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#5 Musicassette Release Information "New Records From EMI" (September 1970)
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New Records from EMI (September 1970)
SHEET: FRONT Musicassette Pages
 EMI Original Promotional dealer leaflet.
This promotional leaflet would detail the forthcoming September 1970 Records, Musicassettes, Reel to Reel, and 8-track cartridges releases.
It says that cassette tapes and 8-tracks of "Rubber Soul", "Revolver", and "A Collection Of Beatles' Oldies" will be released at the same time on this September.
sleeve images
SHEET: BACK
 8-Track Information: CLOSE UP
 Cassette Tape Information: CLOSE UP
sleeve sleeve sleeve


#5-1 Revolver (1st Issue "Lemon Yellow Paper Label NO Parlophone logo/ shell with three windows": TC-PCS 7009)
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TITLE
 REVOLVER
CATALOG NUMBER TC-PCS 7009 / 1E 262 o 04097
RELEASE DATE
 September 1970 / First Issue
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Good Day Sunshine [B1]
 Eleanor Rigby [A2]
And Your Bird Can Sing [B2] Here, There And Everywhere [A5]
Doctor Robert [B4] For No One [B3]
Want To Tell You [B5] (*as printed on the inlay) Got To Get You Into My Life [B6]
Taxman [A1] Love You To [A4]
I'm Only Sleeping [A3] She Said She Said [A7]
Yellow Submarine [A6] Tomorrow Never Knows [B7]
CASSETTE CASE
AND
TAPE
 CASE FRONT CASE BACK SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click!
label label label label
The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases) were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black plastic at the rear.
 The first UK issue of "Revolver" has Lemon Yellow paper label without Parlophone logo.
It has a shell with three windows.
INLAY

 INLAY: FRONT INLAY: INSIDE
label label
This foldover inlay has a black spine and a black panel above the front-cover image. The track listings were printed on the reverse, while the foldover advertised other available Beatles and solo cassettes.
INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP
sleeve The circular 1 7/8 " I.P.S. mark was printed on the spine.
The standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1 ⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second).
 sleeve The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay while the foldovers advertised other available Beatles cassettes.
INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP
sleeve The rearranged cassette running order was most likely related to the need to balance the playing times of the four programs on the 8-track edition produced alongside it.
INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP
sleeve		 Catalog number "TC-PCS 7009" and the EMI country code (*1) were printed on the inlay. sleeve The recording published credit "℗ 1966" statement was printed at the left corner of the inlay.
The printer's code "7009 G & L" was printed at the bottom of the inlay. It is thought to indicate September 1970 and Garrod & Lofthouse.
sleeve sleeve
INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP
label label sleeve
The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. EMI originally issued the Beatles UK albums on cassette tape with re-arranged running orders.
The inlay lists track 4 on Side 1 as "Want To Tell You", omitting the initial "I" from "I Want To Tell You".
"E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at the bottom of the inside of the inlay.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label sleeve The 1st cassette was issued without £ Parlophone logo.  NO "1E" catalog number in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7009" EMI catalog number.
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1
 SIDE 2
 The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. EMI originally issued the Beatles UK albums on cassette tape with re-arranged running orders.
Has the shell with three windows.
label label
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Lemon Yellow Paper Label NO Parlophone logo
MIX STEREO
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME EMI Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.) / An E.M.I. Recording
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K."		 -
RECORDING  PUBLISHED CREDIT ℗ 1966
INLAY FORM Foldover inlay with a black spine and a black panel above the front-cover image
SHELL Light Gray Shell with three windows (possibly supplied by Data Packaging Corporation, as suggested by the molded "dp" logo)
CASSETTE CASE
 "Norelco" cases: clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black plastic at the rear.
PRINTER CREDIT Made and Printed in Great Britain / 7009 G & L
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Front cover features artwork by Klaus Voormann
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS The original Beatles cassette release of "Sgt. Pepper's" in October 1967, through "Abbey Road (November 1969?)", "Let It Be (August 1970)", and the first release of most of the other Beatles cassette albums in Sept. and Oct, 1970, just months after EMI opened their new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes in Middlesex in July, 1970.
  • Sept. 1970: Rubber Soul, Revolver and A Collection of Beatles Oldies
  • Oct.1970: Please Please Me, With The Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, Beatles For Sale, and Help!
  • The Beatles White Album was released in August 1971.
  • Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine were to be first issued under later, post-January 1972, subsequent and different inlay designs.
Between 1967 and June 1970, EMI's early musicassettes were manufactured by the Dutch firm, Philips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette.
EMI opened its new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes, Middlesex in July 1970.

