regular retail version. This is the 2nd. issue pressed by E.M.I. (N.Z.) LIMITED. 1st. issue pressed by His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Limited. His Master's Voice (HMV) was a subsidiary of EMI Music and was set up in the 1930s under the HMV name in New Zealand. It was, until the 1970s, the biggest manufacturer and distributor of records in New Zealand. In addition to its own labels, HMV, Parlophone, Regal Zonophone, Capitol, and Columbia, it manufactured many others including Decca, Warner Brothers and, at times, Atlantic. In 1973 the HMV label was rebranded worldwide as EMI.

#6-1 Abbey Road (2nd. Press "E.M.I. press / Catalog No. in Blue": WRC E. 3115 / PCSM. 7088)
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TITLE		ABBEY ROAD
CATALOG NUMBER		WRC E. 3115 / PCSM. 7088
RELEASE DATE		mid. 1973? / Second Press
TRACK LISTING		SIDE 1		SIDE 2
		Come Together		Here Comes The Sun
		Something		Because
		Maxwell's Silver Hammer		You Never Give Me Your Money
		Oh! Daring		Sun King
		Octopus's Garden		Mean Mr. Mustard
		I Want You (She's So Heavy)		Polythene Pam
				She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
				Golden Slumbers
				Carry That Wait
				The End
				Her Majesty
FRONT -->Click!		BACK -->Click!	SIDE 1 -->Click!	SIDE 2 -->Click!	DISK

INNER SLEEVE		BACK COVER CLOSE UP
				Housed in a tri-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover.). Catalog No. "PCSM 7088" was printed in blue at the right corner of the back cover. The WRC catalogue numbers were printed on the labels (above the standard EMI cat. number); but the sleeves were the regular retail version.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
					APPLE RECORDS" logo and EMI logo mark were printed at the bottom of the back cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
				"Copyright subsists in all records by virtue of the New Zealand Copyright Act 1962 and the Australian Copyright Act, 1912-1933. All rights under Copyright law are reserved." credit on the back bottom. Company name "His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd." was printed at the bottom.
LABEL CLOSE UP
					This pressing have been only a few hundred members yet EMI NZ released. The unique WRC catalog number was printed on the dark green Apple record labels only.
LABEL AND BACK COVER CLOSE UP
LABEL			COVER	"AN E.M.I. RECORDING" was printed at the center of the label. Side-2's label credits "Her Majesty", but the sleeve doesn't have it.

LABEL CLOSE UP
				"MANUFACTURED IN NEW ZEALAND BY E.M.I. (N.Z.) LIMITED was printed at the outer rim.
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL		Apple Label with WRC Catalog Number
MIX		STEREO
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	YEX749-2
	SIDE 2	YEX750-1
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME	LABEL	E.M.I. (N.Z.) LIMITED
	COVER	His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd.
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT		(P) 1969
COVER FORM		Single type. Housed in a tri-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover).
PRINTER CREDIT		-
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		Photo: Iain Macmillan
INNER SLEEVE		Plain white inner sleeve (maybe)
PRODUCER		George Martin
COMMENTS		The World Record Club (WRC) of New Zealand issued seven Beatles LP titles in 1973, five of which shared a common, sequential, catalogue designation and distributed on the Apple label. The five Apple-labeled titles were: A Hard Day's Night (WRC E3111) Help! (WRC E3112) Rubber Soul (WRC E3113) Revolver (WRC E3114) Abbey Road (WRC E3115) The WRC catalogue numbers were printed on the labels (above the standard EMI cat. number); but the sleeves were the regular retail version. This is the 2nd. issue pressed by E.M.I. (N.Z.) LIMITED. 1st. issue pressed by His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Limited. "AN E.M.I. RECORDING" was printed at the center of the label. Side-2's label credits "Her Majesty", but the sleeve doesn't have it. Cover type-1 (1st. Press): Laminated flipback HMV, catalog number in white at the upper right of the back cover. Cover type-2 (2nd. Press): Laminated flipback HMV, catalog number in blue at the upper right of the back cover. His Master's Voice (HMV) was a subsidiary of EMI Music and was set up in the 1930s under the HMV name in New Zealand. It was, until the 1970s, the biggest manufacturer and distributor of records in New Zealand. In addition to its own labels, HMV, Parlophone, Regal Zonophone, Capitol, and Columbia, it manufactured many others including Decca, Warner Brothers and, at times, Atlantic. In 1973 the HMV label was rebranded worldwide as EMI.

