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#08. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (TC-PCS 7027)
(Update: 26th September 2025)
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#8-1 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1st Issue Transparent Cassette shell with White on-body print type-1/ 4 Panel inlay without Apple logo": TC-PCS 7027)
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#8-2 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (2nd Issue Transparent Cassette shell with White on-body print Type-2/ 4 Panel inlay with Apple logo": TC-PCS 7027)
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TITLE
SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
CATALOG NUMBER TC-PCS 7027
RELEASE DATE
1992? / (First Press: 1st June 1987)
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Within You Without You
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 *at least 12 times / fade out)
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 black plastic at the rear.
Transparent Cassette shell with White on-body print.
Parlophone logo on transparent cassette.
INLAY

INLAY: FRONT
label
INLAY: INSIDE
label
4 panel inlay printed both sides.
Includes "XDR (*1)" quality feature with apple logo on wraparound.
INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP
sleeve sleeve The Dolby and XDR logo marks are printed on the spine.
sleeve Dolby system logo was printed.
INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP
sleeve sleeve The cassette of the album "Sgt. Pepper's" is recorded in the same order as the LP.
The track title on the cassette inlay is mistakenly printed as "A little help from my friends"
INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP
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The flap has a barcode and "Printed in England" credit.
INLAY: FRONT CLOSE UP
sleeve A producer, a designer, and a photographer are credited. sleeve Apple logomark was added on the inlay.
INLAY: INSIDE CLOSE UP
sleeve The liner notes on the inside of the inlay contain an explanation about XDR (expanded dynamic range). sleeve
sleeve
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label sleeve Parlophone logo, EMI logo, and "Dolby System" logo was printed on the label.
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1
SIDE 2
The label states, "See Inlay Card For Details."

The final "inner groove" fades out, but the repeat is audible at least twelve times.
label label
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Transparent Cassette shell with White on-body print
MIX STEREO
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME EMI Records Ltd. / Apple
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K."
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RECORDING  PUBLISHED CREDIT (P) 1967
INLAY FORM 4 panel inlay printed both sides. (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 black plastic at the rear.
PRINTER CREDIT Made and Printed in the UK / Manufactured in the UK by EMI Records Ltd.
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Cover by M C Productions and The Apple / Staged by Peter Blake and Jann Haworth Photographed by Michael Cooper / Wax figures by  Madame Tussauds
PRODUCER Recording produced by George Martin
COMMENTS 4 panel 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.

This was the first Beatles "XDR" re-issue on 1st June 1987, the rest of the regular Beatles albums were all re-issued on 19th November 1987. "Past Masters" was released the following year, the double cassette delayed until 24th October 1988.

Original pressings of the XDR cassette albums did not include an Apple logo, these were added circa 1992/93.
 
 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.

The final "inner groove" fades out, but the repeat is audible at least twelve times.

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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