The Beatles UK Cassette

EMI Cassette Tapes
Original Album Series
#01. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (TC-PCS 7027)
(Update: 19th. September 2024)

INDEX

#1-1 Mint Green Paper Label with SOLD IN U.K.

#1-2 Mint Green Paper Label without SOLD IN U.K.

#1-3 Lemon Yellow Paper Label with EMI logo type-1/ MADE IN USA

#1-4 Lemon Yellow Paper Label with EMI logo type-2 (New track layout)/ MADE IN ENGLAND

#1-5 Lemon Yellow Paper Label with EMI logo type-2 (New track layout)/ Grey Shell with single screw fixing

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Parlophone Original Inlay and Tape

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#1 Musicassettes Release Information Sheet (October 1967)
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MUSICASETTES Release Information Sheet (October 1967)
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.Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. There were many reissues of The Beatles albums during the lifetime of the cassette's popularity 1970 through to the 1990s. This item was the original first release, before EMI opened its 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, Phillips 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 were sub-contracted to manufacture a first cassette tape issue of SGT. PEPPER that have been released into the market October '67.

SHEET FRONT CLOSE UP

SHEET BACK CLOSE UP
	The date this sheet was printed (August 1967) is written on the bottom left of the back.

#1-1 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1st. Issue "Mint Green Paper Label / with SOLD IN U.K.": TC-PCS 7027)
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TITLE	SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
CATALOG NUMBER	TC-PCS 7027
RELEASE DATE	October 1967 / First 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.		The first UK issue of "Sgt. Peppers" has Mint green paper label with "£" Parlophone logo
INLAY	INLAY: FRONT		INLAY: INSIDE

	The first UK issue of "Sgt. Peppers" 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) . Aa colour 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 at the spine. As the standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second).			The Pepper inlay foldover included black & 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 "IE" catalogue number in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalogue 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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		This first example shows metal screws holding the two halves of the shell together.
			The clear leader tape has "PCS - 7027 L713 (unique serial number?)" printed in black.
OTHER ITEM: With SMALL 8 Pages BOOKLET INSERT
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.

INSERT: P4	INSERT: P5	INSERT: P6	INSERT: P7	Sgt Pepper's tapes currently available.

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				The date this booklet was printed (October 1967) is written on the bottom left of the back.

LABEL	Mint Green 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."	YES
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT	(P) 1969
INLAY FORM	"white" inlay (Foldover)
SHELL	Light Grey Shell / 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	Stage and Cut out: 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.Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. There were many reissues of The Beatles albums during the lifetime of the cassette's popularity 1970 through to the 1990s. This item was the original first release, before EMI opened its 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, Phillips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. This item is one of them. There is no date code on the inlay which dates this cassette manufacture as before July 1970, when EMI brought in the system. Has the lime green paper label, with the track listing the same as on 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 were sub-contracted to manufacture a first cassette tape issue of SGT. PEPPER that have been released into the market October '67. 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. It has a light grey tape shell with five screws. The metal screws was holded the two halves of the shell together. It has 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 "IE" catalogue number (1) in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalogue number. The side one leader tape has a printed catalogue number PCS 7027 and serial/batch number L7-13. 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 Pharlophone / 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 catalogue number, It has the first variant matt card inlay 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 colour 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 1970's 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 grey. 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 1 June, 1969): In most cases the EMI Codes are the first two letters of the record's catalog#. These EMI Country Codes were used to indicate the country in which the record was pressed. Note this doesn't necessarily means the record was also released in that country (from Discog). OC / 0C / 1E= UK

#1-2 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (2nd. Issue "Mint Green Paper Label / without SOLD IN U.K.": TC-PCS 7027)
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TITLE	SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
CATALOG NUMBER	TC-PCS 7027
RELEASE DATE	mid. 1969? / Second 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.		The second UK issue of "Sgt. Peppers" has Mint green paper label with "£" Parlophone logo
INLAY	INLAY: FRONT		INLAY: INSIDE

