| Musicassettes Release Information Sheet
(October 1967) |
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| SHEET: FRONT | SHEET: BACK | EMI Original
Promotional dealer flyer. These promotional flyers would detail the forthcoming cassette tapes (Musicassette) releases. The Dutch electronics company Philips introduced the Compact Cassette Tape in 1963 but it wasn't until October 1967 that the first Beatles album was made available on cassette in the UK, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. There were many reissues of The Beatles' albums during the lifetime of the cassette's popularity from the 1970s through to the 1990s. The original cassette issue preceded the opening of EMI's new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes, Middlesex in July 1970. Between 1966 and June 1970, EMI's early musicassettes were manufactured by the Dutch firm, Philips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. At the time of the vinyl release in June 1967 the new "musicassette" format had only been introduced in the UK a few months earlier and very few titles were available. EMI had no cassette production of its own so Philips was subcontracted to manufacture a first cassette tape issue of SGT. PEPPER that was released in October 1967. |
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| SHEET BACK CLOSE UP | |||
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The date this sheet was
printed (August 1967) is written on the bottom left of the
back. |
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TITLE
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SGT PEPPER'S
LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | TC-PCS 7027 | |||
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RELEASE DATE
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October 1967 / First Issue | |||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
Band |
Within You Without You |
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| With A Little Help From My Friends | When I'm Sixty-Four | |||
| Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds | Lovely Rita | |||
| Getting Better | Good Morning Good Morning | |||
| Fixing A Hole | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) | |||
| She's Leaving Home | A Day In The Life | |||
| Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite | (Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove *once
only) |
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| CASSETTE CASE AND TAPE |
CASE FRONT | CASE BACK | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! |
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| 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 "Sgt. Pepper's" has Mint green paper label
with "£" Parlophone logo. Light gray shell with metal
screws. |
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| INLAY |
INLAY: FRONT | INLAY:
INSIDE |
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| The
first UK issue of "Sgt. Pepper's" is identified by its
"white" inlay, its lime green paper label with Parlophone
logo, the circular 1 7/8" I.P.S. (inches per second tape
speed) . A color reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. |
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| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
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The circular 1 7/8 " I.P.S. mark was printed on
the spine. The standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second). |
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The Pepper inlay foldover
included black-and-white cut-outs of the Beatles' heads (as
originally posed for the vinyl gatefold). |
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
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"E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at the bottom of the inside of the inlay. | ||
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
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"Sold in U.K. subject to resale price conditions. See price list." printed on the label as well as the inlay. | |||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
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The original Pepper cassettes were issued with a £ Parlophone logo. NO "1E" catalog number in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalog number. |  |
The first
pressings included a "Sold in the UK..." notice in the
bottom right hand corner. |
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
| SIDE
1 |
SIDE 2 |
On
the mint green paper label, with the track listing the same
as on the vinyl album. |
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| TAPE CLOSE UP | ||||
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This first example shows metal screws holding the two halves of the shell together. |  |
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| The clear leader tape has "PCS - 7027 L713 (code; meaning unconfirmed)" printed in black. | ||||
| OTHER
ITEM: With SMALL 8-Page BOOKLET INSERT |
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| INSERT:
BACK |
INSERT:
FRONT |
INSERT: P2 | INSERT: P3 | There was also a small "Musicassettes" booklet inserted which listed the EMI tapes currently available as well as those scheduled for release in November and December 1967. |
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| INSERT: P4 | INSERT: P5 | INSERT: P6 | INSERT: P7 | Sgt Pepper's tapes
currently available. |
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| BOOKLET INSERT: CLOSE UP |
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The date this booklet was printed (October
1967) is written on the bottom left of the back. |
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| LABEL | Mint
Green Paper Label with £ Parlophone logo |
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| MIX | STEREO | |||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | EMI Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.) / An E.M.I. Recording | |||
| CENTRAL
REMARK "SOLD IN U.K." |
YES |
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| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | ℗ 1967 | |||
| INLAY FORM | "white" inlay (Foldover) |
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| SHELL | Light Gray Shell / metal screws
holding the two halves of the shell together |
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| CASSETTE CASE |
"Norelco"
cases: clear plastic at the front and around the spine area,
and black plastic at the rear. |
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| PRINTER CREDIT | Made and Printed in Great Britain |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Staging and cut-outs: Peter Blake
and Jann Haworth Photo: Michael Cooper / Wax Figures: Madame Tussauds |
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| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | The Dutch electronics company
Philips introduced the Compact Cassette Tape in 1963 but it
wasn't until October 1967 that the first Beatles album was
made available on cassette in the UK, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely
Hearts Club Band. There were many reissues of The Beatles' albums during the lifetime of the cassette's popularity from the 1970s through to the 1990s. The original cassette issue preceded the opening of EMI's new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes, Middlesex in July 1970. Between 1966 and June 1970, EMI's early musicassettes were manufactured by the Dutch firm, Philips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. This item is one of them. No date code is visible on the inlay. Its absence alone does not establish the manufacturing date of the cassette. Early mint-green-label issues followed the track sequence of the vinyl album. At the time of the vinyl release in June 1967 the new "musicassette" format had only been introduced in the UK a few months earlier and very few titles were available. EMI had no cassette production of its own so Philips was subcontracted to manufacture a first cassette tape issue of SGT. PEPPER that was released in October 1967. These true first issue copies are identifiable by their Mint Green paper labels, screwed cassette shells and the "SOLD IN THE U.K. SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS..." text to the labels. The original Pepper cassettes were issued with a £ Parlophone