Love Me Do / P.S. I Love You, Parlophone R 4949.
1. First pressing, 45-R 4949, October 5, 1962. The Beatles first single was released on October 5, 1962. The Beatles first entered EMI Studios on Abbey Road on June 6, 1962, when the band’s lineup was...
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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. Type 1 sleeve. Blue, red,...
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Sometimes EMI had problems to press enough records to keep up with the demand. To increase production they turned to other companies to press up some copies of a particular release, however, the...
View ArticleParlophone 45 labels.
Parlophone 45 label chronology. Parlophone started new 45-R series in 1956, but EMI started to print the publishing year on the labels in 1957. It was printed as “RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1957″ on the...
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