#7-1 Magical Mystery Tour And Other Splendid Hits (1st. Press "Green 'Strobe' Label / STEREO": SLZ 8308)
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TITLE		MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR AND OTHER SPLENDID HITS
CATALOG NUMBER		SLZ 8308
RELEASE DATE		mid 1970? / First Press
TRACK LISTING		SIDE 1		SIDE 2
		Magical Mystery Tour		Hello Goodbye
		The Fool On The Hill		Strawberry Fields Forever
		Flying		Penny Lane
		Blue Jay Way		Baby You're A Rich Man
		Your Mother Should Know		All You Need Is Love
		I Am The Walrus ("No, you're not!" said Little Nicola)
FRONT -->Click!		BACK -->Click!	SIDE 1 -->Click!	SIDE 2 -->Click!	DISK

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				"World Record Club" original inner sleeve.
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			The picture is very similar to the Australian edition, but there is a large WRC / EMI logo over the white piano.
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			Housed in a tri-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover.). Catalog No. "SLZ 8308" was printed at the right corner of the back cover.
				"LITHOED IN NEW ZEALAND" and "CSW" in the circle were printed at the top of the back cover.
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				"Copyright subsists in all records by virtue of the New Zealand Copyright Act 1962 and the Australian Copyright Act, 1912-1933. All rights under Copyright law are reserved." credit on the back bottom. Company name "His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd." was printed at the bottom.
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The original New Zealand WRC version has the green 'strobe' labels on the LP, and a sleeve with the SLZ 8308 number and NZ WRC addresses on the back.
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				The original New Zealand World Record Club pressing dates from mid 1970, on the New Zealand version of the green 'strobe' label.
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			Publisher's name "NORTHERN SONGS" was printed at the bottom of the label.
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LABEL		World Record Club / The green 'strobe' label
MIX		STEREO
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	SMAL-1-2835 –B24 (hand writing)
	SIDE 2	SMAL-2-2835-A23 #4 (hand writing)
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME	LABEL	World Record Club
	COVER	His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd.
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT		-
COVER FORM		Single type. Housed in a tri-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover).
PRINTER CREDIT		LITHOED IN NEW ZEALAND by CSW (printing house)
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		Cover Photo: The Beatles perform ‘I Am The Walrus’ for the film Magical Mystery Tour. West Malling Air Station, Kent, England. September 20, 1967
INNER SLEEVE		World Record Club original inner sleeve
PRODUCER		George Martin
COMMENTS		FIrst Press: New Zealand World Record Club Issue with single sleeve. The picture is very similar to the Australian edition, but there is a large World Record Club/EMI logo over the white piano. And the rear is different too. The Australian cover is printed in colour, while in New Zealand it was black and white. The original New Zealand WRC version has the green 'strobe' labels on the LP, and a sleeve with the SLZ 8308 number and NZ WRC addresses on the back. The disc was pressed by HMV New Zealand for WRC using stampers cut from the US mothers. 1st. Press: SLZ 8308 (STEREO) /1970? / Light Blue Label / SMAL-1-2835 –B24 & SMAL-2-2835-A23 #4 2nd. Press: SLZ 8308 (STEREO) /1970? / Orange and Grey Label without STEREO indicator / SLZ 8308-A. & SLZ 8308-B. 3rd. Press: SLZ 8308 (STEREO) /1970? / Orange and Grey Label with STEREO indicator / SMAL-1-2835 –B24 & SMAL-2-2835-A23 #4 4th. Press: SLZ 8308 (STEREO) 1970's? Yellow/orange sunburst label His Master's Voice (HMV) was a subsidiary of EMI Music and was set up in the 1930s under the HMV name in New Zealand. It was, until the 1970s, the biggest manufacturer and distributor of records in New Zealand. In addition to its own labels, HMV, Parlophone, Regal Zonophone, Capitol, and Columbia, it manufactured many others including Decca, Warner Brothers and, at times, Atlantic. In 1973 the HMV label was rebranded worldwide as EMI.