logo. Early screwed-shell examples have a light gray shell with five screws. The metal screws held the two halves of the shell together. Early examples have mint green paper labels with boxed Parlophone "£" logo to the left hand side and "SOLD IN U.K. SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS, SEE PRICE LISTS" to the bottom right corner. NO "1E" catalog number (*1) in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalog number. An early leader-tape example bears the catalog number PCS 7027 and the code L713; the function of the code has not been confirmed. When this first small batch sold out a second issue of the cassettes was ordered from Philips, believed to have been in 1969. These are almost identical but they have welded tape shells (had no screws) and the labels do not have the "SOLD IN THE U.K." text. From late 1970 EMI commenced cassette production at the Hayes plant and the third issue of the album was made using the original pattern and a distinctive Lemon Yellow paper label with a quite different layout, finally setting on the new style black box Parlophone / EMI logo introduced in September / October, 1970 to coincide with the first release of the main bulk of the other Beatles albums as the date. These issues had no screws and omitted the leader tape catalog number, An early inlay variant used matte card with a red banner and yellow spine. The original inlay design (with the "Sold in the UK..." text), was continued to be used, up to the introduction of the newly designed all-gold inlay in January 1972. The circular 1 7/8" I.P.S. (inches per second tape speed) and a color reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. Unlike the 1970s inlays, the original design for the album did include some extra artwork rather than just a reproduction of the front cover. The Pepper inlay foldover included black & white cut outs of the Beatles' heads (as originally posed for the vinyl gatefold). As with all Beatles cassettes issued until 1987, the cassette boxes (or to use the correct term, the Norelco cases) were transparent at the front and around the spine area (to reveal the inlay cover) and black at the rear. The shells of the early cassettes were white/light gray. There was also a small "Musicassettes" booklet inserted which listed the EMI tapes currently available as well as those scheduled for release in November and December 1967. The original and gold versions of this cassette include a version of the "Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove" that was NOT artificially repeated and then faded - on these cassettes you hear it ONCE only. (*1) EMI country code: The EMI country codes (introduced on 1st 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 does not necessarily mean the record was also released in that country (from Discogs). OC / 0C / 1E= UK |
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TITLE
|
SGT PEPPER'S
LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | TC-PCS 7027 | |||
|
RELEASE DATE
|
1968? / Second Issue | |||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
Band |
Within You Without You |
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| With A Little Help From My Friends | When I'm Sixty-Four | |||
| Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds | Lovely Rita | |||
| Getting Better | Good Morning Good Morning | |||
| Fixing A Hole | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) | |||
| She's Leaving Home | A Day In The Life | |||
| Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite | (Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove *once
only) |
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| CASSETTE CASE AND TAPE |
CASE FRONT | CASE BACK | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases)
were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area,
and black plastic at the rear. |
This U.K. issue of "Sgt. Pepper's" has Mint green paper label
with "£" Parlophone logo. Light gray shell without metal
screws. |
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| INLAY |
INLAY: FRONT | INLAY:
INSIDE |
||
 |
 |
|||
| This
U.K. issue of "Sgt. Pepper's" is identified by its "white"
inlay, its lime green paper label with Parlophone logo, the
circular 1 7/8" I.P.S. (inches per second tape speed) . A color reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. |
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| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
The circular 1 7/8 " I.P.S. mark was printed on
the spine. The standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second). |
 |
 |
The Pepper inlay foldover
included black-and-white cut-outs of the Beatles' heads (as
originally posed for the vinyl gatefold). |
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
"E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at the bottom of the inside of the inlay. | ||
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
"Sold in U.K. subject to resale price conditions. See price list." printed on the label as well as the inlay. | |||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
The original Pepper cassettes were issued with a £ Parlophone logo. NO "1E" catalog number in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalog number. |  |
The first
pressings included a "Sold in the UK..." notice in the
bottom right hand corner. |
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
| SIDE
1 |
SIDE 2 |
On
the mint green paper label, with the track listing the same
as on the vinyl album. |
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 |
 |
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| TAPE CLOSE UP | ||||
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 |
The light gray tape shell does not come with metal screws for fastening. |  |
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| The clear leader tape has "PCS - 7027 K81" (code; meaning unconfirmed) printed in black. | ||||
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"Made in USA / Made in England" were NOT
embossed on the shell. |
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| OTHER ITEM |
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| LABEL | Mint
Green Paper Label with £ Parlophone logo |
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| MIX | STEREO | |||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | EMI Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.) / An E.M.I. Recording | |||
| CENTRAL
REMARK "SOLD IN U.K." |
YES |
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| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | ℗ 1967 | |||
| INLAY FORM | "white" inlay (Foldover) |
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| SHELL | Light Gray Shell / NO metal
screw holding the two halves of the shell together |
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| CASSETTE CASE |
"Norelco"
cases:
clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and
black plastic at the rear. |
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| PRINTER CREDIT | Made and Printed in Great Britain |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Staging and cut-outs: Peter Blake
and Jann Haworth Photo: Michael Cooper / Wax Figures: Madame Tussauds |
|||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | The Dutch electronics company
Philips introduced the Compact Cassette Tape in 1963 but it
wasn't until October 1967 that the first Beatles album was
made available on cassette in the UK, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely
