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His Master's Voice Original Inner Sleeve


#1-1 Please Please Me (1st. Press: PCSM 3042)
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#2-1 With The Beatles (1st. Press: PCSM 3045)
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TITLE with the beatles
CATALOG NUMBER LABEL: PCSM 3045 / SLEEVE: PLSM 3045
RELEASE DATE February 1964 ? / First 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 Gotta 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 Mr. Postman Money
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label label label label label
INNER SLEEVE FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
Original Company's Inner Sleeve (maybe)
label label Covers for this LP came with NO front "stereo" indicator.
Have the gold and black "stereo" sticker.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label label
Housed in a tri-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover.).
Catalog No. "PLSM 3045" and "PMCM 1206" were printed at the right corner of the back cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label "Copyright subsists in all records by virtue of the Australian Copyright Act 1912-1933 and New Zealand Copyright Act. 1913. All rights under Copyright law are reserved." credit on the back bottom.
Company name "His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd." was printed at the bottom.
BACK COVER & LABEL CLOSE UP
label label Side 2: Sleeve and label incorrectly spells track 3 as "YOU REALLY GOTTA HOLD ON ME"
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label label New Zealand Parlophone (stereo press) was issuing albums on a light blue label with an old style "Parlophone" at the top, similar to the black and gold label from U.K.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label "His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd." was printed at the rim.
Matrix Number Side 1: YEX 110-2
Matrix Number Side 2: YEX 111-2
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Light Blue Parlophone Label
MIX STEREO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 YEX 110-2
SIDE 2 YEX 111-2
VINYL COLOR BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
LABEL His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd.
COVER His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd.
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT Recording first published 1963
COVER FORM Single type. Housed in a tri-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover).
PRINTER CREDIT -
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Front cover photograph: Robert Freeman / Notes: Tony Barrow
INNER SLEEVE Original Company's Inner Sleeve (maybe)
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS
New Zealand Parlophone (stereo press) was issuing albums on a light blue label with an old style "Parlophone" at the top, similar to the black-and-gold label from U.K.
Outer rim text starts with "His Masters Voice (N.Z.) Ltd."
Has "Recording First Published 1963" on the back cover.

His Master's Voice was a subsidiary of EMI Music and was set up in the 1930s under the HMV name in New Zealand. It was, until the 1970s, the biggest manufacturer and distributor of records in New Zealand. In addition to its own labels, HMV, Parlophone, Regal Zonophone, Capitol, and Columbia, it manufactured many others including Decca, Warner Brothers and, at times, Atlantic. In 1973 the HMV label was rebranded worldwide as EMI.

New Zealand Parlophone did not issue Beatles LP's in stereo until early 1964. The existence of the first two LP's in stereo on this label is disputed.



#3-1 A Hard Day's Night (1st. Press: PCSM 3058)
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TITLE SONGS FROM THE FILM "A HARD DAY'S NIGHT"
CATALOG NUMBER PCSM 3058
RELEASE DATE August 1964 ? / First Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
A Hard Day's Night Any Time At All
I Should Have Known Better
I'll Cry Instead
If I Fell
Things We Said Today
I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
When I Get Home
And I Love Her
You Can't Do That
Tell Me Why
I'll Be Back
Can't Buy Me Love  
FRONT -->Click! BACK -->Click! SIDE 1 -->Click! SIDE 2 -->Click! DISK
label label label label label
INNER SLEEVE FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
Original Company's Inner Sleeve.
(maybe)
label label Covers for this LP came with NO front "stereo" indicator.
Have the gold and red "stereo" sticker.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label Housed in a twin-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover).
Catalog No. "PMCM 1230" and "PCSM 3058" were printed at the right corner of the back cover.
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"Lithoed in New Zealand" by CSW (Printing house) was not printed at the bottom of the back cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label "Copyright subsists in all records by virtue of the New Zealand Copyright Act 1962 and the Australian Copyright Act, 1912-1933. All rights under Copyright law are reserved." credit on the back bottom.
Company name "His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd." was printed at the bottom.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label New Zealand Parlophone (stereo press) was issuing albums on a light blue label with an old style "Parlophone" at the top, similar to the black and gold label from U.K.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label "His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd." was printed at the rim.
Matrix Number Side 1: YEX 126-1
Matrix Number Side 2: YEX 127-1
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Light Blue Parlophone Label
MIX STEREO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 YEX 126-1
SIDE 2 YEX 127-1
VINYL COLOR BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
LABEL His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd.
COVER His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd.
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT -
COVER FORM Single type. Housed in a twin-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover).
PRINTER CREDIT -
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Freeman / Notes: Tony Barrow
INNER SLEEVE Original Company's Inner Sleeve
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS
New Zealand Parlophone was issuing albums on a black label with an old style "Parlophone" at the top, similar to the black-and-gold label from U.K.
Outer rim text starts with "His Masters Voice (N.Z.) Ltd."
NO "Recording First Published 1963" on the back cover.

