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02. With The Beatles (PMC 1206)
(Updated: 2nd November 2026)
With The Beatles DMM front cover
DMM Reissue Parlophone Sleeve

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#2-3 With The Beatles (2003 Press? "1 EMI Mark / ALL RIGHTS rim / with Apple logo on the sleeve / Netherlands Contract Press": PMC 1206)
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TITLE with the beatles
CATALOG NUMBER PMC 1206
RELEASE DATE 2003? / Third Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
It Won’t Be Long
 Roll Over Beethoven
All I’ve Got to Do
 Hold Me Tight
All My Loving
 You Really Got A Hold on Me
Don’t Bother Me
 I Wanna Be Your Man
Little Child
 Devil in Her Heart
Till There Was You
 Not a Second Time
Please Mister Postman Money
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With The Beatles DMM front cover With The Beatles DMM back cover With The Beatles DMM Side 1 Parlophone label With The Beatles DMM Side 2 Parlophone label With The Beatles DMM Side 1 Parlophone label
INNER SLEEVE FRONT COVER CLOSE-UP
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With The Beatles DMM plain white inner sleeve, side 1 With The Beatles DMM plain white inner sleeve, side 2 With The Beatles DMM front cover close-up Black-and-white group portrait by Robert Freeman; Parlophone logo at upper left.
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With The Beatles DMM front cover close-up The word “mono” was printed in the upper-right corner of the front cover. With The Beatles DMM back cover close-up The upper right carries an EAN barcode, LP/Cassette/CD catalog numbers, and the DMM statement.
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With The Beatles DMM back cover close-up

The back cover states that the album was digitally remastered and cut using DMM technology.
With The Beatles DMM back cover close-up With The Beatles DMM back cover close-up
Apple logo is added on the back.
“Sleeve printed in England” / “Manufactured in England” at lower left. The older design also prints “Made and Printed in Great Britain” in the center notice.
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With The Beatles DMM Side 1 Parlophone label detail With The Beatles DMM Side 1 Parlophone label detail A mono DMM reissue attributed to the circa-2003 Netherlands contract pressings manufactured in Haarlem for the U.K. market.
The black Parlophone labels use silver print, with a single boxed EMI logo at the 12 o’clock position. The outer silver perimeter ring found on the preceding label design is absent.
With The Beatles DMM Side 1 Parlophone label detail Distinctive dish-shaped recess under the label, visible around the center hole. A useful identifying feature of the Netherlands contract pressings.
 With The Beatles DMM Side 1 Parlophone label detail With The Beatles DMM Side 1 Parlophone label detail The Side 1 label incorrectly prints (YEX.110) and Side 2 prints (YEX.111).
The actual run-out inscriptions use the correct mono identifiers XEX 447 / XEX 448.
With The Beatles DMM Side 1 Parlophone label detail The upper rim begins “ALL RIGHTS OF THE PRODUCER…”, and the country-of-origin notice reads “MADE IN ENGLAND”.
With The Beatles DMM Side 1 Parlophone label detail The rim text reads “HIRING OR RENTAL” instead of the earlier “HIRING, RENTING”.
LABEL CLOSE-UP
SIDE 1
 SIDE 2
 Side 2 correctly prints “YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME”; it does not reproduce the “GOTTA” misspelling found on some early 1963 labels.
With The Beatles DMM Side 1 Parlophone label detail With The Beatles DMM Side 2 Parlophone label detail
With The Beatles DMM Side 1 Parlophone label detail With The Beatles DMM Side 2 matrix close-up XEX 447 -10-1- D
XEX 448 -10-1- D
No stamper number has been identified in the run-out area.
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LABEL Silver Parlophone label 1 EMI Mark (at 12 o’clock only) / No outer silver ring
MIX MONO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 XEX 447 -10-1-     D
 MOTHER & STAMPER
 1/-
SIDE 2 XEX 448 -10-1-     D 1/-
VINYL COLOR BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME E.M.I. RECORDS LIMITED
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K..."		 NONE
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT ℗ 1963
COVER FORM Single-pocket sleeve, without flipbacks.
Both sides of the sleeve have a glossy finish, probably varnished rather than laminated.
“mono” TEXT SIZE Large
PRINTER CREDIT No printer credit
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Front-cover photograph by Robert Freeman; original liner notes by Tony Barrow.
Additional information for the DMM reissue was printed on the back cover.
INNER SLEEVE Plain white paper inner sleeve.
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS
 This mono DMM reissue of With The Beatles was pressed around 2003 by Record Industry in Haarlem, the Netherlands, under contract to EMI for the U.K. market. The pressing plant was renamed Record Industry in 1998. Although the label rim states "MADE IN ENGLAND" and the sleeve retains British manufacturing credits, the record itself is considered to have been pressed in the Netherlands.

EMI introduced the DMM Beatles LP reissue series during the 1987 digital-remaster period. The first four original U.K. albums were issued in mono, while the later albums were issued in stereo. Abbey Road Studios had already introduced a Neumann DMM cutting lathe in 1984.

Unlike Help! and Rubber Soul, which received new stereo mixes for their 1987 CD releases, With The Beatles retained its original 1963 mono mix. The sound was digitally remastered, but the album was not remixed. This circa-2003 pressing belongs to the DMM reissue series and is based on the digital remaster prepared for the album's first CD release in 1987.

The record has a distinctive dish-shaped recess around the center, extending beneath the label. This is a characteristic feature of the Netherlands contract pressings from this period.

The black Parlophone labels have silver print, with a single boxed EMI logo at the 12 o'clock position. There is no EMI logo at the 6 o'clock position or silver ring around the outer edge. The rim text begins with "ALL RIGHTS OF THE PRODUCER..." and includes "HIRING OR RENTAL" and "MADE IN ENGLAND".

From 1982, EMI U.K. generally stamped the matrix number, cut number, mother number, and stamper number together, separated by hyphens. On earlier EMI pressings, these identifiers were often placed at separate positions in the run-out area, with the GRAMOPHLTD letter code used to identify stampers.

Incorrect Matrix Numbers Printed on the Labels
The Side 1 label incorrectly shows "(YEX.110)", while the Side 2 label shows "(YEX.111)". These are the matrix numbers for the stereo edition (PCS 3045), not the mono edition (PMC 1206).
The actual run-out matrices are "XEX 447-10-1- D" on Side 1 and "XEX 448-10-1- D" on Side 2, correctly identifying the mono version. The "-10" indicates the cut number, followed by "-1" for the mother number. No final stamper number has been identified.
Only the matrix numbers printed on the labels are incorrect; the record itself is a mono pressing. The same misprint appeared on earlier DMM reissues and is not unique to the 2003 Netherlands pressing.
Track 3 on Side 2 is correctly printed as "YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME".

Printed DMM Notice
"This album has been direct metal mastered from a digitally re-mastered original tape to give the best possible sound quality."


Reference: What Is DMM (Direct Metal Mastering)?
DMM is a mastering process in which audio grooves are cut directly into a copper-coated metal disc rather than a conventional lacquer disc. This eliminates an intermediate electroplating stage and can improve the accuracy of groove reproduction. DMM is a cutting technique and does not necessarily require a digital recording.


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