#7-2 Magical Mystery Tour And Other Splendid Hits (2nd. Press "Orange & Grey Label without STEREO Indicator": SLZ 8308)
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TITLE		MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR AND OTHER SPLENDID HITS
CATALOG NUMBER		SLZ 8308
RELEASE DATE		1970? / Second Press?
TRACK LISTING		SIDE 1		SIDE 2
		Magical Mystery Tour		Hello Goodbye
		The Fool On The Hill		Strawberry Fields Forever
		Flying		Penny Lane
		Blue Jay Way		Baby You're A Rich Man
		Your Mother Should Know		All You Need Is Love
		I Am The Walrus ("No, you're not!" said Little Nicola)
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INNER SLEEVE				FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
			"World Record Club" original inner sleeve.		The picture is very similar to the Australian edition, but there is a large WRC / EMI logo over the white piano.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
				Housed in a tri-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover.). Catalog No. "SLZ 8308" was printed at the right corner of the back cover. "LITHOED IN NEW ZEALAND" and "CSW" in the circle were printed at the top of the back cover. The Australian cover is printed in colour, while in New Zealand it was black and white.
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			"Copyright subsists in all records by virtue of the New Zealand Copyright Act 1962 and the Australian Copyright Act, 1912-1933. All rights under Copyright law are reserved." credit on the back bottom. Company name "His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd." was printed at the bottom.
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					World Record Club and EMI logo was printed at the bottom of the back cover. Gold sticker "STEREO" in black ink was pasted at the bottom of the back cover,
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					World Record International office address was printed at the bottom.
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					The disc was pressed by HMV New Zealand for WRC using stampers cut from the US mothers. Without "STEREO" indicator on the label.
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			Publisher's name "NORTHERN SONGS" was printed at the bottom of the label.
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LABEL		World Record Club / Orange and Grey Label with STEREO indicator
MIX		STEREO
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	SLZ 8308-A. (hand writing)
	SIDE 2	SLZ 8308-B. (hand writing)
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME	LABEL	World Record Club
	COVER	His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd.
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT		-
COVER FORM		Single type. Housed in a tri-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover).
PRINTER CREDIT		LITHOED IN NEW ZEALAND by CSW (printing house)
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		Cover Photo: The Beatles perform ‘I Am The Walrus’ for the film Magical Mystery Tour. West Malling Air Station, Kent, England. September 20, 1967
INNER SLEEVE		World Record Club original inner sleeve
PRODUCER		George Martin
COMMENTS		Second Press: New Zealand World Record Club Issue with single sleeve. The picture is very similar to the Australian edition, but there is a large World Record Club/EMI logo over the white piano. And the rear is different too. The Australian cover is printed in colour, while in New Zealand it was black and white. The disc was pressed by HMV New Zealand for WRC using stampers cut from the US mothers. 1st. Press: SLZ 8308 (STEREO) /1970? / Light Blue Label / SMAL-1-2835 –B24 & SMAL-2-2835-A23 #4 2nd. Press: SLZ 8308 (STEREO) /1970? / Orange and Grey Label without STEREO indicator / SLZ 8308-A. & SLZ 8308-B. 3rd. Press: SLZ 8308 (STEREO) /1970? / Orange and Grey Label with STEREO indicator / SMAL-1-2835 –B24 & SMAL-2-2835-A23 #4 4th. Press: SLZ 8308 (STEREO) 1970's? Yellow/orange sunburst label His Master's Voice (HMV) was a subsidiary of EMI Music and was set up in the 1930s under the HMV name in New Zealand. It was, until the 1970s, the biggest manufacturer and distributor of records in New Zealand. In addition to its own labels, HMV, Parlophone, Regal Zonophone, Capitol, and Columbia, it manufactured many others including Decca, Warner Brothers and, at times, Atlantic. In 1973 the HMV label was rebranded worldwide as EMI.

