| The changes in company sleeve designs were similar to
those of the other EMI labels and the changes between the
different designs occurred at approximately the same
times. There were no picture sleeves for the singles in the MSP number series. For the (45-)R-series there were a few promo picture sleeves and probably only two singles released with picture sleeves before 1975. Both of these picture sleeves are The Beatles' singles. Note: *Click on the sleeve pictures to view larger images. |
| Part-3: Company Green Sleeve #1 (Used from January 1963 until late 1964) | |
| Dark green sleeve with
white print and straight (late issue was wavy cut) top. When Parlophone started with silver/black labels they also redesigned their company sleeves. With Parlophone logo in a circle on front. EMI introduced their record tokens on this sleeve and the price was 6/- to 50/-.
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| Green sleeve type-1A (from R 4981/January 1963 to late 1963?) | |||
| FRONT | BACK | COMMENTS | |
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Straight cut at top and "6/- to
50/-" on back. Company name is "Electric & Musical Industries Ltd" on the back cover. Inside glued. |
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| Green sleeve type-1B (middle 1963?) | |||
| FRONT | BACK | COMMENTS | |
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Straight cut at top and "6/- to
50/-" on back. EMI company name was misprint: "Controlled by Electric & Musical Instruments Ltd" on the back cover. Inside glued. |
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| Green sleeve type-1C (middle 1963?) | ||
| FRONT | BACK | COMMENTS |
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Straight cut at top and "6/- to
50/-" on back. EMI company name was misprint: "Controlled by Electric & Musical Instruments Ltd" on the back cover, and the printing error overprinted. Inside glued. |
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| Green sleeve type-1D (late 1963?) | ||
| FRONT | BACK | COMMENTS |
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Straight cut at top and "6/- to
50/-" on back. EMI company name was corrected: "Controlled by Electric & Musical Industries Ltd" in slightly larger font on the back cover. Inside glued. |
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| Green sleeve type-1E (late 1963?) | |||
| FRONT | BACK | COMMENTS | |
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Wavy cut Type-A at top
and "6/- to 50/-" on back. EMI company name was corrected: "Controlled by Electric & Musical Industries Ltd" in slightly larger font on the back cover. Inside glued. |
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| Green sleeve type-1F (from late 1963 to late 1964?) | ||
| FRONT | BACK | COMMENTS |
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Wavy
cut Type-A at top and "6/- to 50/-" on
back. The words "FOR THE 'PRESENT'" is small. Glued left and right. |
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| Sleeve Form variations #1: Open top cut | ||||
| Type-1 | Type-2 | Type-3 | Type-4 | Type-5 |
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| Straight cut | Slight curved cut | Wavy cut Type-A | Wavy cut Type-B | Tab cut |
| Sleeve Form variations #2: Glued | |||
| Type-1 | Type-2 | Type-3 | |
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| Inside glued | Glued left & right | Glued bottom & right | |
 Part-1 & 2:
Demo/Company Color Sleeve |
Part-4:
Company Green Sleeve #2  |
