E.P. - The Beatles No. 1

The Beatles
 
The Beatles No. 1 - Front Cover The Beatles No. 1 - Rear Cover
The Beatles No. 1 - Front Cover The Beatles No. 1 - Rear Cover

Label Parlophone
Catalogue No. GEP 8883
Matrix No.'s
 A-side B-Side
First Issue :7TCE 764-1N 7TCE 765-1N
     (Plus Tax code of KT on both sides)
Release Date 1st November 1963
U.K. E.P. Chart Detail : 
Entry Date :9th November 1963
Highest Position :2
Weeks in Chart :29 Weeks !
The Tracks :
Side 1    Side 2
I Saw Her Standing There     Anna (Got To Him)
Misery     Chains
Detail : The Beatles third official E.P.
And another four tracks lifted from Please Please Me, still selling bucketloads, but this did not prevent fans from taking this E.P. to number 19 in the singles chart in which it remained for 12 weeks.
In the E.P. chart it reached No.2 ... being kept off the top slot by ... "The Beatles Hits", which was still there.

The E.P. used the artwork from the L.P. and judging by the title, was going to be a numbered series of E.P.'s called "The Beatles", but following E.P.'s had much more interesting titles !

Once again, the Beatles own compositions (Side 1) are attributed to "McCartney-Lennon".

Sleeve notes are again by Tony Barrow, but this time the address of the Beatles fan club is also given.

In less than a year The Beatles had sold (just in Britain) ... 7,000,000 records !!

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.
Post 1965 pressings have across the press-out centres the words, "sold in U.K. subject to resale price conditions, see price lists", 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".
For examples of what I mean, see ... The Beatles Hits E.P..

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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