Hearts Club Band. There were many reissues of The Beatles' albums during the lifetime of the cassette's popularity from the 1970s through to the 1990s. The original cassette issue preceded the opening of EMI's new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes, Middlesex in July 1970. Between 1966 and June 1970, EMI's early musicassettes were manufactured by the Dutch firm, Philips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. This item is one of them. No date code is visible on the inlay. Its absence alone does not establish the manufacturing date of the cassette. Early mint-green-label issues followed the track sequence of the vinyl album. At the time of the vinyl release in June 1967 the new "musicassette" format had only been introduced in the UK a few months earlier and very few titles were available. EMI had no cassette production of its own so Philips was subcontracted to manufacture a first cassette tape issue of SGT. PEPPER that was released in October 1967. These true first issue copies are identifiable by their Mint Green paper labels, screwed cassette shells and the "SOLD IN THE U.K. SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS..." text to the labels. The original Pepper cassettes were issued with a £ Parlophone logo. The light gray tape shell does not come with metal screws for fastening. Early examples have mint green paper labels with boxed Parlophone "£" logo to the left hand side and "SOLD IN U.K. SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS, SEE PRICE LISTS" to the bottom right corner. NO "1E" catalog number (*1) in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalog number. The side one leader tape has a printed catalog number PCS 7027 and serial/batch number K 81. When this first small batch sold out a second issue of the cassettes was ordered from Philips, believed to have been in 1969. These are almost identical but they have welded tape shells (had no screws) and the labels do not have the "SOLD IN THE U.K." text. From late 1970 EMI commenced cassette production at the Hayes plant and the third issue of the album was made using the original pattern and a distinctive Lemon Yellow paper label with a quite different layout, finally setting on the new style black box Parlophone / EMI logo introduced in September / October, 1970 to coincide with the first release of the main bulk of the other Beatles albums as the date. These issues had no screws and omitted the leader tape catalog number, An early inlay variant used matte card with a red banner and yellow spine. The original inlay design (with the "Sold in the UK..." text), was continued to be used, up to the introduction of the newly designed all-gold inlay in January 1972. The circular 1 7/8" I.P.S. (inches per second tape speed) and a color reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. Unlike the 1970s inlays, the original design for the album did include some extra artwork rather than just a reproduction of the front cover. The Pepper inlay foldover included black & white cut outs of the Beatles' heads (as originally posed for the vinyl gatefold). As with all Beatles cassettes issued until 1987, the cassette boxes (or to use the correct term, the Norelco cases) were transparent at the front and around the spine area (to reveal the inlay cover) and black at the rear. The shells of the early cassettes were white/light gray. There was also a small "Musicassettes" booklet inserted which listed the EMI tapes currently available as well as those scheduled for release in November and December 1967. The original and gold versions of this cassette include a version of the "Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove" that was NOT artificially repeated and then faded - on these cassettes you hear it ONCE only. (*1) EMI country code: The EMI country codes (introduced on 1st 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 does not necessarily mean the record was also released in that country (from Discogs). OC / 0C / 1E= UK |
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|
TITLE
|
SGT PEPPER'S
LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | TC-PCS 7027 | |||
|
RELEASE DATE
|
mid. 1969? / Third Issue | |||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
Band |
Within You Without You |
|||
| With A Little Help From My Friends | When I'm Sixty-Four | |||
| Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds | Lovely Rita | |||
| Getting Better | Good Morning Good Morning | |||
| Fixing A Hole | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) | |||
| She's Leaving Home | A Day In The Life | |||
| Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite | (Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove *once
only) |
|||
| CASSETTE CASE AND TAPE |
CASE FRONT | CASE BACK | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases)
were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area,
and black plastic at the rear. |
This copy of "Sgt. Pepper's" has Mint green paper label
with "£" Parlophone logo |
|||
| INLAY |
INLAY: FRONT | INLAY:
INSIDE |
||
 |
 |
|||
| The
white foldover inlay bears a circular 1 7/8-inch-per-second
tape-speed mark. A color reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. |
||||
| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
The circular 1 7/8 " I.P.S. mark was printed on
the spine. The standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second). |
 |
 |
The Pepper inlay foldover
included black-and-white cut-outs of the Beatles' heads (as
originally posed for the vinyl gatefold). |
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
"E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at the bottom of the inside of the inlay. | ||
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
"Sold in U.K. subject to resale price conditions. See price list." was still printed on the inlay. | |||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
The original Pepper cassettes were issued with a £ Parlophone logo. NO "1E" catalog number in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalog number. |  |
The 2nd. pressings
was omitted the credit "Sold in the UK..." on
the bottom right hand corner of the label. |
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
| SIDE
1 |
SIDE 2 |
On
the mint green paper label, with the track listing the same
as on the vinyl album. |
||
 |
 |
|||
| TAPE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
2nd. issues had NO screws and omitted the "Sold in the UK..." text. |  |
|
| The clear leader tape has "PCS - 7027 L9 (code; meaning unconfirmed)" printed in black. | ||||
| OTHER ITEM | ||||
| - | ||||
| LABEL | Mint
Green Paper Label with £ Parlophone logo |
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| MIX | STEREO | |||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | EMI Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.) / An E.M.I. Recording | |||
| CENTRAL
REMARK "SOLD IN U.K." |
LABEL: NO / INLAY: YES |
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| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | ℗ 1967 | |||
| INLAY FORM | "white" inlay (Foldover) |
|||
| SHELL | Light Gray Shell / Without
metal screws holding the two halves of the shell
together |
|||
| 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 |
|||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Staging and cut-outs: Peter Blake
and Jann Haworth Photo: Michael Cooper / Wax Figures: Madame Tussauds |
|||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | The Dutch electronics company
Philips introduced the Compact Cassette Tape in 1963 but it
wasn't until October 1967 that the first Beatles album was
made available on cassette in the UK, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely
Hearts Club Band. There were many reissues of The Beatles' albums during the lifetime of the cassette's popularity from the 1970s through to the 1990s. The original cassette issue preceded the opening of EMI's new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes, Middlesex in July 1970. Between 1966 and June 1970, EMI's early musicassettes were manufactured by the Dutch firm, Philips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. No date code is visible on the inlay. Its absence alone does not establish the manufacturing date of the cassette. Early mint-green-label issues followed the track sequence of the vinyl album. At the time of the vinyl release in June 1967 the new "musicassette" format had only been introduced in the UK a few months earlier and very few titles were available. EMI had no cassette production of its own so Philips was subcontracted to manufacture a first cassette tape issue of SGT. PEPPER that was released in October 1967. These true first issue copies are identifiable by their Mint Green paper labels, screwed cassette shells and the "SOLD IN THE U.K. SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS..." text to the labels. The original Pepper cassettes were issued with a £ Parlophone logo. Early screwed-shell examples have a light gray shell with five screws. The metal screws held the two halves of the shell together. Early examples have mint green paper labels with boxed Parlophone "£" logo to the left hand side and "SOLD IN U.K. SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS, SEE PRICE LISTS" to