These cassettes had bright yellow paper labels. Logo styles varied by period and copy, including the original Parlophone logo, the black-boxed EMI/Parlophone logo, and labels without a logo. The absence of a logo on some labels may have been due to a shortage of costly letterpress blocks.

The white inlay design of Let It Be provided the template for most subsequent Beatles cassette releases.
Most Beatles cassette releases in 1970 and 1971 used white inlays with a small reproduction of the album cover, but no additional artwork or original liner notes.

The codes 7010 and 7009 on the inside of the inlay are thought to indicate its printing date (October and September 1970, respectively), followed by the printer's initials: EJD, G&L or DP (Ernest J. Day, Garrod & Lofthouse or Data Packaging). An inlay's printing date does not necessarily establish when the cassette itself was issued. Advertising for other Beatles/solo albums was on the foldover front, and the EMI UK catalog no. (TC-PCS-XXXX) was on the front cover at the top and on the spine. The spine also carried the tape speed, 1&7/8 ths in a circular logo style at the top.
The two exceptions to this rule were Revolver and The Beatles (the White Album). Revolver had a black spine and a black panel above the front-cover image, while the White Album was issued in a box-style package without an inlay. Subsequent Beatles cassette releases used the standard white inlay design.

The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases) were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black plastic at the rear.

The rearranged cassette running order was most likely related to the need to balance the playing times of the four programs on the 8-track edition produced alongside it.

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 molded into cassette shells, especially during the early to mid 1970s.

(*1) EMI country code: 1E 262 o 04097
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 mean the record was also released in that country (from Discogs).
OC / 0C / 1E= UK


#5-2 Revolver (Crossover Issue "Lemon Yellow Paper Label with EMI logo Type-1 (New Track Layout on Side-2)": TC-PCS 7009)
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TITLE
 REVOLVER
CATALOG NUMBER TC-PCS 7009 / 1E 262 o 04097
RELEASE DATE
 Late 1971? / Crossover Issue
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Good Day Sunshine [B1]
 Eleanor Rigby [A2]
And Your Bird Can Sing [B2] Here, There And Everywhere [A5]
Doctor Robert [B4] For No One [B3]
Want To Tell You [B5] (*as printed on the inlay) Got To Get You Into My Life [B6]
Taxman [A1] Love You To [A4]
I'm Only Sleeping [A3] She Said She Said [A7]
Yellow Submarine [A6] Tomorrow Never Knows [B7]
CASSETTE CASE
AND
TAPE
 CASE FRONT CASE BACK SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click!
label label label label
The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases) were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black plastic at the rear.
 This UK issue of "Revolver" has Lemon Yellow paper label with EMI/Parlophone logo
INLAY

 INLAY: FRONT INLAY: INSIDE
label label
This foldover inlay has a black spine and a black panel above the front-cover image. The track listings were printed on the reverse, while the foldover advertised other available Beatles and solo cassettes.
INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP
sleeve The circular 1 7/8 " I.P.S. mark was printed on the spine.
The standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1 ⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second).
 sleeve The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay while the foldovers advertised other available Beatles cassettes.
INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP
sleeve The rearranged cassette running order was most likely related to the need to balance the playing times of the four programs on the 8-track edition produced alongside it.
INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP
sleeve		 Catalog number "TC-PCS 7009" and the EMI country code (*1) were printed on the inlay. sleeve The recording published credit "℗ 1966" statement was printed at the left corner of the inlay.
The printer's code "7009 G & L" was printed at the bottom of the inlay. It is thought to indicate September 1970 and Garrod & Lofthouse.
sleeve sleeve
INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP
label label sleeve
The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. EMI originally issued the Beatles UK albums on cassette tape with re-arranged running orders.
The inlay lists track 4 on Side 1 as "Want To Tell You", omitting the initial "I" from "I Want To Tell You".
 "E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at the bottom of the inside of the inlay.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label sleeve Had the new style black boxed EMI/Parlophone logo.
NO "1E" catalog number in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7009" EMI catalog number.
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1
 SIDE 2
 EMI originally issued the Beatles UK albums on cassette tape with re-arranged running orders.
The track layout of the label was revised on Side 2.
label label
LABEL CLOSE UP
sleeve sleeve "Made in England" was embossed on the shell.
The "DP (*2)" logo was embossed on the cassette shells.
OTHER ITEM
-