	The first UK issue of "Sgt. Peppers" 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) . Aa colour 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 at the spine. As the standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second).			The Pepper inlay foldover included black & 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 the inlay.
LABEL CLOSE UP
		The original Pepper cassettes were issued with a £ Parlophone logo. NO "IE" catalogue number in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalogue 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 (unique serial number?)" printed in black.
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL	Mint Green 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	(P) 1969
INLAY FORM	"white" inlay (Foldover)
SHELL	Light Grey 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	Stage and Cut out: 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.Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. There were many reissues of The Beatles albums during the lifetime of the cassette's popularity 1970 through to the 1990s. This item was the original first release, before EMI opened its 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, Phillips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. There is no date code on the inlay which dates this cassette manufacture as before July 1970, when EMI brought in the system. Has the lime green paper label, with the track listing the same as on 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 were sub-contracted to manufacture a first cassette tape issue of SGT. PEPPER that have been released into the market October '67. 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. It has a light grey tape shell with five screws. The metal screws was holded the two halves of the shell together. It has 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 "IE" catalogue number (1) in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalogue number. The side one leader tape has a printed catalogue number PCS 7027 and serial/batch number L7-13. 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 Pharlophone / 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 catalogue number, It has the first variant matt card inlay 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 colour 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 1970's 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 grey. 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 1 June, 1969): In most cases the EMI Codes are the first two letters of the record's catalog#. These EMI Country Codes were used to indicate the country in which the record was pressed. Note this doesn't necessarily means the record was also released in that country (from Discog). OC / 0C / 1E= UK

#1-3 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (3rd. Issue? "Lemon Yellow Paper Label with EMI logo Type-1 / MADE IN USA": TC-PCS 7027)
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TITLE	SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
CATALOG NUMBER	TC-PCS 7027
RELEASE DATE	middle 1971? / 3rd. 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. Peppers" has Lemon yellow paper label with EMI/Parlophone logo.
INLAY	INLAY: FRONT		INLAY: INSIDE

	The second UK issue of "Sgt. Peppers" 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) . Aa colour 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 at the spine. As the standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second).			The Pepper inlay foldover included black & 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 the inlay.
LABEL CLOSE UP
			NO "IE" catalogue number in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalogue number. Later issues had lemon yellow label, and printed on the new style black box Pharlophone / 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 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 catalogue number, as well as the "Sold in the UK..." text (in mid. 1969)
			"Made in USA" was embossed the shell.
TAPE CLOSE UP
		Later issues omitted the leader tape catalogue number.
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	(P) 1969
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" moulded on side 1.
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES	Stage and Cut out: 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.Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. There were many reissues of The Beatles albums during the lifetime of the cassette's popularity 1970 through to the 1990s. This item was the original first release, before EMI opened its 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, Phillips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. There is no date code on the inlay which dates this cassette manufacture as before July 1970, when EMI brought in the system. Has the lime green paper label, with the track listing the same as on 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 were sub-contracted to manufacture a first cassette tape issue of SGT. PEPPER that have been released into the market October '67. 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. It has a light grey tape shell with five screws. The metal screws was holded the two halves of the shell together. It has 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 "IE" catalogue number (1) in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalogue number. The side one leader tape has a printed catalogue number PCS 7027 and serial/batch number L7-13. 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 Pharlophone / 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 catalogue number, It has the first variant matt card inlay 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 colour 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 1970's 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 grey. 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 1 June, 1969): In most cases the EMI Codes are the first two letters of the record's catalog#. These EMI Country Codes were used to indicate the country in which the record was pressed. Note this doesn't necessarily means the record was also released in that country (from Discog). OC / 0C / 1E= UK

#1-4 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (4th. Issue? "Lemon Yellow Paper Label with EMI logo Type-2 (New Track Layout) / MADE IN ENGLAND": TC-PCS 7027)

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TITLE	SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
CATALOG NUMBER	TC-PCS 7027
RELEASE DATE	Late 1971? / 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. Peppers" has Lemon yellow paper label with EMI/Parlophone logo
INLAY	INLAY: FRONT		INLAY: INSIDE