the bottom right corner. NO "1E" catalog number (*1) in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalog number. An early leader-tape example bears the catalog number PCS 7027 and the code L713; the function of the code has not been confirmed. When this first small batch sold out a second issue of the cassettes was ordered from Philips, believed to have been in 1969. These are almost identical but they have welded tape shells (had no screws) and the labels do not have the "SOLD IN THE U.K." text. From late 1970 EMI commenced cassette production at the Hayes plant and the third issue of the album was made using the original pattern and a distinctive Lemon Yellow paper label with a quite different layout, finally setting on the new style black box Parlophone / EMI logo introduced in September / October, 1970 to coincide with the first release of the main bulk of the other Beatles albums as the date. These issues had no screws and omitted the leader tape catalog number, An early inlay variant used matte card with a red banner and yellow spine. The original inlay design (with the "Sold in the UK..." text), was continued to be used, up to the introduction of the newly designed all-gold inlay in January 1972. The circular 1 7/8" I.P.S. (inches per second tape speed) and a color reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. Unlike the 1970s inlays, the original design for the album did include some extra artwork rather than just a reproduction of the front cover. The Pepper inlay foldover included black & white cut outs of the Beatles' heads (as originally posed for the vinyl gatefold). As with all Beatles cassettes issued until 1987, the cassette boxes (or to use the correct term, the Norelco cases) were transparent at the front and around the spine area (to reveal the inlay cover) and black at the rear. The shells of the early cassettes were white/light gray. There was also a small "Musicassettes" booklet inserted which listed the EMI tapes currently available as well as those scheduled for release in November and December 1967. The original and gold versions of this cassette include a version of the "Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove" that was NOT artificially repeated and then faded - on these cassettes you hear it ONCE only. (*1) EMI country code: The EMI country codes (introduced on 1st 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 does not necessarily mean the record was also released in that country (from Discogs). OC / 0C / 1E= UK |
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|
TITLE
|
SGT PEPPER'S
LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND |
|||
| CATALOG NUMBER | TC-PCS 7027 | |||
|
RELEASE DATE
|
1970? / 4th Issue? | |||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
Band |
Within You Without You |
|||
| With A Little Help From My Friends | When I'm Sixty-Four | |||
| Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds | Lovely Rita | |||
| Getting Better | Good Morning Good Morning | |||
| Fixing A Hole | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) | |||
| She's Leaving Home | A Day In The Life | |||
| Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite | (Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove *once
only) |
|||
| CASSETTE CASE AND TAPE |
CASE FRONT | CASE BACK | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| 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 "Sgt. Pepper's" has Lemon yellow paper label
with Parlophone logo. |
|||
| INLAY |
INLAY: FRONT | INLAY:
INSIDE |
||
 |
 |
|||
| This
copy has a white foldover inlay and lemon yellow paper
labels. The inlay bears a circular 1 7/8-inch-per-second
tape-speed mark. A color reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. |
||||
| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
The circular 1 7/8 " I.P.S. mark was printed on
the spine. The standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second). |
 |
 |
The Pepper inlay foldover
included black-and-white cut-outs of the Beatles' heads (as
originally posed for the vinyl gatefold). |
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
"E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at the bottom of the inside of the inlay. | ||
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
"Sold in U.K. subject to resale price conditions. See price list." was still printed on the inlay. | |||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| NO
"1E" catalog number in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS
7027" EMI catalog number. Later issues had lemon yellow label, and printed on Parlophone logo. |
A prerecorded music cassette was marketed as a "Musicassette". | The "DP(*2)" logo can often be found molded into cassette shells, especially during the early to mid 1970s | ||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
| SIDE 1 |
SIDE 2 |
On both sides of the label, with the track layout the same as on the lime green label. | ||
 |
 |
|||
| TAPE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
|||
 |
Erased the credit
"Sold in the UK..." on the bottom right hand corner
of the label. "Made in U.S.A. / Made in England" was NOT embossed ton both sides. Later issues omitted the leader tape catalog number. |
|||
| OTHER ITEM | ||||
| - |
||||
| LABEL | Lemon Yellow Paper Label with 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." |
LABEL: NO / INLAY: YES | |||
| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | ℗ 1967 | |||
| INLAY FORM | "white" inlay (Foldover) |
|||
| SHELL | Light Gray Shell / embossed "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 | |||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Staging and cut-outs: Peter Blake
and Jann Haworth Photo: Michael Cooper / Wax Figures: Madame Tussauds |
|||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | The Dutch electronics company
Philips introduced the Compact Cassette Tape in 1963 but it
wasn't until October 1967 that the first Beatles album was
made available on cassette in the UK, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely
Hearts Club Band. There were many reissues of The Beatles' albums during the lifetime of the cassette's popularity from the 1970s through to the 1990s. The original cassette issue preceded the opening of EMI's new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes, Middlesex in July 1970. Between 1966 and June 1970, EMI's early musicassettes were manufactured by the Dutch firm, Philips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. No date code is visible on the inlay. Its absence alone does not establish the manufacturing date of the cassette. Early mint-green-label issues followed the track sequence of the vinyl album. At the time of the vinyl release in June 1967 the new "musicassette" format had only been introduced in the UK a few months earlier and very few titles were available. EMI had no cassette production of its own so Philips was subcontracted to manufacture a first cassette tape issue of SGT. PEPPER that was released in October 1967. These true first issue copies are identifiable by their Mint Green paper labels, screwed cassette shells and the "SOLD IN THE U.K. SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS..." text to the labels. The original Pepper cassettes were issued with a £ Parlophone logo. Early screwed-shell examples have a light gray shell with five screws. The metal screws held the two halves of the shell together. Early examples have mint green paper labels with boxed Parlophone "£" logo to the left hand side and "SOLD IN U.K. SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS, SEE PRICE LISTS" to the bottom right corner. NO "1E" catalog number (*1) in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalog number. An early leader-tape example bears the catalog number PCS 7027 and the code L713; the function of the code has not been confirmed. When this first small batch sold out a second issue of the cassettes was ordered from Philips, believed to have been in 1969. These are almost identical but they have welded tape shells (had no screws) and the labels do not have the "SOLD IN THE U.K." text. From late 1970, EMI began producing cassette tapes at their Hayes factory, and a third edition of the album was produced using the original pattern and a distinctive lemon yellow paper label with a completely different layout, initially bearing the Parlophone logo, and