LABEL Lemon Yellow Paper Label with EMI/Parlophone logo in black box
MIX STEREO
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME EMI Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.) / An E.M.I. Recording
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K."		 -
RECORDING  PUBLISHED CREDIT ℗ 1966
INLAY FORM Foldover inlay with a black spine and a black panel above the front-cover image
SHELL Light Gray Shell / embossed "MADE IN ENGLAND" and "dp" logo mark
CASSETTE CASE
 "Norelco" cases: clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black plastic at the rear.
PRINTER CREDIT Made and Printed in Great Britain / 7009 G & L
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Front cover features artwork by Klaus Voormann
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS The original Beatles cassette release of "Sgt. Pepper's" in October 1967, through "Abbey Road (November 1969?)", "Let It Be (August 1970)", and the first release of most of the other Beatles cassette albums in Sept. and Oct, 1970, just months after EMI opened their new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes in Middlesex in July, 1970.
  • Sept. 1970: Rubber Soul, Revolver and A Collection of Beatles Oldies
  • Oct.1970: Please Please Me, With The Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, Beatles For Sale, and Help!
  • The Beatles White Album was released in August 1971.
  • Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine were to be first issued under later, post-January 1972, subsequent and different inlay designs.
Between 1967 and June 1970, EMI's early musicassettes were manufactured by the Dutch firm, Philips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette.
EMI opened its new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes, Middlesex in July 1970.

These cassettes had bright yellow paper labels. Logo styles varied by period and copy, including the original Parlophone logo, the black-boxed EMI/Parlophone logo, and labels without a logo. The absence of a logo on some labels may have been due to a shortage of costly letterpress blocks.

The white inlay design of Let It Be provided the template for most subsequent Beatles cassette releases.
Most Beatles cassette releases in 1970 and 1971 used white inlays with a small reproduction of the album cover, but no additional artwork or original liner notes.

The codes 7010 and 7009 on the inside of the inlay are thought to indicate its printing date (October and September 1970, respectively), followed by the printer's initials: EJD, G&L or DP (Ernest J. Day, Garrod & Lofthouse or Data Packaging). An inlay's printing date does not necessarily establish when the cassette itself was issued. Advertising for other Beatles/solo albums was on the foldover front, and the EMI UK catalog no. (TC-PCS-XXXX) was on the front cover at the top and on the spine. The spine also carried the tape speed, 1&7/8 ths in a circular logo style at the top.
The two exceptions to this rule were Revolver and The Beatles (the White Album). Revolver had a black spine and a black panel above the front-cover image, while the White Album was issued in a box-style package without an inlay. Subsequent Beatles cassette releases used the standard white inlay design.


The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases) were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black plastic at the rear.

The rearranged cassette running order was most likely related to the need to balance the playing times of the four programs on the 8-track edition produced alongside it.
The track listing layout of the label on side-2 was revised.


(*1) EMI country code: 1E 262 o 04097
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 mean the record was also released in that country (from Discogs).
OC / 0C / 1E= UK

(*2) 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 molded into cassette shells, especially during the early to mid 1970s.


#5-3 Revolver (3rd Issue "Lemon Yellow Paper Label with EMI logo Type-2 (New Track Layout on both sides)": TC-PCS 7009)
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TITLE
 REVOLVER
CATALOG NUMBER TC-PCS 7009 / 1E 262 o 04097
RELEASE DATE
 Late 1971? / Third Issue
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Good Day Sunshine [B1]
 Eleanor Rigby [A2]
And Your Bird Can Sing [B2] Here, There And Everywhere [A5]
Doctor Robert [B4] For No One [B3]
Want To Tell You [B5] (*as printed on the inlay) Got To Get You Into My Life [B6]
Taxman [A1] Love You To [A4]
I'm Only Sleeping [A3] She Said She Said [A7]
Yellow Submarine [A6] Tomorrow Never Knows [B7]
CASSETTE CASE
AND
TAPE
 CASE FRONT CASE BACK SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click!
label label label label
The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases) were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black plastic at the rear.
 This UK issue of "Revolver" has Lemon Yellow paper label with EMI/Parlophone logo
INLAY