	The second UK issue of "Sgt. Peppers" 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) . Aa colour 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 at the spine. As the standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second).			The Pepper inlay foldover included black & 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 the inlay.
LABEL CLOSE UP
			NO "IE" catalogue number in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalogue number. Later issues had lemon yellow label, and printed on the new style black box Pharlophone / EMI logo introduced in September / October, 1970. Parlophone / EMI logo Raised.
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 catalogue number, as well as the "Sold in the UK..." text. The "DP(**)" logo was embossed on the cassette shells.
			"Made in England" was embossed the shell.
TAPE CLOSE UP
		Later issues omitted the leader tape catalogue number.
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	(P) 1969
INLAY FORM	"white" inlay (Foldover)
SHELL	Light Grey 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" moulded on side 1.
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES	Stage and Cut out: 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.Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. There were many reissues of The Beatles albums during the lifetime of the cassette's popularity 1970 through to the 1990s. This item was the original first release, before EMI opened its 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, Phillips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. There is no date code on the inlay which dates this cassette manufacture as before July 1970, when EMI brought in the system. Has the lime green paper label, with the track listing the same as on 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 were sub-contracted to manufacture a first cassette tape issue of SGT. PEPPER that have been released into the market October '67. 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. It has a light grey tape shell with five screws. The metal screws was holded the two halves of the shell together. It has 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 "IE" catalogue number (1) in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalogue number. The side one leader tape has a printed catalogue number PCS 7027 and serial/batch number L7-13. 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 Pharlophone / 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 catalogue number, On the side-1 of the the label, with the NEW track listing layout* instead of the lemon yellow type-1 label. It has the first variant matt card inlay 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 colour 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 1970's 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 grey. 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 1 June, 1969): In most cases the EMI Codes are the first two letters of the record's catalog#. These EMI Country Codes were used to indicate the country in which the record was pressed. Note this doesn't necessarily means the record was also released in that country (from Discog). OC / 0C / 1E= UK (*)Data Packaging Corporation: (who also traded as Hellerman Data Packaging Ltd) supplied cassette and 8 track shells, tape and other components to the music industry. The "DP" logo can often be found moulded into cassette shells, especially during the early to mid 1970s.

#1-5 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (5th. Issue? "Lemon Yellow Paper Label with EMI logo Type-2 (New Track Layout) / Grey shell with single screw fixing": TC-PCS 7027)

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TITLE	SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
CATALOG NUMBER	TC-PCS 7027
RELEASE DATE	Late 1971? / 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. Peppers" has Lemon yellow paper label with EMI/Parlophone logo. Light Grey shell with single screw
INLAY	INLAY: FRONT		INLAY: INSIDE

	The second UK issue of "Sgt. Peppers" 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) . Aa colour 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 at the spine. As the standard tape speed for a compact cassette is 1⅞ ips (1.875 inches per second).
			The Pepper inlay foldover included black & white cut outs of the Beatles heads (as originally posed for the vinyl gatefold). The cassette of the album "Sgt. Peppers'' is recorded in the same order as the LP.
INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP

"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."
INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP
		"Sold in U.K. subject to resale price conditions. See price list." was still printed on the the inlay.
LABEL CLOSE UP

NO "IE" catalogue number in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalogue number. Later issues had lemon yellow label, and printed on the new style black box Pharlophone / EMI logo introduced in September / October, 1970.			It has a plain grey unstamped tape shell with single screw holding the two halves of the shell together.
LABEL CLOSE UP

On the side-1 of the label, with the NEW track listing layout instead of the lemon yellow type-1 label.				Containing content as a prerecorded cassette is called "Musicassette"
TAPE CLOSE UP
				"Made in U.S.A. / Made in England" was NOT embossed ton both sides. The clear leader tape's color is 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	(P) 1969
INLAY FORM	"white" inlay (Foldover)
SHELL	Light Grey Shell with single screw fixing.
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	Stage and Cut out: 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.Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. There were many reissues of The Beatles albums during the lifetime of the cassette's popularity 1970 through to the 1990s. This item was the original first release, before EMI opened its 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, Phillips themselves - the inventor and originator of the cassette. There is no date code on the inlay which dates this cassette manufacture as before July 1970, when EMI brought in the system. Has the lime green paper label, with the track listing the same as on 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 were sub-contracted to manufacture a first cassette tape issue of SGT. PEPPER that have been released into the market October '67. 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. It has a light grey tape shell with five screws. The metal screws was holded the two halves of the shell together. It has 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 "IE" catalogue number (1) in addition to the ordinary "TC-PCS 7027" EMI catalogue number. The side one leader tape has a printed catalogue number PCS 7027 and serial/batch number L7-13. 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 Pharlophone / 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 catalogue number, On the side-1 of the the label, with the NEW track listing layout* instead of the lemon yellow type-1 label. It has a plain grey unstamped tape shell with single screw holding the two halves of the shell together. It has the first variant matt card inlay 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 colour 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 1970's 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 grey. 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 1 June, 1969): In most cases the EMI Codes are the first two letters of the record's catalog#. These EMI Country Codes were used to indicate the country in which the record was pressed. Note this doesn't necessarily means the record was also released in that country (from Discog). OC / 0C / 1E= UK (*)Data Packaging Corporation: (who also traded as Hellerman Data Packaging Ltd) supplied cassette and 8 track shells, tape and other components to the music industry. The "DP" logo can often be found moulded into cassette shells, especially during the early to mid 1970s.