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| EMI Original
Cartridge |
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TITLE
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THE BEATLES |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | 8X2-PCS 8501 | |||
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RELEASE DATE
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August 1971 / First Issue | |||
| TRACK LISTING | PROGRAM 1 | PROGRAM 3 |
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| Back In The U.S.S.R. [A1] |
Everybody Got Something To Hide Except Me
And My Monkey [C4] |
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| Dear Prudence [A2] |
Sexy Sadie [C5] |
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| Glass Onion [A3] |
Helter Skelter [C6] |
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| Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da [A4] |
Revolution 1 [D1] |
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| Wild Honey Pie [A5] |
Honey Pie [D2] |
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| The Continuing Story Of Bungalow
Bill [A6] |
Savoy Truffle [D3] |
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| While My Guitar Gently Weeps
[A7] |
Good Night [D7] | |||
| Martha My Dear [B1] | ||||
| PROGRAM 2 |
PROGRAM 4 |
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| I'm So Tired [B2] |
Happiness Is A Warm Gun [A8] |
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| Blackbird [B3] |
Birthday [C1] |
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| Piggies [B4] |
Yer Blues [C2] |
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| Rocky Raccoon [B5] |
Mother Nature's Son [C3] |
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| Don't Pass Me By [B6] |
Cry Baby Cry [D4] |
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| Why Don't We Do It In The Road?
[B7] |
(" Can You Take Me Back...") [D5] |
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| I will [B8] |
Revolution 9 [D6] | |||
| Julia [B9] |
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| Long, Long, Long [C7] | ||||
| CASSETTE CASE AND TAPE |
CASE FRONT | CASE BACK | TAPE FRONT | TAPE BACK |
| Released in generic cardboard EMI case (maybe) (Sorry, I don't have it) |
Released in generic cardboard EMI case (maybe) (Sorry, I don't have it) |
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| cardboard EMI case (maybe) | The first UK issue of "The Beatles" has white and black label
with black shell. |
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| LABEL |
LABEL: FRONT | LABEL: BACK |
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| This cartridge
is a black plastic case with a white and black paper label
affixed to the front face. |
With a white
paper label affixed to the front face and end. Album title,
catalog number, and the four 'programmes' with track listing
is printed in black. |
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| LABEL: BACK CLOSE UP | ||||
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Catalog number "8X2-PCS 8501" and the EMI country code (*1) were printed on the label. |  |
Printer company's name and relrease date "7108 DP (Data Packaging)" was printed at the bottom of the label. |
| LABEL: BACK CLOSE UP | ||||
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| "E.M.I Records
(The Gramophone Company Ltd)" and "Made and Printed in Great
Britain" were printed at the bottom of the label. Parlophone and EMI logomark was NOT printed. |
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| LABEL: BACK CLOSE UP | ||||
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EMI originally issued the Beatles UK albums on 8-track tape with re-arranged running orders, the reason for this was that because of the 8-track stereo tapes, it was necessary to adjust the endless tape's four tracks to be approximately the same length. | |||
| LABEL: BOTTOM CLOSE UP | ||||
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Catalogue number and album
title was printed at the end of the label. |
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| OTHER ITEM | ||||
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| LABEL | White and Black Label | |||
| MIX | STEREO | |||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | EMI Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd) | |||
| CENTRAL REMARK "SOLD IN U.K." |
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| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | (P) 1968 | |||
| SHELL | Black Shell |
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| CARTRIDGE CASE |
Plastic
tape protector fitted to the top of the cartridge, and
released in generic cardboard EMI case (sorry, I don't have
it) |
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| PRINTER CREDIT | 7108 DP (Data Packaging Corporation**) |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Art Design: Richard Hamilton,Gordon House
and Jeremy Banks |
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| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | This cartridge is a black
plastic shell with a white and Black label
affixed to the front face. The four 'programmes' with track
listing is printed in black along with the standard color
artwork for this album. "IE" catalogue number (*1) in addition to the ordinary "8X2-PCS 8501" EMI catalogue number. The 8 track cartridge format was jointly developed by Ampex Magnetic Company, RCA Records and Lear Jet Company primarily as a dashboard-based music system for the booming car market. The format was launched in the USA in September 1965, with RCA Victor releasing 175 titles and the Ford Motor Company announcing the format as an option on many of its new 1966 car models. Not long after, players designed for the home began to appear, often incorporated into Reel-to-Reel players. 8 track stereo cartridges comprised four parallel pairs of two-channel stereo programmes: tracks 1 and 5 comprised the first section, 2 and 6 the second, 3 and 7 the third, and 4 and 8 the fourth section. Tracks 1 through 4 were heard through the left speaker while tracks 5 through 8 were heard through the right speaker. All four sections were approximately equal in length and played automatically in sequence. The similar section length often meant that albums had to be re-sequenced to fit the medium, or, in some instances, having songs added, edited or repeated. Conversely, it could also result in long periods of silence between sections. The original Beatles 8 track cartridge release of "Sgt. Peppers" in Oct. or Nov. 1969, through "Abbey Road (Nov. 1969)", "Let It Be (August 1970)", and the first release of most of the other Beatles 8 track albums in Sept. and Oct, 1970, just months after EMI opened their new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes in Middlesex in July, 1970. EMI UK commence manufacture of cartridges in November 1969 (maybe). The cassette and 8-track were released at the same time. (Excluding "Sgt. peppers")
(*1) EMI country code: The EMI country codes (introduced on 1 June, 1969): In most cases the EMI Codes are the first two letters of the record's catalog#. These EMI Country Codes were used to indicate the country in which the record was pressed. Note this doesn't necessarily means the record was also released in that country (from Discog). OC / 0C / 1E= UK (**)Data Packaging Corporation: (who also traded as Hellerman Data Packaging Ltd) supplied cassette and 8 track shells, tape and other components to the music industry. The "DP" logo can often be found moulded into cassette shells, especially during the early to mid 1970s. |
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