E.P. - All My Loving

The Beatles
 
All My Loving - Front Cover All My Loving - Rear Cover
All My Loving - Front Cover All My Loving - Rear Cover
All My Loving - A-side Label All My Loving - B-side Label
All My Loving - A-side Label All My Loving - B-side Label

Label Parlophone
Catalogue No. GEP 8891
Matrix No.'s
 A-side B-Side
First Issue :7TCE 790-1N 7TCE 791-1N
     (Plus Tax code of KT on both sides)
Release Date 7th February 1964
U.K. E.P. Chart Detail : 
Entry Date :8th February 1964
Highest Position :1 ... for 8 weeks ... from the 29th February 1964.
Weeks in Chart :44 Weeks
The Tracks :
Side 1    Side 2
All My Loving     Money
Ask Me Why     P.S. I Love You
Detail : The Beatles fourth official E.P.
This contained two tracks from their latest L.P. "With The Beatles", and yet two more tracks from "Please Please Me" ... both of which were B-sides of previous singles.

Although this was not by any means the first issue of any of the tracks, this E.P. once again made the singles chart reaching number 12 during it's three month stay. I am sure though, that "All My Loving" would have done far better in the singles chart had it been released in just that format.
It stayed at No.1 in the E.P. chart for 8 weeks, where it was eventually knocked off by "Long Tall Sally".

The cover design is again from the latest L.P. artwork with a picture by Robert Freeman, and yet again, the sleeve notes are by Tony Barrow.

Finally, how do you spot original pressings ? ....
The typeface on more recent issues is both more modern and smaller than on the originals, while the actual catalogue number was actually BIGGER on originals.
Around the edge of the label, the words stating the rights of the publishers started with "The Parlophone Co. Ltd." and the date on the label is shown as "Recording First Published 1963".
The disc has a push-out centre with an embossed "KT" tax code visible on the side 1 record label.
The sleeve is a laminated flipback sleeve with curved edges.
First editions do not have the words, "sold in U.K. subject to resale price conditions, see price lists", but slightly later ones in the same year do.
Post 1965 pressings, the rights start with "The Gramophone Co. Ltd.", and the date is not preceded with "Recording First Published", but instead has a circled "P".
Re-pressings were also made in the 1970's, these do NOT have across the press-out centres the words, "sold in U.K. subject to resale price conditions, see price lists".

The sleeve also has marked differences. For starters (surprisingly !) the quality of new editions is worse, which suggests that EMI copied old sleeves rather than the actual photos ! ... I could demonstrate this with my copy of "A Hard Days Night", I have an original and a newer edition, and it is astonishing how much worse the newer one is !
Next, look out for the edges of the fold of the front cover onto the back. The edges of the fold used to be curved, now they are sharp, straight.
Finally, the fold itself is no longer laminated, and the cover itself feels thinner than before.

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