eventually the new-style black box Parlophone/EMI logo introduced in September/October 1970 to coincide with the initial release dates of key Beatles albums elsewhere. Light Gray Shell embossed "dp" logo mark. The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases) were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black plastic at the rear. An early inlay variant used matte card with a red banner and yellow spine. The original inlay design (with the "Sold in the UK..." text), was continued to be used, up to the introduction of the newly designed all-gold inlay in January 1972. The circular 1 7/8" I.P.S. (inches per second tape speed) and a color reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. Unlike the 1970s inlays, the original design for the album did include some extra artwork rather than just a reproduction of the front cover. The Pepper inlay foldover included black & white cut outs of the Beatles' heads (as originally posed for the vinyl gatefold). As with all Beatles cassettes issued until 1987, the cassette boxes (or to use the correct term, the Norelco cases) were transparent at the front and around the spine area (to reveal the inlay cover) and black at the rear. The shells of the early cassettes were white/light gray. The original and gold versions of this cassette include a version of the "Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove" that was NOT artificially repeated and then faded - on these cassettes you hear it ONCE only. (*1) EMI country code: The EMI country codes (introduced on 1st 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 does not 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. |
|||
|
TITLE
|
SGT PEPPER'S
LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND |
|||
| CATALOG NUMBER | TC-PCS 7027 | |||
|
RELEASE DATE
|
1970? / 5th Issue? | |||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
Band |
Within You Without You |
|||
| With A Little Help From My Friends | When I'm Sixty-Four | |||
| Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds | Lovely Rita | |||
| Getting Better | Good Morning Good Morning | |||
| Fixing A Hole | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) | |||
| She's Leaving Home | A Day In The Life | |||
| Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite | (Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove *once
only) |
|||
| CASSETTE CASE AND TAPE |
CASE FRONT | CASE BACK | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| 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 "Sgt. Pepper's" has Lemon yellow paper label
with EMI/Parlophone logo. Has the 3 windows shell. |
|||
| INLAY |
INLAY: FRONT | INLAY:
INSIDE |
||
 |
 |
|||
| This
copy has a white foldover inlay and lemon yellow paper
labels. The inlay bears a circular 1 7/8-inch-per-second
tape-speed mark. A color reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. |
||||
| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
The circular 1 7/8 " I.P.S. mark was printed on
the spine. The standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second). |
 |
 |
The Pepper inlay foldover
included black-and-white cut-outs of the Beatles' heads (as
originally posed for the vinyl gatefold). |
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
"E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at the bottom of the inside of the inlay. | ||
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
"Sold in U.K. subject to resale price conditions. See price list." was still printed on the inlay. | |||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| NO
"1E" catalog number in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS
7027" EMI catalog number. Later issues had lemon yellow label, and printed on the new style black box Parlophone / EMI logo introduced in September / October, 1970. |
A prerecorded music cassette was marketed as a "Musicassette". | The "DP(*2)" logo can often be found molded into cassette shells, especially during the early to mid 1970s | ||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
| SIDE 1 |
SIDE 2 |
On both sides of
the label, with the track layout the same as on the lime
green label. Has the 3 windows shell. |
||
 |
 |
|||
| TAPE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
 |
||
| Erased the credit "Sold in the
UK..." on the bottom right hand corner of the label. "Made in U.S.A. / Made in England" was NOT embossed ton both sides. |
Later issues omitted the leader tape catalog number. | |||
| 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." |
LABEL: NO / INLAY: YES | |||
| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | ℗ 1967 | |||
| INLAY FORM | "white" inlay (Foldover) |
|||
| SHELL | Light Gray Shell with 3
windows (Philips made?) / embossed "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 | |||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Staging and cut-outs: Peter Blake
and Jann Haworth Photo: Michael Cooper / Wax Figures: Madame Tussauds |
|||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | The Dutch electronics company
Philips introduced the Compact Cassette Tape in 1963 but it
wasn't until October 1967 that the first Beatles album was
made available on cassette in the UK, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely
Hearts Club Band. There were many reissues of The Beatles' albums during the lifetime of the cassette's popularity from the 1970s through to the 1990s. The original cassette issue preceded the opening of EMI's new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes, Middlesex in July 1970. Between 1966 and June 1970, EMI's early musicassettes were manufactured by the Dutch firm, Philips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. No date code is visible on the inlay. Its absence alone does not establish the manufacturing date of the cassette. Early mint-green-label issues followed the track sequence of the vinyl album. At the time of the vinyl release in June 1967 the new "musicassette" format had only been introduced in the UK a few months earlier and very few titles were available. EMI had no cassette production of its own so Philips was subcontracted to manufacture a first cassette tape issue of SGT. PEPPER that was released in October 1967. These true first issue copies are identifiable by their Mint Green paper labels, screwed cassette shells and the "SOLD IN THE U.K. SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS..." text to the labels. The original Pepper cassettes were issued with a £ Parlophone logo. Early screwed-shell examples have a light gray shell with five screws. The metal screws held the two halves of the shell together. Early examples have mint green paper labels with boxed Parlophone "£" logo to the left hand side and "SOLD IN U.K. SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS, SEE PRICE LISTS" to the bottom right corner. NO "1E" catalog number (*1) in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalog number. An early leader-tape example bears the catalog number PCS 7027 and the code L713; the function of the code has not been confirmed. When this first small batch sold out a second issue of the cassettes was ordered from Philips, believed to have been in 1969. These are almost identical but they have welded tape shells (had no screws) and the labels do not have the "SOLD IN THE U.K." text. From late 1970, EMI began producing cassette tapes at their Hayes factory, and a third edition of the album was produced using the original pattern and a distinctive lemon yellow paper label with a completely different layout, initially bearing the Parlophone logo, and eventually the new-style black box Parlophone/EMI logo introduced in September/October 1970 to coincide with the initial release dates of key Beatles albums elsewhere. Light Gray Shell with 3 windows (Philips made?), embossed "dp" logo mark. The cassette cases ("Norelco" cases) were clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and black plastic at the rear. An early inlay variant used matte card with a red banner and yellow spine. The original inlay design (with the "Sold in the UK..." text), was continued to be used, up to the introduction of the newly designed all-gold inlay in January 1972. The circular 1 7/8" I.P.S. (inches per second tape speed) and a color reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. Unlike the 1970s inlays, the original design for the album did include some extra artwork rather than just a reproduction of the front cover. The Pepper inlay foldover included black & white cut outs of the Beatles' heads (as originally posed for the vinyl gatefold). As with all Beatles cassettes issued until 1987, the cassette boxes (or to use the correct term, the Norelco cases) were transparent at the front and around the spine area (to reveal the inlay cover) and black at the rear. The shells of the early cassettes were white/light gray. The original and gold versions of this cassette include a version of the "Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove" that was NOT artificially repeated and then faded - on these cassettes you hear it ONCE only. (*1) EMI country code: The EMI country codes (introduced on 1st 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 does not 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. |