His Master's Voice was a subsidiary of EMI Music and was set up in the 1930s under the HMV name in New Zealand. It was, until the 1970s, the biggest manufacturer and distributor of records in New Zealand. In addition to its own labels, HMV, Parlophone, Regal Zonophone, Capitol, and Columbia, it manufactured many others including Decca, Warner Brothers and, at times, Atlantic. In 1973 the HMV label was rebranded worldwide as EMI.

New Zealand Parlophone did not issue Beatles LP's in stereo until early 1964. The existence of the first two LP's in stereo on this label is disputed.



#4-1 Beatles For Sale (1st. Press: PCSM 3062)
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TITLE BEATLES FOR SALE
CATALOG NUMBER PCSM 3062
RELEASE DATE January 1965 ? / First Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
No Reply Eight Days A Week
I'm A Loser
Words Of Love
Baby's In Black
Honey Don't
Rock And Roll Music
Every Little Thing
I'll Follow The Sun
I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
Mr. Moonlight
What You're Doing
Kansas City  Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby 
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label label label label label
INSIDE FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
label
label Gatefold inside flipback sleeve. Laminated front and back sides.
PARLOPHONE logo was printed in black.
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N.Z. STEREO U.K. MONO The back photo is not a simple picture – The Beatles image was cropped and superimposed over a background of leaves.
label Covers for this LP came with front "mono" indicator.
Have the gold and red "stereo" sticker.
sleeve sleeve
INSIDE CLOSE UP
sleeve sleeve sleeve "Copyright subsists in all records by virtue of the New Zealand Copyright Act 1962 and the Australian Copyright Act, 1912-1933. All rights under Copyright law are reserved." credit on the back bottom.
Company name "His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd." was printed at the bottom.
"Lithoed in New Zealand" by CSW (Printing house) at the bottom of the inside cover.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label New Zealand Parlophone (stereo press) was issuing albums on a light blue label with an old style "Parlophone" at the top, similar to the black and gold label from U.K.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label "His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd." was printed at the rim.
Matrix Number Side 1: YEX 142-1
Matrix Number Side 2: YEX 143-1
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Light Blue Parlophone Label
MIX STEREO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 YEX 142-1
SIDE 2 YEX 143-1
VINYL COLOR BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
LABEL His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd.
COVER His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd.
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT Recording First Published 1964
COVER FORM Gatefold type. Housed in a twin-flipback printed cover (Laminated front and back sides).
The flaps  can be seen at the upper and bottom place at inside of the gatefold cover.
PRINTER CREDIT "Lithoed in New Zealand" by CSW
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Freeman taken in Hyde Park
Notes: Derek Taylor
INNER SLEEVE Unknown
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS
New Zealand Parlophone (stereo press) was issuing albums on a light blue label with an old style "Parlophone" at the top, similar to the black-and-gold label from U.K.
Outer rim text starts with "His Masters Voice (N.Z.) Ltd."
"Recording First Published 1964" was printed on the inside cover.

