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#01. Please Please Me (TC-PMC 1202)
(Update: 22th September 2025)
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#1-1 Please Please Me (1st Issue "Transparent Cassette shell with White on-body print / Double fold J card inlay without Apple logo ": TC-PMC 1202)
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#1-2 Please Please Me (2nd Issue Transparent Cassette shell with White on-body print / Double fold J card inlay with Apple logo": TC-PMC 1202)
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TITLE
PLEASE PLEASE ME
CATALOG NUMBER TC-PMC 1202
RELEASE DATE
1992 / Second Issue (First Issue: 19th November 1987)
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
I Saw Her Standing There
Love Me Do
Misery
P.S. I Love You
Anna (Go To Him)
Baby It's You
Chains
Do You Want To Know A Secret
Boys A Taste Of Honey
Ask Me Why
There's A Place
Please Please Me
Twist And Shout
CASSETTE CASE
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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 clear plastic at the rear.
Transparent Cassette shell with White on-body print.
Parlophone logo on transparent cassette.
INLAY

INLAY: FRONT INLAY: INSIDE
label label
Double fold J card inlay, printed both sides.
Includes "XDR (*1)" quality feature with apple logo on wraparound.
INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP
sleeve sleeve This reissue was released with the first three albums in mono.
The Dolby and XDR logo marks are printed on the spine.
sleeve Dolby system logo was printed.
Apple
 logomark was added on the inlay.
INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP
sleeve sleeve The cassette of the album "Please Please Me" is recorded in the same order as the LP.
INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP
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The flap has a barcode and "Printed in England" credit, with an added color Apple logo.
INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP
sleeve The liner notes printed on the inside of the inlay are by Tony Barrow.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label sleeve Parlophone logo and "Dolby System" logo was printed on the label.
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1
SIDE 2
Beginning with the 1987 reissue, the cassette's tracklist was for the first time made the same as the LP's.
The label states, "See Inlay Card For Details."
label label
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Transparent Cassette shell with White on-body print
MIX MONO
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME EMI Records Ltd. / Apple
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K."
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RECORDING  PUBLISHED CREDIT (P) 1963
INLAY FORM Double fold J card inlay with Apple logo
SHELL Transparent Cassette shell with White on-body print
CASSETTE CASE
"Norelco" cases: clear plastic at the front and around the spine area, and clear plastic at the rear.
PRINTER CREDIT Printed in England / Manufactured in England
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Cover photo: Angus McBean
Liner Notes: Tony Barrow
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS Double fold J card inlay, printed both sides
Transparent Cassette shell with White on-body print

Includes "XDR (*1)" quality feature with apple logo on wraparound. Parlophone logo on transparent cassette.

Track durations do not appear on this release

On inlay: "Printed in England, Manufactured in England"

Another similar UK Cassette release With The Beatles differs from this one in that the Cassette is the Clear/Foil type and there is NO Apple logo on the J-flap.

Issued as part of a box set similar to the LP & CD sets, too.
The set was issued in a wooden bread box (type) with a 64 page glossy book.
The wooden box could be ordered as a separate item with the booklet.

The complete box set comprised of:

Please Please Me, Parlophone TCPMC1202 - Mono
With the Beatles, Parlophone TCPMC 1206 - Mono
A Hard Day's Night, Parlophone TCPMC 1230 - Mono
Beatles For Sale,- Parlophone TCPMC 1240 - Mono
Help!, Parlophone TCPCS 3071 - Stereo
Rubber Soul, Parlophone TCPCS 3075 - Stereo
Revolver, Parlophone TCPCS 7009 - Stereo
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone TCPCS 7027 - Stereo
The Beatles (White Album), Apple TCPCS 4501 - Stereo - Issued on two tapes
Magical Mystery Tour, Parlophone TCPCs 3077 - Stereo
Yellow Submarine, Apple TCPCS 7070 - Stereo
Abbey Road, Apple TCPCS 7088 - Stereo
Let it Be, Apple TCPCS 7096 - Stereo
Past Masters Vol 1 & 2, Apple TCBPM1/2- Stereo - Issued on two tapes


*1)XDR (expanded dynamic range), also known as SDR (super dynamic range) is a quality-control and duplication process for the mass-production of pre-recorded audio cassettes. It is a process designed to provide higher quality audio on pre-recorded cassettes by checking the sound quality at all stages of the tape duplication process. In this way, the dynamic range of audio recorded on an XDR-duplicated cassette can be up to 13 decibels greater.
XDR (Expanded Dynamic Range) was originally developed by Capitol Records in LA in their R&D facility.
As well as with EMI & Capitol Records, PolyGram and other labels also offered cassette releases duplicated with the XDR process.

DOLBY B-type:
A Dolby noise-reduction system, or Dolby NR, is one of a series of noise reduction systems developed by Dolby Laboratories for use in analog audio tape recording.
The first was Dolby A, a professional broadband noise reduction system for recording studios in 1965, but the best-known is Dolby B (introduced in 1968)  for the consumer market, which helped make high fidelity practical on cassette tapes, which used a relatively noisy tape size and speed.
From the mid-1970s, Dolby B became standard on commercially pre-recorded music cassettes.



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