|||
|
TITLE
|
SGT PEPPER'S
LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND |
|||
| CATALOG NUMBER | TC-PCS 7027 | |||
|
RELEASE DATE
|
middle 1971? / 6th Issue? | |||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
Band |
Within You Without You |
|||
| With A Little Help From My Friends | When I'm Sixty-Four | |||
| Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds | Lovely Rita | |||
| Getting Better | Good Morning Good Morning | |||
| Fixing A Hole | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) | |||
| She's Leaving Home | A Day In The Life | |||
| Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite | (Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove *once
only) |
|||
| CASSETTE CASE AND TAPE |
CASE FRONT | CASE BACK | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| 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 "Sgt. Pepper's" has Lemon yellow paper label with EMI/Parlophone logo. | |||
| INLAY |
INLAY: FRONT | INLAY:
INSIDE |
||
 |
 |
|||
| This
copy has a white foldover inlay and lemon yellow paper
labels. The inlay bears a circular 1 7/8-inch-per-second
tape-speed mark. A color reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. |
||||
| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
The circular 1 7/8 " I.P.S. mark was printed on
the spine. The standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second). |
 |
 |
The Pepper inlay foldover
included black-and-white cut-outs of the Beatles' heads (as
originally posed for the vinyl gatefold). |
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
"E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at the bottom of the inside of the inlay. | ||
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
"Sold in U.K. subject to resale price conditions. See price list." was still printed on the inlay. | |||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
NO "1E" catalog number
in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalog
number. Later issues had lemon yellow label, and printed on the new style black box Parlophone / EMI logo introduced in September / October, 1970. |
||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
| SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
 |
 |
 |
||
| On the side-1 of the label, with the track layout the same as on the lime green label. | On the side-2 of the label, with the track layout the same as on the lime green label. | |||
| TAPE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
Later
issues
had NO screws and omitted the leader tape catalog number, as
well as the "Sold in the UK..." text (in mid. 1969) |
 |
|
| "Made in USA" was embossed on the shell. |
||||
| TAPE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
Later issues omitted the leader tape catalog number. | |||
| 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." |
LABEL: NO / INLAY: YES | |||
| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | ℗ 1967 | |||
| INLAY FORM | "white" inlay (Foldover) |
|||
| SHELL | White Shell / embossed "MADE IN
USA" |
|||
| 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 / "MADE IN USA" molded on side 1. | |||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Staging and cut-outs: Peter Blake
and Jann Haworth Photo: Michael Cooper / Wax Figures: Madame Tussauds |
|||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | The Dutch electronics company
Philips introduced the Compact Cassette Tape in 1963 but it
wasn't until October 1967 that the first Beatles album was
made available on cassette in the UK, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely
Hearts Club Band. There were many reissues of The Beatles' albums during the lifetime of the cassette's popularity from the 1970s through to the 1990s. The original cassette issue preceded the opening of EMI's new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes, Middlesex in July 1970. Between 1966 and June 1970, EMI's early musicassettes were manufactured by the Dutch firm, Philips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. No date code is visible on the inlay. Its absence alone does not establish the manufacturing date of the cassette. Early mint-green-label issues followed the track sequence of the vinyl album. At the time of the vinyl release in June 1967 the new "musicassette" format had only been introduced in the UK a few months earlier and very few titles were available. EMI had no cassette production of its own so Philips was subcontracted to manufacture a first cassette tape issue of SGT. PEPPER that was released in October 1967. These true first issue copies are identifiable by their Mint Green paper labels, screwed cassette shells and the "SOLD IN THE U.K. SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS..." text to the labels. The original Pepper cassettes were issued with a £ Parlophone logo. Early screwed-shell examples have a light gray shell with five screws. The metal screws held the two halves of the shell together. Early examples have mint green paper labels with boxed Parlophone "£" logo to the left hand side and "SOLD IN U.K. SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS, SEE PRICE LISTS" to the bottom right corner. NO "1E" catalog number (*1) in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalog number. An early leader-tape example bears the catalog number PCS 7027 and the code L713; the function of the code has not been confirmed. When this first small batch sold out a second issue of the cassettes was ordered from Philips, believed to have been in 1969. These are almost identical but they have welded tape shells (had no screws) and the labels do not have the "SOLD IN THE U.K." text. From late 1970, EMI began producing cassette tapes at their Hayes factory, and a third edition of the album was produced using the original pattern and a distinctive lemon yellow paper label with a completely different layout, initially bearing the Parlophone logo, and eventually the new-style black box Parlophone/EMI logo introduced in September/October 1970 to coincide with the initial release dates of key Beatles albums elsewhere. These issues had no screws and omitted the leader tape catalog number, An early inlay variant used matte card with a red banner and yellow spine. The original inlay design (with the "Sold in the UK..." text), was continued to be used, up to the introduction of the newly designed all-gold inlay in January 1972. The circular 1 7/8" I.P.S. (inches per second tape speed) and a color reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. Unlike the 1970s inlays, the original design for the album did include some extra artwork rather than just a reproduction of the front cover. The Pepper inlay foldover included black & white cut outs of the Beatles' heads (as originally posed for the vinyl gatefold). As with all Beatles cassettes issued until 1987, the cassette boxes (or to use the correct term, the Norelco cases) were transparent at the front and around the spine area (to reveal the inlay cover) and black at the rear. The shells of the early cassettes were white/light gray. The original and gold versions of this cassette include a version of the "Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove" that was NOT artificially repeated and then faded - on these cassettes you hear it ONCE only. (*1) EMI country code: The EMI country codes (introduced on 1st 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 does not necessarily mean the record was also released in that country (from Discogs). OC / 0C / 1E= UK |
|||
|
TITLE