Gatefold type. Housed in a twin-flipback printed cover (Laminated front and back sides).
The flaps  can be seen at the upper and bottom place at inside of the gatefold cover.

His Master's Voice was a subsidiary of EMI Music and was set up in the 1930s under the HMV name in New Zealand. It was, until the 1970s, the biggest manufacturer and distributor of records in New Zealand. In addition to its own labels, HMV, Parlophone, Regal Zonophone, Capitol, and Columbia, it manufactured many others including Decca, Warner Brothers and, at times, Atlantic. In 1973 the HMV label was rebranded worldwide as EMI.

New Zealand Parlophone did not issue Beatles LP's in stereo until early 1964. The existence of the first two LP's in stereo on this label is disputed.



#5-1 Help! (1st. Press: PCSM 3071)
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#6-1 Rubber Soul (1st. Press: PCSM 3075)
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TITLE RUBBER SOUL
CATALOG NUMBER PCSM 3075
RELEASE DATE December 1965 ? / First Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Drive My Car What Goes On
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
Girl
You Won't See Me
I'm Looking Through You
Nowhere Man
In My Life
Think For Yourself
Wait
The Word
If I Needed Someone
Michelle Run For Your Life
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label label label label label
INNER SLEEVE FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
Original Company's Inner Sleeve (maybe)
label The words "TRADE MARK OF THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD."  was not printed under the Parlophone logomark. label In the original photo taken for the cover, there is a loose thread on right shoulder of John's jacket. This was airbrushed out on most covers in the U.K. Some countries did not alter the photo (ex. Mexico)
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label Housed in a twin-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover).
Catalog No. "PMCM 1267" and "PCSM 3075" were printed at the right corner of the back cover.
label
"Lithoed in New Zealand" by CSW (Printing house) was printed at the bottom of the back cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label "Copyright subsists in all records by virtue of the New Zealand Copyright Act 1962 and the Australian Copyright Act, 1912-1933. All rights under Copyright law are reserved." credit on the back bottom.
Company name "His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd." was printed at the bottom.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label At the end of 1964, New Zealand Parlophone changed label styles. With black print on light blue.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label "His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd." was printed at the rim.
Matrix Number Side 1: YEX 178-2
Matrix Number Side 2: YEX 179-2
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Light Blue Parlophone Label
MIX STEREO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 YEX 178-2
SIDE 2 YEX 179-2
VINYL COLOR BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
LABEL His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd.
COVER His Master's Voice (N.Z.) Ltd.
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT (P) 1965
COVER FORM Single type. Housed in a twin-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover).
PRINTER CREDIT LITHOED IN NEW ZEALAND (?)
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photography: Robert Freeman
INNER SLEEVE Original Company's Inner Sleeve
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS
New Zealand Parlophone (stereo press) was issuing albums on a light blue label with an old style "Parlophone" at the top, similar to the black-and-gold label from U.K.
Outer rim text starts with "His Masters Voice (N.Z.) Ltd."

Some blue label issues can be found with "STEREO" above the word "Parlophone," while Sgt. Pepper has it below. Reportedly, some later copies of other LP's may be found with "STEREO" below the word "Parlophone."

His Master's Voice was a subsidiary of EMI Music and was set up in the 1930s under the HMV name in New Zealand. It was, until the 1970s, the biggest manufacturer and distributor of records in New Zealand. In addition to its own labels, HMV, Parlophone, Regal Zonophone, Capitol, and Columbia, it manufactured many others including Decca, Warner Brothers and, at times, Atlantic. In 1973 the HMV label was rebranded worldwide as EMI.

New Zealand Parlophone did not issue Beatles LP's in stereo until early 1964. The existence of the first two LP's in stereo on this label is disputed.



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