 INLAY: FRONT INLAY: INSIDE
label label
This foldover inlay has a black spine and a black panel above the front-cover image. The track listings were printed on the reverse, while the foldover advertised other available Beatles and solo cassettes.
INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP
sleeve The circular 1 7/8 " I.P.S. mark was printed on the spine.
The standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1 ⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second).
 sleeve The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay while the foldovers advertised other available Beatles cassettes.
INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP
sleeve The rearranged cassette running order was most likely related to the need to balance the playing times of the four programs on the 8-track edition produced alongside it.
INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP
sleeve		 Catalog number "TC-PCS 7009" and the EMI country code (*1) were printed on the inlay. sleeve The recording published credit "℗ 1966" statement was printed at the left corner of the inlay.
The printer's code "7009 G & L" was printed at the bottom of the inlay. It is thought to indicate September 1970 and Garrod & Lofthouse.
sleeve sleeve
INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP
label label sleeve
The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. EMI originally issued the Beatles UK albums on cassette tape with re-arranged running orders.
The inlay lists track 4 on Side 1 as "Want To Tell You", omitting the initial "I" from "I Want To Tell You".
 "E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at the bottom of the inside of the inlay.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label sleeve Had the new style black boxed EMI/Parlophone logo.
NO "1E" catalog number in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7009" EMI catalog number.
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1
 SIDE 2
 EMI originally issued the Beatles UK albums on cassette tape with re-arranged running orders.
The track layout of the label was also revised on Side 1, so both sides have the revised layout.
label label
LABEL CLOSE UP
sleeve sleeve "Made in England" was embossed on the shell.
The "DP (*2)" logo was embossed on the cassette shells.
OTHER ITEM
-

LABEL Lemon Yellow Paper Label with EMI/Parlophone logo in black box
MIX STEREO
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME EMI Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.) / An E.M.I. Recording
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K."		 -
RECORDING  PUBLISHED CREDIT ℗ 1966
INLAY FORM Foldover inlay with a black spine and a black panel above the front-cover image
SHELL Light Gray Shell / embossed "MADE IN ENGLAND" and "dp" logo mark
CASSETTE CASE
 "Norelco" cases: clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black plastic at the rear.
PRINTER CREDIT Made and Printed in Great Britain / 7009 G & L
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Front cover features artwork by Klaus Voormann
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS The original Beatles cassette release of "Sgt. Pepper's" in October 1967, through "Abbey Road (November 1969?)", "Let It Be (August 1970)", and the first release of most of the other Beatles cassette albums in Sept. and Oct, 1970, just months after EMI opened their new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes in Middlesex in July, 1970.
  • Sept. 1970: Rubber Soul, Revolver and A Collection of Beatles Oldies
  • Oct.1970: Please Please Me, With The Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, Beatles For Sale, and Help!
  • The Beatles White Album was released in August 1971.
  • Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine were to be first issued under later, post-January 1972, subsequent and different inlay designs.
Between 1967 and June 1970, EMI's early musicassettes were manufactured by the Dutch firm, Philips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette.
EMI opened its new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes, Middlesex in July 1970.

These cassettes had bright yellow paper labels. Logo styles varied by period and copy, including the original Parlophone logo, the black-boxed EMI/Parlophone logo, and labels without a logo. The absence of a logo on some labels may have been due to a shortage of costly letterpress blocks.

The white inlay design of Let It Be provided the template for most subsequent Beatles cassette releases.
Most Beatles cassette releases in 1970 and 1971 used white inlays with a small reproduction of the album cover, but no additional artwork or original liner notes.

The codes 7010 and 7009 on the inside of the inlay are thought to indicate its printing date (October and September 1970, respectively), followed by the printer's initials: EJD, G&L or DP (Ernest J. Day, Garrod & Lofthouse or Data Packaging). An inlay's printing date does not necessarily establish when the cassette itself was issued. Advertising for other Beatles/solo albums was on the foldover front, and the EMI UK catalog no. (TC-PCS-XXXX) was on the front cover at the top and on the spine. The spine also carried the tape speed, 1&7/8 ths in a circular logo style at the top.
The two exceptions to this rule were Revolver and The Beatles (the White Album). Revolver had a black spine and a black panel above the front-cover image, while the White Album was issued in a box-style package without an inlay. Subsequent Beatles cassette releases used the standard white inlay design.


The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases) were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black plastic at the rear.

The rearranged cassette running order was most likely related to the need to balance the playing times of the four programs on the 8-track edition produced alongside it.
The track listing layout of the label on Side-1 was also revised.

(*1) EMI country code: 1E 262 o 04097
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 mean the record was also released in that country (from Discogs).
OC / 0C / 1E= UK

(*2) 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 molded into cassette shells, especially during the early to mid 1970s.


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