|
SGT PEPPER'S
LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND |
|||
| CATALOG NUMBER | TC-PCS 7027 | |||
|
RELEASE DATE
|
Late 1971? / 7th Issue? | |||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
Band |
Within You Without You |
|||
| With A Little Help From My Friends | When I'm Sixty-Four | |||
| Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds | Lovely Rita | |||
| Getting Better | Good Morning Good Morning | |||
| Fixing A Hole | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) | |||
| She's Leaving Home | A Day In The Life | |||
| Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite | (Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove *once
only) |
|||
| CASSETTE CASE AND TAPE |
CASE FRONT | CASE BACK | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| 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 "Sgt. Pepper's" has Lemon yellow paper label with EMI/Parlophone logo | |||
| INLAY |
INLAY: FRONT | INLAY:
INSIDE |
||
 |
 |
|||
| This
copy has a white foldover inlay and lemon yellow paper
labels. The inlay bears a circular 1 7/8-inch-per-second
tape-speed mark. A color reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. |
||||
| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
The circular 1 7/8 " I.P.S. mark was printed on
the spine. The standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second). |
 |
 |
The Pepper inlay foldover
included black-and-white cut-outs of the Beatles' heads (as
originally posed for the vinyl gatefold). |
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
"E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at the bottom of the inside of the inlay. | ||
| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
"Sold in U.K. subject to resale price conditions. See price list." was still printed on the inlay. | |||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
NO "1E" catalog number
in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalog
number. Later issues had lemon yellow label, and printed on the new style black box Parlophone / EMI logo introduced in September / October, 1970. |
||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
| SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
 |
 |
 |
||
| On the side-1 of the label, with the NEW track listing layout instead of the lemon yellow type-1 label. | On the side-2 of the label, with the track listing the same as on the lime green label. | |||
| TAPE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
Later
issues had NO screws and omitted the leader tape
catalog number, as well as the "Sold in the UK..." text. The "DP(**)" logo was embossed on the cassette shells. |
 |
|
| "Made in England" was embossed on the shell. |
||||
| TAPE CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
Later issues omitted the leader tape catalog number. | |||
| 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." |
LABEL: NO / INLAY: YES | |||
| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | ℗ 1967 | |||
| INLAY FORM | "white" inlay (Foldover) |
|||
| 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
/ "MADE IN ENGLAND" molded on side 1. |
|||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Staging and cut-outs: Peter Blake
and Jann Haworth Photo: Michael Cooper / Wax Figures: Madame Tussauds |
|||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | The Dutch electronics company
Philips introduced the Compact Cassette Tape in 1963 but it
wasn't until October 1967 that the first Beatles album was
made available on cassette in the UK, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely
Hearts Club Band. There were many reissues of The Beatles' albums during the lifetime of the cassette's popularity from the 1970s through to the 1990s. The original cassette issue preceded the opening of EMI's new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes, Middlesex in July 1970. Between 1966 and June 1970, EMI's early musicassettes were manufactured by the Dutch firm, Philips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. No date code is visible on the inlay. Its absence alone does not establish the manufacturing date of the cassette. Early mint-green-label issues followed the track sequence of the vinyl album. At the time of the vinyl release in June 1967 the new "musicassette" format had only been introduced in the UK a few months earlier and very few titles were available. EMI had no cassette production of its own so Philips was subcontracted to manufacture a first cassette tape issue of SGT. PEPPER that was released in October 1967. These true first issue copies are identifiable by their Mint Green paper labels, screwed cassette shells and the "SOLD IN THE U.K. SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS..." text to the labels. The original Pepper cassettes were issued with a £ Parlophone logo. Early screwed-shell examples have a light gray shell with five screws. The metal screws held the two halves of the shell together. Early examples have mint green paper labels with boxed Parlophone "£" logo to the left hand side and "SOLD IN U.K. SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS, SEE PRICE LISTS" to the bottom right corner. NO "1E" catalog number (*1) in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalog number. An early leader-tape example bears the catalog number PCS 7027 and the code L713; the function of the code has not been confirmed. When this first small batch sold out a second issue of the cassettes was ordered from Philips, believed to have been in 1969. These are almost identical but they have welded tape shells (had no screws) and the labels do not have the "SOLD IN THE U.K." text. From late 1970, EMI began producing cassette tapes at their Hayes factory, and a third edition of the album was produced using the original pattern and a distinctive lemon yellow paper label with a completely different layout, initially bearing the Parlophone logo, and eventually the new-style black box Parlophone/EMI logo introduced in September/October 1970 to coincide with the initial release dates of key Beatles albums elsewhere. These issues had no screws and omitted the leader tape catalog number, On the side-1 of the label, with the NEW track listing layout instead of the lemon yellow type-1 label. An early inlay variant used matte card with a red banner and yellow spine. The original inlay design (with the "Sold in the UK..." text), was continued to be used, up to the introduction of the newly designed all-gold inlay in January 1972. The circular 1 7/8" I.P.S. (inches per second tape speed) and a color reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. Unlike the 1970s inlays, the original design for the album did include some extra artwork rather than just a reproduction of the front cover. The Pepper inlay foldover included black & white cut outs of the Beatles' heads (as originally posed for the vinyl gatefold). As with all Beatles cassettes issued until 1987, the cassette boxes (or to use the correct term, the Norelco cases) were transparent at the front and around the spine area (to reveal the inlay cover) and black at the rear. The shells of the early cassettes were white/light gray. The original and gold versions of this cassette include a version of the "Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove" that was NOT artificially repeated and then faded - on these cassettes you hear it ONCE only. (*1) EMI country code: The EMI country codes (introduced on 1st 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 does not 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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TITLE
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SGT PEPPER'S
LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | TC-PCS 7027 | |||
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RELEASE DATE
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Late 1971? / 8th Issue? | |||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | ||
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
Band |
Within You Without You |
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| With A Little Help From My Friends | When I'm Sixty-Four | |||
| Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds | Lovely Rita | |||
| Getting Better | Good Morning Good Morning | |||
| Fixing A Hole | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) | |||