#7-3 Magical Mystery Tour And Other Splendid Hits (3rd. Press "Orange & Grey Label with STEREO Indicator": SLZ 8308)
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TITLE		MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR AND OTHER SPLENDID HITS
CATALOG NUMBER		SLZ 8308
RELEASE DATE		1970? / Third Press?
TRACK LISTING		SIDE 1		SIDE 2
		Magical Mystery Tour		Hello Goodbye
		The Fool On The Hill		Strawberry Fields Forever
		Flying		Penny Lane
		Blue Jay Way		Baby You're A Rich Man
		Your Mother Should Know		All You Need Is Love
		I Am The Walrus ("No, you're not!" said Little Nicola)
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INNER SLEEVE				FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
			"World Record Club" original inner sleeve.		The picture is very similar to the Australian edition, but there is a large WRC / EMI logo over the white piano.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
				Housed in a tri-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover.). Catalog No. "SLZ 8308" was printed at the right corner of the back cover. "LITHOED IN NEW ZEALAND" and "CSW" in the circle were printed at the top of the back cover. The Australian cover is printed in colour, while in New Zealand it was black and white.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
			"Copyright subsists in all records by virtue of the New Zealand Copyright Act 1962 and the Australian Copyright Act, 1912-1933. All rights under Copyright law are reserved." credit on the back bottom. Company name "His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd." was printed at the bottom.
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			World Record Club and EMI logo was printed at the bottom of the back cover. World Record International office address was printed at the bottom.
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#7-2 2nd. Press			#7-3 3rd. Press (=this record)		On the third pressing labels, added "STEREO" indicator above the WRC logo.

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			The disc was pressed by HMV New Zealand for WRC using stampers cut from the US mothers. Matrix No.: SMAL-1-2835 –B24 & SMAL-2-2835-A23 #4
				Publisher's name "NORTHERN SONGS" was printed at the bottom of the label.
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL		World Record Club / Orange and Grey Label with "STEREO" indicator
MIX		STEREO
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	SMAL-1-2835-B24 (hand writing)
	SIDE 2	SMAL-2-2835-A23 #4 (hand writing)
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME	LABEL	World Record Club
	COVER	His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd.
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT		-
COVER FORM		Single type. Housed in a tri-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover).
PRINTER CREDIT		LITHOED IN NEW ZEALAND by CSW (printing house)
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		Cover Photo: The Beatles perform ‘I Am The Walrus’ for the film Magical Mystery Tour. West Malling Air Station, Kent, England. September 20, 1967
INNER SLEEVE		World Record Club original inner sleeve
PRODUCER		George Martin
COMMENTS		Second Press: New Zealand World Record Club Issue with single sleeve. The picture is very similar to the Australian edition, but there is a large World Record Club/EMI logo over the white piano. And the rear is different too. The Australian cover is printed in colour, while in New Zealand it was black and white. The disc was pressed by HMV New Zealand for WRC using stampers cut from the US mothers. 1st. Press: SLZ 8308 (STEREO) /1970? / Light Blue Label / SMAL-1-2835 –B24 & SMAL-2-2835-A23 #4 2nd. Press: SLZ 8308 (STEREO) /1970? / Orange and Grey Label without STEREO indicator / SLZ 8308-A. & SLZ 8308-B. 3rd. Press: SLZ 8308 (STEREO) /1970? / Orange and Grey Label with STEREO indicator / SMAL-1-2835 –B24 & SMAL-2-2835-A23 #4 4th. Press: SLZ 8308 (STEREO) 1970's? Yellow/orange sunburst label His Master's Voice (HMV) was a subsidiary of EMI Music and was set up in the 1930s under the HMV name in New Zealand. It was, until the 1970s, the biggest manufacturer and distributor of records in New Zealand. In addition to its own labels, HMV, Parlophone, Regal Zonophone, Capitol, and Columbia, it manufactured many others including Decca, Warner Brothers and, at times, Atlantic. In 1973 the HMV label was rebranded worldwide as EMI.