| She's Leaving Home | A Day In The Life | |||
| Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite | (Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove *once
only) |
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| CASSETTE CASE AND TAPE |
CASE FRONT | CASE BACK | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! |
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| 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 "Sgt. Pepper's" has Lemon yellow paper label
with EMI/Parlophone logo. Light gray shell with a single screw |
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| INLAY |
INLAY: FRONT | INLAY:
INSIDE |
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| This
copy has a white foldover inlay and lemon yellow paper
labels. The inlay bears a circular 1 7/8-inch-per-second
tape-speed mark. A color reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. |
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| INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP | ||||
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The circular 1 7/8 " I.P.S. mark was printed on
the spine. The standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second). |
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The Pepper inlay
foldover included black-and-white cut-outs of the Beatles
heads (as originally posed for the vinyl gatefold). The cassette of the album "Sgt. Pepper's'' is recorded in the same order as the LP. |
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| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
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| "E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.)" credit was printed at the bottom of the inside of the inlay. | Publisher's
credit: "Northern Songs." |
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| INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP | ||||
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"Sold in U.K. subject to resale price conditions. See price list." was still printed on the inlay. | |||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
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| NO "1E" catalog
number in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalog
number. Later issues had lemon yellow label, and printed on the new style black box Parlophone / EMI logo introduced in September / October, 1970. |
It has a plain gray
unstamped tape shell with single screw holding the
two halves of the shell together. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | ||||
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| On the side-1 of the label, with the NEW track listing layout instead of the lemon yellow type-1 label. | A prerecorded music cassette
was marketed as a "Musicassette". |
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| TAPE CLOSE UP | ||||
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"Made in U.S.A. / Made in England" was NOT embossed on either side. The leader tape is translucent red. | ||
| OTHER ITEM | ||||
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| 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." |
LABEL: NO / INLAY: YES | |||
| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | ℗ 1967 | |||
| INLAY FORM | "white" inlay (Foldover) |
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| SHELL | Light Gray Shell with single
screw fixing. |
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| CASSETTE CASE |
"Norelco"
cases:
clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and
black plastic at the rear. |
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| PRINTER CREDIT | Made and Printed in Great Britain |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Staging and cut-outs: Peter Blake
and Jann Haworth Photo: Michael Cooper / Wax Figures: Madame Tussauds |
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| PRODUCER | George Martin | |||
| COMMENTS | The Dutch electronics company
Philips introduced the Compact Cassette Tape in 1963 but it
wasn't until October 1967 that the first Beatles album was
made available on cassette in the UK, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely
Hearts Club Band. There were many reissues of The Beatles' albums during the lifetime of the cassette's popularity from the 1970s through to the 1990s. The original cassette issue preceded the opening of EMI's new tape duplicating facilities at Hayes, Middlesex in July 1970. Between 1966 and June 1970, EMI's early musicassettes were manufactured by the Dutch firm, Philips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. No date code is visible on the inlay. Its absence alone does not establish the manufacturing date of the cassette. Early mint-green-label issues followed the track sequence of the vinyl album. At the time of the vinyl release in June 1967 the new "musicassette" format had only been introduced in the UK a few months earlier and very few titles were available. EMI had no cassette production of its own so Philips was subcontracted to manufacture a first cassette tape issue of SGT. PEPPER that was released in October 1967. These true first issue copies are identifiable by their Mint Green paper labels, screwed cassette shells and the "SOLD IN THE U.K. SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS..." text to the labels. The original Pepper cassettes were issued with a £ Parlophone logo. Early screwed-shell examples have a light gray shell with five screws. The metal screws held the two halves of the shell together. Early examples have mint green paper labels with boxed Parlophone "£" logo to the left hand side and "SOLD IN U.K. SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS, SEE PRICE LISTS" to the bottom right corner. NO "1E" catalog number (*1) in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalog number. An early leader-tape example bears the catalog number PCS 7027 and the code L713; the function of the code has not been confirmed. When this first small batch sold out a second issue of the cassettes was ordered from Philips, believed to have been in 1969. These are almost identical but they have welded tape shells (had no screws) and the labels do not have the "SOLD IN THE U.K." text. From late 1970, EMI began producing cassette tapes at their Hayes factory, and a third edition of the album was produced using the original pattern and a distinctive lemon yellow paper label with a completely different layout, initially bearing the Parlophone logo, and eventually the new-style black box Parlophone/EMI logo introduced in September/October 1970 to coincide with the initial release dates of key Beatles albums elsewhere. These issues had no screws and omitted the leader tape catalog number, On the side-1 of the label, with the NEW track listing layout instead of the lemon yellow type-1 label. It has a plain gray unstamped tape shell with single screw holding the two halves of the shell together. An early inlay variant used matte card with a red banner and yellow spine. The original inlay design (with the "Sold in the UK..." text), was continued to be used, up to the introduction of the newly designed all-gold inlay in January 1972. The circular 1 7/8" I.P.S. (inches per second tape speed) and a color reproduction of the back cover of the vinyl jacket on the foldover. The track listings were printed on the reverse of the inlay. Unlike the 1970s inlays, the original design for the album did include some extra artwork rather than just a reproduction of the front cover. The Pepper inlay foldover included black & white cut outs of the Beatles' heads (as originally posed for the vinyl gatefold). As with all Beatles cassettes issued until 1987, the cassette boxes (or to use the correct term, the Norelco cases) were transparent at the front and around the spine area (to reveal the inlay cover) and black at the rear. The shells of the early cassettes were white/light gray. The original and gold versions of this cassette include a version of the "Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove" that was NOT artificially repeated and then faded - on these cassettes you hear it ONCE only. (*1) EMI country code: The EMI country codes (introduced on 1st 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 does not necessarily mean the record was also released in that country (from Discogs). OC / 0C / 1E= UK |
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